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SUPERCONGRATULATIONS PDX503! I'm really happy for you!

Just FYI, I got my letter from the FFSB a few days ago, and it is literally one page reiterating the "Congrats!" of the email. Your acceptance email should link to the medical review and consent form, which you have a month to complete. Other than that, I have no idea when we're going to sign contracts, set up EFT, etc.

I was selected for a ETA to Venezuela!!! I am very excited and still in shock!

For those who have already been selected, when do you hear what the next steps are? Or how long it takes to get the letter from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board?

Alternate to Lithuania. Congrats everybody.

Alternate to Latvia.

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

Hi Caribbean and CA friends. The following is an attempt to figure out why we are among the last ones to find out from the board.

Our countries do not have to give out Fulbright grants/ETA's. Unlike other countries, such as Mexico and Argentina, our countries do not have a specific number of grants they must give out every year, whether apps were good or not. The board must first guarantee funding for those countries that MUST grant scholarships every year in accordance to international accords. Hence, the board deals with our budgetary issues last, since there is no pressure to grant scholarships in our area. If they run out of funding prior to reaching our area, there is no penalty, for international accords with Caribbean and CA countries do not obligate the State Dept. to grant scholarships to those countries. We are basically to deal with the leftovers. And that is why Caribbean and CA countries, according to data, are always, or almost always, last to receive final word from the board.

Best wishes to everyone still waiting. I hope you hear really really really soon!

Sounds like all this waiting drove you crazy.

Nope, Central Asia recommendeds received our emails at about 4:30 pm.

If you pass your medical review now, but then deteriorating health conditions make you unable to leave for your grant period, there is nothing anyone can do to fault you for it. Mental health IS health! You wouldn't be declining the award, but you would be categorizing yourself as ineligible due to a health condition that arose.

If you've already booked your travel before you decide to decline, I'd guess you'd have to work out with the airline how to cancel the ticket and I would also guess that Fulbright wouldn't refund you any amount that you lose from cancelling the ticket. (I don't know for sure.)

Have you thought about asking Fulbright to push back your grant period? I know some people have succeeded in beginning their grants several months late, say in January instead of September.

It sounds like you know what you need to get better, and that's really commendable. It's hard to be away from a support system and in a foreign country, especially while fighting depression. I hope you're healthy enough to leave in September. Best wishes!

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

Me too! Ha!
I went on lunch break and was like... no, no, this can't be.... what the?.... oh, there it is. *sigh*

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

Anyone want to bet on us being the absolute last people to hear? Wait. That's a terrible idea.

Can we just hear, puhleeeease? I almost wish I applied to a country that notoriously notifies candidates much earlier on; but then, of course, I wouldn't be going where I want to go, or even to a place relevant to my studies.

Omgggggggg if SSA is finding out why isn't Jermaine telling us MENA people! Not to say that I'm not sooooo excited for SSA people to find out finally. Yay! Hope!

Found out on Thursday morning-- I was promoted from alternate (Germany) to full ETA!

and then there was Turkey... lol

Congrats to everyone!

Thanks oa0176! Maybe I am look for consolation more than advice. I really wanted to go Turkey and I also was looking forward being part of the Fulbright community. In any case, I think I did make the right choice since I have also been working towards a job with the Park Service for many years.

I got the full grant to Kyrgyzstan.

My heart is beating so fast. There is a tiny pocket of joy in Cubicle-land today. I literally cannot believe it. I keep checking the email to make sure it's real.

(Thanks to whomever updates the spreadsheet -- I'm KyrgyzRepublicApplicant.)

I got the full grant to Kyrgyzstan.

My heart is beating so fast. There is a tiny pocket of joy in Cubicle-land today. I literally cannot believe it. I keep checking the email to make sure it's real.

(Thanks to whomever updates the spreadsheet -- I'm KyrgyzRepublicApplicant.)

I got the full grant to Kyrgyzstan.

My heart is beating so fast. There is a tiny pocket of joy in Cubicle-land today. I literally cannot believe it. I keep checking the email to make sure it's real.

(Thanks to whomever updates the spreadsheet -- I'm KyrgyzRepublicApplicant.)

I got the full grant to Kyrgyzstan.

My heart is beating so fast. There is a tiny pocket of joy in Cubicle-land today. I literally cannot believe it. I keep checking the email to make sure it's real.

(Thanks to whomever updates the spreadsheet -- I'm KyrgyzRepublicApplicant.)

Spain ETA Fulbright accepted Going to be in Madrid!

I actually have finals the week after next and then comps at the end of the month--the worrisome thing is that I need to develop my dissertation proposal just now--and I was hoping to use the Fulbright to do it! Nothing like down to the wire, eh ?

;-)

Just keep positive all! This forum has been a great comfort to me and I'm really happy for all the folks who made it through and posted to share their tales.

Sending positive folks to all the SSA Fulbright hopefuls!

That's exactly it though...we never know = )

I am! I have a Thursday deadline for another award so I'll be obsessively refreshing until then.

I feel like all my sentences have been beginning with, "If I get the Fulbright, then ..." -- or ending with "inshallah."

I'm also trying to decide on whether to apply again for the next round if I am not awarded a grant this time. I recently realized I began working on this application in March 2011, so it's been over a year of work and waiting. Wow!