SarahMel11 Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 Hello All, I'll be applying for a Fulbright ETA grant this year. I'm applying for one in Colombia. I am extremely nervous and feel like I'm running out of time to get everything together. are there any previous applicants who can provide any advice?
susurrus Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 Hi everyone! I'm applying for an ETA position in Macedonia. Are any other ETA applicants not pursuing a career in teaching? I love working with students and I have a lot of experience, but I'm not studying education. I'm a little worried that this will hurt my application ?
annae Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 10:33 AM, Rp3669 said: Hello all! I just made an account specifically for this forum. I am applying for an ETA this year and am very nervous/excited. I was curious if anyone knew what the language evaluation entailed so I could prep my language skills? For reference, I will be evaluated on Arabic. Any help is appreciated, Thank you! I applied a few years ago and included an Arabic evaluation with my proposal. I understood from my evaluator that a brief statement that you are capable of carrying out the work, have had x years of preparation, lived in the country, etc. is sufficient. I believe there are also some "button" questions to be selected, but I do not recall the specifics. Best of luck!
JoCo711 Posted August 21, 2018 Posted August 21, 2018 On 8/13/2018 at 7:49 PM, SarahMel11 said: Hello All, I'll be applying for a Fulbright ETA grant this year. I'm applying for one in Colombia. I am extremely nervous and feel like I'm running out of time to get everything together. are there any previous applicants who can provide any advice? Hi friend! I am also applying for an ETA in Colombia. Last year I applied for a the binational internship program in Mexico and unfortunately didn't get it, but I've worked/been working with my university's Fellowship office and can possibly help answer some questions you have!
OdysseyOfHomerSimpson Posted August 29, 2018 Posted August 29, 2018 Hi all! I'm a current PhD student interested in applying to the Fulbright program (research) next year. Hope you don't mind me eavesdropping to get a sense of what to start preparing. Hoping to go to a French- or German-speaking Switzerland. Several years ago I applied for a Fulbright in Hungary but was not selected. Hoping that additional research and work experience will help! Good luck everyone! Chamkili and ashiepoo72 2
MettaSutta Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 Has anyone here applied for a Fulbright in Nepal?
Jay_S1 Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 Hi everyone, first time applicant here... thanks for having this forum I had a question regarding at-large vs. applying through university. People consistently say that applying at-large gives no disadvantage, but is that really the case? I can't imagine why people would go through the interview process (and earlier university deadline) if the university conferred no advantage. What exactly does that evaluation do? I've been rushing to get everything together for the university deadline, but am now leaning towards having more time/applying at-large. Anyone have any insight or experience with this?? Thanks much and good luck to everyone! Chamkili 1
graceaco Posted September 2, 2018 Posted September 2, 2018 On 8/30/2018 at 4:15 PM, Jay_S1 said: Hi everyone, first time applicant here... thanks for having this forum I had a question regarding at-large vs. applying through university. People consistently say that applying at-large gives no disadvantage, but is that really the case? I can't imagine why people would go through the interview process (and earlier university deadline) if the university conferred no advantage. What exactly does that evaluation do? I've been rushing to get everything together for the university deadline, but am now leaning towards having more time/applying at-large. Anyone have any insight or experience with this?? Thanks much and good luck to everyone! Applying at-large is not a disadvantage in the sense that reviewers will not value one over the other when looking at completed applications. However, applying through your university is an advantage because your university will help make your application better. The interview and early deadline are designed to help you strengthen your application, and provide a sort of "practice" interview and "practice" application submission/review. The committee at your school will be knowledgeable about the review process and will give you feedback and ask you similar questions to ones that may be asked later on in the process (if your country does skype interviews). Applying at-large means you will be missing out on extra valuable feedback. If you are worried about being rushed I would still recommend applying through your university because after your on-campus review you will be allowed to re-open and make changes to your application through IIE before your final submission. They don't always make this clear because they want to scare you into being as prepared as possible before you submit to your university (their comments will be most useful if you have edited everything to your best ability already) but the university deadline is NOT your final submission.
gradcafe_58 Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 Anyone else applying for a grad program abroad? Or anything besides ETA or research?
