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There are a number of eligibility requirements that the Fulbright Board at the State Department enforces. My dad works for a State Department subsidiary, so they decided I was ineligible. I got really lucky though and managed to get a DAAD scholarship. Those eligibility requirements will get you!

I'm really sorry, Lalakey. I was rooting for you.

I found out last night (around 4:30pm) that I was selected through email for a Study Scholarship. Good luck to those who haven't heard yet, and even more to those who heard bad news. I doubt there was much difference at all in the quality of our applications; this scholarship is so self-selected that it's a crap shoot.

Same for me, but Virginia. Mail just came, no letter.

I'm concerned about something: I found out, after I submitted an application for Fulbright, that I am technically ineligible (my father works for a subsidiary of the State Department). I only learned about the DAAD after my German contact suggested applying there. On the application, they asked whether or not I applied to any other scholarships. Because I had been told that I was ineligible by several Fulbright people, I marked 'No.' Lo and behold, come January, I get the "You made it to the next round" Fulbright email. It's crazy to think that they're conversing could catch me in a lie (even though I made it without knowing), right? Frankly, I still think that I'm ineligible for the Fulbright and will tell them that if I get it.

Do you have any knowledge on what they correspond about? It is just, "We're sending our decisions out tomorrow," or more than that?

I'm sorry to hear that they were assholes! Best of luck in the future.