dios Achilleus
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Hi all, Norway applicant here. Named alternate last year, so hoping to be grantee this go around.
Do we have a spreadsheet again this year? I admit, I haven't read the eight pages on this thread.
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For everyone still waiting, you have T-19 Arrested Development episodes to the close of business. You can watch all of Season 2 before IIE closes for business today! Start soon!
I saw where the sequestration wrt air traffic controllers is being lifted. Maybe Fulbright is next? or has our Annie-like optimism just infected me deeply? ; )
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Aw. Maybe because they waited for so long to tell you there will be lots of people who had to make other plans and will bequeath their grants to you (that's right, I said grants). That's one potential benefit of a long wait, eh? Sending good thoughts your way.
sorry to hear that. I hope Odin will guide the application viewers aright and show them their folly.
Thanks guys. It was to be expected. I'm going to chat with my university advisor and my affiliate in the next few days about what options we (I) have, and I'll keep kicking around this thread to see everyone else's news.
Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear! Especially Switzerland. You'd think they'd have a better idea of their budget than anyone.
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Received the email, finally. Alternate to Norway.
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There's time to watch one Doctor Who episode before the close of business today. I recommend "Blink," as that episode is fantastic.
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They're about the only two we (on this forum) are waiting for, aren't they?!
Hey! Half of Norway is still waiting too!
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Not sure if this is relevant for all countries, but my school's Fulbright committee was informed that Norway will be notified no later than April 30th. I hope they are right, but I am still frantically checking my email every few minutes just in case we hear earlier.
The day of truth is upon us. T-23 Arrested Development episodes until the end of business. Here's hoping today's the day!
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I ran into one of my professors at an event on Saturday and I mentioned I was waiting on the Fulbright. She said she had applied when she was an undergrad at Cornell and didn't make the first cut.
I was shocked! She is brilliant!Yeah that's so important to keep in mind - almost all of my friends in this MA program applied to Fulbright and none of them (except one) made it past the first round but they are super smart! Just speaks to how important presenting yourself in an application is. Haha but now I kind of feel bad talking about waiting to hear back since they all got denied, oof. What to do
My advisor told me it's a big deal to make finalist and worth putting on my resume even if I don't win a grant. I thought she was just being nice, but you guys are talking like she's right. Is finalist really that big of an honor? I assumed that Fulbright, like many things in life, is an all-or-nothing competition.
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Good morning, folks. IIE opens up in T-1 Arrested Development episode. Best of luck to everyone today on hearing good things!
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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zmtkOQcb1r2xlcoo1_400.gif
This is how imagine those of you who have not heard yet. Just kind of laying there, lethargicly, unable to muster up the will do really do anything.
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.. just.. let..........this.....waiting...be....OVEEEEEEEER".
Or maybe that's just how I'm feeling at work today...
Yes, actually. I have been sleeping most of today in a pseudo-depression/ recharge from a weary semester. : P
Just woke up from a nap, still lying in bed though...
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The main benefit is simply the opportunity to do a year-long research project way on off out in the world while getting paid and pretty much making a lot of your own guidelines. In the process you probably make a lot of connections and develop a lot of skills that will direct your life down paths it otherwise would never have taken. Of course most people in the world are susceptible to the illusion that "prestige" so often is (you meet really dull Ivy Leaguers), so it might unlock doors for that reason, but I think that should be the furthest thing from our minds in applying. I don't find the question condescending at all, and I'm just giving an opinion. Personally I know that being in grad school (or in the process - "pre-real world") is technically a prolonged phase of preparation, but I make every effort to still try to think of it as the real world, and to keep in mind that in this world exciting and challenging and fruitful and scary experiences are their own rewards.
I just hope I don't sound condescending. For a second there I was having flashbacks of writing a personal statement, ekh.
As our vocabulary, life experiences, and world views expand, it is increasingly difficult not to sound condescending to others, even if we don't mean it. Coming from the South, I've had to just accept it as part of life. I joke about the "false sense of superiority," but when I go home, everyone treats me like I'm better than them. I could never get a date in high school because I was top of the class, a book nerd. Didn't try to be condescending. I just got pushed up onto some kind of pedestal and wasn't allowed down. I dunno if my experience is unique.
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What are the benefits of being Fulbright in the "real world", aside from the prestige?
That false sense of superiority will be enough for me, lol. If I get it.
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No Norway news yet, but I've been thinking about what resources are available to future applicants while playing the waiting game, especially since it's looking like I may be one of them again.
The spreadsheet from these forums (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmoTe-gJd4B9dFJ0aW1mYTVkYnhKcUEzR28yRTNwdlE#gid=1), while containing a lot of data, is woefully shy of anything comprehensive, and so the only useful data for the waiting game are announcement dates (which wasn't even reliable this year, given the sequestration).
