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I hope they told the students themselves before they started tweeting Imagine trying to guess if you were one of the 29!

Why are they making us wait to the end of the day, do you think, when the FPAs know already? Just so we won't call?

cabooklover, you are a TOTAL gryffindor, and deserve the House Cup (and, hopefully, good news today). Thank you!!

If you want to be the champ of the board and call .... then go to this link http://us.fulbrightonline.org/program_regions_world.html Click on your region, and your contact person will be at the top of the page. THANK YOU in advance if anyone can do this (I wish I could, gah) Marcello

Does anyone have the guts to call and ask what time the emails will officially be sent out so we can stop going nuts? I'm at work & dying to but can't!

MEGA congratulations!!! Your FPA rocks. Good luck with the next round!

If last year's thread is anything to go by, we won't start to hear until after 6. Trying to be chill

Today, knock wood! Who wants to bet we don't hear for another 12 hours or so? Please do post if you hear something, even a whisper from your FPA.

Less than 24 hours

What if you don't get it (this time)? What fun things are people planning to do to cheer themselves up? P.S. I'll eat my Yankees baseball cap if they start sending out emails at 7:30 pm, much as I wish they would.

They said we'd hear in the evening, I think -- but then, that could just be to cover however long it takes to send out thousands and thousands of emails. Good luck to everyone. At least we'll know, right? Personally, my plans are the same either way, but the support would obviously mean a lot. cabooklover, have you checked with Birmingham whether they can help at all, if by some fluke the FB doesn't come through? I know Scotland has a handful of partial scholarships for foreign students (Santandre or Santander or something like that I think) -- not sure if they are applicable in England too.

I think it's pretty safe to assume we won't hear until tomorrow, especially since they also notified on the 20th last year. Happy to be wrong of course -- but I think it's fairly certain. Good luck, everyone. And, Jahiliyya, I agree. Of course it's important -- but it's better to proceed as if it didn't exist until and unless it's actually in your pocket.

Good luck, DaisyH! Just in case, for what it's worth, I know there are also tons of non-FB ESOL jobs in South Korea (do you know Dave's ESL cafe?)

The problem with gmail is, I'm afraid we may get the good/bad news before it's even open...argh... Ditto on 12 pt font. But honestly, I wouldn't worry about it.

Perhaps one of those with FPAs can ask them tomorrow at some stage to see if they've heard, if you feel comfortable doing that. Thank you!

@pg5 Then it's definite? Woohoo. That leaves only 3 possible days.

jnashski, you speak fluent Macedonian? Wow. Out of curiosity, how many of us are fluent in the host country language? And how much do you think that helps?

Oh man, Molly, I wish. I really doubt it. But last year they announced on the 18th that the new notification date was the 23rd or 24th, right? So maybe they'll make an announcement, at least? What do you guys think? To those who are losing sleep and having panic attacks: I understand. Truly I do. I've been there. But seriously, you are bigger and stronger than this process. This is one opportunity out of many. Don't give up your sense of agency -- you have the power to carve your own path, even if you get this one "no". If there's one thing years of fellowship applications (some -- thank god -- successful) have taught me, it's that each of these things is only a small piece of the puzzle. It's worth it to anchor yourself in the real world (nice walk outside, unrelated reading, etc.) to help firm up your sense of scale, if you think it needs it. *climbs down from pedestal to refresh email for the 23,000th time today*

Wouldn't that be fantastic to get it over with so soon, regardless of the results. Thursday is the 19th though -- that is really early. Fingers crossed, anyway. I don't suppose there's any hope for tomorrow...right??

What country, Jahiliyya? Middle East?

So I'm not over-optimistic -- I am a moron. Cleeeearly FB material. How on earth could I forget a holiday??

Think there's the faintest chance we'll hear tomorrow? Or am I being insanely over-optimistic?

Hey, wasn't Jan 20 a Thursday last year, when people found out? So maaaaaaaaybe....

What incredible affiliations -- good for you guys. OliviaKate, two years? Sconvolgente! (Mind-blowing? My Italian's super rusty) In bocca al lupo -- la bellissima Sicilia mi piace da morire.

Why do they notify FPAs a day early, I wonder? It sounds like the general bet is on or around the 20th. Wish we could get some kind of official confirmation. Nice to have the company while we wait, anyway. Do you think there's a disadvantage for *just* doing a Master's and no really defined separate research project? Also: has anyone found a complete list of grantees for 2011-12? I have the impression it's not published -- maybe they're waiting until the year is out.