Definol
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Anyone planning on applying this cycle? Apparently the letter of recommendation requirement is entirely removed this time around.
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Didn't get selected lol
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According to the previous thread:
Semifinalist notifications:
2021: Jan 19 (T)
2020: Jan 13 (M)
2019: Jan 16 (W)
2018: Jan 16 (T)
2017: Jan 18 (W)
2016: Jan 28 (Th)
2015: Jan 13 (T)
Finalist notifications:
2021: Mar 3 (43 days later)
2020: Feb 27 (Th) (45 days later)
2019: Feb 28 (Th) (43 days later)
2018: Mar 1 (Th) (44 days later)
2017: Mar 7 (T) (28 days later)
2016: Mar 8 (T) (39 days later)
2015: Feb 26 (Th) (44 days later)
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Hopefully we'll get results this week
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Are there any statistics for previous year's acceptance rates (per country)?
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5 minutes ago, Furby said:
Yeah! I knew a bunch of people who got it 2020 but were alternates 2021 but now it doesn't matter that much!!
Well I'm really hoping they do the same for '21 peeps and offer us a chance to start later. Because as of now they just say "you must plan to depart no later than March 1st, 2022". And I'm worried: 1) Japan (and other countries) won't even allow foreigners in by that time and 2) My plans kinda hinge on Summer/Fall schedule instead of Spring.?
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31 minutes ago, Furby said:
Ok I'm excited we can use the scholarship again LMAO
Wait "again"? Are you referring to 2020 cohort people?
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On 7/7/2021 at 3:49 PM, Furby said:
I srsly wish we'd get the email for which countries are a go this fall. I want to get bumped up from alternate. 2020 award is unavailable for use because my program in Tajikistan canceled and the award expires this December.
Yeah I gave up hope for Fall in Japan a while ago. They haven't announced the cutoff for '21 awardees but I assume it will be like 2020 and we'll have until December 2022? Otherwise, I'm a little worries.
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So when is everyone intending to go for their programs? Fall 21, Spring/Summer 22?
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On 5/12/2021 at 10:50 PM, Bowlofsoup said:
So I'm a bit worried, I accepted my award, but didn't get a confirmation email or anything, and my portal on Boren is now empty. I also haven't been receiving any emails from my advisor in the past two/three weeks. Is this normal or should I be worried that something wasn't submitted correctly?
I also haven't gotten anything since the email with the FAQ and reminder to submit the survey. I wish there was more communication ?
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I know everyone is winging it, but for people in the final year of their programs next year (graduating '22), are you willing to put off your graduation to stay matriculated? Wondering what I should do since obviously 2021 is not hopeful for most countries.
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Where's the log-in for Boren? I haven't been able to access it since getting results.
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Kinda a dumb question, but do you always receive the amount of money requested? Or do they send a follow-up email confirming funds (which may be less)?
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27 minutes ago, foreignpolicy123 said:
when do we think results will come out?? tomorrow? i am so nervous
Because its apparently been the 15th for the past few years maybe tomorrow, but Friday could be likely too.
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Anyone know if results tend to be early in the morning or if in the afternoon like the CLS? Wondering if results will be in the middle of trip I’ll be on next week.
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On 2/16/2021 at 8:12 AM, Furby said:
I got the scholarship last year for Uzbek in Tajikistan but seeing that I must use the award before 2022 I decided to apply again this year! I hope all goes smoothly and that I am able to use it for the upcoming academic year. It was a real bummer to delay it a year but I hope it will pay off in the end.
Would they seriously just skip awardees if they won it last year and travel bans were still up? That seems a bit cruel?
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14 hours ago, Tomsand said:
I believe this trend upwards was due to a lesser amount of applications (1000+ in 2018 compared to only 784 in 2020). I think we will see this continue, due to COVID. While Ivy-league colleges in the US have seem record amounts of applications, that's mainly an isolated incident due to them dropping required test scores... undergraduate enrollment as a whole in 2020 actually fell by a couple percent. I can't imagine many students would be willing to travel right now, let alone live in a foreign country in these uncertain times.
Oh that's true. I was just focusing on percentages, but overall numbers is pretty important too. I wonder what caused so manyless people to apply 2019/2020?
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34 minutes ago, Tomsand said:
Of course! You bring up a good question. I tried searching for that stat, but the applications by language is not available, just overall. In 2018, Scholars had a 25% Acceptance Rate and Fellows had a 34% Acceptance Rate.
"In 2020, the national nominating panel selected 119 Boren Fellows from 268 graduate applications and 217 Boren Scholars from 784 undergraduate applications."
So 27.6% for scholarships and 44.4% for fellowships in 2020. Hopefully the upwards trend continues!
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36 minutes ago, AONomad said:
This is one of the most reassuring things I've ever read in my life lol.
Just sent in my application yesterday, think it was pretty strong so hopefully I'll be good to go come April. It'd knock me down from $80k debt to attend the Hopkins-Nanjing Certificate + MA program at SAIS to $55-60k, huge difference.
Yeah it is pretty reassuring, but I’ll be all the more frustrated with myself if I don’t get picked bc the rate is so high ? I wonder if more or less people are applying because of the pandemic?
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4 hours ago, Umenohana said:
I'm applying for the Japanese Fellowship as well!
Nope, it doesn't mean anything at all, it's only someone to help you make your application better. My undergrad university didn't have a Boren Advisor or even anyone who knew what Boren was, but I still got the Scholarship. It's not really something that makes or breaks your application.
Where in Japan did you study for the scholarship?
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Submitted my fellowship app for Japanese today. Now the waiting game begins.
So I was kinda confused, but does anyone know if an endorsement from your school's Boren advisor actually affects your app? My advisor hasn't been very helpful tbh
Critical Language Scholarship 2023 Applicants
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Does anyone know where I could find the data on applicants from last year?