sairam94
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@geocat let me know if the IIE gets back to you about your paperwork! I'm really hoping there are no penalties
I'm really freaking out
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3 hours ago, geocat said:
I missed the deadline too and am also freaking out. I couldn't access the Program in the Self-Service Portal (maybe because I missed the deadline?) so I just emailed the documents as attachments to the contact person for the documents at IIE for Spain. I hope everything turns out alright for both of us.
you should be able to access the program in the self service portal, I was able to!
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5 hours ago, sesebella said:
It's on the finalist resources page. I printed out the terms and conditions, printed it, signed it, scanned it, and uploaded it in the self-service portal
thank you!! are they strict on the deadlines? I realized I missed it by a few days and I'm freaking out
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On 3/31/2016 at 5:16 AM, horatiustb said:
Hey all,
For the finalists here, did you physically sign the terms and conditions paper or just pdf style sign them?
Did you get the terms and conditions paper after you submitted the health form? I haven't turned mine in yet nor have I received the terms and conditions paper.
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Quick question: how do we book our flights? Do we have to book our flights and then we get reimbursed later on or does our country's commission help us book the flights?
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Hello Spain people! Here is the link for the Facebook group for the 2016-2017 grantees!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1009131539133272?view=group&refresh_sidenav=1
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When do they send out more info regarding award amount, visa process, etc?
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28 minutes ago, LifeLearner said:
Spain found out!! I'm a Spain ETA finalist!! Day MADE!
hopefully the rest of the Spain ETA crew on here has good news too!
16 minutes ago, geocat said:Me too! Felicidades!
Do you guys know when we would get more info on departure dates and how to buy tickets, award info, etc? Also we need to get a visa right? How does that work?
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2 minutes ago, LifeLearner said:
Spain found out!! I'm a Spain ETA finalist!! Day MADE!
hopefully the rest of the Spain ETA crew on here has good news too!
Me too!!!!!! I thought I wouldn't get it so I'm in shock right now!!!! I've never been to Spain!!!!
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5 hours ago, Nffasa14 said:
eta! what about you?
5 hours ago, LifeLearner said:Same!! Ahh another one! @sairam94 @rsolo @horatiustb Welcome to the Spain ETA Waiting Club haha
Welcome! I'm sure you're also anxiously awaiting results like we are all. Last year the results were released on the 16th... Which is tomorrow. I guess Spain isn't following the trend of notifying early
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14 minutes ago, horatiustb said:
Hello All,
So I am pretty new to this forum. I am a finalist for the Spain ETA position. Any one else applying to this one? Also is there a spreadsheet for this year and could someone link it. Thanks
I am!! Hopefully this week is the week
I saw the link somewhere on the Reddit forum, otherwise its somewhere on this thread.
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3 hours ago, LifeLearner said:
Lucky!! That's so cool you're a translator, do you interpret as well? I wish there were more opportunities to speak Spanish where I'm from, but the midwest isn't really known for that haha. And I became an ESL tutor after I submitted my application (which was kind of a bummer because I'm learning a lot) so I couldn't even talk about it lol.
Yea I occasionally work as an interpreter for some nurses who aren't fluent in Spanish!! Are you planning on reapplying if you don't get it? If so I'm sure you could include ESL on the application!!
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57 minutes ago, LifeLearner said:
Yes! I'm a Spanish major. I volunteer at a school's ESL program where I use it sometimes. What about you?
ESL programs must be a great learning experience for you. I'm actually a Spanish minor, my major is in Biology. Fortunately I live in Southern California, where opportunities to use Spanish are plentiful haha, I actually work as a Spanish translator/assistant at a clinic in Los Angeles once or twice a week, and I'm a Spanish tutor as well!
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13 minutes ago, sat0ri said:
Awesome, great job on medical school. I'm pre-med myself (my true haunt is SDN), and I'm curious, have you talked to your school about deferrals? I'm not sure I even have to worry about it because I don't if I'll get Fulbright but I thought I'd ask.
I have a few good friends who applied MD-PhD and they had trouble getting deferrals at certain school. For instance, one of my friends who is currently a Gates-Cambridge fellow had trouble getting a deferral. He interviewed at Harvard, UPenn, etc etc and I think UPenn was one of the only ones that accepted the deferral for even a prestigious scholarship. He had a similar timeline as you, he was accepted to med schools and found out about Gates-Cambridge in Febraury-March.
Thankfully my school is very accommodating to let us defer for reasonable situations! Fortunately Fulbright is one of them!!
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1 hour ago, LifeLearner said:
@sairam94 @rsolo Yeah congrats on med school, that's huge!!
