tspier2
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Perhaps the worst part for me is not being able to plan anything. I've applied to grad schools here in America as well, and I'm just sorta chomping at the bit to know what I'm doing this summer/year! The lack of details is driving me crazy.
Best of luck! I felt hardcore stress about this last year, as I had received responses from all of my schools and still nothing from Fulbright. I ended up accepting an offer for graduate school, as they didn't notify us about the Fulbright until the beginning of June. I certainly don't begrudge them for it, which is obvious by my reapplication this year. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get notifications soon and don't have the same set of circumstances. GOOD LUCK!!
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Preliminary notifications are supposed to go out next week for Kansas.
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I will be moving from Texas to Indiana this summer for grad school. Did any of you make such a long move? How did you pay for it? I'm starting to get nervous about the logistics of it. I have a lot of "old" furniture so I plan on donating and not taking it with me. I have an old car but I might sell it and just drive up in a rental. (I have an old jeep but people offer to buy it all the time, so I shouldn't have much of a problem selling it).
What did you guys use to move? Ship anything or drive it up?
Just curious.
I was in a similar situation last year, as I moved from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. My car was a hunk-of-junk, so I sold it and got a rental. I took only what I could fit in the car, which, surprisingly, turned out to be about eight big boxes and a wash-basket full of clothing.
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It also depends on why you are getting paid. For my program, for example, we do not have any TA or RA requirements for the first two years. After consulting a lawyer, it was made clear to us -- in Louisiana -- that the fellowship is treated as a non-taxable scholarship.
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I imagine this is largely dependent upon the field, but I've heard pretty consistently that adherence to the active voice and Grice's Maxims is recommended.
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Why is this even a question if you've already accepted an offer?
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At this point, it seems like UCSD is the most likely option. So, we'll probably end up in San Diego. Thanks for the tips about New Orleans. It's all up in the air right now. I think I'm actually more obsessed about hearing back from schools than he is!
I'm excited that I will finally be finishing my MA. However, I didn't realize that I will be losing so much. Graduating means that I don't have a teaching job anymore or a close relationship within a department. I spend time in my office at the English department and I have access to supportive faculty/colleagues now, but that's all ending soon. I guess I didn't think about it before now. I'm just looking for some perspective from people who have been here before. The main issue is that I'm taking a break between my MA and PhD.
Also, I have to consider the possibility of getting a non-teaching job. I have a BS in Business Management and English and an MA in English, so I could probably try to get a job outside of academia. I'm torn. I love teaching, but the job prospects for an applicant with an MA don't look good.
How about something like public relations for a company? One of my friends did her undergrad. in Professional Writing, and that's where she ended up. In fact, you might even be a better candidate with the business background. In any case, I've never been in this boat and will leave it to others to advise you specifically. Good luck to you and him!
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Dear Diary,
It is now day two of the supposed "Fulbright Final Notification" period... I haven't slept well in two weeks.
Waiting...
*jeopardy music begins playing*
Who needs sleep?
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Is he set on UCSD? For what it's worth, I haven't seen any available positions in English at Delgado Community College here in New Orleans. At the same rate, you could always look into the requirements at the other nearby schools (Loyola, Xavier, UNO) or even substitute teach in the local districts. A teaching certificate is not required; however, you get a higher daily rate if you have it.
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I'm hoping countries will start to hear back tomorrow! That's still what the timeline says online. Fingers crossed some people get good news tomorrow.
PS I finally caved and made an account here after stalking this forum every day since I got my recommendation email (probably not a healthy thing). I'm getting more an more anxious each day!
Considering my country has notified historically between April and June, I'm not holding my breath. Keeping my fingers crossed for y'all, though!
