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Hi! Yes, I've done two study abroad summer programs in Avignon, offered by my college. It was an amazing program, and since it was during their famous theater festival, I got to see a bunch of plays and other performances. I think I want to be in the northern part of France, if accepted for Fulbright/TAPIF - just for a change Also if I had known the extent to which Fulbright looks at our TAPIF applications, I think I would have put more care into my TAPIF essay. lol. I'm not even sure I checked for grammar. whoops

Strasbourg, Poitiers, and Rennes (in some sort of order) To be honest, I don't have all that much of a preference – just being in France is enough for me! haha

Hey! Yeah, my professor said the same thing about the interviews. Also, I think that by virtue of being a semi-finalist, we are (possibly?) more likely to be considered for TAPIF. I also heard that we will most likely have the opportunity to change the list of regions that we mentioned on the TAPIF application, if we so choose. Don't quote me on that, though! What did you and @whale_shark request for the regions?

I'm pretty sure they do? I'm meeting with my professor ( a former Fulbrighter) later this afternoon to ask questions about the different city/region requests. According to her they will contact us soon to make sure we want to keep the 3 regions we listed on the TAPIF applications. I'll try to pick her brain about the next steps as much as possible and let you all know!

Yeah, ditto! I also really want to know what the next step will be! (Interview/further questions, etc.) I'm guessing we will get an email from the French commission sometime this week? Anyway, good luck!!

Hey! Congrats! Do you know the likelihood of being chosen as a finalist? I know there are 10 final ETA spots for France, but I'm wondering how many semi-finalists they chose...?)

(6:18pm) Semi-finalist for ETA in France! Congrats to all the semi-finalists and best of luck to those who didn't! I second what everyone else has said - we are all amazing and will do amazing things!!