Anyone else there applying through IIE?

[Ed]

Nothing from IIE yet, but I got my first reply and I was accepted in Georgetown

[3zs]

In case it helps, I received an acceptance last week and I just realized it was dated Feb. 03. So don't despair, they do seem to take longer than usual

[Ed]

 

20 hours ago, 3zs said:

In case it helps, I received an acceptance last week and I just realized it was dated Feb. 03. So don't despair, they do seem to take longer than usual

I got my first reply from IIE last thursday (Accepted in Duke), but the letter was dated March 2nd.  

[BellaBendrix]

On 7/3/2016 at 9:42 AM, Ed said:

 

I got my first reply from IIE last thursday (Accepted in Duke), but the letter was dated March 2nd.  

Mine too was dated March 2nd (Complit at Austin), and these offers went out ages ago. I guess I was on their waiting list.

 

[Ed]

49 minutes ago, BellaBendrix said:

Mine too was dated March 2nd (Complit at Austin), and these offers went out ages ago. I guess I was on their waiting list.

 

Maybe, but you are accepted anyway. My concern right now is funding

[Ed]

March will be the longest month of the year :S

[serafino]

Indeed it will (

[Ed]

I am still waiting news from IIE/Fulbright  

[serafino]

My adviser told that funding issues take months to get approval. And they are not saying anything before all things got certain, i.e., both admission and fund. So, according to my adviser, approx. in mid April we will have an answer.

Some people here mentioned that they already been informed about admission. Got confused a little bit. I think things work different in different countries. 

Will try to stay away from here as it not helping any.

Best of lucks everyone. 

[KhiCompLit]

On 3/8/2016 at 10:40 PM, BellaBendrix said:

Mine too was dated March 2nd (Complit at Austin), and these offers went out ages ago. I guess I was on their waiting list.

 

Hey, congrats on Austin! Are you taking it, and did you get your funding details?

[BellaBendrix]

51 minutes ago, KhiCompLit said:

Hey, congrats on Austin! Are you taking it, and did you get your funding details?

No, I didn't!!! Have you? I'm going out of my mind with this... I've heard from people at the English Dept. that it's not very competitive... I wrote to the Fulbright Comission and they said Austin would be deciding on their funding in the next two weeks

 

[KhiCompLit]

16 hours ago, BellaBendrix said:

No, I didn't!!! Have you? I'm going out of my mind with this... I've heard from people at the English Dept. that it's not very competitive... I wrote to the Fulbright Comission and they said Austin would be deciding on their funding in the next two weeks

 

You're in English? Oh. I haven't formally heard but I inquired and DGS told me the range however he said the final numbers may take another month. It's just that I have other schools who've given me the numbers and I just want to decide now and get done with it lol.

[yield]

Hi all! I'm from Portugal and I'm also looking forward to receiving news from the IIE!

They have applied for 6 PhD programs on my behalf. So far they have sent me only one result: rejected from the top choice. Meanwhile, I have received unofficial information that I was accepted on two programs, but IIE didn't confirm it yet.

I met one applicant from last year round which told me that she had found out that IIE had applied to the wrong program. She called the graduate office and fixed it! I was afraid of something similar, so I sent e-mails to the programs departments asking them to confirm that they had received my application (from IIE) -- everything was fine. We just have to wait some more!

[BellaBendrix]

19 hours ago, yield said:

Hi all! I'm from Portugal and I'm also looking forward to receiving news from the IIE!

They have applied for 6 PhD programs on my behalf. So far they have sent me only one result: rejected from the top choice. Meanwhile, I have received unofficial information that I was accepted on two programs, but IIE didn't confirm it yet.

I met one applicant from last year round which told me that she had found out that IIE had applied to the wrong program. She called the graduate office and fixed it! I was afraid of something similar, so I sent e-mails to the programs departments asking them to confirm that they had received my application (from IIE) -- everything was fine. We just have to wait some more!

I am soooo done with the IIE  I have already accepted one of my Direct Application offers, and this is what I can say about the IIE process: there are soooooooooooooo many applicants that the IIE manages, that mistakes can happen. I was rejected from all my top choices that the IIE send, and accepted into the one top choice I applied on my own. Also, they had one of my rejection letters and they had simply "misplaced it" and had forgotten to send it. So, honestly, bug and bug the Fulbright Comission in Portugal (if you are a fulbrighter) or any of your sponsors, so that they can make sure everything is okay.

good luck! and let us know where you will be heading!

