RosyPosy68

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This morning.

This is me every day. Even on the weekends. Even though my country is still interviewing. ha!

Hello Omhk! I don't know very much about the Germany programs, but I want to make sure you have some of the good website resources to get a good idea of what kind of participant profile Fulbright is looking for. Although a strong academic background is required (I'm quite sure you magna standing will make up for a few mistakes a while ago), the ultimate focus of Fulbright is leadership, ambassadorial skills, and an ability to/interest in enhancing relationships and understanding between the U.S. and your country of placement. If you can make an excellent case for why your background and your proposed project set you up for that, then you are a much better candidate than if you had a perfect academic transcript and none of those qualities. (Just as a side note-- I started learning German this year on my own and I'm working on preparing for A1... Props on getting to B1... This is hard!!!) I'm sure you can get more specific info from other Fulbright Germany applicants, but in the mean time, check out some of these resources: U.S. Fulbright Website Specifically, I'd read all the information under "Countries" about Germany and then read all the tabs under "Applicants" to get a good understanding of what Fulbright wants. (You may already know all of this... But just in case!) German Fulbright Commission The commissions play a huge role in application decisions if your application becomes a finalist after the IIE screening. They are the review board in the actual destination country. If you have questions after all of that, emailing or calling your undergrad institution's Fulbright Program Adviser (FPA) or the the IIE directly usually has good results, although I'd wait a month or two to reach out to IIE since they're probably being bombarded with panicking finalists about decisions right now. I wish I had more info to give you, but I hope this helps a little! It's how I started out with my UK application process.

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cloudysky, you're awesome. Thanks! More info that makes me feel like I'm doing something productive about this waiting process! haha Also, whoever fixed the formatting/ filters on the spreadsheet: Thank you!!!!! Everything got all mis-sorted the other day and I was stressing, though I'm not sure why... ANOTHER ALSO: Happy World Women's Day!

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Hi! I don't know a whole lot about either, but I will send you a message in a little bit! Anything I know about CBYX is based on the experiences of a German participant in the US. As far as the Fulbright goes, I am an applicant to the UK rather than Germany, and I don't know anyone who has done Fulbright to Germany. It seems to me that they at both prestigious and both based on promoting cultural exchange and understanding. If it were me, Fulbright would be my first choice. But that is ONLY because CBYX is, by definition, for young professionals, and I'm not at a point in my field where I could enter the workforce in a job I actually wanted. I also love language, so teaching english and learning german would be perfect for me. I think it probably comes down to "fit". What do you think each program is looking for in a participant, and which one fits what you can give and what Experience you are looking for.

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For those of you that were worrying about transcripts, I just came across this on one of my many re-reads of the Fulbright website. *Please note that IIE cannot confirm the receipt of individual transcripts. IIE will notify you after the listed deadline if a required transcript is missing. So if you didn't get a notification, you're all good!

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Don't Panic! (ok this one might not count, but it's relevant to all of us right now...!)

Don't worry!!! I know that for several countries the Scholar awards go out quite a bit before the student awards!!!!

I think a lot of us were expecting Ireland first! Rockermaster, still no news?? I vote UK next! Oh.. actually that's just wishful thinking. They're still interviewing. Which reminds me: If anyone applying to the UK has an interview scheduled AFTER Monday the 9th, can you PLEASE post it on the spreadsheet?? Even if you do it anonymously without making an account. As far as any of us can tell so far, that's the last interview date for the UK! I'm going to try not to refresh my email quite as often until I know interviews are over.

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I'm sorry for your disappointment, but I'm keeping my fingers EXTRA-CROSSED that it's only because you have a Fulbright waiting for you!

AHHHHH!!!!GAAHAHHHH!!! OH MY GOSH! Congrats!!!! You're officially the first acceptance post! Please tell us what country! We must document these things! For reasons!

Starting last year or the year before, all or most countries notify by email. From what I've seen, you'll receive an email with either P (Principle- YAY!), A (Alternate---eeekk more waiting), or NS (Not Selected... :( ) in the subject line, and then a full letter in the email.

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Are you me?! ...Seriously...sub "accounting" for "psyc" and "trained my own horse" for "helped someone train their horse"... and we are twin not-quite-Arwens....

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