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To those of you who are Finalists, how soon did the Commission get in touch with you after you were notified? Was it only after you submitted the documents, or..?

@Tera I'm sorry. I remember that sinking feeling last year. At least the uncertainty is over-- that was the worst part. You will make it to Korea for sure! If not, there's always reapplying like I did.

I GOT IT! There are literal tears in my eyes.

omg someone just entered Korea ETA too!!!

holy sh**!! But not ETA it looks like??

@lightaheadi but Australia was notified 3/15 so Idk, I'm not getting my hopes up

@lightaheadi here's a link describing it https://www.topikguide.com/niied-kgsp-2017-korean-government-scholarship-program/

That's awesome! Have you heard of the NIIED scholarship? If Fulbright doesn't work out, you should really look at applying to that program.

Korea ETA. Last year I applied for Korea research, but didn't get it. Thinking my chances are better for ETA since I'm not in grad school yet, but who knows! After a year that's been full of rejection, one more wouldn't faze me at all. I'm going to Korea regardless so it's just a matter of how at this point. I just need a resolution to the uncertainty so I can finally ACT and nail my plans down for this year. What about you?

They had them selected already last week? Makes me more hopeful about hearing back about East Asia today or next week... Though I suppose we have no idea if the other countries made their selections as early as Japan. sigh

thank you for the info! How do you know this?? I wish I had an informant lol

Yikes

two more hours till we can expect to hear from Korea ETA, if we even will...!! @lightaheadi @Tera + whoever else is Korea ETA, I'm praying for us <3 <3 <3 and for everyone else too, of course!

These were my thoughts too. However, the host country's Commission could potentially take issue with sensitive topics, depending on the political climate.

The last three years, notification for Korea ETA has gone out on a Wednesday. Definitely reading tea leaves here but I'm hoping today's the day!!!

Anyone called East Asia Pacific?

Omg true. I tear up every time I see a dog. This is good therapy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dogspotting/

I'm willing to buy a goat for real

So what god do I have to sacrifice to, in order to hear back from Korea ETA today? sigh

@aheather that's what I was about to say too. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm eating so many almonds, of all things. It's making me ill! I swear this application stress has made me gain five pounds.

Apologies if someone's answered this before, but what does the blue and red text mean on the spreadsheet?

Thanks for sharing! Hopefully it applies to all of us. But of course we won't know till we know... :' (

Is this for all grants or just for your specific country?

I was confident about my essays and wanted to wash my hands of it! Well, my institution had a deadline in September and so I had an interview with them, but they didn't recommend any changes to my application so I effectively submitted it in August. If only it was a rolling application lmao.

For anyone else waiting to hear about Korea ETA, looks like the last three years notification has been given on a Wednesday. 4/16/14, 4/1/15, 3/23/16. So I'm thinking it'll be the 22nd, 29th, 5th, or 12th. It would be tite if we could know today but I sincerely doubt it. I'm so sick of the uncertainty!!! I submitted my app in like early August so it's just been a whole lot of waiting for the past eight months. Grateful to still be under consideration though, of course! Last year I wasn't so lucky