ANLstyle
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ALT to Trinidad. My heart stopped a bit when I saw the ALT designation :/
To save myself the agony of further waiting and hoping, I am going note alternate status in my CV and carry on as if I was rejected. Thanks for everyone's support on this site, it has helped me tremendously. I'm going to take a hiatus for a while.
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Ok Caribbean people, I called Pam (again). They're still waiting on the CA folks buuuuuut the Caribbean is confirmed. Notifications go out tomorrow.
Just out of curiosity: if you are rejected for a grant, do you also get a rejection letter in the mail?
Oh, man. You made my night! Here's to hoping we all get good news!
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Yup. Agreed. This is kinda crazy. Who thinks we won't hear back before the May 15th deadline? *puts her hand up...*
My hand is up too!
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Hello Caribbean folks.... Spoke to Pam a few moments ago (1500hrs) and was told the following: The wait from the FSB is unusual this year, they are still waiting on decisions to be made, and we should have an answer soon. I thanked her for being so thoughtful and understanding. She did not promise a date; however, she did say that we should hear soon (very soon)…. I guess we are some of the few regions that are still left in limbo….
Thanks for the call ROC14627, did she say soon, hinting at very soon, or is very soon your interpretation? It's interesting how she won't promise a date anymore... hmmm.
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Thanks for the call rtlc06! No judgement, I broke down two weeks ago and shot Pamela an email. So basically we are back to square one. It could come as early as now or the notifications can come in a few weeks. I don't understand why she would say we would be notified last week. Perhaps she's going off the normal turnaround time for the FSB? And yes, the vibe I'm getting is the emails come on in the morning, so anything after 3pm EST is a wash for the day.
Ok Caribbean people - after all my talk this morning about "the fruitlessness of contacting Pam" I broke down and called her (yes, called... I didn't want to identify myself). Anyway, she was super nice and seemed extremely empathetic towards our frustrations about notifications. Unfortunately (as I also predicted this morning) the conversation yielded no new information; Pam has NO idea when notifications will go out. Verbatim what she said was: "We've received notification from the foreign commission, but are waiting on notification from the FSB... which could come in at any moment." She said that notifications from the FSB usually are relatively quick, but for some reason (that she doesn't know) have been much slower this year. Thus, she anticipates we should know before the beginning of May, but the notifications could also come as soon as like... now (this info is basically meaningless, since she predicted mid-April a few weeks ago). According to "the information for recommended candidates" link that we were provided with on our recommended candidacy emails, "It is anticipated that all principal candidates will receive notification no later than May 15th." There is an end in sight...
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I had to respond to my graduate program today and I'm hoping I've turned them down for a Fulbright Award.
Hey Orlanac21,
I am in the same boat. I turned down several offers because of the Fulbright Fellowship. Let's keep the positive energy flowing!
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To all the Caribbean folks,
I just got an email from Pamela at around 1:10 PM PST. This is the week!!! Fingers crossed and good karma passed!
Hi XXXX,
I hope selection notifications will go out this week.
Best, Pam
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Ok Caribbean/Central America people - looks like this week was a wash. Here's hoping for next week...
Urghhh, it looks like you're right. Jeez... This wait is horrendous. Looks like I have to notify graduate schools before I hear back from the Fulbright.
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Ugh, another day without notifications!
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Hello Potential Fulbrighters,
I was recommended for a full grant to Trinidad and Tobago. I've been feeling pressed for time since grad school deadlines are on April 15th so I decided to email Pamela and ask her about a potential timeline. I'll keep everyone posted!!!
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Hey All,
Did anyone else get passed the first stage of the Fulbright but haven't been notified about the Fulbright Committee's final decision? The Fulbright contact person has been vague about when Fulbright notifications will come out for specific countries. There is a chance I will hear back from the Fulbright committee after April 15th.
I'm confused about what I should. Does it make sense to accept a school's offer and later decline their offer once I hear back from the Fulbright? Or does that burn bridges and create a bad image? Do I decline the offer and hope for the Fulbright to work out? How does one gracefully navigate through this situation?
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Yup, I got an email late last week!
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@sciencegirl- Those are all great points, thanks disseminating the knowledge!
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@sciencegirl- The Stanford tenure process is almost as difficult to achieve as the Harvard tenure process. The last time someone from the sociology department received tenure was in the mid 1990s. What Stanford and Harvard do is just hire established professors in the field and give them a full professorship title. I do think Dr. Jimenez is amazing and his work is incredible but trends are trends. At Stanford, I can't think of anyone full professor who does stuff using primarily qualtitative methods. Maybe I'm wrong?
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It's not very charitable, but I think it's because 1) the professors aren't really invested in teaching, 2) the university needs lots of TAs but not lots of PhD program graduates, so people get lefft by the wayside, and 3) they feel (like at Berkely) that "the cream will rise to the top" so they don't really need to be invested in all of their students because talent will show itself.
Thanks for this, wannabeaphd! You should add sofreakingbad to the end of your username, that way you can be like Bruno Mars.
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For the UCLA 2012 admits-- Did anyone get any more information about the visitation days? I haven't heard about the schedule or anything.
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Does anyone know why UCLA's atmosphere is so competitive?
U of Washington's atmosphere is very collegial. Everyone co-publishes and there is much equality in the program.
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My mix tape consists of Usher, Trey Songz, Drake and Ne-Yo. What can I say, I was born in the city.
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Are you trying to decide right now then between programs and its hard since UBC isn't included in USNWR?
Haha yes, you hit the nail right on the head. I don't know how to factor in prestige when making a decision because UBC isn't included in USNWR.
Fulbright 2012-2013
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Got promoted to conduct research in Trinidad! Dreams do come true! Yuuuup.