medizumbacist

You guys make me smile!

mine did...just like that with the P, I kinda appreciated it because my stomach dropped with just one glance...it took me about 20 minutes to compose myself enough to actually read the whole email

haha actually sort of true...in my application I talked about how Zumba was a cross-cultural activity and how I wanted to lead zumbathon fundraisers showcasing some classic American and Cajun music, I think that's what won it for me!!

Thanks so much girl! Yep, I'm going for sure, and doing the PhD at MD Anderson when I get back! I'll be in Zagreb most of the time with short trips to Osijek, Rijeka, and Split, prob abt a month each, and you'll be coming to visit me, yeah?! So are the full grants and ETAs all at the same orientation in DC? I want to meet you all!!!!!!

Jeez, it really seems like the flood gates have been opened! Congrats to everyone who go great news today, and condolences to those who got less than favorable answers. Today has been SUCH a crazy roller coaster of emotions between finding out about Fulbright and then Boston...I felt really terrible posting my news on facebook when I felt like I should just be giving this tragedy at least a little time. And it really hits me hard when I feel like my life is really taking off, and this senseless act is stopping so many short

HOLY SHITAKE MUSHROOMS, I'M GOING TO CROATIA!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH eh hem yeah, I got it!!!!!!

haha, whew, glad you didn't skip leg day!

um...?

@there'sanappforthat- wellll see that's where my next decision would come...last summer when I was in Croatia I went to Zagreb for 1 day and found myself a Zumba class to go to and the instructor was SO nice, let me lead a few songs, she owns the studio, and she basically offered me a job right then and there, and a room for rent in her house, haha, if I would come back, so that's one option. THEN, I have this friend who owns a string of gyms down in Split, which is closer to my family, and I taught like a Zumba party for them last summer and it was REALLY fun, and since it's a group of gyms I could potentially get a bunch of classes all around the city...but I just don't know! Also, I'm not familiar with Mala Buna, but it looks like it's close enough to Zagreb that I might just have to explore there if I do end up spending next year in Zagreb!

I just found this really really interesting and thought y'all might enjoy it too http://convergemagazine.com/travel-young-5278/http://convergemagazine.com/travel-young-5278/ I've been playing with the idea of still taking a year off and moving abroad even if I don't get a Fulbright, I have Croatian citizenship and a lot of Zumba connections (I teach Zumba on the side...) in Croatia so I can legally work and I'm confident I could find work pretty readily if I did just take the plunge, but I don't know if I can justify putting my PhD off another year to just go and teach Zumba for a year, I'd much rather be doing real work related to my field, but I do REALLY want to move abroad while I'm young...again...I already took a year between undergrad and master's and moved to Australia...and then reading this makes me think I should just do it, ah decisions decisions!

I'm the SAME WAY! and I also sort of feel like people are jinxing it when they talk so confidently about it...I'm all like dude, keep your voice down! cuz you know it's only jinxed if other people hear it...I'm very weirdly superstitious in a lot of ways...and yes I'm a physicist, it makes 0 sense... I'm the SAME WAY! and I also sort of feel like people are jinxing it when they talk so confidently about it...I'm all like dude, keep your voice down! cuz you know it's only jinxed if other people hear it...I'm very weirdly superstitious in a lot of ways...and yes I'm a physicist, it makes 0 sense...

haha, I wouldn't worry too much about just never finding out because I'm pretty sure they send you snail mail no matter what...in addition to the email...I have a sneaking suspicion whoever found out today through snail mail actually got an email and it went to spam or something...or at least it's an idea I had...

haha, you know me so well!

Damn you blizzard fan club! I open my email and see one new email! ah...not from fulbright but oooh, blizzard fan club! I'll take a buy one get one blizzard! except it's just an advertisement for their new blizzard flavor, which sounds delicious...chocolate covered pretzel, but for real, throw me a frickin' bone here!

yayyyyy!!! I was very anxiously awaiting hearing from you, I totally had that feeling like man, she's gotta get it, I'd give it to her haha, glad the selection committee agreed! Congrats to all who heard good news from Germany!!

that game sounds amazing! I'll have to look into it!

