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I was emailed today at 12:05pm pst. I won a Boren Scholarship and an AFLI summer supplement! I was in the middle of a meeting and started hyperventilating, haha. Congratulations to recipients, and best of luck to everyone else - I know you'll all do amazing things!! Waiting for this decision was giving me such anxiety and I'm so glad the wait is over. Gradcafe helped with my nerves a lot, thank you to everyone on here. If anyone else will be studying in Senegal for the fall semester or participating in the AFLI summer program, please don't hesitate to contact me I look forward to meeting you folks.

Hi morocco1, from perusing past years' forums, I believe there was one person last year who wrote that they never received a budget email but were awarded Boren. I'm not sure if they were a scholarship or fellowship applicant. Hope that is helpful to you!

For anyone curious, I've copy and pasted below the exact language of the email I received on March 18. I think this is the "budget email" some are referring to. After receiving this email, does anyone have a clue what your chances are of being awarded, being selected as alternate, or getting nothing? I'd love to have a better picture of what type of back up-planning I ought to do. Dear __________: Thank you for submitting your National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarship application. Your application is being considered and final award decisions will be announced at the end of April 2014. If your study abroad program has an earlier deposit deadline, you may want to let them know that you are awaiting a decision from the Boren Scholarship. If you are awarded a Boren Scholarship, you will be required to attend the Orientation and Convocation Ceremony in Washington, DC on June 9th and 10th. If you are awarded, certain materials will need to be submitted before your first award disbursement would be issued. In addition, you would need to purchase your airline tickets before receiving your first disbursement. Funding would then be distributed over the duration of the program and not in a single installment. Please plan accordingly. As your application is being considered, we request that you provide IIE with additional information about your study abroad dates, program costs, and financial aid status. The Boren Scholarship online system (https://nsep.iieweb.net/nsep/nseplogin.asp) allows you to submit the requested information electronically. Applicants should use their original user name and password to log onto the system. Please be sure to hit the “UPDATE” button in order to save the requested information online. AFLI applicants with an official domestic program should NOT include the costs or dates for the summer domestic component in this update. Swahili applicants who are applying for the official AFLI spring internship should include those costs and dates in this update. ** PLEASE PROVIDE IIE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION USING THE ONLINE SYSTEM BY5:00PM EDT MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014! ** A. Cost of attendance at home institution – Please state your total cost to attend your current U.S.institution for one academic year. Include tuition, room and board, books, etc. as appropriate. Do not subtract financial aid or scholarships/grants. B. Updated Financial Aid Information – If you receive financial aid, identify the total amount of financial aid that you receive for an academic year. Include scholarships, grants, AND loans. C. Study Abroad Dates and Cost –The table lists your study abroad dates and costs as stated in your application. You must contact your study abroad program to determine if anything has changed. If so, enter the new dates or amounts in the space provided. The program costs MUST be broken down into the following categories: Cost of tuition and fees – If your home institution requires you to pay its tuition rather than the study abroad program costs, please include your home institution tuition costs in this field. Cost of room and board – This is housing and food. This should include costs incurred during program breaks if you are to remain in your host country. Cost of round-trip international airfare – Please remember that you must travel on a U.S. Airline as far as possible. Cost of books, insurance and local transportation. Please be as accurate as possible in estimating these costs, keeping in mind that Boren does not select recipients based on their budgets. If there is no change to the information listed, you will need to reenter the same dates/figures on the second column. If you budget was not previously broken down, please contact your study abroad provider to get the costs broken down into our categories. D. Study Abroad Financial Aid - If you receive financial aid, identify the amount of financial aid that at this time you are certain you will receive for your proposed study abroad. Do not include loans or tentative scholarships/grants. Do not hesitate to call our office at 1-800-618-NSEP or email boren@iie.org if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your updated information by 5:00PM EDT Monday, March 24. Boren Award Staff Institute of International Education (IIE) 1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 Phone +1.800.618.NSEP | Fax +1.202.326.7672 | boren@iie.org

Me too, pschicago! I also applied for a Boren Scholarship to the AFLI Wolof/French program in Senegal. And I also received a "budget email" asking me to log in to my NSEP login account and update my program dates, study abroad costs, and any financial aid info! How exciting! I'm not sure if this email was sent to everyone or if this is the fabled cryptic acceptance email of years past, but either way, it can't be a bad thing we are being contacted further. I hope we are both accepted and I get to meet you in the fall!