ztowens12 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Someone mentioned budget update request emails for Eastern Europe / Eurasia. I received one on Wednesday. I don't want to be more specific than that, since I'm sure the fellowship staff do monitor this site. So you were Fellowship? Have any Scholarship applicants who applied to E. Europe/Russia receive the budget update e-mail yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMurphy Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) So you were Fellowship? Have any Scholarship applicants who applied to E. Europe/Russia receive the budget update e-mail yet? Sorry, I forgot to specify. I'm a scholarship applicant for Russia and no I did not. Sadly, It appears that the final scholarship updates went out today. Edited March 24, 2012 by JMurphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedsunrise Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 That's depressing. Good luck to those who got the email I guess its time to stop hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znkb Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Has any Japan scholarship candidate received a budget email yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna.n Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The woman I spoke to said all emails have already gone out, which I'm assuming includes the ones for Japan =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znkb Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The woman I spoke to said all emails have already gone out, which I'm assuming includes the ones for Japan =/ And no e-mail means no chance of becoming accepted, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowblossom2 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 And no e-mail means no chance of becoming accepted, correct? Pretty sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faxekondi Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 FYI to those who have not heard from Boren: My school's Boren advisor called the DC headquarters to ask about the budget emails. They told her that "a few" of the scholarship budget emails went out on Friday and that there will be more. So maybe all is not lost for those who haven't gotten the email.... wannabeanexpat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peridot Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Has there ever been a case where a person received a budget email and then didn't get the scholarship at all and was rejected? snowblossom2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyHigh Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Just thought I'd let you guys know: I received a budget email last week. Language: Xhosa Country: South Africa US Institution: Arizona State University Does anybody know how the alternate process works? I'm unsure if I will accept the award, granted I'm chosen, and I want to know how that affects other applicants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedsunrise Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 This is weird, I too emailed a Boren person and they responded that Dear Grace, We send out emails to applicants for whom we have questions. We have not yet sent any emails asking for budget updates to any Boren Scholarship applicants. Best, Aimee Hutton Program Manager Boren Scholarships Institute of International Education 1400 K St. NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 1-800-618-NSEP www.borenawards.org ... ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Bowcut MacDonald Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Nothing like a little bit of torture, eh? So, has anyone gotten anything else? I would expect if "some" had gone out, that more would be out by now. I've accepted that I may never see this budget update. I have other things in the hopper...I'm going one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementwil Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Has there ever been a case where a person received a budget email and then didn't get the scholarship at all and was rejected? Based on last years data, no. Every person who received the budget request was given an award or named an alternate. Just thought I'd let you guys know: I received a budget email last week. Language: Xhosa Country: South Africa US Institution: Arizona State University Does anybody know how the alternate process works? I'm unsure if I will accept the award, granted I'm chosen, and I want to know how that affects other applicants. Boren gives out a selected amount of awards based on the funding they get from the DoD. So if you were to decline your award, the monetary value of the award would be granted to an alternate. It is important to note that they don't operate as "they award X many scholarships/fellowships to a Y number of people"; they operate on a cash basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementwil Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Also, I would like to advise all of you: anything - and I mean ANYTHING involving the federal government takes time and often does not make sense, so you need to practice patience. For example, last year Obama ordered the director of the OPM to streamline federal government hiring. So what did he do? He turned a 30 page SF-86 clearance form into...130 pages! Do not take what is said on this forum as absolute truth, a lot of this is speculation (founded in evidence, however). If Boren says that they have not sent out all of the budget requests, than they haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna.n Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Does anyone know if it's possible to review the application we sent in? I logged onto the Boren website but it doesn't allow me the option of clicking on my application anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faxekondi Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I can review my application on the Boren site when I update my budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Bowcut MacDonald Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I can review my application on the Boren site when I update my budget. So when you go there, you can see a place where you can click on your application and then change stuff? Because this means that since there's no update button for me, I'm not likely to be seeing a letter, if they are, in fact still sending more. I can log into my account, but it just has it greyed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faxekondi Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 No, I cannot edit my application, only review it. When I log in, however, it takes me directly to a page to enter in my new budget information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kexin Renlei Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 This is weird, I too emailed a Boren person and they responded that Dear Grace, We send out emails to applicants for whom we have questions. We have not yet sent any emails asking for budget updates to any Boren Scholarship applicants. Best, ... ....... Also, I would like to advise all of you: anything - and I mean ANYTHING involving the federal government takes time and often does not make sense, so you need to practice patience. For example, last year Obama ordered the director of the OPM to streamline federal government hiring. So what did he do? He turned a 30 page SF-86 clearance form into...130 pages! Just ran across this, for your enjoyment: Bureaucracies are machines for the "production of indifference" (Herzfeld 1992). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedsunrise Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Yea I don't think it means anything other than that the person who answered my email was out of the emailing loop. I kind of just wish they'd stop trolling us who didn't get the appropriate email and tell us we're already out of the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieM Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Yea I don't think it means anything other than that the person who answered my email was out of the emailing loop. I kind of just wish they'd stop trolling us who didn't get the appropriate email and tell us we're already out of the running. They don't do that because you still might be an alternate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malenal5 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hello everyone, I just wanted to input that I did receive the financial information email last week. Language: Urdu Country: India US Institution: University of Georgia Best of luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fso2k11 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 They don't do that because you still might be an alternate. Alternates typically get the budget email too :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I can't believe we have to wait ANOTHER month for results. I was so stressed out the other week I dreamt that all my teeth were falling out. It was frightening... O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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