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    Umenohana got a reaction from ohdunk in Critical Language Scholarship 2022 Applicants   
    I don't think they ever release acceptance rates per country. You can look at the CLS website to see how many language institutes each language has had over the years. Japanese has pretty much always been one. And I can say with almost 100% certainty next year it will be Okayama University again (it is a 5 year contract as far as I know). 
    The number of institutes doesn't really give you a whole picture anyway though. Take a look at this. Both Japanese and Azerbaijani had just one institute, but 26 vs 6 participant spots. And I don't know for sure, but I think it's safe to speculate that there are a lot more applicants for one Japanese spot than for one Azerbaijani spot. 
     
    I haven't been able to find the more recent counterparts to this document, but at least during Covid, it seems that the exact number of participants is not determined in advance. When I was a finalist last year, around April or May our program officer told me that the number wouldn't be determined until pretty close to the program start date. I'm guessing because people might pull out or be promoted at the last minute and they can be much more flexible with this in the online format.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Definol in Critical Language Scholarship 2022 Applicants   
    I don't think they ever release acceptance rates per country. You can look at the CLS website to see how many language institutes each language has had over the years. Japanese has pretty much always been one. And I can say with almost 100% certainty next year it will be Okayama University again (it is a 5 year contract as far as I know). 
    The number of institutes doesn't really give you a whole picture anyway though. Take a look at this. Both Japanese and Azerbaijani had just one institute, but 26 vs 6 participant spots. And I don't know for sure, but I think it's safe to speculate that there are a lot more applicants for one Japanese spot than for one Azerbaijani spot. 
     
    I haven't been able to find the more recent counterparts to this document, but at least during Covid, it seems that the exact number of participants is not determined in advance. When I was a finalist last year, around April or May our program officer told me that the number wouldn't be determined until pretty close to the program start date. I'm guessing because people might pull out or be promoted at the last minute and they can be much more flexible with this in the online format.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Definol in Boren 2021-2022   
    The fact that they allowed extensions for the 2020 cohort despite being pretty adamant about it earlier (and likely facing restrictions with gov budgeting) should definitely make you optimistic that even if things aren't so great for the 2021 cohort by winter/spring, you'll still be able to to defer further. 
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    Umenohana got a reaction from seagull_stan in Boren 2021-2022   
    Hard to tell. There may be a wave of notifications after the May 2 deadline. Possibly one more in around July, when they announce which countries are a no-go. But otherwise, it could be at about any time.
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    Umenohana reacted to Furby in Boren 2021-2022   
    Me too! It's really frustrating being given a cookie and then someone saying jk maybe I'll give it to you this next time. MAN I JUST WANNA KNOW ? I've been waiting for a year to leave and I still haven't been able to and fall semester is the last chance we have to go under a 2020 scholarship. And if I don't get bumped up It's as if I was never awarded one in the first place given travel in the fall isn't possible for my 2020 award 
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Furby in Boren 2021-2022   
    Yep, that's right
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    Umenohana got a reaction from AONomad in Boren 2021-2022   
    Not a dumb question at all! I think you'd usually receive how much you asked for, unless it was very clear that you overestimated. Or if your program changed and the new one is cheaper, you'd have to ask them to adjust accordingly. Your amount can also be adjusted when you already start the program, if you find out you need to use less. It's always easy to go lower, they'll happily take back the money. It's more tricky to request a higher amount and approval is not guaranteed. 
    I don't quite remember if there would be a separate email, but if your country has not been approved yet, you might not find out for a while. For example, the 2020 cohort never got to know the amounts we'd receive because we just kept getting deferred.
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    Umenohana reacted to Definol in Boren 2021-2022   
    Absolutely freaking out. I am a fellowship finalist for Japan! 
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    Umenohana got a reaction from AONomad in Boren 2021-2022   
    They kind of allowed us to defer, but not really. At first it was "you must leave by March 1st 2021, no matter what." I think that's the usual Boren guidelines. Then closer to the end of fall, they allowed us to defer our departure date to either summer or fall 2021. But in either case, we'd absolutely HAVE to come back to the US by December 31, 2021. Nobody would be able to stay into 2022. 
    As mentioned above, they haven't actually told us if summer 2021 is an option. We're still waiting on that decision to come out. Haven't heard any updates since when we had to put in our deferral decisions in the fall.
    So I think they'd be somewhat flexible, but don't expect no-strings-attached deferrals into the next academic year. You'd have to reapply.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from bethanyc19 in Boren 2021-2022   
    It will contain the decision in the email itself.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from seagull_stan in Boren 2021-2022   
    That's a very good point. But they did tell us (old cohort) it would be *by* April 16th, so there's still that possibility. Oh well, no use in guessing. Hopefully in the next few days both news should come out!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from lexiree123 in Boren 2021-2022   
    That's a very good point. But they did tell us (old cohort) it would be *by* April 16th, so there's still that possibility. Oh well, no use in guessing. Hopefully in the next few days both news should come out!
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    Umenohana reacted to Furby in Boren 2021-2022   
    I'll manifest the release date for tomorrow the 12th. We will all know tomorrow 
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    Umenohana got a reaction from AONomad in Boren 2021-2022   
    April 15, 2020 was a Wednesday. According to my campus Boren Advisor, April 15 is a pretty reliable trend. I'm guessing the only reason it was the 17th in 2017 was because April 15th and 16th were weekend days, so it fell on the first weekday afterwards. So I still think it will be April 15 this year, or 16th at the latest. Could be wrong, but that's my guess.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from envirostudent21 in Boren 2021-2022   
    Would you be able to reapply for scholarships or the whole program? Or would you still be stuck paying the full price even after getting back from Boren?
    But yeah, we should hear back April 15th or maybe 16th. I'd be very surprised if it falls on any other day.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from HuangQX in Blakemore Freeman Fellowship   
    Yep, right there with you!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from M.Taylor in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Finalist for Japanese! Anyone else?
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    Umenohana got a reaction from ohdunk in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Finalist for Japanese! Anyone else?
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    Umenohana got a reaction from WorldTraveler111 in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Finalist for Japanese! Anyone else?
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Definol in Boren 2021-2022   
    We were postponed until summer or fall 2021 for now, but told that we'd have to be back by the end of 2021 no matter what. So as of right now, none of our awards have actually been rescinded, though many of us are dropping out. Some are reapplying in hopes of being able to do something long term. Doesn't seem like we're getting any sort of priority for this cycle, but there was a question on the application that did identify us as 2020 recipients, so maybe that's something.
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    Umenohana got a reaction from socrytes in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Somebody else did the bulk of work, I just added days of the week and the info for the last 2 years
     
    If we're taking bets, I'll say March 2nd!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Mprichard11 in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Semifinalist for Japanese!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from Ilovesoup1997 in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Semifinalist for Japanese!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from snow_owl in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    Semifinalist for Japanese!
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    Umenohana got a reaction from jujubea in Critical Language Scholarship 2021 Applicants   
    I have no idea, since I didn't work on the application myself, but have you tried emailing them? They seem like they would be pretty responsive about these things.
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