ashiepoo72 Posted September 4, 2018 Posted September 4, 2018 Welp, just submitted the application (my university's internal deadline is today). Suddenly things feel more real. How's everyone else doing? susurrus 1
ashiepoo72 Posted September 6, 2018 Posted September 6, 2018 Btw I know it's ridiculously early, but I added a sheet on the notifications spreadsheet for our year. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cd86U9AreH9k_-WKLKnLCLn_C5MC3FKvZZ9RhlqSAq4/edit#gid=13337732 Chamkili 1
emari5 Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 Submitting my application for the internal deadline this week! I am applying for an ETA in Indonesia, has anybody else here applied for or received a Fulbright to Indonesia in the past?
akacesfan Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Just went ahead and submitted my application for an ETA in Macau! I already went through the campus process and feel pretty solid about my application, so now it's just gonna be a ton of waiting it seems. ashiepoo72 1
mwarren Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 My internal campus process has wrapped up and my application is in for Senegal! Let the waiting begin. Best of luck to everyone as the countdown for the hard deadline draws nearer! ashiepoo72 1
Morganbcantrell Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 Submitted my application tonight!!! Kind of freaking out! ?? ashiepoo72 1
annae Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Anyone here applying for Jordan? It's my second time. Super nervous! gradcafe_58 1
ThePandaKing Posted October 8, 2018 Posted October 8, 2018 Just submitted my app for an ETA in Czechia! Can't wait to be a ball of anxiety for the next several months with all of you ashiepoo72 and gradcafe_58 2
gradient_ascent Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Applied as an at-large candidate for student research award to Romania. Nervous since I've been out of school for a while now and didn't have an institution to apply with. It's actually my second time applying. Applied back in 2010, during my senior year of college and was a semi-finalist for India. Hopefully it'll go better this time! Also if anyone is on the slack channel, would you mind inviting me? Would love to connect to other applicants and cope with this crazy wait over the next few months. Anyway good luck everyone! Edited October 16, 2018 by gradient_ascent cut off text
annae Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Hi, seconding the request for a Slack invitation. Thanks!
ashiepoo72 Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 I just made one for anyone who's interested https://join.slack.com/t/fulbright2019-2020/shared_invite/enQtNDU4NTc3MTg3MTA4LTY0YjI2NTNiODM4MWE0NDA2YmYyZDJkNjg2YzhhMjEzYTEyYThlMDIyNzQwMjM2ODQzYzBmNzU0ZWRjNzA1ZWY
ChrisSigdestad Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 Hello, Friends! This question mainly pertains to applicants in the Creative/Performing Arts category: Has anyone received an invitation for a live audition from the National Screening Committee? It was around this time last year that they sent these invitations, so I wanted to see if they had already been sent (I'm a nervous wreck)! Thanks, y'all! Best of luck with this round!
aheather Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 Hey y'all, The GradCafe thread for my application year was incredibly helpful to me when I applied to Fulbright. Just on this thread briefly to offer myself as a resource to any potential Malaysia ETA applicants. I had an amazing, marvelous, wonderful time in Malaysia and I would be happy to talk about the program there to anyone curious. If you're not curious because you don't care about Malaysia, first: shame on you. Second: it's probably the best commission for ETAs out there, the level of support is unparalleled. They gave us a house AND a car AND a Fulbrighter as a roommate AND a former ETA as an RA-like figure to help us out! A CAR! Totally recommend checking it out, if you're looking for a place to ETA. ❤️ good luck to everyone! lakerfuffle 1
Rp3669 Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 Heard today some countries are doing early semi finalist notifications does anyone know specifically which countries? I know France sent out notifications, any others?
ashiepoo72 Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 Apparently it's France and some Switzerland and UK applicants. The email was posted in the Fulbright Slack two days ago. If anyone hasn't joined yet, here's the link https://join.slack.com/t/fulbright2019-2020/shared_invite/enQtNDU4NTc3MTg3MTA4LTY0YjI2NTNiODM4MWE0NDA2YmYyZDJkNjg2YzhhMjEzYTEyYThlMDIyNzQwMjM2ODQzYzBmNzU0ZWRjNzA1ZWY
ashiepoo72 Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 Apparently the Slack link I posted earlier has expired. Apologies to anyone who tried to use it! I created one that never expires and hope you all join: https://join.slack.com/t/fulbright2019-2020/shared_invite/enQtNTEwNzQ0MTYyNTM0LTg1N2UyODYxZWIzMTFmMjg5NzgwN2E4MzYwZGQ2OTJkNmQyZGU1NDI2ZjliNWU4ZDYwY2RlMjY4OWI5OWQyZGQ
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