sab333 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I saw a Facebook post in the CLS Applicants group that was from Chinese alternates talking about their potential placement site if they are selected. Did any other alternates get any information about their potential placement site? I'm an Arabic alternate (so there are three potential countries and four potential sites) but I haven't heard anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relly Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) On 3/8/2019 at 4:13 PM, sab333 said: I saw a Facebook post in the CLS Applicants group that was from Chinese alternates talking about their potential placement site if they are selected. Did any other alternates get any information about their potential placement site? I'm an Arabic alternate (so there are three potential countries and four potential sites) but I haven't heard anything. I haven’t heard anything about the Russian sites (asides from seeing where all four sites are on the CLS website). I think that with locations that have higher security clearances, they can’t tell alternates where they are going as an alternate might not be able to fill for those locations for whatever reason. That’s my guess, at least. Edited March 10, 2019 by Relly sab333 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeki_bood Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Hello CLS applicant friends! I’m an alternate for Persian, biting my nails over whether I’ll actually get this or not. I’ve decided that if I don’t get notified after the first round of alternate promotions, I’ll plan my summer as if I have no chance, since the probability seems much slimmer. So — have any of you alternates been notified yet about being bumped up to finalist? The acceptance deadline for the original finalists was March 12th, but I don’t know if they’re sending notifications out immediately or if it takes a few days. Good luck to everyone! orchidlance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sab333 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 23 hours ago, Yeki_bood said: Hello CLS applicant friends! I’m an alternate for Persian, biting my nails over whether I’ll actually get this or not. I’ve decided that if I don’t get notified after the first round of alternate promotions, I’ll plan my summer as if I have no chance, since the probability seems much slimmer. So — have any of you alternates been notified yet about being bumped up to finalist? The acceptance deadline for the original finalists was March 12th, but I don’t know if they’re sending notifications out immediately or if it takes a few days. Good luck to everyone! Hey! I do think it takes a few days to send out notifications. From what I've heard, program directors send alternates notifications a few days to a week or two after the deadline, because they have to send their recommendations to be approved by 'the board' and then, assuming alternates were not sent to the State Department for clearance, alternates have to be approved by the State Department before they are notified. I agree though. It probably is slimmer after the first round. I've been thinking about other plans and preliminarily making plans so I'll be less disappointed (hopefully) if I'm not selected in the first round. I have, however, heard that it is pretty common for finalists to accept their award and decline it later as other awards come out in March and April. I know the Boren is mid-April & I think a lot of people apply to both CLS and Boren. So that's hopeful, I suppose! orchidlance and Yeki_bood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloman Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Moved from alternate to finalist for Urdu. Notified via email today. erkund, _KITE, Relly and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchidlance Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I was also moved to finalist (for Arabic) and got the email today!! I'm incredibly excited and I wish the rest of you that are still waiting the best of luck! Relly, sab333, Yeki_bood and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesiturk Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Any news from Turkish alternates?? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeki_bood Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thank you @sab333 for the info! You kept my morale up for a bit longer and today I learned I’ve been moved up to finalist for Persian. I am beyond thrilled! For those of you still waiting, best of luck — our acceptance deadline is March 25th so I imagine more emails will start rolling out a few days after that. Good luck to everyone! _KITE, Relly, sab333 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnapesOnAPlane Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Hello all, I have been frequenting this forum for some time now. As of an hour ago, I am now a finalist for intermediate-Urdu. To all of you Alternates: don't lose hope. It can happen for you. It did for me. Looking forward to seeing familiar faces! Cesiturk, erkund, Relly and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkund Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Just got an email for finalist for beginner Hindi. Excited, but will spend the afternoon cancelling flights I booked for travel. Looking forward to seeing everyone in DC. _KITE and Relly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_sugar Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Congrats on the alternates who got promoted! Hope they roll out decisions for Chinese soon so I can plan my summer (with or without cls) ahhh Relly, _KITE and erkund 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lactosedoesntlie Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Still waiting for Advanced Arabic Alternate notifications... :((((((( sab333, erkund and Relly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sab333 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 @ all of the alternates who haven't been promoted (yet): out of curiosity, what are your summer plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_sugar Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 11:18 AM, sab333 said: @ all of the alternates who haven't been promoted (yet): out of curiosity, what are your summer plans? Wow, this forum has been really inactive! I still haven't heard back. I plan to travel around Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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