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    Rangel or Pickering 2019-2020

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    On 6/26/2019 at 8:41 PM, Sine said:

    Hi, all! ?

    m7752ne is absolutely correct. From everything that I've read online and from conversations with DIR's and my university's grant advisor, the single most important factor is the quality of writing in your application. Apparently there are many candidates that have stellar backgrounds who "should" be a shoe-in, but who can't write very well. This was pretty surprising information to learn. 

    Anyway, you select your grad school after you've been offered one of the fellowships. Most of the time universities don't really care about your GPA or GRE scores because they're concerned with the prestige of hosting Rangel and Pickering fellows. A girl from my university was offered a Rangel fellowship last year and she had a cumulative 3.2 GPA. Once the official acceptance list was released, Harvard kept bugging her to the point where she completed an application just so they would stop harassing her! Many universities offer extra stipends to entice fellows to select them. I was told the only reason that a fellow even needs to take the GRE is because it's a traditional requirement for grad school admittance, and that the universities honestly don't look too closely at it.

    Rest assured, if you are a lucky recipient of a fellowship, you don't have to worry much about GPA or GRE. Your energy would be much better spent focusing on your writing within the application and preparing for your oral interview. 

    This gives me so much hope! I have been getting emails from Harvard like once or twice a month now, and I just hope and pray I get selected so they can also keep bugging me lol

    2019-2020 Boren Applicants

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    Hi everyone,

    I created a Facebook Page for Boren winners (scholars and fellows) for 2019-2020. The group is called "2019-2020 Boren Scholars and Fellows". I hope it becomes a place where people can share pictures and videos and thoughts about their experiences and also questions about anything once their experience begins. I am unable to share the link on here for whatever reasons, technical difficulties may be. However, you can add me on Facebook by searching "Abiodun Adeoye" and there is a picture of me wearing a maroon jacket and posing with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. I hope you all join!! Thanks!

    2019-2020 Boren Applicants

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    On 4/25/2019 at 12:26 PM, Diana R said:

    Hey, congrats! I also got accepted for an AFLI scholarship in Tanzania this year! Unfortunately, I think I'm gonna decline my award-- I've been going back and forth between Boren and another program I got into, which has been an extremely hard choice for me, but I think I'm leaning towards the other program. That being said, I'm still really interested in Boren and hope I can apply again when I'm in grad school (planning on calling Shereen today to ask if it's possible to reapply after declining or whether that'll just kill my chances going forward lol). I'm going to have some serious FOMO this coming year if I don't do Boren, so, if it's not a weird request (and I totally understand if it is!), would you mind adding me on facebook or instagram or something so that I can get a glimpse of your Boren experience in Tanzania and ask you questions about it at the end? I've already thought of some things I would do differently in my application the next time around, especially surrounding the spring internship, just based on a recent conversation I had with a Boren Tanzania alum-- but I would love to get more perspectives as well as live vicariously through you throughout the next year! And if anyone reading this is an AFLI Tanzania alternate: you may just get my spot! ? 

    Hi! I never thought anyone would respond to my message because all correspondence seemed to stop after the initial decision date on April 15! I will definitely add you to the group! Feel free to message me your facebook link! I am so excited!

    2019-2020 Boren Applicants

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    Posted · Edited by Abéy IV

    Hi guys,

    I got the Boren AFLI Tanzania for 2019-2020 and I recently found this forum! This is so exciting! To everyone who did not get it this year, you are just as great as everyone who got it and I hope it does not deter you from applying again next year. I am so glad that this forum is very encouraging and supportive of people regardless of their status as a Boren applicant. I was wondering if you guys have a Facebook or LinkedIn so we can create a group? I want to create a Facebook group for 2019-2020 winners, and one for everyone in general so future applicants can join the group for support and advice when they start the process and start freaking out as we all did leading up to decision day. I have found only two other Boren winners for this year on LinkedIn and Instagram and the Facebook group is mostly alumni from last year and years prior. It'd be great if we could all be part of a Facebook group. Anyone who is interested can reply to this or message me directly. Thanks guys!

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