Loli

alternate well I'll try to stay positive although it seems like few people get off the alternate list for South Africa

Does anybody know if the letters are sent first class or priority? priority is 3 to 5 days and first class is up to 7 days. also I re-read the email that they sent finalist in January and it says: "If you are selected for an award, you will receive notification of your status from the FSB. If you are named an alternate or are not selected, you will be notified by IIE." Isn't Jermaine Jones an IIE Program Manager? Idk if we should be looking forward to mail from him after all. Where is FSB located?

Good luck!

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WONDERFUL NEWS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FINALISTS! I just got off the phone with Jermaine Jones. He said he mailed out the "Lion's Share" of letters yesterday afternoon. So we can expect our letters as early as this weekend! Keep in mind he said they mailed out MOST, so some of us might still have a little more of a wait. Now we can set up shop near the mailbox: chair? check glass of wine? check stress ball? check

and I know someone who is planning to turn down their fulbright to Korea so good luck to you

Even if it was sent today, there's a good chance that you wouldn't get it until Monday. Doesn't it take about 3 days?

Crimson I'm with you. I'm starting to think it not an accident that the spreadsheet keeps getting messed up. Last year's group didn't have such drastic issues with their list. How can someone "accidently" erase the whole name column and re-arrange notification statuses? They've got nothing better to do I guess

I can call/email him on Thursday afternoon.

Boooo that means Friday. Which means we won't get it until Tuesday.

Hey All, Thought I would post the schedule for the orientations in DC again. http://fulbright.state.gov/orientation

Also does he mean ETAs and Full Grants (since it seems like they send them out at different times) and by "towards the end of the week" does he mean Thursday?

Can you say scarystress 5 times fast?!! I knew it! What did I tell you FryGuy? Definitely around the 18th. Time to bug out lol

Funny story. I forgot that I had requested permission to view the spreadsheet, so when I opened my email and saw a message with the subject line "Fulbright Resources and Notification Statuses", my heart nearly jumped out of my chest. It's silly really because I know our notifications aren't coming via email. Really. This can't be good for our health. When I go get my physical, I'm sure my blood pressure will be through the roof... and it will be iie's fault. lol

That would be nice but I doubt we will. This time last year the letters were already being mailed out. Last year by April 1st when finalists contacted him, Jermaine told them the letters would be sent out soon and this year he doesn't seem to have a clue :/ I'm expecting to hear back around the 18th or so.