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Haha, that's too funny

I'm loving this optimism!

Fulbright Program Adviser

Yeah, I asked her a lot of questions during the application process.

This would be a great time to gather information on some of the applicant new to this site for next year's applications: Please start sending your information to: fulbright2013.2014@gmail.com at this point the following info is the only thing needed: First and Last Name Username (for gradcafe) At-Large or with University (this is a new one, i thought it would be helpful to see the numbers of who applied at-large or with thier university) Country of application Grant Type CLEA (applied Yes or no) Interview (yes or no) Research Topic Email Address (only if you would like to be contacted by next years applicants, or anyone else who shares your field) Host Affiliation Misc/anything you would like to add Thanks!

Cara is awesome

I just called the office for Eurasia and Europe, and the guy who answered the phone said that the notifications will arrive some time between "late January and early February." He seemed to be uninformed. Me: "I just want to know how the notifications are sent. Do all students receive notifications at the same time? In what fashion are the notifications emailed?" Guy: "Yes, all notifications are emailed at the same times. They are sent from the IIE office here in New York." Me: "Ok. You all send notifications, but you're not sure when they will be emailed?" Guy: "No, we haven't decided yet. We have not received all the results." Me: "Oh, alright. Thank you!"

Ugh, this is getting confusing. I would call Cara (Germany IIE program manager), but I don't want to be doing too much.

Calm down! we don't want too much cortisol running through our system

That's interesting. I thought that just the FPAs and the applicants receive notification.

Wonderful

Ugh, I wish I could just sleep all day until I have to work tomorrow. I will be getting off at 9 PM tomorrow and hopefully coming back to some news.

Exactly, it's strange. The applicant could have wonderful letters and essays, but the problem may ultimately lie in the interest/need for the project.

Yeah, this morning I imagined the same thing upon waking up.

Haha, you are too hilarious.

Hmmm, we may be waiting until Thursday evening too.

Try to remain calm

That's fine. I'm just looking forward to news whenever it comes.

There will be more emotion once we are notified. I'm sure.

That's fine... a few more days waiting would not hurt.

Yeah, I've been informed that some countries are quite interested in the sciences: Spain: ---- @3:50 "... anything in the sciences could be most welcome." Even nowadays experience in the sciences and technology is in great demand.

Yeah, it depends on your experience.

It's clear that you are in the 60%. You have not completed the program yet, so your experience level is above that of an undergraduate.

I looked at the list of Top Producers: http://chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-US/135454/#disqus_thread It appears that the most schools with a lot of grantees such as Harvard University only have high numbers because their application pool is bigger (31 awards /132 applicants). This is more comforting information to me because the data point out that Ivy League schools do, indeed, produce a high amount of award winners; but the chances are very slim of receiving awards at these schools. Since there are 50-130 people applying for grants at these schools, it only makes sense that about 10-30 grantees are selected. At my school (a public school), only 8-10 people apply each year. Usually we receive 1 or 2 Fulbright grants/ year. I also realized that merely applying does not guarantee that you are seen as an equal compared to other applicants. Our numbers are low because our school does not really have many students that consider applying each year, and the Ivy League schools and such actually have an academic environment that encourages international programs like the Fulbright. Saying this, the academic atmosphere is created by their academic diversity and the strong involvement of the faculty.

Usually the US chooses double the amount of national candidates as there are grants available. For instance, if there are 25 grants available roughly 50 national candidates are selected. The US gets the final say after the host country committee makes their selections.