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I'm sure the email template they sent out had a bug so the names didn't change correctly for each applicant. Since they've sent us emails and haven't called us it's a safe bet to assume that anyone who got an email is rejected. I'm not really sad about getting rejected but Soros really messed up this year. First by not having a pre-set decision date and Facebook post which was not informative and now with messed up emails.

Guys, let's focus on what's important... the weekend is coming up. On a more serious note, let's not jump into any conclusions and let's wait for all the decisions to come out next Week (based on the FB post).

Congrats figure_out! It's a bit disheartening that although it seems that the finalists are already selected, they're not notifying all the applicants at once. Maybe they have their own reasons, but it'd be nice to just get the result out on a preset date.

What I said earlier is obviously purely speculative and they might announce the finalists this Friday or something (again speculating but Jan 12, next Monday, is definitely not "early" Jan anymore). Personally I'm waiting for the rejection letter in my inbox tomorrow or the day after.

Yanders, please don't make i.am.me nervous ;-) Not trying to hype up anything but based on last years announcement timings, there's a good chance that they start calling finalists this Monday and Tuesday.

@i.am.me Yes, by accepts I meant finalists, aka around 72 people who will be interviewed for the actual 30 fellowship spots. Merry christmas!

I'm pretty sure they'll announce the winners by the first week of January. Last year rejection letters were emailed out on around Jan 8th and accepts were called a couple of days before that.

Glad to hear from more people who applied this year! I also applied (this is my second time). As Dash mentioned, when I read past fellows' bio I become completely convinced that I'm not gonna get the fellowship (though I have pretty good academic credentials on paper), but let's hope for the best

We might as well start the new topic for this year (based of off @Yellow Magnet who did it for last year). Go ahead and dish out your woes and worries here. The application deadline was November 1st (and was extended to November 3rd). They announce the semifinalists in early January.