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I also just got mine! This was a real nightmare! I hated every moment of these 7 months hahaha but not it's done! Let's forget about it and move on, I'll have to eat bread and potatoes for the next to years to be able to study in Germany without this scholarship ?

God, they're so poorly organized hahahah I bet the Bonn people don't even know that the Italian DAAD decided to do the interviews. Anyways, we'll see what happens! Even though the Italian document was very clear about the preselection with interview, so I don't really get much hope out of this email...

Haha it totally was a stress interview! It's just a technique to test how you react under pressure ? Don't worry too much about it, he probably did it with everybody

Thanks for the info!! Yeah I'm 100% sure we are out, cause they made it very clear that there would be an interview. I just want to see this rejection letter so I can put an end to this nightmare ? Good luck to you!!!

For sure! And considering that nobody in this forum was selected for the interview, I had even started to think they were not actually interviewing anybody. But then I found a girl on Facebook (from Italy and for the same scholarship) who wrote that she was invited to the interview in the beginning of April, so I guess they just ditched us and they don't give a crap about telling us earlier hahaha

Ohh ok hahah it makes sense. Well I'm just hoping to get the rejection letter ASAP at this point, since apparently anyone who wasn't invited to the interview is out? I have given up on this so long ago, but I really need some closure, this has been going on for way too long.

Thanks!! Same to you!???

Yeah I assume everything is different from one country to the other, cause for what I know all Italians who have applied for the Master all disciplines are still at "Application submitted". I was just wondering if the person who received this update in Italy had actually been asking them for information, or if the Italian DAAD sends update emails only to some of us ?

I didn't get any emails at all... Am I the only one?

When I emailed them, they told me the results would be released in May or June. So it could still be a month or more from now... But as I said, I gave up my hopes long time ago?

I applied from Italy too, and I had no news since November. However, as I wrote here about a month ago, I did talk to a girl on Facebook (who also applied from Italy for the Master all disciplines) who received the invitation to the interview at the end of March, and that's when I gave up haha I think it's been way too long and we will probably get our rejection letter soon. Considering that they said that everyone who passed the pre-selection would have to go through the interview, I don't think there are any chances of us getting the scholarship if we haven't received any invitation. I still find it extremely weird that, out of maybe 10-12 Italian applicants who wrote on this forum and other groups, only one passed the pre-selection. I also am not sure about their selection criteria, considering I have top grades and I already have lived abroad. I was expecting to at least get through the first selection round... It's really disheartening.

Seeing how it is on the general website, and also given the fact that they clearly told some of us by email that interviews in Italy were going to be held, I don't think we have a chance. I gave up on this like a month ago hahaha It's nice to see that you're still hopeful! And maybe something crazy will happen! But till then, I'm not even checking my portal ever hahaah

Unfortunately they will send the rejection letters at the end of the process, not before May or June, and at this point I'm just done trying to think that for some kind of reason they are still going through the pre-selection. This thing is literally driving me nuts and I can't keep checking my inbox every 10 minutes? Let's keep each other posted in case something crazy happens but I'm definitely done hoping haha

@_Bea_ @axe12 Did you get any emails yet? I don't know if you read my post from a couple of days ago, but I'm kinda giving up here. I think they have already sent out all the invitations, considering they said it was going to take until the first days of April. It's so sad, I thought I had a shot at this...

Sadly I have an update. I read on another group that a girl who applied from Italy for the Masters all disciplines got the email with the invitation to the interview at the end of March (she posted on April 1st but I think she got it a few days earlier). Even though they had Easter holidays and all, to me it seems a bit unlikely that they are still sending out the invitations. However, I am still hoping for all of us.

Well they didn't really give me a clear deadline... I think it could be next week or even the following one. We'll see, anyway there are at least 3 or 4 of us here so we'll know if someone gets the invitation.

Hey! No news yet... I also emailed them a couple weeks ago and they told me they were going to send out the invitations to the interview until mid April. They also told me that those who don't get selected for the interview will get the rejection letter only at the end of the process, so like May or June. I guess that the fact that none of us got any invitation yet is a good sign. Hopefully we will hear something next week!!

Hey, since I have applied to the Masters All Disciplines, is this Facebook group specific for DAAD applicants? If so, could you tell me the name of the group? Anyway yes, Italian applicants for this specific programme are still waiting for news about the preselection ?

Same! But according to what they said in November, it should be a matter of days... Fingers crossed!!

Any news from Italy for masters - all disciplines??

Please let us know here when you get any updates! In bocca al lupo!

Hey! I applied from Italy too, and my status is still application submitted. The Italian referents for the DAAD scholarship published a document (on the Italian version of the website) stating that we won't be hearing from them until at least mid March, so I think it is totally normal. The document also said that there will be an interview and we will know more about it after they make the pre-selection. As for the "academic status" document, it was only included in the list of requirements for Italian students, but not on the general requirements on the DAAD website. I will link the document with all the information for Italian students so you can have a look: https://www.daad.it/files/2020/11/DAAD-Borse-di-studio-annuali-Documento-informativo.pdf Buona fortuna!