little mermaid Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 teo823 kindly provided me with this link for additional funding (scholarships, grants, fellowships, etc): http://www.studyabroadfunding.org/ i clicked on some of the links provided on that site, and it looks like some of the deadlines have not passed yet. good luck! Thank you.. that a relieve. I met some of the people who are involved in scholarships section form y country, they told me there are times the candidate were told about their admissions in August..only 1 week before they have to fly to US. :-s
Dreydenn Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Thanks to everyone here for providing a community to make the waiting easier. It really has been helpful, and the knowledge pooled here made me feel much better informed about the process than several of my good friend who previously applied. Good luck to all who are still waiting, and I think that it's a brilliant idea to try to gather the experiences collected on this board into a little guide for the Fulbright. I'm looking forward to meeting those of you, heading to China or otherwise, who will be in DC during the June 25-27 orientation.
schenkgrant Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Thanks to everyone here for providing a community to make the waiting easier. It really has been helpful, and the knowledge pooled here made me feel much better informed about the process than several of my good friend who previously applied. Good luck to all who are still waiting, and I think that it's a brilliant idea to try to gather the experiences collected on this board into a little guide for the Fulbright. I'm looking forward to meeting those of you, heading to China or otherwise, who will be in DC during the June 25-27 orientation. How do you know which orientation you are going to? I didn't mention it my in acceptance packet - only had the medical forms, etc. Am I missing something or did you just get accepted awhile ago and have had more information sent out to you??
Dreydenn Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 How do you know which orientation you are going to? I didn't mention it my in acceptance packet - only had the medical forms, etc. Am I missing something or did you just get accepted awhile ago and have had more information sent out to you?? Jonathan Akeley, the Program Officer in charge of China, mentioned the dates for the China orientation in one of his earlier emails.
holly Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I don't think Macau is going out with HK/China; last I heard, it was "two weeks" For anyone who's interested, 2009-10 prgoram competition statistics are up. See how many you had to beat out
pace Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Question about medical clearance: Was a normal doctor able to perform all the tests, or did you have to go to a travel clinic or something? I'm concerned that my local medical facilities won't be able to do some of the tests. Has anyone had trouble completing the form?
Dreydenn Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Now the waiting for the CLEA starts. I hear that they're really tight this year, with many more applicants than normal. Good luck to everyone waiting on that; notifications will start in the next few weeks.
jadoreviie Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I don't think Macau is going out with HK/China; last I heard, it was "two weeks" For anyone who's interested, 2009-10 prgoram competition statistics are up. See how many you had to beat out Is it on the Fulbright site? For some reason, it just has the old statistics. Where is it?
holly Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_ ... tasia.html Applications Received 2009-10 Cambodia 21 Hong Kong Full 21 ETA Laos 5 Macau ETA 26 Singapore 15 Vietnam Full 30 ETA 65
jadoreviie Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_competition_06_eastasia.html Applications Received 2009-10 Cambodia 21 Hong Kong Full 21 ETA Laos 5 Macau ETA 26 Singapore 15 Vietnam Full 30 ETA 65 Thanks!
Albanski Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 last year albania had 1 applicant for 2 spots..the year that i apply there are 12... I was informed that there are 5 finalist for 2 spots. How does a multi country proposal work, because one of the applcant is a multi-country proposal. Lets say they apply to Albania and MAcedonia, do they grab both grants from the countries or do they get their own seperate grant, or like a special grant?
qes Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 last year albania had 1 applicant for 2 spots..the year that i apply there are 12... I was informed that there are 5 finalist for 2 spots. How does a multi country proposal work, because one of the applcant is a multi-country proposal. Lets say they apply to Albania and MAcedonia, do they grab both grants from the countries or do they get their own seperate grant, or like a special grant? I know that the grant has to go through the full process with both countries and be approved by both countries (I looked into this because I considered doing a multi-country grant -- yeah right I'm going to risk getting rejected by one and not the other though, hehe), but that they only get one grant. I'm not sure how it works if its awarded, though -- maybe they get partial grants from each country?
wishin&hopin Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Anyone have an update on when the Italy (research) letters will be sent out?
hketafb Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Hey, I'm yet another Hong Kong ETA finalist posting on this forum. The wait hasn't bothered me until this week and now I'm beyond anxious to find out! I'm getting ready to graduate in just two weeks and it would awesome to be able to make plans. I don't know how much longer I can put the future on hold. I sent an email to Jonathan Akeley a few days ago asking about the expected notification date. Still no reply. Has anyone else heard anything more recently? I know someone mentioned they were supposed to be sent out this week. Good luck to those still waiting!
