dylanonmous

The official rejection letter just came through in the portal. It says that there were I believe 48 spots out of 200+ applicants, along with all the expected stuff about not being discouraged, etc

This just happened to me as well. It stings a lot. Anybody have suggestions of where do go from here?

Heart rate jumped a bit reading through this page, but my portal still reads "Application Submitted" as of now. (I'm another All Disciplines applicant from the US) Congratulations to those who already got the award letter!

OEP Biology at Uni Bonn. Was originally shooting for Humboldt in Berlin, but everything about the program at Uni Bonn seems way more my speed and I was pretty nervous about the housing situation in Berlin, even if it's a more exciting city. My understanding that Bonn isn't quite *low* cost of living (it is <1 hour on transit to Köln, after all) but a bit lower pressure than places like Berlin, or especially München or Hamburg. Thankfully, I'm hopeful that even though it's possible I won't have the full amount saved before I'll be leaving my job to prepare for moving, I'll be able to narrow the gap quite a bit. So, if nothing else, I won't have to stress about saving the full 11K+ in that year. Still obviously hoping for the DAAD to make all of these contingencies unnecessary so I can just get a nice studio close to uni for me and my cat without living the most frugal possible student life ?

Yeah, it looked that way when I checked last year's thread. It's frustrating because that's awfully close to when I'll need to actually start planning my move, but at the same time I'm happy I didn't go into a refreshing frenzy before I checked. This is my first time applying, and I've felt *reasonably* good about my chances (good GPA, undergrad research and current working position in my field, what I feel was a strong motivation letter) but I haven't been able to gauge just how picky they are. Question for anyone who may know: if I get rejected this year but still apply, get accepted, and enroll in my program, getting my student visa/residence permit with a Sperrkonto/blocked account, am I still able to apply again to get funding for just the second year? I very nearly have the 11.2K required already saved up, but saving the funds for the second year before moving depends is less certain (I have a balls in the air that could make it happen, but my wages alone won't come close). I can probably save up the difference from doing some side work while I'm in Germany during the first year, but after working full time through my whole B.S. program, I'm really hoping I can just focus fully on my studies for this, especially with all the distractions that will come with living in another country even without having to work.

I applied for the Master's in All Academic Disciplines not too long before the deadline in November, out of the US. The acknowledgement of receipt letter said that they'd be meeting in April, and my page still says "Initial Funding" and "Application submitted". The original page for the scholarship says selection in February, though, so I'm getting nervous enough to find forums like this anyways!