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Thank you so much for your kind words. I know that it will all work out, yet it is just hard after such a long and anxiety-willed process. I am happy that I still get to go to Malawi this summer to run a randomized control trial. So, I am excited for that and for new and inspiring opportunities next year. I really hope that you get it. Congratulations to all those selected and condolences to all those these didn't get it. We can do this. This does not define our success in life. Take care.

I applied to Ghana. SSA notified quite a bit of applicants yesterday. I am not sure if everyone heard yesterday.

I was not selected... NS is in the subject.

Oh my god...I am pretty sure I am having heart problems at the moment. My blood pressure and heart rate just spiked!!! I am soo freaked out now about this email. I can't believe today or tomorrow will be the day. The actual day. Good luck to everyone!!! I think I will go to the store and get a cake or something... Otherwise, I am just sitting here waiting for that email.

To those that celebrate Easter, Happy Easter everyone! You are all wonderful people, and I am very grateful to have your company during this anxiety-ridden period. Here's to hoping that we have a fruitful next week with tons of good news for everyone! Take care everyone!

There are some rapid diagnostic tests for G6PD. Depending on your health center/hospital, they might be able to tell you quite quickly.

I would imagine that you would need G6PD testing for Indonesia. On the CDC website, it says this about malaria in Indonesia: "P. falciparum 66%, remainder primarily P. vivax." If you get P. vivax malaria, you can have relapses of the malaria. The parasites can hide in your liver. The way that they treat these relapses is through primaquine. It is referred to as the "radical cure" in malaria literature. However, you cannot take primaquine if you have G6PD. Therefore, I would highly suspect that you would need testing. This is not based on any knowledge from the consulate or fulbright or information from a physician. It is just my personal understanding based on taking wayyyy too many courses on malaria and tropical diseases and writing way too many papers on P. vivax.

I completely understand. I also feel like it comes in waves. I was fine with waiting till like April 15 then my nerves went crazy. I would not worry about the notifications either. What happens will happen, and we will meet it when it comes. <--- My attempt to be zen about this entire thing.

While I understand completely your panic and frustration, I actually would not worry about it at all! I do not think that it would negatively impact your chances at all. In the email, it says "Failure to submit in a timely manner may delay the notification of the next stage of your application in the Fulbright U.S. Student award process." This is not implying that it will impact your chances. It is only saying that you might find out later. Actually, I might even look at this as a good thing. SSA apparently already made decisions, right? They are just getting state department approval. Maybe they are hunting your transcripts down, because you got it. They wouldn't really care if you were Not Selected, right? That is just a thought of mine. Either way, I would not worry about it!!! Also, regardless of whether or not you are selected, I do not think it depends on this at all. Also, weren't they going to email us back in Feb if they didn't get our transcripts? So, its not your fault at all that they only emailed you now! I understand that this is extremely frustrating and annoying. However, I would imagine that Fulbright understands that things happens outside of our control. We can only order transcripts and send them in the fastest way possible. We cannot control things on the other end. There are so many things that happen outside of our control, and we can only do what we can. While it seems like the worse thing ever at the moment, it really isn't. Have a good holiday weekend!

Also, for those who applied as ETA and are looking for another back-up opportunity, I got an email today about World Teach. Apparently, they have opportunities to teach English in other countries that are funded (w/ stipend). They are accepting application by May 1 for American Samoa. They have other opportunities also. I don't really know anything else about it, and I am not applying. However, I thought it might interest some people. http://www.worldteach.org/site/c.buLRIbNOIbJ2G/b.6150597/k.37C5/Teach_Abroad_In_American_Samoa.htm

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! That is so exciting. So many of friends studied abroad in Denmark, and they all loved it!!! I hope that you have a GREAT year there!

Congratulations! I am so happy for you.

Physicians usually have your immunizations on file if you received the vaccine there or if you provided them with that information when you started attending that practice (either through your reporting or getting the files from your previous PCP). However, I would suspect that your undergrad might have those records. I know when I started I had to provide the university health service with my history of vaccines. Its worth a shot.

Congratulations!!! That is awesome!!!!

I just realized that these two things conflict with each other.