Irisiy17

Hi all!! Got the notification at 8pm EST, on a Saturday of all days, that I am selected for Jordan research!! The long months of waiting are finally over!!

I have friends who have applied and been accepted to Jordan for other 15-16 year programs, so I don't know what security they are worried about that other programs aren't... But really, can't they at least tell us if we weren't selected? If we aren't the ones who need to keep holding on to hope this is going to go through? They are making future life choices very difficult for us by dragging this out.

For those of us who received the orientation emails, does this possibly mean that there is some kind of holdup on the notifications or just that they are going to be annoucing later than last year? One of my transcripts didn't arrive and I got an email last week to send a new one. I asked if I needed to rush it, to which he replied no, he was sure it would arrive before notifications. Now with these orientation "save-the-dates," I'm starting to wonder how much longer they plan on holding off, and what (if anything specific) they might be waiting on....

By the way, it appears as though someone has changed all of the status's to Accepted on the spreadsheet. This is a pretty awful thing to do, thanks alot. Does anyone know if it can be reverted to a previous version? I hope we didn't just lose all of that information.

I applied to Jordan for research. Hoping to hear by the end of this week! Fingers crossed! Congrats to everyone for Korea! I'm only slightly jealous your wait is over ... like 90% happy for you, 10% jealous.

Ok, I'm finally posting. Like many others have mentioned, I am also a long-time lurker. With many notifications already out, I thought I would finally chime in. The past couple weeks waiting for Fulbright has been awful. Before that, I was studying for and then taking my PhD comps, but now that's over and I have nothing else to do but let my mind be consumed with Fulbright notification. This forum has been great to know I'm not alone and yet still hard to see all the joy at acceptances and sadness at the rejections. I just want to know where I stand! I was really hoping to be notified by now. I am also working in a job that I am not very happy at, so getting the Fulbright would be great in this capacity. My supervisor knows I am waiting to hear as well, so it's awful every time they ask me. I know they will need to find a replacement for me too, so it's just like everyone is waiting with me which makes it that much harder. Fingers crossed we will hear more this week! Congrats to everyone who has gotten accepted and stay positive those of you who are alternates or received rejections. As an older student, I can safely say that new opportunities in life will come your way, even if you don't expect them or they weren't what you thought. Keep putting yourself out there. Those who are still agonizing in waiting, know you have one more standing in solidarity with you!