d-hopper
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1 hour ago, UnawareInGeneral said:
Any alternates get good news recently? Deadline for people to accept was a couple days ago, just curious.
Not I. I'm hoping though.
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On 4/21/2017 at 10:03 PM, UnawareInGeneral said:
Don't take this the wrong way, I'm glad to see you are 32, in school, and pursuing fellowships like this. I'm your age, and I'm finishing my masters in a school where I'm 6-7 years older than the average student. I thought maybe I was too old to go spend an entire year abroad on my language. Good to see other students my age in pursuit of the same things.
I was worried about this until I asked my professors about it. They all said just accept it and go get the language study in, it's paid for and it makes you more valuable for the rest of your life. Two of them actually laughed at me and said I was half their age, why was I asking them what "too old" is.
Well, I met and married my wife during school here so I'll be away from her for a full year if I get this. Longest so far has been three months last summer before we married. If I don't get it, I'll continue on with my third year and try again next year.
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Well, you saw it was based on a true story. They had Schriver interview from prison at the end.
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1 hour ago, misomonster said:
Hey guys! I'm super late, and have been a total lurker on this forum. I'm a MPH Epi/Biostats student from Chicago and I'm going to be a boren fellow in Brazil studying zika, pharmacoepi and bioterrorism! (oh and ofc portuguese haha). Would love to connect with any other Latin American Boren Fellows/Scholars!
Interestingly enough, I'm 60% certain I contracted Zik V while working in Jamaica last year. It's definitely a problem in the region, and it's spreading.
So, I'm in law school. 32. BA in History, will have a JD and LLm from here next May assuming I don't get off the alternate list. I have zero experience in my selected language. 1 year as a cop, 5 years in logistics. About 12 years living overseas with a fraction of that working.
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15 minutes ago, ladyben-kenobi said:
I sent you a PM C:
to the alternates, according to past threads in the forum, alternates have actually moved quite a bit, but there are no odds or statistics. It would be really useful if there were though.
It would be nice to see stats. I figure if it doesn't happen on the first round of passes, it probably won't. There were no Georgian fellows last year, so I honestly have no idea if I turned in the only proposal for that country or language.
As an aside I'm curious as to y'alls grad programs. A classmate got awarded a fellowship last year from my school but I don't think people in my field apply that often.
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7 hours ago, Troglobite said:
I'm a little late to this forum, but I'll be headed to Estonia on the fellowship. Anyone else headed to the Baltics/VT for intensive Russian this summer?
Not Russian, but in the periphery. I'm an alternate for Georgia/Georgian.
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26 minutes ago, UnawareInGeneral said:
I can't say honestly but I can tell you this. The deadline for first round acceptance is May 1st for getting in the documentation. They should know who the first drop outs from the initial acceptance group then.
Thanks. That is info I didn't have, but it helps.
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Congrats again to all the folks who got accepted. To those that were rejected, I hope you get another chance.
It seems I'm the only one on the alternate list for the fellowship in this thread. I know one person who was selected off that list last cycle. What do you think my chances are this cycle?
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2 minutes ago, kbui said:
I'm so nervous I haven't received anything yet. But my friend who also applied and didn't get it told me that she received hers already, and the @UnawareInGeneral just got an acceptance. I feel like maybe I should've been in at least one of those email rounds.
and I was an alternate for the fellowship, so that's all three options already sent out to people.
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are all of you in the fellowship program?
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I was notified of being selected as an alternate for the fellowship.
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17 hours ago, kbui said:
The next three days will determine our fate.
I'll have one last chance. You can do the fellowship as long as you're matriculated, so the last ditch effort would be to apply again next year after all my classes are over and delay graduation until I get back. I'd really really really prefer to not have to do that because it'll mean I'll already have paid out Bar Study fees.
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Good Friday and Easter Monday. Both holidays to most fed offices and schools. The decision will either be tomorrow, or next week.
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Thanks! I'm not sure about the scholarships, but June 1 is the first date of an overseas portion for the fellowship. I hope I get mine, but I'm realistic in my chances.
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What's the range of dates decisions came out for the fellowship in April? Has it been consistently the last week of April or ?
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I applied for a mostly language fellowship in Georgia.
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Hey folks, current non-traditional JD/LLM student. To the Boren Fellowship crowd, being a military dependent overseas I have various foreign countries for 11 years. As a whole, I know that's relevant.
My question is, would the 6 years in one country before I turned 8 actually be relevant? Middle School years? High School years? Is there a cut off?
Boren 2017-2018
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Sounds reasonable. It being nearly Friday, any Alternatives they'd need would have already been contacted.