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Congrats! Did they volunteer the info that they got more funding? Or did you ask? And for the sheet, what day were you notified?

Congrats to both of you! That's awesome. And I've updated the sheet to reflect your promotions. There's more than 2 months (67 days) between their original notifications and the promotion. I'm still crossing my fingers for June.

Hello all, Have any other alternates received promotions? So far 10% (9/90) on the sheet have been promoted to accepted! Regardless of how futile the dream, here's to hoping for a few more. GL all. Anywho, let us know.

China notified 4/27...

That's really good news. Hopefully there really is more funding.

Hello all, I've updated the sheet with the new promotions to principal. We already had 4 alternates promoted to accepted represented on the spreadsheet. So this brings the sheet total to 6. They are listed below with their country, grant type, dates of notification, and days between notifications. rll2866- Ecuador ETA (original notification: 3/19/12, promotion: 4/12/12) 25 days Bildsprecherin- Germany ETA (original notification: 3/26/12, promotion: 4/26/12) 32 days LLJKedge- Germany Full (original notification: 3/13/12, promotion: 4/02/12) 21 days viktoria18- Serbia ETA (original notification: 4/17/12, promotion: 5/7/12) 20 days sheelal90- Sri Lanka Full (original notification: 3/28/12, promotion: 4/11/12) 15 days SOS18- Taiwan ETA (original notification: 4/9/12, promotion: 5/7/12) 29 days Please let us know if you are promoted. Btw, last year the sheet had 11 promotions out of 65 alternates (17%) and the year before had 21/76 alternates on the sheet promoted (28%). Good luck to my fellow alternates!

Alternate to Latvia. It's been real but I'm going to take a nap, go to the beach, and graduate.

This sounds like it would affect other regional grant programs too like SSA, those grouped in Central Asia, the Baltic States, etc... But SSA and Central Asia have already heard. What would make the Caribbean and CA different? Not sure that I understand.

If it's not tomorrow, I don't know what will happen to my psychological state. We're being strung along with maybe by this date or that date... I know there are apparently some weird FSB back-ups this year but it would be awesome if they communicated that with us a little better instead of leaving people in the dark. One day at a time... come on Tuesday! Flash back to someone's earlier post: Big money, big money, big money, no whammies, no whammies, stop!!!

Yeah, I've even noticed a couple people reporting time stamps after business hours EST. They are all across the board, I don't think you can rule anything out... Anything between 8am and 6 or 7pm M-F seems fair game to me.

lol. it just goes to show how dependent we've become on the support. the camaraderie is comforting in times of growing impatience!

omg I was so confused what to do with my day when I couldn't get into the forum...

Is it safe to assume that all of SSA heard today? I would be interested in seeing an updated version of the map! Also, I don't think it was mentioned on the board but Canada applicants received notifications today too.

They've also forgotten the Baltic states... omg... if the refresh button could break, it would have by now. And congrats to SSA folks! The wait is over! I've updated the sheet to reflect your notifications so far. Good luck to the rest of you!

Congrats! And thank goodness for more notifications today. The dry spell (real or imagined) was depressing!

The two alternates who have been promoted that have shared it with the spreadsheet were promoted before the four weeks, at just over 2 and 3 weeks (see quoted post) from the original notification. So I don't believe they are waiting. Since the alternates are apparently ranked, it doesn't make sense that they'd need to wait after an acceptance is declined to notify the first alternate in line.

From the previous application cycle threads, they don't share the alternate rankings with the alternates. I don't think any alternate knows what number they have in the line.

So much for Thursday being a good day for notifications...

People that were missing transcripts received an email from Fulbright a while back... there were posts about it a month or a couple months ago. If you didn't receive the email, I would assume that your transcripts made it. The fact that there is another person also waiting for the same grant suggests that Venezuela applicants haven't been notified yet. Plus, there's still plenty of the Western Hemisphere left to notify.

Maybe suggest that again after finals/graduation...

What do you mean it didn't say what alternate you are?

I don't know specifically but it's possible that only notifications for full grants went out. You could reach out to Rachel Holskin and ask her when you should expect to hear. That way if you should have already heard she can tell you. But not all countries release ETA and full grant notifications at the same time.

Whoa! Hope you get it too!

I thought I had gotten over the anxiety but it keeps resurfacing. Every email turns my stomach.

ughhh i keep getting junk mails... and the day is ending. and hello fellow Montanan (or just in Montana person?)!