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I had trouble getting contact with someone as well, but then I figured maybe it was sent to their spam so I sent another email from my university account and it got through. Hope that helps!

That does sound super confusing. Hopefully you will have some good news soon then??

Well, I think you have to consider that the other person was an ETA, while I'm guessing you applied for a traditional grant? That might explain why they were contacted and you were not. Hang in there though readtowin....I'm a Norway alternate and I'm sort of in the same boat as you.....waiting waiting waiting... Good Luck!!

Beside Rachel saying she didn't think that they would be getting additional funding for Norway....nope... It doesn't seem like anyone has declined the award either.... I know alternates from Iceland, Finland and Sweden have been moved up, but none so far for Norway it seems.

Hello! It looks like Fulbright has updated their one page synopsis of 2010 application stats for Europe. Here is the link if you're interested. https://us.fulbrightonline.org/documents/regionalonepage/US-Europe-Eurasia-2010-11.pdf

For those interested in Norway Fulbright, it looks like for next year they are offering 15 full grants, rather than the 10 they offered this year..... http://us.fulbrightonline.org/program_country.html?id=81

So two offices contacted you separately? Hmm... I'm an alternate for Norway and I only got the letter from NY. I didn't have to tell them I wanted to stay on the list though, I thought it was by default you stayed on the list unless you requested to be withdrawn?? They should find out around May/June if they have additional funding.

It doesn't make sense for all the extra recommended candidates to be alternates....however, when it comes to being in an alternate position, less seems to make sense. There are supposed to be approximately 10 grants for Norway as well; meaning 15-20 recommended candidates. So far based on this forum, we've found 5 alternates for Norway and who knows how many more are alternates that are not on this forum.... I'm really proud of myself for making it to an alternate position and everyone else who is a finalist should feel just as proud. At the same time, it's really tough being an alternate and wondering when and if you will be moved up. But, it feels even worse when you focus on it. Sometimes you have to move on and maybe while you're busy with other things this spring/summer you will get the best email/phone call ever

I guess this is a confirmation of a Norway Full grant recipient.... http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3054

The spreadsheet is really messed up. All the Norway ones are messed up, so I'm guessing there are a bunch of other ones as well.....

Yes, an update would be really appreciated. Even though I've already been notified as an alternate, I still find myself checking this forum VERY often.

Are there any Norway applicants who have gotten acceptance letters? So far it seems like there are a lot of alternates and a very few accepted & rejected. I know me and the rest of the alternates on this thread would really appreciate a rough count of those accepted. Thanks!

Your Norwegian is much better than mine. I'm still only a beginner.

Well, you've already put a lot of work into that spreadsheet....(which is appreciated, btw). Google can be a bit of hassle sometimes, while at the same time, I don't know how I would navigate the internet without google.

I think what's happening is people are sorting the spreadsheet alphabetically or by status, date, etc. Since the headings are not set permanent on the spreadsheet, they move around as well. Is there a way for the admin. to set the headings so they can't be moved/changed?

Ja! Vennligst. Gi oss alle Fulbright.

I noticed that too....but I just thought I had my years mixed up...

Ouch! $50,000.... I think what we need is to find more Norway applicants who have received acceptance letters. There can't just be that one. Your theory about having less than 10 grants could be true, except isn't the grant being partially funded by Norway? Last time I checked, Norway's economy didn't take too much of a hit, and they've seemed to have bounced back. Moreover, I was under the impression that the estimate of 10 grants was because they had knew they had funding for at least the 10. If there were funding cuts, it would impact the additional funding they might get, rather than what they've already projected. ......this is all very confusing. I'm not sure how to feel about there being a known 5 alternates....except I do still feel some relief it wasn't a rejection letter and that there is some hope.

I completely agree....it's very weird that 5 of us are alternates and that the decisions were so late this year. My backup plan was grad school at most likely LSE, but that was before I decided it would be better to hold off grad school for a year to save money for it and not take out too many loans. Since I just graduated less than 2 months ago, I'm thinking I should just be glad to have a job and keep working as much as I can. I've even thought about teaching english abroad. But I really really really wanted this Fulbright grant.....I felt so crushed when I got white envelope....

Hello, I guess I'm the 5th alternate for Norway on this forum?? For only having 10 grants available, they sure have a lot of alternates....

Did someone change the spreadsheet again? A lot of info on it is missing compared to what it was this morning...

This may just be a rumor, but I think I remember hearing that your schools on-campus Fulbright adviser may be able to find out your ranking as an alternate. It may depend on how close they are to the Fulbright office, but they might be able to request that info for you. Hope that helps.

Thanks for fixing the spreadsheet crimsonengineer87!

Can someone please fix the spreadsheet? Someone messed with it and now it doesn't show the names of the countries and regions.

Please stop messing with the spreadsheet and please stop changing the formatting etc. It's gotten to the point where it's not functional anymore. I think I speak for most of us when I say, just fill in your info and leave the rest alone. Thanks