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    NSF GRFP 2016

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    Just now, Neist said:

    Is there any verification outside of the one person on Reddit that any status has actually changed to reviewed?

    Might be a troll. Maybe not, but you never know. This is the internet.

    I hope it is a troll...and if no one here is calling it then I'd say it's fake. Let's hope that its not a sign of rejection...Augh calm down Kafcat...Need to be prepared...

     

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    Fulbright 2016 - 2017

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    18 minutes ago, GK Chesterton said:

    Thanks for your response -- it's a study / research grant. I talked to friends who have had Fulbright grants for Austria, and they report receiving 920 euro / month (which it is hard to imagine being enough to live on). 

    I've now received a few letters from them, but still haven't heard an actual number on the monthly stipend. 

    The stipend depends on the cost of living. Depending on where your friend is placed, Austria can be significantly cheaper than Italy. 

    Fulbright 2016 - 2017

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    3 hours ago, busybee said:

    I don't think so. The acceptance rate for my country is about 10%, and after I found out that I was a semi-finalist, I let the schools to which I was applying know. The professors with whom I was corresponding were very impressed. Not to mention, in my country, ETAs are expected to work only about 20 hours each week, and are highly encouraged to conduct their own research while on the fellowship. If I reapplied to graduate school with it, I would certainly talk about it in my statement of purpose and interviews--the experience of teaching preparing me professionally, what I learned about the culture and language (a necessity for my doctoral work) for nearly a year abroad, and the research I conducted which would undoubtedly be connected to my future dissertation work. I don't think the admissions committees would brush it off as, "She only taught English and learned nothing, what a useless Fulbright." I wouldn't want to go to a school where people are that elitist, anyway. 

    The ETA was a good option for me, as well, since I was working on graduate school applications and was abroad at the time. I need graduate school training before I can really conduct the kind of research I want to do, anyway, so a research award for this cycle was totally implausible. And I am sure you are probably all correct that the award wouldn't be given much weight for a career in academia--and solely written on a CV with no context, I can see that--but in different context, during an interview or in a statement of purpose for example, I think even the ETA award could hold a lot of weight and merit. 

    Completely agree with this, I was just speaking for people who get the Fulbright ETA and do nothing on the side. I was pretty lucky to engage in conferences and community outreach in my country which helped my applications. But from what I have heard, an ETA is not as impressive as a research grant in order to get into PhD programs. Maybe other grad programs, yes, ( I had a couple of fulbright friends that got into the foreign service programs, law school, teacher's college, etc). 

    Fulbright 2016 - 2017

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    5 hours ago, theonionman said:

    As a former Fulbright research grant awardee and current PhD student (still waiting to hear back about my application for a 2nd Fulbright research grant...), I just want to echo what kafcat said above. ETA is fun but does literally nothing for your CV. I honestly don't completely understand why people with an interest in academic careers even apply for the ETA; neither admissions nor hiring committees care about it.

     

    I heard of Fulbright literally my senior year as I was writing my undergrad thesis...so writing a proposal for the research Fulbright seemed daunting. Additionally, I think Fulbright advisors at some universities take pride in that they are a high producing fulbright university and they want to keep that label..so they highly encourage students to apply for the ETA. My advisor even told me that it would increase my chances of going to a PhD program! I don't regret anything about the Fulbright experience since it has been the best year of my life! But, had I known that it would do literally nothing except give me a label for the rest of my life, I would have applied for the research grant. Now that you're in the PhD, do you know if we can apply for the research grant later on for dissertation purposes? I have heard both, yes and no (mostly yes). 

    Also another very important thing for future Fulbriyhters. Having the Fulbright label does NOT automatically open doors for you. People outside of academia/education/do not generally know Fulbright. Upon return I had a hard time trying to convince employers that Fulbright is a legit program as opposed to a backpacking trip in Europe. You want to go to as many networking events as possible in your host country so that you can put something else in your resume other than just "teaching english." I think there is this sadly common misconception (also echoed by Fulbright) that once you get the grant, you will have access to all sorts of things. The reality is a lot more different. My fellow Fulbrighters also had a hard time looking for a job back home while applying for grad programs. 

    Fulbright 2016 - 2017

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    On March 24, 2016 at 9:59 AM, busybee said:

    Is there anyone on here who is planning on declining the award if they are selected? I have accepted a great PhD offer to a top institution in my field, and I feel so crazy that I am planning on declining if I receive the award. I applied for an ETA position in case I did not get into graduate school for this fall; graduate school has always been my Plan A. I am still honored to be a Fulbright semi-finalist, of course.

    Does Fulbright hesitate to award more grants in the future if someone has declined in the past? I know I will be applying again in the near future for dissertation research.

     

    If you can't defer take the PhD offer. The Fulbright ETA means nothing in academia since it is not the research grant. The ETA is good if you're applying let's say for masters or MPP, etc. But it won't necessarily look any better on your CV for grad school. Actually, I am not even sure if you can later apply for a research fulbright if you accept the ETA grant...maybe wait and apply for the research one (if you plan to do your dissertation in something related to international affairs/cultures,e tc). While I had the best time of my life as a fulbright ETA, I don't think it did much to boost up my chances to get into grad school (also got into a top program but I don't think Fulbright had anything to do with it). 

    Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

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    10 hours ago, KingNikolai1 said:

    Congratulations to both of you!! I will probably be at UCLA come this fall because the Slavic department is giving me a wonderful financial package.

    yay!! we should all get together at one point to celebrate the achievement of being at UCLA!! :)

    Can a bad quantitative GRE score kill an application?

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    I got into a top 10 program at a quant score similar to yours and a lower verbal score, slightly lower GPA (and this is for a PhD program). That being said, I had great LORs, competitive CV, research and activist experience etc. If you want more info send me a message. I would say that you should probably get a higher quant but depending on your experiences I'd say don't give up. 

    Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

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    On Monday, March 07, 2016 at 6:00 AM, pbnwhey said:

    Sad to hear about the fellowship, but about attending UCLA, woohoo!! If you'd like to meet up at orientation in September then just PM me, I'd love to get to know some of the people who went through all the same stuff as me this round of applications! :)

    Guess what! I got the cota robles too!!!!!!! They just told me yesterday when I was in the preview weekend event !!!☺

    Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

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    12 hours ago, pbnwhey said:

    Sad to hear about the fellowship, but about attending UCLA, woohoo!! If you'd like to meet up at orientation in September then just PM me, I'd love to get to know some of the people who went through all the same stuff as me this round of applications! :)

    definitely!! I'll message you next semester so we can meet up!! like you said, we need some grad school craziness solidarity!!

    Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

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    34 minutes ago, pbnwhey said:

    @gatoski -- I'm on my way back from my visits and I was awarded the fellowship! Were you? I'll be accepting at UCLA this evening, so I hope you'll be going too! 

    I guess I wasn't awarded the fellowship! (unless there are different dates for each  department). Either way I am waiting on other fellowships but I am 98% sure I will accept my offer at UCLA. CONGRATS ON GETTING IT THOUGH!!!! :))))) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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