lunatik

I got the full Scholarship amount. I'm in shock!!!

Is it just me or is the "Travel Policy" a bit... restrictive? I mean, I have a month-long break in between semesters, during which probably most of the people in the program will have returned home or will be traveling... am I really supposed to just sit there twiddling my thumbs until school starts again?

I got a Boren Scholarship and most likely I'll be accepting. Do any other scholarship recipients know whether we're absolutely required to go to the convocation/orientation, and if so, does Boren pay for the trip? If it's not required then I'd just as soon not go. I mean, odds are that you'll never see the people you meet there ever again, and since people are going so many different places, the information they give has to be so generic and broad...

I've been following this thread for a while now and though I don't have anything to contribute, really, just thought I'd pop in and say -- OMG, I don't think I can wait any longer. How long, O Lord? I do have a pretty basic question, though. I applied for a country that, as far as I know, is pretty rare for Boren scholarship applicants (Ukraine)-- does the popularity of a particular country or language have any effect on one's odds of getting selected?