smarmie

Does anybody know if it is possible to apply for both the research/study Fulbright and the National geographi digital storytelling Fulbright in the same application cycle? My dissertation project is on graffiti art in Brazil and my resarch invoves the use of visual ethnographic methods so it could work for either type of grant.

Mine hasn't changed yet which makes me a little nervous. Did you request a tenure change just for schools or also for programs? I had to do both and am wondering if this is why it is taking so long. I know that changing schools isn't a big deal, but I'm hoping switching programs from Cultural Anthropology to Geography doesn't affect my award.

I definitely based my proposal on my undergrad work. My proposal was loosely based on my senior thesis project, which I planned on pursuing in my graduate studies anyway. I think the fact that I was able to tie my previous undergrad research and community service that I had done as undergrad in with my proposal definitely helped my application. Reviewers specifically mentioned my community service and undergraduate research in their comments.

I'm a current undergrad and applied under Cultural Anthropology. I didn't really think I had a shot at this since my GPA at the time was a 3.7 and my GREs were a 1220. My reviews were: E/E E/E VG/E Glowing praise from the first two reviewers, both with lengthy explanations. The third reviewer gave very short comments and the criticism on the IM was that I needed to have more of an agricultural background and should have included agricultural resources in my bibliography. I thought that was kind of a weird critique because while my proposal did mention a social movement's use of agroecology, it was focused on peasant identity and rural to urban migration, not the actual mechanics of how to grow food. Oh well, it was enough to earn me an award so I'm certainly not going to complain.

Related question: Can you change both your school choice AND program choice? I was awarded an NSF in Cultural Anthropology and listed University of Oregon as my school but I will most likely be attending UC Davis' Geography program (besides really liking the program, it was my only acceptance this year.) The statement of purpose for Geography was exactly the same as the the SoP that I wrote for Cultural Anthropology, and both were modeled after my NSF project proposal.

haha I thought the same thing. I logged into fastlane and saw that it "Welcome Fellows." Freaked out and had the hardest time sleeping. I kept thinking to myself, "if this is a dream I'm gonna be so fucking pissed!" It was nice to wake up in the morning, check my inbox and find out that it was for real.

Oh my god! I can't believe I got it!! Beer cracked, post-midnight celebration has commenced.

"GRFP/FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00PM ET Monday, April 4th - 5:00AM ET Tuesday, April 5th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience." NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I get to go to bed with this anxious feeling in my stomach. I'm not super hopeful considering my 1 for 4 acceptance record for grad school admissions, but somewhere, deep inside, that masochistic part of me keeps thinking that just maybe I might get this.

I had to call the department at one of my schools before I found out I was on the wait list. They didn't bother to tell me what number I was, and I didn't think to ask. Honestly, I have already given up on that school. My thought is that they didn't have the decency to tell me I was waitlisted, and if I am accepted at this point I'm not optimistic about funding. I've already made plans to go ahead and accept the only offer I've gotten since it comes with full funding, but of course, I'm going to wait until the 15th just in case the other school gets back to me with good news.

Still waiting to hear from one school. I have received both rejections and acceptances from other schools without an interview so I don't know if an interview necessarily means anything. I logged into the application at my school and it still says the same thing it has said since December 7th.... which is that they have received my application, recommendations and transcripts and a copy has been forwarded to my department. I don't know, but April seems way late to be getting back to people. I have a school that has accepted me and they want me to make a decision by April 15th. I think if I haven't heard from my other school by Friday I'm going to have to email them to see what's going on.

I definitely feel that. My professors were positive that I would get into all of my schools, they told me this so often that I began to believe it. Why would they fill me with false hope? So far two rejections and pretty sure the third is on its way. Oh,and two of my professors are friends with the profs that I named as my POI at the schools that rejected me. I feel so lied to.

I had a similar experience with Cornell. First I got the standard email rejection from the admission committee. Four days later I got a personal email from my POI explaining in more detail why they decided not to accept me (at least she was nice about it and said that she was disappointed that I had not gotten in.) Yesterday I got the EXACT same standard rejection letter via snail mail. What's next, are they going to call me on the phone to tell me I have been rejected, just in case I didn't already know? Seriously Cornell, stop rejecting me. It is hurtful and cruel and only adds to my already spiraling depression.

So far UC Davis is the only acceptance I have received. Yesterday I got a reminder email that I need to RSVP and tell them if I will be attending their recruiting session. I then noticed that it was addressed to me and 28 other people! Does this seem a little insane to anyone else? I mean, did the Geography Graduate Group seriously accept 29 people this year? Every other school I have applied to has told me that they were only able to accept 5 students, or at the most 9 students. 29 seems.... ridiculous. That said, anyone else going to the UC Davis recruitment?

Funny that I wrote that because earlier this week my second rejection came as the standard "we had many applicants and couldn't admit all of them" email. However, a couple days later I got a personal email from my POI stating that while the adcom decided not to admit me, she had supported my application and was extremely disappointed that I was not admitted. Uh, so yeah, she essentially said that she went against the department's recommendation. Weird. It STILL didn't make me feel better though.

I have honestly never been so depressed in my life. After getting rejected from my top choice school on Tuesday I'm now 2/3 on rejections and waiting to hear from one more. Needless to say, I'm not so optimistic about the last school. And just to add to the already overwhelming depression, the universe decided to completely mind f**k me and I just found out that my dog has cancer and I have to put him down. Seriously, how am I supposed to study for finals now?