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Just how much time I am giving up. I haven't seen my close friends in forever, and I just spend time studying and reading stuff and doing papers. I suck at time management and I try to just balance going on dates, and writing papers and doing homework. This semester has been really bad for me I haven't read anything lol I just kind of go with it. Other than that I wasn't surprised by much. I think I went into grad school with a undergrad mentality, I thought it would be a ton of parties and mingling with people and having fun.... It's not. People literally just want to do a bunch of work and be boring, everyone is married or in relationships... Basically grad school kind of sucks, don't do it if you don't absolutely have to! It sucks to watch all your friends do fun things with their lives like travel, go to Marti Gras, move to new states, have babies, get married, buy new cars, and just do FUN stuff and you are writing a paper about something that you will likely never use again. I love grad school, I love what I am doing but I wish my life was more fun than it is.
How upset would you be if I told you I got to do all of the work for grad. school AND still got to attend the Mardi Gras parades? Just another perk of living in New Orleans.
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As far as I know, the administration of FLAS awards is decentralized and individual institutions have a lot of control over evaluation and priorities. There are certain rules schools have to follow in order to obtain funding, but how FLAS funds are distributed can vary quite a bit from school to school.
Sorry for being unclear. I was talking less about the bureaucratic aspects of the process and moreso about the personal growth/experiences.
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Given all of the other opportunities people on the forum are applying for, I was wondering if anyone else applied this year for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)? I applied for one through Kansas, and they said preliminary notifications will come out mid-March. If you have applied, where did you apply, for which language, and for which program type (year, summer, etc.)? If you were accepted for a FLAS in the past, perhaps you can tell us about your experience.
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Personal opinions aside, I met, talked to, and shook hands with Obama in 2009 during the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.
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Wishing you all good luck! Can you believe next week is March? I know I've been wishing for March for SO long in anticipation, but now that it's approaching, I want to pump the brakes! Anyone else feeling that way, too?
Nah, not really. Notifications for Macedonia didn't go out last year until the very beginning of June, so I haven't even thought about it yet. The coordinator did say that they hope to get the information out earlier this year, though.
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Hi everyone! I've been lurking pretty consistently for a few weeks (this forum has been keeping me sane-- it's nice to have something Fulbright-related to read while we wait).
I applied for an ETA and a Critical Language Scholarship (I'm talking about the summer program, not the CLS that's done in conjunction with your Fulbright). I've been recommended for both; however, I've gotten conflicting information about doing a CLS summer program and an ETA in the same year. From what I've read, some material says that applicants may have to choose between accepting a Fulbright and accepting the CLS (implying that it could be possible to do both?). In other places, though, it says that applicants have to choose between CLS and Fulbright. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Unfortunately, I know nothing about this. Your username caught my attention though. Which country did you apply to? Macedonia here.
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Sure, as long as it doesn't prevent you from submitting a better worked out version of the same work to a peer-reviewed journal. Contributing to a working papers or proceedings can be a good way to motivate yourself to get something written, which is nice, and it's a good way to get your CV going. But working papers and proceedings are not considered too prestigious* so if you have something decent, the end goal should be the best peer-reviewed venue that would take it.
* With caveats, some can be pretty good, but still a peer-reviewed venue is almost always better.
Sorry for such a late reply on this topic. Seeing as you're also in linguistics, how many publications -- in your experience -- are expected at different stages of the graduate-level education? I'm in my first year right now and worry about publications pretty regularly, viz. wondering if I'm dropping the ball. Nevertheless, I've been told that it's recommended that each individual have one peer-reviewed publication by the completion of the dissertation. Does this hold true for you?
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Wow, thanks! I promise I actually read that whole thing, so the time you spent on that wasn't in vain.
So most of it seems pretty in line with what I've heard: Network a lot, get myself out there, put out a lot of research, and present at conferences.
I've actually heard totally conflicting things about teaching from different people, so it's interesting that it should happen again within this thread. I guess balance is the key there; teaching is valued, but it should never get in the way of my research, because that's valued more. Is that correct? That's something I'll keep in mind as I'm presented with opportunities throughout my life at graduate school. I could easily see myself getting too lost in teaching. I was an undergrad TA my senior year and it was seriously the most valuable thing I've ever done. I'd be lying if I said that teaching wasn't a part of why I want to be a professor, even though I understand completely that it is more of a research position (which I also enjoy). It's the sort of unique combination of teaching, research, and mentorship that I don't think I'll find at any other job.
