DAAD Applicants for 2016-17

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Have we determined a pattern of if acceptances come before, after, or at the same time as rejections? 

[x\/x\/x]

for US applicants to the grad research grant it seems that rejections/alternate notifications go out first, unsure about the language grant. Actually, have any US Research applicants received an acceptance yet?

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2 minutes ago, x\/x\/x said:

for US applicants to the grad research grant it seems that rejections/alternate notifications go out first, unsure about the language grant. Actually, have any US Research applicants received an acceptance yet?

That order is my own personal hell. I hate the alphabet.

[s3v]

2 hours ago, eigthy said:

Any news today?

Still blank.

What's your Subject group? 
I wonder if they grouped notification by subject group, and maybe the other two who already got it were in different subjects.
 

[eigthy]

1 hour ago, s3v said:

Still blank.

What's your Subject group? 
I wonder if they grouped notification by subject group, and maybe the other two who already got it were in different subjects.
 

My subject group is Engineering. And yours?

It might be, but I think we'll never find out...

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I would like my acceptance now please....oh well...tomorrow awaits.

[Buyanaa]

Got rejection email for summer intensive language course 

 

[aynrand]

1 minute ago, Horb said:

I would like my acceptance now please....oh well...tomorrow awaits.

Me too!!!! 

[eigthy]

7 minutes ago, Buyanaa said:

Got rejection email for summer intensive language course 

 

Sorry to hear that.

But did you get it via email or portal?

[Buyanaa]

2 minutes ago, eigthy said:

Sorry to hear that.

But did you get it via email or portal?

No i did not, it still says 'selection made'

Edited April 5, 2016 by Buyanaa

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Sorry guys! I hope you find yourself with other amazing opportunities in the near future.

Hmmm...I wonder if US results are coming out too...So it was an email to your personal email, not via the portal?

[Buyanaa]

5 minutes ago, Horb said:

Sorry guys! I hope you find yourself with other amazing opportunities in the near future.

Hmmm...I wonder if US results are coming out too...So it was an email to your personal email, not via the portal?

Thank you, yeah it was to my pri-mail . Portal doesnt say anything

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9 minutes ago, Buyanaa said:

Thank you, yeah it was to my pri-mail . Portal doesnt say anything

 

26 minutes ago, aynrand said:

Me too!!!! 

Thanks for sharing. I'm so sorry about your disappointment results. 

[aynrand]

1 minute ago, Horb said:

 

Thanks for sharing. I'm so sorry about your disappointment results. 

I haven't heard anything yet but I guess we will all find out soon enough!

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Just now, aynrand said:

I haven't heard anything yet but I guess we will all find out soon enough!

Whoops! Sorry for the misquote. I must have double clicked something hehe

[aynrand]

11 minutes ago, Buyanaa said:

Thank you, yeah it was to my pri-mail . Portal doesnt say anything

Ozur 

[aynrand]

1 minute ago, Horb said:

Whoops! Sorry for the misquote. I must have double clicked something hehe

Haha. No worries! You know I feel like we will get along so well if given the opportunity to bond and spend time together! Hehe

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1 minute ago, aynrand said:

Haha. No worries! You know I feel like we will get along so well if given the opportunity to bond and spend time together! Hehe

Well if we both end up in Germany

[Heimat Historian]

On 4/4/2016 at 8:26 AM, Horb said:

Does anyone waiting for the intensive language grant has the subject field populated?

Not for me either. 

[Heimat Historian]

On 4/4/2016 at 8:15 AM, Horb said:

I really wish my university was a partner university. The stats are just so much better.

Where do you find the stats for things like that?  

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Just now, Heimat Historian said:

Where do you find the stats for things like that?  

Oh, I talked to multiple people (applicants and advisors included). If you are recommended, you have a 70% chance of getting the award.

[x\/x\/x]

2 minutes ago, Horb said:

Oh, I talked to multiple people (applicants and advisors included). If you are recommended, you have a 70% chance of getting the award.

while I think "priority candidates" from partner universities have maybe a better shot than those in the general competition, that 70% figure sounds like total BS to me, particularly if you're sourcing it from a few anecdotes

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Just now, x\/x\/x said:

while I think "priority candidates" from partner universities have maybe a better shot than those in the general competition, that 70% figure sounds like total BS to me, particularly if you're sourcing it from a few anecdotes

It isn't a few anecdotes. I talked to multiple fellowship advisors. In fact, one person I talked to mentioned that they were told it was closer to 90%, which I didn't buy. And yes, I'm referring to priority candidates. 

[x\/x\/x]

In any event, they don't make that distinction (priority/non-priority) for the language grant.

[Heimat Historian]

How does one know if one is a "priority candidate?"