MiniT

This happened to me three times today!

Every single time the email alert on my phone goes off my heart does a little back flip. Curse you list serve emails!

At what point do we stop waiting and just assume it will be tomorrow? 6:00, 7:00, 7:30?

And isn't that what life is really all about?

I know. I told my husband he better be prepared either way and that lots of snacks and a movie would be appropriate! Friday would be better for me because I have a negative bank balance until then so I cannot even afford celebratory/mood boosting food...

Just received this email from my FPA: "I am writing to alert you to be on the lookout for an email from the Fulbright folks. The National Screening Committee has made its preliminary decisions.If you receive an email saying you are a "recommended" candidate, this means your application will be sent to the country level for further deliberation by another committee. The NSC sends forward about twice the number of applicants that they can actually grant awards to. So, if you are recommended, be pleased and jump for joy but know that this does not mean you are a Fulbrighter - yet! Hearing about the next level can take almost until the summer, depending on the country. Arghh! It will be hard to wait. If you receive an email saying you are "not recommended," I'm afraid this closes the Fulbright chapter for you this year. You can apply in subsequent years. Of course you will be disappointed, and so will I. I learned so much from every applicant and share a small part of the dream for each of you to be a Fulbrighter." So, very soon!

Alright, I'm starting to freak out! I'd like to find out before Monday when classes resume just so that everything isn't happening all at the same time!

Greetings, Wishing everyone the best of luck! It is so good to be able to turn to this community and to read that other people are freaking out as much as I am! At this point I feel like and Academy Award candidate, it would just be an honor to be nominated! Soon we'll know!

I found it on the Fulbright website Application timeline. Apparently applicants are notified of recommendation status on January 31st. WHY?! I'll already be back in classes! I had this vision of getting my notification over winter break so that either way I could decompress before going back for Spring semester...

Hello All! I applied ETA to South Africa. I am currently an undergraduate Senior although I am a "non-traditional" student. I'm really hoping that finals/holidays will prove distracting because waiting until January is tough!! Also, for some reason I had it in my head that we found out in early January BUT NO! Not until the 31st! Gasp! Best of luck to everyone!