gogotime
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2 minutes ago, jakem1023 said:
Anybody currently living overseas? I'm in a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, West Africa (sitting here in my town with a super slow connection refreshing my e-mail takes up a nice chunk of my late afternoons), and due to the time difference, I have to essentially wait another day more to see if any new notifications arrived. I found out that I was a semi-finalist during a mid-night bathroom run and that ruined my night's sleep for sure!
Now every time I go to the bathroom at night I check my phone in hopes of a magical blue dot to suddenly appear, or rush out of bed as if it is x-mas morning to check my e-mails.
Guess the torture shall continue...I live in Russia, and I can totally relate! I found out about my semi-final status at 3 am
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5 hours ago, Luka said:
Got Georgian ETA!
Congrats, you're going to have an amazing time. The hospitality, food, and wine are absolutely out of this world
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I don't know if this applies just to my country or everyone else, but it would certainly be cool
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2 hours ago, theanine said:
Is this for all grants or just for your specific country?
This is what was in my email: " We have been informed by ECA about having all U.S. student notifications go out by March 1. U.S. Student applicants could have many offers this spring. In order to stay competitive with graduate school and other fellowship acceptance deadlines, Fulbright is aiming to notify all U.S. Student candidates of their selection status by April 1 (preliminary). To meet this deadline, we were asked to complete our review by March 1. "
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5 hours ago, AKACaz said:
Completely changing the topic from notifications, but I found myself curious as I was looking at the spreadsheet and because of some recent reporting I've been reading - for Ukraine applicants, have there been additional hoops to jump through or restrictions on this year's cycle given the political/wartime situation there? I'm almost surprised to see the competition has continued to run, given that Egypt and Bangladesh have recently been cancelled or suspended.
Congratulations & commiserations to everyone who's heard so far!!
We didn't have any special hoops to jump through. Placements just won't be offered in the Donbass region/Crimea. Everywhere outside of the Donbass is calm and chill. I think I got asked a few questions based off of my interest to go to Ukraine given that I work in Russia, but otherwise nothing special or overly whack.
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11 minutes ago, Lab6214 said:
Haha you rock! Awesome. Would love to go to Russia if the visa wasn't so darn complicated. Ukraine would probably be easier.
Ukraine doesn't require any sort of Visa! In and out.
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23 minutes ago, Lab6214 said:
Also, I'm gonna throw this idea out there - if I get the Fulbright, I'm hoping to do some independent travel in the post Soviet bloc (looking at you, Ukraine people!). I studied Russian and did CLS Azerbaijani. Is there any kind of couchsurfing-type community of fulbrighters? I'd love to host people and/or to see another country via a fulbrighter! Thoughts?
Lol, if you want to come to Russia this year, I'm more than happy to host you. If Ukraine happens, I'd love to do it as well.
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1 hour ago, bizoudeskimo said:
Me! c:
just joined all this chaos waiting game I dont know if it was such a good idea..
Yeah I'm pretty terrified myself. I don't even know what I'm supposed to feel anymore
My interview was pretty chill, although I was a little put-off by the questions regarding my personal project. How did you feel it went?
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Any peepz that have applied to Ukraine?
Fulbright 2017-2018
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I have a few friends who studied abroad in Russia for a semester and then got Fulbright to Russia