Janika Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Is anyone else applying to Spain for an ETA or a Full Grant? I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelali Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Just got an email from IIE Beijing with paperwork to fill out for my *potential* host institution. " Your proposed host institution participates in the Chinese Government Scholarship Program (CGS). Under the agreement with the Chinese Ministry of Education that governs the Fulbright program in China, the Fulbright Program is able to nominate a certain number of Fulbright candidates for tuition waiver scholarships under the CGS program every year...it is required that all Fulbright grant candidates who are requesting an affiliation with a host institution that participates in the CGS Program submit their affiliation applications through this channel. " There's also a comprehensive list of majors offered in China. Some of the ones that are tempting me to sign up for just out of curiosity: National Defense Economics, Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ethnic Law, Intelligent Decision-making & Knowledge Management, and Sericulture. Tons of other interesting-looking stuff. I guess it's a list of all gov't-approved majors. I notice that out of all the 69 different econ majors none of them has anything to do with Marxism, though two of the law majors are Marxist Theory & Ideology Education and Marxist Ethnic Theory and Policy. I just got accepted to both Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Sun Yat-sen University under the CGS program to study Marxist Philosophy...super excited! Where in China are you going to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretlyismaili Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 That's fantastic! I guess that would explain your presence in Kolkata, bastion of communists. ;-) (Kerala is good in that way too...) I would be in Nanjing if I get the Fulb, though I plan on traveling heavily through the Northwest - Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and of course Xinjiang to dust off the ol' Uyghur. Did you just apply individually for that, like was this outside of the Fulbright application? Man I need to do that next year. Congratulations! What do you think you'll do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanuta Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 ... That moment when discover that Germany Full Grant applicants have been notified on the Tuesday of this week in March for the past 3 years. ... then that moment when you realize that today is Tuesday and 5PM EST is in one hour..... Yep I was hopeful about today too since that's been the trend. Alas another day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Books2readme Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This year's group of applicants are a chatty bunch; I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon314 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) In the next 24 hours, I will hopefully find out my future life path. No pressure....gosh 2 roads meet at a crossroads, which do you take? The road less traveled or the only one in front of you? Or leaving the path entirely? Edited March 13, 2013 by Anon314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliornerkramer Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hey Eli -- fellow Finland hopeful here! Unfortunately, I haven't heard a peep since finding out I was a finalist, nearly two months ago. It looks like in the past few years, Finland applicants have heard back in the last week of March/first week of April. But with the news of some responses coming in earlier this year, I wouldn't rule out hearing back any time at all. Good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Books2readme Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 In the next 24 hours, I will hopefully find out my future life path. No pressure....gosh 2 roads meet at a crossroads, which do you take? The road less traveled or the only one in front of you? Or leaving the path entirely? Gosh, buddy. We said this 24 hours ago. there'sanappforthat and Books2readme 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliornerkramer Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thanks for the update. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibboleth12 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) In the next 24 hours, I will hopefully find out my future life path. No pressure....gosh 2 roads meet at a crossroads, which do you take? The road less traveled or the only one in front of you? Or leaving the path entirely? Anon314, if you're channeling Robert Frost here, thought I'd share my high school English teacher's interpretation of the poem, which kind of rocked my world at the time: he argued that the crux of "The Road Not Taken" isn't that the speaker is trying to be original, inventive, different, hipster, et hoc genus omne, by taking the less-traveled path, but rather that, although we may be presented with myriad choices at any one time, the greatest of human tragedies is that we possess only one body and are forever limited in this life by the physical temporality of our own selves. So, the fact that you can't accept both opportunities next year is a tragedy insofar as you remain bounded by space and time as a prisoner of your own body during your residence on Earth. I always liked that interpretation, and it kind of applies to Fulbrights too! Edited March 13, 2013 by shibboleth12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalDee Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Yep I was hopeful about today too since that's been the trend. Alas another day... I received no news overnight, so the waiting continues. I emailed my contact there and he hasn't heard anything either. But, he is in China at the moment. Good luck today! I am sending good thoughts out to every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon314 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Gosh, buddy. We said this 24 hours ago. Oops. I clearly need to have checked this site more in evenings Edited March 13, 2013 by Anon314 Books2readme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Are we supposed to be notified by the US or by the host country? Trying to figure out by which point in the day I'd find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestardeutsch Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hey y'all, Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an ETA for Germany and I've seen a couple other people here in the same boat. When I asked my FPA about dates that I would hear about an acceptance/rejection decision, she said we're supposed to hear back in mid-March but it could be as late as the first week of April. I don't know if that helps. Have any of the other German/European ETAs here heard anything from their FPAs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
there'sanappforthat Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hey y'all, Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an ETA for Germany and I've seen a couple other people here in the same boat. When I asked my FPA about dates that I would hear about an acceptance/rejection decision, she said we're supposed to hear back in mid-March but it could be as late as the first week of April. I don't know if that helps. Have any of the other German/European ETAs here heard anything from their FPAs? I don't hear a thing from my FPA. I've just been going by past dates, so it could be any time now, or even as late as next month. I'm just trying to hunker down in case we have a longer wait than we think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
there'sanappforthat Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thank you! We are trying to hold on here. But it is like pushing rocks uphill. Well, I really have to admire your dedication. I don't know if I would have the gumption to do what you are doing! It's bad enough being a Dem in Indiana, I can't imagine what it's like in Oklahoma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Books2readme Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Oops. I clearly need to have checked this site more in evenings It's fine. We all feel pretty much the same way in terms of our readiness to hear an answer. Edited March 13, 2013 by Books2readme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
there'sanappforthat Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Does anyone know if there is a way to change reputation points you have given to people? I seem to have misclicked on some and I feel like a jerk :/ Edited March 13, 2013 by there'sanappforthat nainalerom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalDee Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Well, I really have to admire your dedication. I don't know if I would have the gumption to do what you are doing! It's bad enough being a Dem in Indiana, I can't imagine what it's like in Oklahoma! Thank you! I refuse to stop believing in helping people. That is why I want to go to Estonia to study the way they vote. If we can expand voter access in this state, maybe we can make some changes. I hope so anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenderandDevelopment Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Nothing yet from this UK hopeful.... anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar1244 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 For all you German applicants out there, I email my FPA yesterday and he replied with this: "Mr. Jackson said the Germany “batch” has not been finalized yet, so not hearing is not a bad sign. ;-)" Referring to a Mr Walter Jackson who's position is unknown to me. So...not that it really means anything in particular.....or maybe it does. But probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Nothing yet from this UK hopeful.... anyone else? Nope... do you know if we're hearing directly from them or from IIE? thinking of time zones.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
there'sanappforthat Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 For all you German applicants out there, I email my FPA yesterday and he replied with this: "Mr. Jackson said the Germany “batch” has not been finalized yet, so not hearing is not a bad sign. ;-)" Referring to a Mr Walter Jackson who's position is unknown to me. So...not that it really means anything in particular.....or maybe it does. But probably not. Come on Germany, where is your reknowned efficiency?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenderandDevelopment Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I don't know.... it's hard to predict, because I feel like if I remember correctly, I have received e-mails during the US business day from the UK.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon314 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Nope... do you know if we're hearing directly from them or from IIE? thinking of time zones.. Nothing here either... I think I was notified at 12 pm for my interview and 4 pm for being recommended (ish) Edited March 13, 2013 by Anon314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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