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Graduate Grant to the ROK...No Joy. Congratulations to all the ETA/Research grantees to the ROK...and to all the people who didn't get it, including a few I have kept in regular contact with over the past few months, full steam ahead...oscar mike! I am going ahead with my plans regardless of this (albeit much poorer). If anybody needs any information about Korea, including living there, getting around, where all the pretty girls hang out, etc., then feel free to send me a PM. I should be there by June. Good game everyone! J

Yep...all speculatioooooooooooooooooon!!! Don't count on Mr. Akeley to answer any questions via email ahaha...or to ever be in the office to pick up the phone either! Those folks at the IIE must have one looooooooong lunch break!!! It's okay. It's all part of the fun~! GLTY!

NVM...Arigold had all the statistical analysis ahaha

ahahaha sorry dude, dont shoot the messenger. I don't work at no IIE ahahahaha. Just passing along smoke and rumors like everybody else around here. Chill...it's already April 14 and according to your statistics the latest notifications ever went out for the ROK was 17 April...I'm sure they haven't forgotten.

P= Pass A= Ahahahhaa NS= No Sorry gl noob! ANY DAY NOW ROK...

The U.S. Department of State verifies that all applicants are valid U.S. citizens, have not been convicted of any prior felonies (specifically related to illegal drugs) and are medically fit to conduct their proposed study/research. The last part of that process is of course verified after acceptance. Other factors are the verification and allocation of appropriate funding, and other bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo I am sure would not interest any of you. That was the general answer that I received from the PAS (Public Affairs Section) of the local U.S. Embassy. I think it is quite a rare occurrence for somebody to get rejected on that level, but who knows. Lets let our paranoid minds run wild... GLTA.

Cheesy! A good ole' email saying you got it or a beer should do the job, but to each his own!

Yes, this is when one may start to speculate that just perhaps that one person is lying.

You're crazy. You're all crazy. LOL. Makes for a good read though. Definitely more info here than anything we would find out from good ole Johnny Akeley. GLTA....

Just a matter of time now! Let's see what Friday has store for us ROK applicants...

Yep...f*ck

This has got to be the most melodramtic forum on the internet...

Do they always come out during the 1600-1700 timeframe? I heard sometimes they send them out early around lunch time too...not sure if that is a rumor or not? People who got notifications already, what was your time stamp? Much appreciated... Hurry up and wait... J

Your guess is as good as mine. All intel suggests that the ROK in-country committee has convened and applications have made their way to the U.S. based FSB. As a general rule, the ROK in-country committee makes its final decisions in mid-March, so whatever delay we are seeing is coming from the U.S. side, NOT the ROK in-country committee. I am not sure how valid your Tuesday/Friday theory is, but if it is indeed SOP at the IIE for the ROK-AOR then it seems that 1 April is our next highly likely window of opportunity. GLTA. J

More Korea people...reveal yourselves!

Research or graduate grant? Yes...1600 EST...

Yes, very reliable. Is there any other ROK (South Korea) applicants on here lurking (Not ETA)?

Be advised...sources tell me ROK notifications will be distributed 28 March at 1600 hours...

Hey Gina, Congrats on passing the first round! I passed as well. There is another gradcafe lurker on this board that I have been in contact with who also applied and succeeded into the second round for our catagory. I will let her come out of the woodwork on her own though (she is a bit shy) That said, with an award catagory as small as ours, it seems we are the lucky few. I was also told (as you just confirmed) that no more than fifteen to twenty people passed into the second round. Which means that there is a very small talent pool that passed into the second round with us. So, our chances statisitcially are quite good, but the compeition I am sure is much more feirce! All in good fun though! GLTA. J

From a reliable source...FYI... "Final Selection Process 1.) Each country's Fulbright Program is run a bit differently, so whatever I say from country A's case may not apply "as-is" to Fulbright in country B. The IIE panel normally recommends to a bi-national Commission more candidates than can be funded (typically 1.5 to 2x more) and the number finally funded by Fulbright in any given country will differ with each year's budget, and who will ultimately get selected will differ based on each year's pool of candidates as well as the topics funded in recent years. This means there is still a hurdle to overcome for final selection. 2.) The next Selections' Committee panel in a bi-national Commission country is not in the U.S. Embassy, but in the Commission itself, and the Selections' Comittee is usually made up of some of the Commission (Board) members, which will go through all of the recommended applications and recommend to the Commission as a whole who - and how many - should receive awards for the coming academic year. The U.S. Embassy is normally represented on the Commission, but not as a majority of the voting members. 3.) Those selected by the Commission are then vetted, finally, by the U.S. Presidentially-appointed Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB or FFSB), which normally approves all selected by the Commission, but has the right to decline some selected by the Commissions. This is rare, and happens only for extremely sensitive political content or circumstances of research."

haha....

Yes, it is in a new category. Not an ETA yet not a research grant. It is a full graduate degree grant so there is only ten available. I am not for sure but I am sure my chances are below 50% statistically! haha...I have studied Korean for three years now and been to South Korea before so I speak pretty good Korean. I think the program itself is in English though. I'll keep my fingers crossed...hopefully we can make it through to the next round together! haha

Oh cool! Honesty I wasn't expecting anybody on here to be applying to SK. I am not an ETA applicant so my chances are even slimmer...but I am hoping to study my graduate program at Korea University in North Korean Studies with a focus on regional security. I haven't heard of many people applying for research grants in South Korea...all I ever hear about is ETAs so I am not really sure what to expect...

Hey guys! I just found this board. I actually have not been thinking about the results at all until this week! That stupid survey email from Fulbright caught my attention though! So, I guess I am now in the "anxiously waiting" catagory. I am applying for a full graduate degree to South Korea. Anybody else applying to South Korea? Only ten awards available for the particular award I applied for so it is a long shot but let's see! My guess is that we will hear something by this Friday...I doubt we will hear anything on Monday seeing it is MLK day but who knows! These Fulbright people can be pretty tricky from what I have heard GLTA J