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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?

So I got rejected from Cornell, which was my dream school, on Tuesday morning. I spent the day being all depressed and trying to act like I was interested in what they were trying to teach me in my classes. Today I got an email from my POI at Cornell apologizing that she didn't get a chance to email me before the adcom did. In her email she said that she was very disappointed that I had not been accepted to the program and that she had supported my application and had looked forward to working with me. She went on to say that my application had been in the top group but they were only able to admit 5 people this year. I'm sure she sent this email to make me feel better or something but honestly it made me feel a lot worse.

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one that applied last minute without speaking to any POIs. I find myself in an opposite situation from yours though. I did get accepted to Davis but rejected from my top choice. Now I'm freaking out because this is my only acceptance so far (and only waiting on one more), I haven't been offered any funding and I know absolutely nothing about the program. PhD Geography

Yeah I have heard nothing about funding. I'm starting to get this really paranoid feeling that I somehow forgot to apply for it. Anyone else get an invitation to attend the recruitment session at the end of the month? They even offered to cover my travel expenses. Booya, free trip to Cali!

Weird. I checked my embark account every day and didn't get results until the 17th.

Every time I check my inbox and don't find news from my schools there I die a little inside. The results page has become just another location for me to obsessively check every two hours. Although it has given me a little bit of solace because nobody else has heard from the department I applied to yet, and in past years decisions haven't gone out until March 12 at the earliest. The other school however... well people are already starting to post rejections. I pray that I'm not next

I got that email a coule week again too. I was sure it meant rejection but when I checked the website a week letter I had been accepted. I think that's just how they roll at UC Davis. Good Luck!

The dream I had last night confirmed that I am seriously going insane. In my dream I received an email rejection from one of my top choice schools which outlined, in detail, their reasons for rejecting me. The only two reasons I can remember are (1) the writing sample I submitted was incomplete and incoherent, and (2) my pillow was not fluffy enough. When I woke up I immediately checked my inbox (I too sleep with my phone right by my bed) only to find that there was STILL no word from either of the schools I am waiting to hear from. I also took note of the fact that my pillow, in fact, is not very fluffy.

I thought my rejection letter was pretty sweet. "The committee has decided not to recommend your admission and I concur with this decision." It would have been so much better if it had said "The committee has decided not to recommend your admission despite my many pleas to do so. Honestly, I fought long and hard on your behalf but those soulless demon spawns would not be swayed." I mean, I know that's not the case, but couldn't they just say that to make me feel better? The other part of my rejection that I particularly enjoyed was the part where they said "thank you for the time and effort you invested in your application, I know that these expenditures of money and time are considerable," Why yes, I did essentially waste a lot of time and 80 dollars to receive a slight ego bruise, thanks for rubbing it in.

Hi, don't know if this message is too late to be relevant anymore, but I got my decision via the embark website on 2/17. I got an email from the office of grad addmissions on 2/11 saying that they were reviewing my application and the results would be available on the website on 2/17. I didn't feel very confident about my application to Davis but I still got in. No word on funding yet, and given California's current budget crisis I'm not really holding out hope. I probably won't go to Davis unless the other two school that I am waiting to hear from reject me.

Just checked the results page. Seems like over the past few years the Dev Soc program doesn't send out notification either way until mid March. I guess it's two more weeks of waiting for me. I did notice that the acceptance rate is about 50% though which is encouraging.