2ndTimerYikes!

This is my second time applying to do my dissertation research in Chile. I actually was quite calm (feeling a lot more prepared this time) until I didn't get a notification all day Friday nor Saturday. I started telling myself, that old cliché, “Well, no news is good news!” Saturday night still nothing, so I emailed my FPA who had been sick but responded back Sunday morning saying I was on her “not recommended” list but didn’t understand why I had not gotten an application status notice since I had gotten the survey request earlier in the process. She’s going to contact an IIE staff member she knows on Tuesday so I’m keeping the faith that there may have been a mistake in what was sent to her. Nevertheless, I’m still going to Chile in the fall as I’ve developed a great relationship with my Chilean Professors at the University where I would be doing my research. Hope I get to report back an awesomely great mix-up story to the forum next week. Nevertheless, I wished at the very least the committee gave applicants some form of feedback or rating score. Obviously they used something to make their determinations. I'd even settle for you were tails and we flipped heads on your review. Hah! Oh well… ¡Ciao Todos!