Erica Ci Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Good luck everyone with the MENA region... I too am glad to see Morocco on the list. C'mon UAE... I'm not even on the spreadsheet with my Bahrain waiting friends... Gah! Thanks for posting this Qahara. I'm hoping against hope that since Morocco notifications have been sent out that means the Middle East floodgates have been opened and we'll find out soon... Well May's just around the corner! Maybe I should go finish my thesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonlips Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 i forgot to write-- i called iie earlier this week. they said canada notifications are going out this week. so i guess we'll start receiving letters next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyrne Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I just found this forum. I am also waiting on Egypt for a full grant...My friend is currently on a Fulbright in Egypt and didn't hear until June last year. I'm hoping not to wait that long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
黑兔子 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) My friend called IIE and they said they sent out the Taiwan notifications today! Whoooo! Goddamnit, OF COURSE they would go out the day before a three-day holiday weekend. For fuck's sake... Edited April 22, 2011 by 黑兔子 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteoburito Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Goddamnit, OF COURSE they would go out the day before a three-day holiday weekend. For fuck's sake... Thankfully, I think the mail is still moving on all normal days it should be (no Sunday regardless of Easter or not). USPS Holidays for 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
黑兔子 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Thankfully, I think the mail is still moving on all normal days it should be (no Sunday regardless of Easter or not). USPS Holidays for 2011 That's what's up! I should be getting mine by tomorrow then, Monday/Tuesday at the latest! I'll definitely keep the board posted. Happy Earth Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranita Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I just found this forum. I am also waiting on Egypt for a full grant...My friend is currently on a Fulbright in Egypt and didn't hear until June last year. I'm hoping not to wait that long! Hi Abyrne! I'm a finalist for a full grant to Egypt too! What's your research in? I was reading this same forum for last year and people who just found out for the plain old full grant found out in May, ETAs and the language grant people found out later. I will be really, really sad if we have to wait until June. Must stop obsessing about this. Hope you're more patient than I am Edited April 22, 2011 by Ranita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siuse Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I can answer this question... sort of. Basically, Title VI became part of the Budget cluster-f*** only a week before Congress voted on the Budget; in other words, about 9 days ago. Fulbright Hays and Fulbright IIE are both sort of tied up with Title VI funding (or something... can anyone clarify this relationship?) Are you sure about this? I didn't think TItle VI affects us. From what I know, Fulbright grants come through the ECA section of the State Department which is a different funding stream than Fulbright-Hays and Title VI (through the Department of Education). I know that the budget request for Fulbright was pretty much the same as it was last year (thanks Obama) but I don't know what actually passed Congress. Neither the White House or DoS pages have any details about how the funding is being passed along. Edited April 22, 2011 by siuse computerdating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siuse Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) double post, sorry Edited April 22, 2011 by siuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoasttoast Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Ohmygoodness! This makes me so happy, we claremont folk get around! What classes did you take at Scripps? I'm still in the thick of it. This is an eventful week for me, since not only did Fulbright come through, but I'm turning in my thesis tomorrow! Whew! I'm so excited to sleep... yeah we do! I took mostly italian classes but a few others as well...but that was way back in 2003! Turning that thesis in is going to feel soooo gooood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on lucky 7 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Found out on Tuesday that I got the ETA in Morocco! Notification date: April 19 postmark: April 15 notification method: large manila envelope with medical stuff in it, too Congratulations to everyone else!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siuse Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I did some more digging and found what the appropriation for ECA (the Bureau overseeing Fulbright) is from here For reference this is what the request was So it is a cut of something like 5% for the entire bureau. But I don't think it's certain right now how much of that cut will affect the Fulbright Program, so I guess that's being hashed out right now? I have no idea. Edited April 22, 2011 by siuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyrne Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) Hi Abyrne! I'm a finalist for a full grant to Egypt too! What's your research in? I was reading this same forum for last year and people who just found out for the plain old full grant found out in May, ETAs and the language grant people found out later. I will be really, really sad if we have to wait until June. Must stop obsessing about this. Hope you're more patient than I am Generally, my research will be in the future of urban development in Cairo, and how the urban space has affected the society in the 20th/21st century. I am obsessing too. My friend is doing a language grant, so maybe that's why she found out so late. What is your research in? Edited April 22, 2011 by abyrne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Found out on Tuesday that I got the ETA in Morocco! Notification date: April 19 postmark: April 15 notification method: large manila envelope with medical stuff in it, too Congratulations to everyone else!!! congrats to you! Its great to see so many people getting accepted. For the rest of you MENA-ers still waiting, hang in there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIowan Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hi guys, I haven't been reading all the threads, but I'm an ETA finalist for turkey and got an email from Rachel the other day. Apparently she doesn't