Radesky

Just reject me already Michigan :-\

I'm going second this, even with schools that have already sent out acceptances supposedly in batches. Unless there is an actual admin insider here or on the Drafts, I'm not crossing anything off the list until I receive that nice generic "There were so many applicants...it was a hard decision...don't take this the hard way....good luck with all your future endeavors" email. I'm not even going to look at the database anymore. What's the point--it's user generated and unverified. I'm going to walk away from my computer and stop living in a future that is far from guaranteed. Fate is sealed, why waste time on worrying about something over which you have no control? I'm 0a/1w/1r in, but until that ideal acceptance drops in, I'm going going to assume business as usual. Cheers, all, and I hope you are still writing more amidst the babble.

Can we assume that Michigan does the standard acceptance/waitlist/rejection roll out, assuming that we're just waiting on only rejections now? And if so...sigh :\

@karosko congrats! Today or tomorrow, supposedly, from previous grad cafe records. Needless to say, my productivity has been shot.

FYI, the past two years Michigan has notified on Feb 18. I wonder if other disciplines have people as neurotic as this one... sigh :/ I should have been a banker or an engineer.

Any word on Vanderbilt? Seems like a couple of acceptances went out. Do they notify in waves as well?

It's strange because I'm a pretty level-headed person, but the anxiety is certainly building. Kudos for having the tolerance to join that madhouse--I for one couldn't. Currently tallying one waitlist and one rejection. Plans of quitting my not-so-bad day job seem to constantly shimmer before me. Rejections aren't so bad--the uncertainty is. Anyway, back to building my cryogenic slumber machine. At least it will take my mind off things.

Historically, many of the schools I've applied to will notify acceptances within the next two weeks. Would be nice to go into a cryogenic slumber until then. It's cold enough where I am that 10 minutes outside would be sufficient time to lose all feeling.

Well the country I applied to last year was Serbia, and I speak and read Macedonian (the country to which I applied this year) much better, though as anyone from any of the former yugoslav republics can attest, the languages are very similar. Also, just to confirm about last year, notifications for first round were sent out on Thursday the 20th. Good luck to everyone!

Hello Olivia, This is my second time applying and I'm pretty sure I know why I didn't get the grant (ETA) the first, despite being seemingly qualified, speaking the host's country's language fluently, having great recommendations, and an English degree. At the time I felt like I had this grant in the bag. Now the country I applied to was only offering 1 ETA grant. This can be both a bad and good thing. Good in that there might not be as many applicants, (thus the 1 grant), bad in that you're competing fiercely for just one grant. The university I attended also is renowned for having some of the highest Fulbright recipient rates. This is, of course, not a direct factor. Meanwhile I had mentioned that to my friend, who was not attending the same university, that he too should apply. He had studied education and was just about to receive his teaching certificate. He applied to South Korea, and spoke not a lick of Korean. And as past statistics indicate, despite offering around 70 or so ETA grants, South Korea receives tremendous amounts of applicants. So over the course of the waiting period he and I both discussed the pros and cons of each of our applications. Long story short, he's in South Korea and I'm still in the good US of A. Now there are subtle differences in our applications, and variables regarding our respective host countries abound. But what I think made a pretty significant difference was my friend's teaching experience, and his desire to truly pursue a career in teaching, as it is his passion. Don't mean to scare anyone who doesn't have teaching experience. These are simply my thoughts given my situation. Like a said, there are many, many variables. Just thought I share this with you.

Macedonia here, neighbor

Any second-time or multiple applicants here? Why do you think that you didn't get the award the first time?