I actually look forward to walking dead seasons because I frequently have zombie nightmares...that aren't really that much of nightmares...during that time and my recurring zombie "nightmare" theme is that always one of my friends gets turned into a zombie but they remain nice and like help the rest of us who are still human... and I'm also the same way with horror movies but walking dead is more just stressful to me than scary...and don't reveal anything! I didn't watch the season finale yet!!

haha that is AMAZING! but let's be real here...if there was a costume portion, I would freaking ROCK it! haha

Heyy!! I did my undergrad at UC Berkeley! ABSOLUTELY loved it! Let me know if you need/want any tips on the area! Would love to return vicariously through you

Congrats to everyone who just got accepted and best wishes to those who didn't! I also applied to Eastern Europe, Croatia!

Ooooh congrats UKers! And I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you Anon!

Thanks so much guys! That's exactly what I needed to hear! I think I'll just do it!

Alright guys...so I decided to post to this forum something almost entirely not Fulbright related but is pretty much where all my stress in waiting to hear my Fulbright decision is coming from... in the hopes that you guys may be able to help me... so I've applied to and been accepted to 2 fabulous PhD programs and I need to decide between the 2...I was sort of waiting to hear about Fulbright before I make a final decision because I just feel like I don't know how I'll feel either way once I hear such life changing news (good or bad...) and that may change how I feel about the PhD programs...but then part of me wants to make the decision now without knowing about that because at the same time, I don't want those emotions to affect my decision...so here's the short of it...yes still long, but as concise as I can get it Institution A would take less total time to graduation (by a year or 2), I would not have to uproot my life...meaning being able to keep the 10 Zumba classes I teach per week and the band I play in and the friends I've made and all that, I've already worked with the potential advisor and he's a really fabulous advisor, very well established, we work well together, BUT I don't particularly like the city that much, it's not the EXACT research I think I want to be doing, although I do know that I enjoy the research, it's just not exactly what I want, and they'll pay me less, granted for a lower cost of living place... Institution B would take longer, I would have to take significantly more challenging classes (but I feel like that's worth it, why sell myself short...), has a much bigger name BUT it's been rumored that the program isn't quite what it used to be, that it's just riding on the coat tails of its past success without still being the fabulous program it was and possibly institution A is now a better program...but lacks the history to say for sure...my potential advisor is on my current supervisory committee and she has been by far the most helpful member, I've talked to a number of her past students who all say she's amazing to work with and super supportive, the research is exactly what I think I want to be doing, but granted I haven't yet done anything in depth in that area so I could end up not liking it...I think I would like the city much better...but I've never lived there so I don't know, I've been assured I would have no trouble finding new Zumba classes and I would hope I could find a better band to play in (I play oboe and the one at A is just bad...), and they'll pay me significantly more with way better benefits...so basically it's a big risk, I think I'd be happier there, but I don't KNOW... Both places will let me defer if I get an award...I feel like without knowing about Fulbright, I really WANT to go to institution B, but every time I try to tell my current advisor (who recently left that institution to work where I am now...) he is like "oh I think you should think about ___ more," or, "oh didn't they tell you this? that could hurt you in the long run, you should think about that more"...but then when I go and talk to other professors they're like eh don't worry about that, it's not as big of a deal as he's making it out to be...so I just don't know what to do! I feel like if I don't get an award, I may just want to do A to power through and finish earlier and not uproot myself...or I may just want to get out and change it up with B...if I do get an award I will definitely do B, I don't see any reason not to at that point, I'll already be losing my Zumba classes with being away for a year and I can't imagine trying to come back and pick up the pieces a year later...anyone else have any insight? Anything you think I'm not considering and should be? It's really stressing me out because I keep wanting to just go and accept B right now and be done with it, I feel SO bad putting it off for so long when I feel like my heart just wants to accept, but my head is telling me to wait and make sure it's the best decision! Ah!!! what to do what to do?!

oooh I LOVE Chimes!! sooo delicious...I have a gift card to there now that I'm saving as either a celebration or drowning my sorrows in a giant po-boy dinner

love This American Life! well...I kinda just got into it...but love it all the same