minswho
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1 hour ago, mckenna81 said:
In terms of the politics thing...Maybe it's just because I'm older and slightly more established, but I am not interested in hiding my political stance on the current administration. If the Fulbright program becomes so politicized that an applicant's level of devotion to the president is a consideration, that's not a program I want to be part of anyway. It's one thing to be professional and relatively apolitical in your application and interviews (just as you would with a job) but my Facebook and Twitter pages remain staunchly opposed to the Trump administration.
My project is also about global migration, and I did write briefly about the need for Fulbright projects to help humanize immigrants in a period of growing xenophobia. Again, if that disqualifies me, then it's not a program I want to join anyway.
Yeh I completely agree. And during my UK interview, I expressed my opinions and concerns clearly and professionally.
I guess I just didn't want to take any chances until I was in a position to create a change.
As a naturalized US (Trump) citizen from Korea (Impeachment of Park) wanting to go to the UK (Brexit), I'm just hyper-sensitive about said issues at the moment. -
1 hour ago, ld4977 said:
Hi guys -- I actually wouldn't worry too much about this. I did a lot of State Dept Google searches when I was in waiting hell, and found the list of the Fulbright Board Members: https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/j-william-fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-ffsb/ffsb-members. Most of them appear to be holdovers from the Obama administration, or have leadership positions that would lead me to believe they are sympathetic to "leftist" issues. I've also read that it's extremely rare that the board will reject somebody who has been approved by the US screening committee and the commission in your country. There has to be a pretty glaring red flag, or an issue with your background check. Who knows, it may even prove to be the opposite situation -- many of the left-leaning board members might feel extra supportive of a project about refugees or far-right politics as their own small way of saying f**k you to the new administration.
I wouldn't lose sleep over this, unless your project proposals had an antagonistic, militant activist tone, which I'm sure they didn't.
Obama actually appointed 8 new members to the FFSB 2 days before he left office and basically filled up the board.
I'm personally not really worried about the FFSB but since the Department of State has been slowly filling up with Trump appointees, I kind of ended up getting worried about social media profiles? I ended up just checking over my privacy settings again and such. As for my application, it focused mostly on the subject of cultural exchange (and space exploration) rather than politics so I'm not quite worried about that either. I do briefly mention the problem of climate change but it just makes me extremely sad that that even is something to worry about under this administration.
I'm extremely concerned about Fulbright program being eliminated after this year but I'm sure we'll be stand up against that together.
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7 minutes ago, maelia8 said:
At least they generally seem to be doing the acceptances and rejections at roughly the same time ... DAAD has been sending them out randomly on totally different days, sometimes a few acceptances, sometimes a few rejections ...
I'm starting to think about the possibility of NIH using the Fulbright commission to run some psych experiments on the applicants.
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9 minutes ago, ibette said:
Eight e-mails during Fulbright's holy hour, if it wasn't for Drake's mixtape I am listening to I would have gone ham. #thanksDrake
same. #thanksKendrickLamar
I actually caved and ended up spending $20 for a shot of laphroaig 10 at a hotel bar (ugh) and theres' still no notification
since UK always notified either on monday or tuesday for the past 10 years, is anyone else thinking that this means we're waiting till next week?- CoolOwl, Gary Busey and ibette
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I'm considering drinking scotch at 2 pm at a professional conference at this point
Fulbright should really give out voucher for meditation clinic or something with the semi-finalist notifications
- McGhee, pengpolaruin and Jess2323
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9 minutes ago, inkstainedarm said:
@McGhee it's kind of cracking me up too! Guess we're just attracted to places that are wet, rainy, and gray, and therefore also very green! (well, assuming we're all in western WA)
haha I'm actually from LA but ended up in Rochester, NY and Seattle since then. I guess my life is attracted to rainy and grey places?
maybe we can all grab drinks after the decision comes out? I'll probably be drinking no matter the outcome lol.
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1 minute ago, Tera said:
No, we are both at Nazareth College of Rochester~
oh haha okay. kinda got excited there for a sec.
Is anyone here from Seattle or LA by any chance?
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1 hour ago, Tera said:
Thats what my warning says too. What county are you in? I'm in Monroe County~
1 hour ago, catsbloom said:Also Monroe County in Rochester!
