Mr. Blue

Just submitted my ETA application for Taiwan! It feels so good to finally be done with it. That is a tough spot to be in. I guess you can always accept and turn it down if you get the Fulbright, if you don't have any qualms about doing that.

The statement of grant purpose for ETAs use to be 2 pages long, up until a few years ago. I'm guessing that's also the case there, that Fulbright's page limit requirements have changed.

My school's internal deadline is fast approaching- good luck everyone!

The ideal candidate profile varies country to country, but I don't think all hope is lost if you don't fit into that profile. It looks like France has two options for ETAs, one through the French gov't, and one through Fulbright/French gov't. You should be able to find more information here: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/selectedcountry/222

Hey kbui, I'm applying for an Fulbright ETA to Taiwan. What would you say were your mistakes last year and how are you improving them? And what did you do in your year instead of the Fulbright? Another grant program?

Hey Trussel, you can gauge the difficulty of each country with this chart: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/uploads/files/eta/2013%20ETA%20Chart.pdf

# of Taiwan ETA grants just increased from 28 to 33! Just the news I needed to hear to keep up the momentum on these essays.

The site is much faster now, which is nice. And some of the statistics are still there if you click on the upper righthand corner.

I'm applying for an ETA in Taiwan! Anyone else?