Sarah212

@Sarah212 thanks for your really helpful post! I was just bumped up from an alternate to a finalist for Arabic in Amman (as of 5:11pm)!!! Best of luck to other alternates, I guess this means they've started notifying people from more languages now

In case any one has the same questions, here's an email sent to hindi alternates in my area. Hope this helps a little with the alternate anxiety!  

In case any one has the same questions, here's an email sent to hindi alternates in my area. Hope this helps a little with the alternate anxiety!  

In case any one has the same questions, here's an email sent to hindi alternates in my area. Hope this helps a little with the alternate anxiety!  

In case any one has the same questions, here's an email sent to hindi alternates in my area. Hope this helps a little with the alternate anxiety!  

In case any one has the same questions, here's an email sent to hindi alternates in my area. Hope this helps a little with the alternate anxiety!  

Hi all! Been lurking for a while but decided to join the conversation. I'm an Arabic alternate. Have alternates from any other languages besides Hindi heard back yet?

Hey guys!
I am a Bangla semi-finalist and I know many of us are nervous waiting for the final decisions. I just wanted to share what my campus representative told me. One of her colleagues over at CLS has told her that the review has already been finished and the reviewer's final lists have been sent to the State Department for review and verification.The earliest we may hear back is this week so it is a definite possibility!
 
 

I have a feeling that I'll find out that notifications were sent via this forum rather than actual email. I'm checking this way more often, since seeing others feel my pain is more comforting than opening an empty mailbox ^.^

Having travelled to and studied in Oman and Jordan, I can tell you that yes, visas are very easy to get for these countries. And having studied in Oman with CLS, it was the easiest process ever as CLS does everything for you. In Jordan, you simply buy your visa at the airport. You'll have to extend it with the Department of Residency and Borders after one month (which is easy to do), but CLS will help you with everything.
Good luck everyone!!! Today has gotta be the day!! I hope everyone gets some great news. Having made it this far in CLS is an accomplishment unto itself and you should all be proud no matter the outcome!

I was really hoping for today, but it looks like it will indeed be this dang leap year! Fingers crossed for Monday!

Semi-finalist! o snap, the real pain begins....
*edit: for Hindi

Chinese semi-finalist! 

After you've applied to so many things, you begin to realize winning things is a bit of a crapshoot and tend not to dwell on things you haven't won. I'm pretty well decorated with accolades, but if I think about it honestly, I've only won about 1/3 of everything for which I've tried. It's a crapshoot.

Got the notification 2 mins ago! I'm a semi-finalist for Arabic!
Did people from the other languages hear back yet?

semifinalist for bangla!

I wonder how many of us are semi-finalists...It could make for an interesting study on application success relative to expressive and communal anxiety-tendencies....

Someone called CLS and was told we wouldn't her back until the last week of January. 

Could today be the day we hear back?  I'm hopeful, but when I did CLS in 2014 all of the notifications were on a Friday, if I remember correctly.  Won't they come back from their long weekend, raring to give us some peace of mind?

Just made an account because I couldn't see past the first page of this thread without signing in..procrastinating on a newspaper story and jumping every time I get an email haha. It's nice to have some company in this. Good luck to everyone!