The perceived ambivalence of teaching-research is somewhat misidentified. If you intend to work at an R1 institution, then research will certainly take priority. However, if you decide to go to a less prestigious school that tailors itself more to service-based professions (read: state schools), then research will play a much less significant role. In my experience, professors at an R1 have a 2/2 load, a 3/3 load at R2, and 4/4 beyond that. The higher the teaching load, the lower the research requirements.
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I commuted the entire time I was doing my undergraduate studies, so this was the first time I actually moved out. Seeing as I wanted to experience that independence, I didn't get a roommate. In fact, I'm extremely satisfied with my decision. I'm obviously paying more in rent than I would if I had someone else here; however, I'd have to concern myself with the impact of my existence on someone else. I like doing what I want to do and when I want to do it.
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I am just curious. For those of you who did not get into the programs you wanted in the first application cycle, what did you end up doing until the next cycle? Did you just go for a masters or find a full time job?
I have been getting a fair share of rejections and feel the need to plan some back up. For those who did end up reapplying in another cycle, any advice on what I can do in the remaining year to make my application for the next cycle stronger?
I did get a couple offers for doctoral programs, but I can give you an analogous situation. I applied for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) last year, and I ended up making it to the very end; however, they ended up naming me as an Alternate (essentially waitlisted). After I stopped internalizing the rejection and trying to figure out what I did to deserve it, I looked back at my paperwork, viz. my statements and the people who wrote recommendations for me. When I examined the former in particular, I found specific areas where I wasn't as clear as I thought it was; nevertheless, this is something you'll only realize once you get away from a piece of writing for a while. Then, looking at my recommendations, I realized that one of the individuals didn't have nearly as much experience with me as did another, who I, for whatever reason, decided not to approach for a recommendation.
As you didn't say you've received all-around bad news yet, I'd say that you should keep your spirits high! And, if it doesn't work out for you this year, you have a couple key areas to look at. In fact, revising your statements and/or writing sample would only help you in the future, anyway. Good luck!!
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Hey everyone!
For those of you mailing your transcripts yourself - did you include anything in the envelope like a cover letter or just all of your old transcripts?
Thanks and best of luck for final notifications!
I didn't mail them in myself; however, the address it's required to go to already includes "official transcripts." As a result, I doubt you'd need to include anything else. Just make sure they are all sealed and official.
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I'm going to second MathCat's comment. Your response makes it completely transparent that you will only attend if your other offers don't come through; while that's perfectly acceptable in your personal life, you shouldn't make the position so salient professionally. Unless you are sure you will attend, don't tell them that you're accepting.
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I was always told and accepted the advice that the good schools are the ones who will pay for you. If the program doesn't have funding available, it's not worth it. You pay for a Bachelors; they pay you for a Ph.D.
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Hello All ~
I saw a few post regarding this pesky topic but I figured I'd add my own experience in here...perhaps someone can shed some light.
So I was accepted into a great PHD program in Counseling. Great funding. Great school. Great faculty. This is a one of my top choices and a school I could see myself attending. Nevertheless, I am also going on 2 additional interviews plus have 3 schools I have not heard from. Many of these programs are locates in places have never visited and I think it would be beneficial for me to go there and interview prior to making a final choice.
I am afraid I will lose the funding. Not sure how to go about asking for an extension...ya'll think I should just take it? Am I being bullied into accepting? Thoughts?!
Why would they want an answer already? I was always told that the deadline was in mid-April for making your final decision.
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Mine was the Macedonia ETA. I'm not actually sure why it ended up being so late. As a result, I really have no idea when notifications will go out. It was early to mid-April in previous years.