University of Rochester???
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7 minutes ago, hank.img said:
As we get ready for this upcoming week (hopefully it will be full of congratulations and very little to no need for condolences), I am interested to know what you guys are planning on doing once you get the notification email? Are you guys going to open it immediately, go home and lock yourself in your room before opening it, or hike up a mountain so you can open it at the top? I need some suggestions to reduce my built-up anxiety.
From what I've gathered in the forum, it seems like decision will be in the subject line.
P for principal, A for alternate, and NS for non-select.
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On 3/3/2017 at 3:43 PM, Sarah1812 said:
I thought they were technically required to have submitted their final decisions by March 1st? If that's not the case, then my mistake! That's partly why I was wondering. I know I'm probably grasping for straws here, and the USC office will probably confirm that. I'm really just asking!
The reason why I'm looking into it is because it could have a really big impact on my life
I wasn't willing to defer a two-year commitment to my job for a year for anything except a Fulbright, and the firm couldn't wait for another 3-4 weeks, so I told them I would start working this June. That being said, if I called them back on Monday and said I had received the award, then they would probably still be able to defer the position. Hope that clarifies my position!
Before it was password protected, there was a page on the fulbright website that said all final recommendations from foreign commissions must be made by March 3rd. There have been few contradictions though so no one's really sure.
And of course! I completely understand.
I'm currently holding off on planning next few months till the decisions come out and I'm slowly dying inside.Hope everything works out with your job and Fulbright!
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29 minutes ago, Sarah1812 said:
But (and this is just a thought because if this IS news, then I can call back my job on Monday and ask to defer.) why would they bother to ask for the transcripts of people who didn't receive the award?
Probably because they need the transcript to decide who receives the award..?
It even stated in the semi-finalist email that you'd be contacted if they don't receive the transcript by the deadline so I'm not sure why you're taking that email as an acceptance decision..
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4 minutes ago, Sarah1812 said:
So wait... does this mean I got it?
"only if you get chosen (as a semi-finalist)"
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Does anyone know if the foreign selection committee (e.g. UK Fulbright commission) submit their list of selections to the FFSB in a single batch or in several batches as they make their decisions?
In the instructions page (before being password protected), it said that the deadline to submit the list was March 3rd but I'm not sure how it works especially since the last interview for the UK Fulbright is also on the same day.
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On 2/16/2017 at 5:44 AM, Dilemma1 said:
No worries! How did your interview Monday go?
It went okay! Thanks for asking.
There were few questions I wish I answered better but I'm hoping they understand since it was a 6 am interview and I was quite nervous.
This wait is agonizing though. I was at least able to distract myself by prepping for the interview before. But now that it's completely out of my hands, I don't know.. I guess I feel more uncertainish? How are you guys feeling about the whole process?
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On 2/3/2017 at 6:43 AM, Dilemma1 said:
I noticed on the spreadsheet this is your second time applying! Did you apply to the UK the first time as well?
Sorry for the late reply!
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1 minute ago, aheather said:
Silly question, but where can I see data for previous years w/r/t notification dates?
I applied for an ETA in Malaysia and have just tried to put it out of my mind (grad schools are notifying for the next month or so, so I'm a bit occupied with anxiety about all of that), but it'd be nice to know when to expect to have my dreams crushed or solidified!There's actually a gradcafe spreadsheet for it.
I think everyone uses it as kind of an anxiety therapy?https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AlU2xDiiVhQjK3quPy6qXJuhgXYghzzG8L4YNT0unX0/
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20 hours ago, Dilemma1 said:
Hey @minswho would you mind adding your interview info to the spreadsheet? It's really helpful for current and future Fulbright applicants to get a sense of how long the wait is and when to expect certain news. Thank you in advance!
done!
and no problem. I'd be happy to help future applicants.
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Hey guys!
I'm a UK semi-finalist who decided to stop lurking and post something in the forum
Anyways, I received an email from the UK Fulbright commission notifying me of my interview few hours ago and was wondering if there were any finalists here I could maybe speak to about the interview?
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Fulbright 2017-2018
in The Bank
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let's definitely do that