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I'm not so sure it's a bottleneck. My program manager told me that my country hadn't made decisions yet. It could be that the country itself is slowly going through applications. And Egypt last year didn't let it's candidates know until May/June but that wasn't FSB's fault. (as far as I know)

Hey Guys, In my Fulbright statement I mentioned that I would be taking language courses in the summer prior to going abroad. Can I expect Fulbright to pay for the summer courses? I heard that Fulbright doesn't disperse funds until one month into our time abroad.

Congrats Ben34 that's amazing!!

Hey Schatzie, If you check the spreadsheet (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=taWW8xiKve1Tm6Ow6bHdhYA&hl=en) you'll notice that there are three Germany ETA notifications posted. An Alternate and two Acceptances. So my guess is you should be hearing right about now.

My friend who did a Fulbright in Spain actually used her monthly stipend to support both herself and her significant other. He wasn't her fiancee then or her husband, so he wasn't counted as a dependent. If two people can do it - certainly one can.

Congrats! Don't forget to update the spreadsheet! https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=taWW8xiKve1Tm6Ow6bHdhYA&hl=en

Thanks for the info all!

My friend just got accepted into SFS's Masters of Arab Studies program. They're giving her 20K in aid with the expectation that she come up with 50K a year on her own. What should she do? What did you do? Are private loans the only option?

My friend just got accepted into SFS's Masters of Arab Studies program. They're giving her 20K in aid with the expectation that she come up with 50K a year on her own. What should she do? What did you do? Are private loans the only option?

Hilarious instructions Sally hilarious! Definitely needed though - thanks. P.S. - I was one of those MAC users, didn't know it showed up differently on PCs. Now I do.

Hi all, Don't forget to post your country and notification date on the spreadsheet. There's a 100 or so already but there should be so many more! https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=taWW8xiKve1Tm6Ow6bHdhYA&hl=en

I talked to Rachel Holskin, Europe's coordinator, about an hour ago. She told me that Lithuania has not made their decisions yet and will not until the end of March. She also said I should recieve notification in mid to late April. I actually feel quite relieved - it's really strange. Up until this morning I've been checking my temporary mail twice a day and calling my parents frantically at my permanent address in order to get them to check THEIR mail. Now that I know that I won't know for another month I can relax, get out of my senioritis slump, and get some work done!

I don't think there's any way for any of us to answer that question. Either IIE/Rachel would have say yes they mail out on Wednesday's or all of the Europe grantees (Bulgaria, Germany and Austria so far) would need to check the postmarks on their letters to let us know.

I haven't heard a thing from Rachel Holskin ( in charge of Europe and Eurasia) since I got word that I'm finalist. But I don't envy receiving multiple official looking letters - never knowing if this was the one.

I don't know if anybody's checked the Fulbright website recently but they've completely updated the homepage! http://www.iie.org/en/Fulbright It's rather nice. Take a look.

I'm guessing Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will all find out around the same time. It seems like a long time to wait but I hope it will fly by!

I noticed on @Sally's spreadsheet that someone got the grant for Austria yesterday. Congrats whoever you are. It's even more exciting that it came by email.

Hi mcgov36, Congrats! Did it come to your college mailing address or your permanent address? Was it a thin envelope? I'm on Spring Break now and can't wait to get back to campus to check my mail.

I'm so excited that it's finally March! Some of the finalists from the 2008-2009 round heard back about their Fulbright status as early as March 16th! Anyway I just wanted to remind everybody to use Sally's fabulous Google spreadsheet! You can fill in information like the country you applied to and the date of notification. Please remember that the spreadsheet is only for FINAL notifications - so whether or not you've been accepted/declined/waitlisted for a grant NOT if you're a finalist for the country. I think the sheet will be really helpful for next year's group - so they can see when to expect notification from their country. Not that it'll make them any less frazzled. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=taWW8xiKve1Tm6Ow6bHdhYA&hl=en#

Hey Sally, I hope this helps! My friend got a ETA Fulbright to Spain for '07-'08. She found out on Monday, April 2nd 2007.

I wonder why Europe and Eurasia were scheduled so far out? Maybe it's just that they have more Fulbright scholars than any other region.

I did some searching. I know that each Fulbright 'region' has a separate Fulbright Orientation. Last year the Fulbright group for the Americas (i.e. Latin America and the Caribbean I assume) met from June 25-27. http://fulbright.state.gov/orientation/wha-ch/orientation-schedule Middle East and North Africa met from June 24-26 http://fulbright.state.gov/orientation/af-nea-sca/orientation-schedule/middle-east-and-north-africa-orientation-schedule South and Central Asia from June 24-26 http://fulbright.state.gov/orientation/af-nea-sca/orientation-schedule/south-and-central-asia-orientation-schedule Sub-Saharan Africa from June 24-26 http://fulbright.state.gov/orientation/af-nea-sca/orientation-schedule/sub-saharan-africa-orientation-schedule The site wasn't working perfectly so I couldn't access the dates for Western Europe and China.

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Big-Lie-About-the-Life-of/63937/ My friend recently sent me this article querying what I thought he should do now. Should he continue with his Sankrit studies and possibly end up with grad debt and no job after several years? It's an interesting article and ties together several bad things that I've previously been told to watch out for when applying / going to grad school. But are these things true? What are your opinions?

Germany has a lot of grants so it makes sense. There should be between 140-160 Germany finalists for the Full grant alone.