jadoreviie Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Hey, I'm yet another Hong Kong ETA finalist posting on this forum. The wait hasn't bothered me until this week and now I'm beyond anxious to find out! I'm getting ready to graduate in just two weeks and it would awesome to be able to make plans. I don't know how much longer I can put the future on hold. I sent an email to Jonathan Akeley a few days ago asking about the expected notification date. Still no reply. Has anyone else heard anything more recently? I know someone mentioned they were supposed to be sent out this week. Good luck to those still waiting! According to Jonathan, they were sent out yesterday, so make sure to watch the mail Thurs, Fri, Sat. Good luck!
hketafb Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 According to Jonathan, they were sent out yesterday, so make sure to watch the mail Thurs, Fri, Sat. Good luck! Ah! Thanks. These next few days are going to go by way too slowly. Good luck to you too!
sweetasfunk Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Ah! Thanks. These next few days are going to go by way too slowly. Good luck to you too! jadoreviie and hketafb: Thanks for posting this! I hope we will be lucky enough to meet one another in the near future...good luck!
wishin&hopin Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 FYI...Rachel says letters for Italy and Albania are going out TODAY!!! (Going to be a loooooooong week/weekend) Good luck everyone!!!!
Albanski Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Hey Italy applicant where do you live? I live in NYC and I was thinking of calling them to go pick it up myseklf since I live only 7 miles away. I think that they mail them after 12PM. So it should be delayed by one day. I am expecting the mail to come Friday or Saturday. I hate this wait. I am so unlucky, because last year only 1 person applied to Albania, whereas this year 12 people applied. If we both get it that would be really nice, you could definately come visit in Albania, I'll host you. Maybe I could do the same? Fulbright Friendships are starting to bud!!!!!!! Good look paisan!
wishin&hopin Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Hey Italy applicant where do you live? I live in NYC and I was thinking of calling them to go pick it up myseklf since I live only 7 miles away. I think that they mail them after 12PM. So it should be delayed by one day. I am expecting the mail to come Friday or Saturday. I hate this wait. I am so unlucky, because last year only 1 person applied to Albania, whereas this year 12 people applied. If we both get it that would be really nice, you could definately come visit in Albania, I'll host you. Maybe I could do the same? Fulbright Friendships are starting to bud!!!!!!! Good look paisan! I know, last year only 97 people applied to Italy, this year it was 150-something. Crazy. I'm in Texas. Sigh. Probably won't get here until Saturday at the soonest. And the worst part is, I'm leaving the country tomorrow for a week, so I suppose I'm going to have to get the neighbor to check the mail for me (although what a horrible position to put someone in if you get bad news...maybe I should just wait it out???) Uggh, the agony... Thanks for the invitation to Albania; I always love having people visit me in Italy. Part of the experience of travelling abroad is meeting new people and seeing new things. Am soooooooo hoping this works out...
Albanski Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 we have to keep praying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 If it doesn't, I mean we're obviously smart because we wouldnt have made this far, so we can do other big things. Sometimes its just not meant to be!
HKETA Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Hey Everyone, I'm a Hong Kong ETA as well. Jonathan emailed me Tuesday and said the letters "will be going out today". Anyone bored and/or interested in pestering him or his secretary to see if that happened? Also, is it true that rejection letters come from New York and acceptance letters from HK?
qes Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 WHAT SIZE ARE THE ACCEPTANCE ENEVELOPES? Mine from NYC was 8.5" x 11' Manila envelope with about 5 sheets of paper in it.
tedwin20 Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 i'm new to the forum, and i must say the responses are truly wonderful and informative. around 3 weeks ago found out i'm an alternate for a full grant to russia (still holding out hope!!). thanks, holly, for posting about the updated stats for this year. i was surprised to see that it says 20 full grants were offered this year since when i had my phone interview with the head of the fulbright office in moscow, she prefaced our conversation by saying that unfortunately, due to lack of funding this year, they would only be offering around half the number of full grants they'd expected to offer (that is, around 10 instead of 20). anyone know anything about this, whether countries actually offered fewer grants than they expected this year? anyone else looking to go to russia (or on his/her way), or been upgraded from alternate to principal status for russia?
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