It's good to know there are other Spain semi-finalists anxiously waiting haha. I studied abroad in Granada last year and volunteered while I was there (in between the tapas lol). But I don't think you need experience in a country because a girl from my university became a Spain ETA and hadn't been to Spain. I also applied for the auxiliaries program, City Year (for a west coast position) and a mission trip through my church where I can be in Latin America so I will be doing something to maybe beef up my application for next year if I don't get it and reapply. But let's hope we all get it next week!!
That's awesome. I wish I had the chance to study abroad in college. Are you studying Spanish as well in school or using it back in the States? I hope we all get it as well!!!
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3 minutes ago, rsolo said:
I studied abroad there for 6 months last year. Congrats on med school! I also applied to the auxiliaries program through the Spanish Ministry of Education, which is a lot less competitive, so hopefully I'll be back in Spain even if Fulbright doesn't work out.
Awesome! And thank you
so it seems pretty rare that they pick people that have never been to the country. Now I'm nervous 
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2 minutes ago, rsolo said:
@sairam94 @LifeLearner I am also a semi-finalist to Spain for the ETA! I just found this forum and have been lurking; I thought it might help with the wait but its only made me more anxious! From the past couple years, it looks like the final notifications came out exactly 2 months after the initial notifications, so hopefully that is the case again this year and they come out next week...
18 minutes ago, LifeLearner said:@sairam94 I have tried guessing based on previous years, but they have been all over the place!! I'm on spring break next week and all the other blogs I've read have said they were on spring break when they heard back...so that's what I'm relying on lol. I just wanna know!! Will you reapply for Spain if you don't get it? I think I might, but I don't know if I could playing the waiting game for another year.
Fingers crossed!! I will not be trying again. I have a seat in medical school already so if this doesn't work out its off to med school for me!! Have you guys ever been to Spain? I'm nervous that they could reject me based on that alone, but I have had a lot of experience with Spanish in the states so hopefully they look at that.
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Have any Spain semi finalists managed to find out approximately when we should be hearing back?
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30 minutes ago, Caytei said:
I appear to have started stress-eating this week and should be the size of a small whale by the time the notifications are sent out.
How is everyone else coping with the anxiety of waiting? Any good tips to share or are we all just spiraling down together?I guess a lot of ice cream, but other than that I'm mentally preparing myself for a rejection so I don't get too bummed out. If it's meant to be, it'll happen
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1 hour ago, Swingin_Sween said:
What is everybody's backup plan if they don't get the Fulbright?
I have a job offer and have been holding off on accepting it because the Fulbright is what I want the most. What about everyone else?
My backup is medical school. I've been accepted but in waiting to hear back from Fulbright so that I can tell my school if I will be starting the year after.
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Does anyone know if Fulbright prefers people who have had experience in the country? I've never been to the country I'm applying to but have been very involved with the language in the U.S.
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2 hours ago, sat0ri said:
A few people here got interviews for the Polland Fulbright, I think it is just a few pages back. I also just received an interview invite (for open award UK on 2/15--I was dying of dread and barely had an ember of hope) and I will be doing some "homework" going through the old forums. If I unearth anything worthwhile, I'll post a reply to you.
Something that was said earlier in this thread by a previous Fulbright fellow that I repeated to the other Polland Fulbright semifinalist was that they either have you as accepted or alternate. You can be downgraded to an alternate if you bomb your interview; however, doing a killer job on the interview won't get you bumped up to alternate. What I take from this is just be confident and don't stress too much, because it is basically out of your hands at that point (just don't do horrendous, which isn't so hard, right?). I really need to find the original quote to confirm the ethos/veracity on that...
Is this the same case for ETA grants that don't require an interview? As in, has the committee already decided what your status will be before forwarding to the next agency?
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13 hours ago, LifeLearner said:
Hey!
I have been reading this thread for a while and I finally decided to post. I am a semi-finalist as a Spain ETA too! Congrats on yours!!
Awesome! Great to see a fellow semi finalist for Spain! fingers crossed for the both of us.
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1 hour ago, lsatings said:
From what I heard, usually language skills and sometimes its like familiarity with the country. One fulbrighter I had spoken with told me that one of the women at the consulate literally told her how 'relieved' she was to 'finally' have a fulbrighter who knew how to do things on their own and didn't need hand holding. The fulbrighter had strong language skills + had spent some time in the country previously, so they didn't need help finding apartments or getting around. I'm sure that's something they seriously consider when reviewing applicants, because the more they have to handhold someone, the less time they have to do other things. But I'm not sure if this applies to all countries/consulates, but I'm sure that since in most of our applications having a familiarity with the country is huge, that they'll look upon it favorably during the committee review for a variety of reasons.
Oh ok. Thanks for the info! Now I'm more paranoid because I've never been to the country I'm applying to (Spain) ?
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I emailed Philana Murphy and she said it was fine!! Thank god haha