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No go for me too. Alas! I'm not surprised though; it's geared more toward people of color and I am not (only thing going for me as being a woman I think). Congrats to all that made it through or didn't. <3 Onward to Pickering! (I'll reply to all the rest of the posts in a little bit.)

@mrs12 Awww thanks for saying so! We'll see soon I guess. And yes I plan to apply for the Pickering if I don't get the Rangel. Yeah - I think it'll be nice to know beforehand if we got selected or not. I've heard from past Rangel folk that it was a big complaint because the acceptances didn't go out right with the "need to say 'yes/no' to a school" deadlined that is UGH if you don't know whether you'll have funding or not. We'll see with the GRE. I'm going to try to scrape the money together to give it another go but it's so expensive and there's application fees to start thinking about too. Hopefully you're right but my quant score definitely needs some help still haha. Also that is an adorable dream!!! Hahah. Thankfully though not at all like what the interview is... I hope. LOL. As for schools, I'm thinking around 6. A lot but I do want to keep my options open and give myself a chance of success. We'll see though - it might depend on if I can retake the GRE. Breathe!!! Hehe. I wish I could say I was but thankfully I've got so much other stuff it's been a bit easy to put it to the back of my mind. I find that keeping myself occupied outside of all this helps. Hello Olgraves!! Welcome to the thread. I would think soon for the Pickering. If you're worried you can sign-up to be on their mailing list to get a notification when the application opens.

I'll add to mrs12 that there's another thread and also that I think more applicants than you might think are on the 'untraditional' track. I've been out of school for three years myself - working a boring job and doing a Fulbright - on top of having graduated as a non-traditional age student from undergrad (at the age of 28!). One of the previous Fulbrighters from my country is a Rangel this year and he was working for a year before being accepted. I would say you've got a lot less to be nervous about!

@mrs12 Oh wow, that sounds AWESOME. It's been both interesting and slightly horrifying to hear about what's going on in Turkey right now and I would be so interested in reading/hearing more about your thesis work. And cool!!! Georgetown is my top choice too though I'd be trying for MSFS; how cool would it be if we both ended up there and as Rangel Fellows?? (Though I need to figure out what to do about my GRE - I feel like it's not good enough for Georgetown right now so...UGH.) Anyway - Tufts (MALD) is a close second but we'll see. What I want to do for my thesis work is a little bit odd so I'm still researching other places that would have what I'm looking for. As for Fulbright, I was an ETA! There were some definite hard times and learning curves but mostly it was amazing. I had no history with Indonesia prior, which was part of the point of going. I wanted to learn about a place I'd never been or thought about before and it most definitely delivered. I've learned to love it as much as I do Japan, which was my main focus of study for most of my undergraduate work (and a place I also love dearly).

@mrs12 Of course! Looks like Bandi answered it too but I'll include the email address: lily.lopezmcgee@howard.edu. it looks like it was CC'd to a Cynthia so that might have been a possibility too. I sure hope you found that email!!! I'm all about keeping in touch, sharing knowledge, and keeping our minds off waiting with other stuff. Also of course making new pals. Especially with the whole graduate school ride. It's such a stressful thing that it's nice to have people to talk to going through the same process. Oh man that time and date... Gonna try my best NOT to look at it. Hahah. Focusing on school is tough! I'm kind of glad I waited to deal with all the fellowships/scholarships and graduate school until after I did undergrad. What's your undergrad research on? And where are you interested in applying to graduate school? As for me, I'm post-grad 3 years. Went to work for a bit, did a Fulbright, now it's onto graduate school. I've known about the Rangel & Pickering since undergrad so they've both always been on my radar; it feels weird that I'm finally applying to them after having them in the back of my mind for the last 4 years. @Bandi: I've been working mostly. I'm an English Writing tutor at a local community college at the present moment as well as a weekend caregiver for one set of my grandparents. Thankfully it's all kept me busy enough to not think too much about the fellowship. Though as time's gone by I've gotten a lot better at just 'letting it go' once the application has been sent in. It took me years to get there though! How about you? What are you doing in your post-grad life? And what graduate schools are you thinking about?

Wow crazy! Guess we'll find out in October. (I'm secretly hoping it was less than that too though.. Haha.) Hi Bandi~ Looks like we're the loud ones for the moment here - looking forward to sharing our experiences as we go forward with this thing. Also just got a confirmation email this evening that my application is "moving to our first round of application review." I figured this is their way of saying that I had all the application components and not much else (lol). At least it confirms that everything went through though so I'm happy about that. Hopefully you guys have heard something too!

Yeah it's a little weird how they do it. Guess we'll find out in October! The early application date was so difficult/crazy - I wonder how many people they had apply for it this year because of that....

Hey everybody! Because this forum helped me so much with my Fulbright journey I figured I would stop by and say hello. We're getting down to the wire (I both like but am dreading the earlier due date), so good luck. Look forward to meeting and waiting with all of you folks! Also, alas mrs12 I'm not sure I can help with your questions specifically but I'm going to try to keep it more 'general' and based on my top three schools.

