danielaface

Are there any Fulbrighters who are planning on blogging on their adventure? Would you mind posting a link? I'd love to follow your experience!

I really hope that there is! I'm wishing you luck!

Guess what, guys!!!! I got the ETA grant for Russia after being an Alternate for what seems like forever. Kazan here I come!!! WOOOO!!

I want to hear more A's getting P's. I need some more fuel for my hope. :)

My fingers are crossed for you!!!!

What?! That is awful! I can't imagine waiting that long. Stay strong- you'll get through this!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

Thanks for the info!

I'm curious- is there a deadline for accepted candidates to confirm the offer?

It does! This is so exciting! Congratulations! I have a quick question though. Do they usually contact alternates by phone or by email when telling them the good news?

YAY! Congratulations! Thank you for the encouragement! I'm still holding out hope.

I love hearing all these A's turn into P's! Congrats to you all and thank you for giving me hope!

I just found out that I am an alternate for Russia as well. I kind of knew that I would get that, but I'm hopeful for an upgrade in status. Fingers crossed for all us alternates. Does anyone have any idea how many alternates there usually are?

Thanks for the reply! I guess I'll stay up for another hour, just in case...

When can we usually expect them to stop notifying us for the day? 5pm EST? I'm so done with waiting.

Call me a total newbie, but what does this 'P' in the subject line mean?

I really hate this time difference. I feel as though I have an extra six hours to worry about news coming this day and it's killing me. I have a feeling Russia will find out this Wednesday, but my fingers are crossed for today! Best of luck to everyone! Hopefully we find out sooner rather than later.

Maybe we should simply do it by EST, since the offices are on the east coast? Or am I just assuming that? It'll make it easier to organize.

I thought that it was just a language assessment like the one I did for CLS, but then she asked me questions from the application, like why I wanted Fulbright, what I planned on doing after, what my side project was and I wasn't prepared to answer them in Russian. I got so flustered that I just tanked. So I don't know what they were looking for or how I measured up. But yeah, I had Marina and we laughed a bunch and bonded over photography. I'm hoping for some brownie points there.

I'm an ETA as well! Team Russia ETA! YAY! I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high for this week because I have a feeling it's going to come next week, but hopefully I'll be surprised. I'm super nervous because I feel like I bombed the interview and my side-project isn't strong, but nothing I can do now, but anxiously wait.

Yes, I've been checking my email like crazy, hoping for some news. Of course, I've done some speculating and it seems like Russia informs applicants on a Wednesday, so I'm hoping for this Wednesday or next, but we'll see... Good luck to you guys!