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Happy hour, here I come. Isn't Russia hearing back, slowly? I almost lost it and e-mailed Alyssa today but I calmed down. Not really.

Kristen Wiig (sp?) is awesome! I love how many times she's been referenced in this forum!

Ackkk Google Alerts for Fulbright are a bad idea!

Oh that is so AWESOME, focusing on women's empowerment! I applied for a research grant to Armenia, and I'm also working with women or would really like to. I was also in Armenia twice before (I am Armenian-American) and noticed huge problems with women's rights, although slowly there is some movement to address this. Specifically, my research would focus on ethnic Armenian refugee women from Syria, Iraq, and Azerbaijan (Iraq and Azerbaijan are the older refugee populations; Syria is of course way more recent) and do a multi-sited ethnographic study of their long-term integration into the host society via participation in NGOs and CSOs. This would for sure be an anthropological focus, but I'm hoping it can help influence policymaking and ease the stress of out-migration and UNHCR agreed to sponsor me. Fingers crossed for us both and whatever happens, we need to realize women's rights and empowerment is a huge deal, within our own cultures and abroad, so we should keep fighting for it

haha Hina where did you apply and for what? I'm not sure I remember, sorry!

My mother's response to another "No, I didn't hear back from Fulbright yet" : "Honey, did they lose your application?" Good question.

Is today the day, rest of Eurasian countries? I've stocked up on non-romantic comedies, Blue Moon, Cherry Garcia, and a few shoulders to cry on or embrace me. Plus, my boss is in NYC today so....more time to actively freak out.

Congratulations, Mozartgirl53! I agree with everyone on the forum that your warm and encouraging words keep us all positive and motivated! Specifically, you make sure you comment on everyone's posts individually, which is not only remarkable in itself but extremely genuine. You absolutely deserve this opportunity and please keep us posted!

I'm very sorry to hear that as well, skosz. Have you tried looking into alternative grants for Azerbaijan? That's one Caucasian country down. Come on, motherland!

Really? No notifications? anyone else live in DC? I went on a date with a state department guy. Couldn't get anything out of him and the date was less than ideal. I tried, GradCafe!

Maginz you applied for Armenia too? Research or ETA?

Thank you very much! I applied for Armenia, not Azerbaijan, fyi, but I would assume both countries would somewhat be on the same schedule

Thanks for asking, skosz! Hopefully we'll get good news soon. Or any news. I'm currently in limbo between interviewing for a new job/finding a long-term apartment, or getting a temporary job and apartment to stay in DC. It's fun, but I have to keep reminding myself there are so many others in this world who go through so much worse than we do

Literally at the edge of my seat. Which is hard to say given the length of my day. Come on Eurasia!

Congrats!!! How exciting!! I immediately dropped everything I was doing and frantically checked my inbox (I'm also a Eurasia applicant, for Armenia)

Come on, Eurasia! I keep getting awesome networking/partnership opportunities for Armenia! One distant cousin of mine started his own NGO there and suggested I help develop a program on refugee women within his NGO. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! It doesn't help that I keep making friends with people in the State Department, but nobody knows anything about the Fulbright.

OK thank you so much! It's getting to be past the point where I actually am forgetting I did submit a Fulbright application! Keeping busy and I hope you are all keeping busy, as well!

Eurasian applicants, is this week the week? I believe it was Thursday that someone called Alyssa Yeng (thank you!!) and asked about notification dates. I seem to remember the woman sending out notifications was coming back to her office on Monday (today)

Exact same situation. My parents are visiting DC and are having an "intervention" with me because they don't understand how the job market works in DC and how slow the Fulbright process is.

No news from the Caucasus yet My mom said "no news is good news." Hang in there! Reading GradCafe reallly helps me get through the day!

UGH! No news today. Soooooo frustrated, especially when 5pm rolls around. It's hard just figuring out what to do next, planwise. Hang in there, friends!

Thank you for the reminder, Secret_Ninja

I'm sorry about the break-up Had a few miserable ones in my life, too. Have you tried stress running or combining stress exercise and stress eating? My logic is it balances each other out.

I know that I received my January recommendation on a Tuesday at like 5:55 or 5:58pm. So, every day when I walk home from the office or wherever in DC, I anxiously refresh my phone at that time. Same thing, stupid Netflix or Grubhub