Critical Language Scholarship 2016

[mrs12]

I feel like it's too late today for any results. So now we have to wait the whole long weekend...

[felixdzerzhinsky]

2 hours ago, mrs12 said:

I feel like it's too late today for any results. So now we have to wait the whole long weekend...

Well... Last year I received my notification email slightly after 5pm according to my records. You're probably right though.

[pdh12]

*sigh* officially the half-way mark through January. Yes, I'm a maniac....but any day now! Anyone else here for Hindi (or Urdu)?

[pickadiscipline]

@mrs12 The classes are taught all in Turkish, and it's a mix of exercises, listening, reading, and speaking. You use books developed by TÖMER and you can expect to cover a new language topic every day or two - it's very fast paced. There will be four levels of class. You sign a language pledge to speak only Turkish while at school, and only the beginners get a pass on this, and only for three weeks. Feel free to send me a private message if you have any other questions!

[philosonista]

I was thankfully distracted the whole day at a conference, but was sad to come back to no news... Really chomping at the bit here. It'd be so nice to get out of my little corner of the world I've occupied my whole life -- and finally before I graduate from college!

[philosonista]

And fear not, comrades. At least now we know we are in the critical time interval in which we would be informed!

[wangzhenzhen]

D: I need to know. 

[mrs12]

Haha, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one obsessed with the deadline. I keep checking my email even though I KNOW it's the weekend and they won't automate the response. Tuesday is so far away, and no guarantee that that's even the day.

Thank you, @pickadiscipline! That's all really helpful!

[The Leviathan]

Fingers crossed for everyone! Anyone here applied for Japanese? And does anyone plan on doing a blog while they're abroad? I'm interested in doing a small one.

[Sarah212]

Just made an account because I couldn't see past the first page of this thread without signing in..procrastinating on a newspaper story and jumping every time I get an email haha. It's nice to have some company in this. Good luck to everyone!

[natrem]

On 1/17/2016 at 7:13 PM, The Leviathan said:

And does anyone plan on doing a blog while they're abroad? I'm interested in doing a small one.

If I get in I would love to do one! I found only one for CLS in my country of interest (Indonesia) and it really motivated me and showed me what daily life in the program was like. It was also really cool to see how the person's perception of the country, culture, and language progressed, especially their confidence in speaking Indonesian. I loved it so much I even read CLS blogs for other countries

[zephyri]

Could today be the day we hear back?  I'm hopeful, but when I did CLS in 2014 all of the notifications were on a Friday, if I remember correctly.  Won't they come back from their long weekend, raring to give us some peace of mind?

[diversepa]

Someone called CLS and was told we wouldn't her back until the last week of January. 

[felixdzerzhinsky]

8 minutes ago, diversepa said:

Someone called CLS and was told we wouldn't her back until the last week of January. 

Ewww. I don't like the sound of that. 

[mrs12]

Uffuuuu. I got through today by telling myself maybe they would say something at 5 PM. I hope we don't have to wait a whole extra week.

[pdh12]

Thanks for the info, though! It must be a result of the glitch in November. What's scarier is.....if we DO get chosen as a semi-finalist....I wonder if the final results will come later, too....o.o   That's the worst part

[diversepa]

Oh my gosh I really hope not! But I do feel like that will be the case. One can only wait! Good luck everybody! Maybe after all this waiting, we all get some really good news! Lol

[diversepa]

45 minutes ago, pdh12 said:

Thanks for the info, though! It must be a result of the glitch in November. What's scarier is.....if we DO get chosen as a semi-finalist....I wonder if the final results will come later, too....o.o   That's the worst part

Oh my gosh I really hope not! But I do feel like that will be the case. One can only wait! Good luck everybody! Maybe after all this waiting, we all get some really good news! Lol

[philosonista]

14 hours ago, diversepa said:

Someone called CLS and was told we wouldn't her back until the last week of January. 

Booooo!

I was going to dislike the post, but it's not your fault and I appreciate the information!

[Neville]

Has anyone heard back about the semifinal round?

[Neville]

Ah, just saw the post about not hearing back until the last week! 

[Carterware]

Has anyone heard any rumors about where the Swahili program will be based? It is the first year they are offering the language, but they still haven't posted a location...

Edited January 23, 2016 by Carterware

[mrs12]

I don't think they post locations until after they chose the recipients. I know with Turkish we won't know the official locations until then at least, even though we can guess based on the last couple of year's locations.

[The Leviathan]

On 1/19/2016 at 9:15 PM, natrem said:

If I get in I would love to do one! I found only one for CLS in my country of interest (Indonesia) and it really motivated me and showed me what daily life in the program was like. It was also really cool to see how the person's perception of the country, culture, and language progressed, especially their confidence in speaking Indonesian. I loved it so much I even read CLS blogs for other countries

Likewise, I found a girl who did the CLS in Japan and made a video about it and it really helped me feel less nervous about the program. CLS blogs and vlogs are very helpful imo.

[clshopeful]

Anyone else feel like the decision might be further delayed by this freak snow storm we're having on the east coast? I'm getting anxious... hopefully we'll know by Friday!