think any kind of notification for turkey will go out before the end of this month at the earliest, so...we'll be waiting for a while. Best of luck to all. Out of curiosity, how much time passed between your email to Rachel and her response (This can be answered by other people who have emailed her as well)? I emailed her asking about Turkey notification on April 2nd (three weeks ago) and haven't heard back. I'm not impatient, and I know there are more pressing issues for her than my question, but I am concerned that a non-response might suggest there's something wrong with my application and I'm no longer in the running or something. Maybe that's silly, but at six months into the process I'm starting to entertain worst-case scenarios. Thanks, TheIowan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awoz Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Out of curiosity, how much time passed between your email to Rachel and her response (This can be answered by other people who have emailed her as well)? I emailed her asking about Turkey notification on April 2nd (three weeks ago) and haven't heard back. I'm not impatient, and I know there are more pressing issues for her than my question, but I am concerned that a non-response might suggest there's something wrong with my application and I'm no longer in the running or something. Maybe that's silly, but at six months into the process I'm starting to entertain worst-case scenarios. Thanks, TheIowan The next business day. Maybe your email got spammed. She responds very quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awoz Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I'm a candidate for Poland, awoz, and I haven't heard from them. There are four finalists from my school, and two of them - Bangladesh ETA and Mexico Business - heard yesterday. This promptly sent me and the other candidate (Egypt) into a frenzy. I plan to call tomorrow if they are open to ask how long. I got an email from Rachel today saying they were mailed out Wednesday. :/ Nothing in my mailbox today, so either tomorrow or Monday. I'm going nuts, considering some ppl got accepted in March. Who knows how many others got accepted then that aren't on this forum. Edited April 22, 2011 by awoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg33 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I got an email from Rachel today saying they were mailed out Wednesday. :/ Nothing in my mailbox today, so either tomorrow or Monday. I'm going nuts, considering some ppl got accepted in March. Who knows how many others got accepted then that aren't on this forum. One thing you can do to get an idea of when the letter should be arriving is plug in your information here: http://postcalc.usps.gov/ Although you cannot adjust the calendar to a past date, you can change the mailing date to a certain day of the week to figure out when the letter is 'supposed' to arrive. Once you get to the page that displays all the shipping options, click on the First-Class Mail option and it should display what the 'expected' delivery date is. Hope this helps! Edited April 22, 2011 by jg33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binger Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Talked to J Akeley, apparently Australia letters have been sent out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laalaa7 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) Thelowan, I e-mailed Rachel on April 12 and she just got back to me today (so ten days!). I also e-mailed her in early April, but never heard back. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with your application. She's probably just busy with e-mails and only responds when she has actual news to give. I'm pretty sure the reason she finally got back to me today is because notifications for my country were sent out on Wednesday. Anyways, hopefully you will not have to wait much longer for notification! Also, to the other ETA finalist for Malta letters were sent out this Wednesday!!! Out of curiosity, how much time passed between your email to Rachel and her response (This can be answered by other people who have emailed her as well)? I emailed her asking about Turkey notification on April 2nd (three weeks ago) and haven't heard back. I'm not impatient, and I know there are more pressing issues for her than my question, but I am concerned that a non-response might suggest there's something wrong with my application and I'm no longer in the running or something. Maybe that's silly, but at six months into the process I'm starting to entertain worst-case scenarios. Thanks, TheIowan Edited April 22, 2011 by laalaa7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIowan Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 The next business day. Maybe your email got spammed. She responds very quickly Thank you. After reading this, I re-sent and heard back within two hours. Ha. For any Turkey lurkers (which was me until this afternoon), still no news. She said they haven't received any selections from Turkey yet and therefore it's "difficult to predict when we'll be able to make final notifications." These are just my thoughts now, but hearing that on April 22nd makes it seem pretty likely that the earliest we'll hear is the same time as last year (the middle of May). Given the added logistics of assigning placements for all the new ETA positions this year, I'm putting my money on even later. TheIowan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readtowin Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Does the budget issue mean that there will be no extra funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVA Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Congrats!! We have a couple of the Morocco Fulbrighters on a separate thread, if you're interested I'll add you on.. Found out on Tuesday that I got the ETA in Morocco! Notification date: April 19 postmark: April 15 notification method: large manila envelope with medical stuff in it, too Congratulations to everyone else!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVA Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 EXXXXX that it seems you're already part of the thread. Congrats!! We have a couple of the Morocco Fulbrighters on a separate thread, if you're interested I'll add you on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Mac Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Talked to J Akeley, apparently Australia letters have been sent out. so people are hearing from/talking to Jonathan personally via e-mail or phone? Wonder if any Vietnam applicants have done this? So curious to know they're actually out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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