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There's a Marburg Industries in California... at least the weather would be nice?

In that case, Horb: you almost definitely didn't get it. (just trying to help suppress positive thoughts)

Actually, that's probably a good sign. Don't they send out rejections before they do acceptances?

Damn, me too. It IS definitely a relief though! Now I can plan my summer. Good luck to everyone else!

For real though... I originally applied for programs that started in May, but then they emailed me at the end of December and said that all programs had to start after June 1st. I'm really grateful for that now, because that would suck otherwise!

Hmm, good point!

Wow, that's so demoralizing. Yeah, I guess let's just hope to hear back before May...

I applied to Frankfurt and Marburg and would be thrilled either way! I'm hoping for today but thinking realistically that it'll be next week. It HAS to be next week though, right?? If not today?

Haha that would be so amazing! In a perfect world we would both get to go to Marburg! haha. In other news, I think that the DAAD has officially broken me. I'm still really excited to hear from them, but I've stopped checking my email every few seconds. You win, DAAD!

Right, plus funding goes a lot further in lesser known locations! I applied to Marburg, which I think would get fewer applications then, say, Berlin or Munich.

Being an alternate would be truly terrible... I'm not sure how many awards they've given out in the past versus how many applicants they've had. It'd be nice to know what our chances are though!

Haha well, given that the June programs start in 6 weeks... maybe like a week or two?

Same! Haha. Looking back at what I requested, though, I definitely brought this problem on myself. One of my choices goes from beginning of June-beginning of August, and the other was a 4-week program either in June or July! Soooo I basically gave them my entire summer to work with! haha

Hmm, I thought I remembered them saying something like the course you end up in is at their discretion, but maybe they just meant that you might end up with your alternate choice. That would make more sense than them just sticking you in some random program!

Yeah, this is rough. I'm basically planning things for the summer around when my program could potentially be, but they can put us in any program with any starting and ending date, so..