Awesome! One of the new ETAs here. There are also a few other lurking around that I know of. I'm going to message you in a moment with a (slightly) unrelated question I think!

What region? They send out the official registration emails a bit after the save the dates. There's a bunch of information from the website they link you to, it's one with a password.

This is great news. I was worried they wouldn't be paying for this so thanks for the info! Did you get any information about accommodations also or just flights?

Hey sabrinamichelle, East-Asia Pacific here and we've yet to get an email and our orientation is the week before the SSA's (Jun 24th-28th). The program coordinator at IIE mentioned that the invitation email will get sent out this week or next so I imagine yours should be coming after that - aka - around next week or the week after? Hope this helps!

Also on an entirely different note: Have any grantees to the East-Asia Pacific region gotten an email from IIE (or the DoS) regarding the US orientation in June yet?

Hi Titania31! I can't quote on my computer at the moment but in regards to your question - the six week was deadline for you as a pre-grantee to submit the paperwork not for the DoS to approve them. The cogs of government work slowly in this regard so I wouldn't be too worried if you haven't heard from them yet. If there was an issue you probably would have gotten an email or phone call already, so no news so far is good news! I submitted mine the week after you and still have not heard anything either. Hope this helps!

It may take them a bit to get your information into the system. They are also using a new system so there's some glitches. I, for example, didn't show up for a while; my suggestion is if you don't see yourself in a few days email the program manager! They'll direct you toward IT.

YES!!! Congrats to all the (P)s. Welcome to the Fulbright fold. To all the NS & A folks: You are wonderful and as said above, one door closes another one opens! <3 Don't lose hope and be proud of the work you did to get here.

They'll send an email (saying that the forms have been rejected) if something's wrong so if you haven't received anything like that I'd say you're all set. No need to delete and resubmit.

It was about a week between getting my acceptance email from IIE and hearing from the commission in Indonesia. For some reason it also took a few extra days for the email to show up in my school email (I got it the day of in my personal email account), so it could be that due to the firewalls, etc. If you're ultra worried, I would suggest emailing the program manager at IIE.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but from what I've gathered the orientation is mandatory. If you don't attend they could rescind your grant. Maybe in special cases they might make an exception? I would email the program manager for your region and ask; that would probably be the best way to get a complete answer!

They'll probably just tell you to resend! I had to do that because of an issue with a signature.

Hi CMNO15! Your grant authorization document is sent to you via email (and maybe with a hard copy by post too). It was about a week between my acceptance email and when I got an email with all the additional documentation so if it hasn't been too long wait for a little bit! It may take IIE some time get all the information gathered up and sent out to you.

This is the website I've been looking at mainly: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/go/health/insurance-providers.html I don't think it's full coverage but since most health insurance in the US may not even cover international travel, it's probably best to get international insurance. It also sounds like in this case because we'll be abroad we would be exempt from having to be fully covered and/or pay the fine for the ACA. I'm still looking into it and plan to make some calls by the end of this month. I'll post here about further details as I find them! Most international insurance coverage is just a one time payment up front I think. At least that's been my experience with when I've gone abroad for a few months and what I've done of my own research - looking at quotes from the website listed, etc - for this. Though if your FPA says you'll be covered maybe you would be? It might be helpful to ask one of the program folks at IIE too just for confirmation.

Hi! I'm in exactly the same place. For the moment I just kept the section blank but I've been looking into some of the options that are listed on the DoS website and also how it would all work with ACA. I imagine if we do get insurance to cover later on we just need to let our respective Commission and IIE know?

Interesting and thanks for the information! So maybe it was that I'd already had some experience abroad more than anything. And I certainly didn't meant to knock it at all. It's a great program and some of the internships were fascinating and I wish I could have done them! I know some alumni that love it too. Where were you and what were you doing for your fellowship?

Go for it! I've been out of school full time for 3 years now and am 31 and received a grant. I would suggest finding some alumni from the SSA area you're interest in and asking about their stories of getting a Fulbright. It's more than just the committee at your college I guess and you should try and branch out in order to help strengthen your application. I'd be interested to hear what kind of specifics your project entailed? Since I feel like there's a big push for elephant conservation already both in Africa & without, I'm wondering if it's seen as something that doesn't really 'help' the country (in a way) or provide new information. That said though, there's always a way to spin old issues into new ones! Perhaps shifting it to a different country that doesn't have much in the way of a plan for elephant conversation would be a good option as well! I'm an East-Asia Pacific and ETA person but I'd be happy to help with statements and everything too! Also while Princeton in Africa/Asia is a great program I think they have a tendency to go for younger folks. I also applied and got rejected - a reason among them (from my opinion) because I was too old and had too much experience abroad already. However, that's just my opinion and I could be wrong! I know some graduate students who have received it and they would be around your age.