"Statistics" for the past few years can be found here (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/statistics). It's really just the number of applications and the number of grants awarded. The intermediate number, the number of finalists, would be tremendously useful, but it is sadly omitted. As I understand it, applications are whittled down to twice the number of grants. So, you have roughly a 50% chance of going from "applied" to "finalist," and about a 50% chance of going from "finalist" to "accepted," assuming that rumor is true.
And obviously, this thread is tremendously useful. It makes the highs a little lower and the lows a little higher, which is good, since my imagination makes the highs higher and lows more frequent. : P
Anyone else have resources for future (or current) Waiting Game participants?
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Thanks, that helps a lot! So if you get alternate then I will assume that my alternate status = rejection.
I wouldn't be so sure on that. Not to get your hopes up, but your alternate status may be higher than those of us in limbo. As in, your application may be ranked highly enough that they knew they wished to give you "first dibs" on additional funding. The situation isn't transparent enough for me to tell, but I got the impression that those of us in limbo may all be named alternates. At this point, anything could happen and it wouldn't surprise me.
EDIT: My understanding is that the ones ranked high enough to qualify for the known available funding were notified and those who were ranked too low to qualify for alternate status even in a non-sequester year were notified.
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND. Does this mean alternates have a decent chance of being promoted if they find more funding? Or does it mean that perhaps you're an uber-alternate which means you'll probably get it if funding's there and worst case you'll be an alternate? This is so confusing.
As I understand it, anyone still in limbo (like me) has a high enough ranking to receive alternate status at worst. If funding is found, then we might be named as full grantees. It is also my understanding that only Norway has this financial "limbo," but I don't know exactly what that means. Right now, I'm bracing for alternate status and hoping for a full grant.
EDIT: They asked me when I called how I knew that Norway had announced. They apparently underestimated us kids and that new-fangled interwebs.
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My advisor/ committee has/ have no email either! Nothing in the spam.check your spam and other email accounts?
This is how I feel at the moment:
On the next Arrested Development, the Blue Man Group finally calls for Tobias with a life-changing opportunity.
Unfortunately, he can’t hear it and his life stays the same.
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What does no email mean????
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And just like that I realized that I am the only single person on this forum.
Hahaha, nah, I'm single too. I asked about the LDR for the benefit of others who might be facing that reality. : )
So, no news today? Really? I saw Iceland got notifications yesterday.
Really? Come on, Scandinavia! You're toying with my heart! (I realize that Iceland is not part of Scandinavia, but Iceland was settled by Scandinavians, which is the association I am playing on.)
no worriessss norway is #1 for one-night stands!! hahaha
I had heard this too. I'll be interested to find out how true it is, though, not sure I want to necessarily participate...
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LDR folks, what do you say your key to success is? Communication? How often? Are there days when you're just so plum exhausted all you can do is say, "I love ya, but I cannot hold a conversation. Sorry," and that's it?
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I appreciate and frequently consume both, probably Abita more often though. Gotta say though I wasn't too into Jax brewery when we went there, whatever I got tasted like malt liquor. There's another brewery in the quarter that I like though. And (no one judge) the hardest thing for me to reacclimate to when I leave NOLA after a long period of time is the fact that I can't just take a leisurely walk out to the park with a beer in hand. Can be a very nice evening habit - the constitutional, or what do they call it in Italy? The evening walkabout deal?
You, sir, you and I would have been friends on those evening in NOLA, if I were still in that former life. Ah, if only Tulane were worth a damn in linguistics....
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Only time for one more Arrested Development episode before the close of business today! Make it a good one! Like the one where they burn down the banana stand, or the one where Michael and Maeby sing "Afternoon Delight," or the one where they throw a Save Our Bluths fundraiser!
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I'm going to start measuring the wait time for announcements in Arrested Development episodes.
T-3 Arrested Development episodes until the close of business today!
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Interesting! I'm hoping to study the epigenetics of the Norway spruce in relation to climate change. Basically, researchers at UMB have found that the spruce trees have epigenetic "memories" of their germination that can last up to 30 years-- almost like a duckling being imprinted with its mother's image. The tree uses the memory, in addition to other cues like photoperiod and temperature, to determine when to stop growth in the fall and start growth in the spring. Super interesting, but there are some major research problems left unanswered. As of yet, they still have almost no idea how the memory actually works on the molecular scale. I would be helping to characterize genes and other regulatory stuff (histones, miRNAs...) implicated with the memory. To a lesser extent, I might try to evaluate whether the memory would help the trees adapt to climate change, or if climate change would throw the system out of whack.
Indeed, very interesting. I did chemistry and biochemistry in a former life. Dendrology was one of the more interesting subjects that I flirted with at the time. I hope you get it, and I'd be interested in seeing what your research produces.
Honestly, I'd love to see the fruits of everyone's research. It'd be really cool if we could all share our papers/ presentations after everything is said and done.
.... I say as though I already have a grant..... gah, this waiting is killing me.
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Not normal, but it happened to Norway last year. I was part of a group that had to wait an extra week to hear results due to the sequester.