[yield]

On 22 de Março de 2016 at 4:14 PM, BellaBendrix said:

I am soooo done with the IIE  I have already accepted one of my Direct Application offers, and this is what I can say about the IIE process: there are soooooooooooooo many applicants that the IIE manages, that mistakes can happen. I was rejected from all my top choices that the IIE send, and accepted into the one top choice I applied on my own. Also, they had one of my rejection letters and they had simply "misplaced it" and had forgotten to send it. So, honestly, bug and bug the Fulbright Comission in Portugal (if you are a fulbrighter) or any of your sponsors, so that they can make sure everything is okay.

good luck! and let us know where you will be heading!

There is no direct application for us, not allowed. Yeah, I also think they have too many applicants to manage. How did you find about those rejection letters, especially the "misplaced" one? Also, what happens if you got an offer from one of the other programs that IIE applied to? Aren't you kind of obligated to accept it?

I'm checking with the Fulbright Commission all the time, but it looks like IIE is not reporting to them as well.

I updated my signature to include where I am (might be) heading to. I've just heard about that one acceptance because I was in touch with the department officer, even the Fulbright Commission didn't know about it!

Thanks for the insights!

[BellaBendrix]

On 25/3/2016 at 1:50 PM, yield said:

There is no direct application for us, not allowed. Yeah, I also think they have too many applicants to manage. How did you find about those rejection letters, especially the "misplaced" one? Also, what happens if you got an offer from one of the other programs that IIE applied to? Aren't you kind of obligated to accept it?

I'm checking with the Fulbright Commission all the time, but it looks like IIE is not reporting to them as well.

I updated my signature to include where I am (might be) heading to. I've just heard about that one acceptance because I was in touch with the department officer, even the Fulbright Commission didn't know about it!

Thanks for the insights!

Hi!

About the rejection letters, I just pestered the Comission in Chile and they emailed the IIE. And no, we are not obligated to accept the program that they offer, they actually encourage us to apply directly to different programs too. I think the Commissions work differently in each country.

Congrats for yout UPItt acceptance! Are you going for the master or the doctoral degree?

[yield]

15 minutes ago, BellaBendrix said:

About the rejection letters, I just pestered the Comission in Chile and they emailed the IIE. And no, we are not obligated to accept the program that they offer, they actually encourage us to apply directly to different programs too. I think the Commissions work differently in each country.

Definitely they follow different rules in different countries! I'm not sure how obligated we are to accept an offer (although we can always choose if there are more than one offer). I've heard that in the past years there were some applicants that received offers and then rejected all of them. This year they requested all applicants to sign a kind of "letter of honor", where we state that we will be accepting one offer (if there is any, of course).

I think the morale here is that they have invested time and money in you, and they want you to make use of that.

22 minutes ago, BellaBendrix said:

Congrats for yout UPItt acceptance! Are you going for the master or the doctoral degree?

Muchas gracias!  I'm going for the PhD.

I'm still waiting for 4 decisions (or 5, because IIE didn't inform me about UPitt yet). Today I've received an e-mail from the local Commission and they also have not heard a thing from IIE.

I wish you good luck for the remaining decisions!

[yield]

How are you doing with your applications through IIE?

It is almost April 15th and I'm still waiting for two results. However, for these two in particular, and looking at the survey results, it looks like the delay is not related to the IIE.

Today I have decided to accept one offer. The Fulbright Commission said that the IIE should send the signed acceptance letter on my behalf. They will also decline the other offers, even those two that didn't come out yet. This means that I will never know their outcome. Is it like that for you too?

Edited April 13, 2016 by yield

[Ed]

 

18 hours ago, yield said:

How are you doing with your applications through IIE?

It is almost April 15th and I'm still waiting for two results. However, for these two in particular, and looking at the survey results, it looks like the delay is not related to the IIE.

Today I have decided to accept one offer. The Fulbright Commission said that the IIE should send the signed acceptance letter on my behalf. They will also decline the other offers, even those two that didn't come out yet. This means that I will never know their outcome. Is it like that for you too?

I made my decision some days ago (NYU, through IIE), but till that moment I had not received two replies from IIE 8Florida and Columbia)

[serafino]

Hello everyone,

I am hoping you all had good news so far.

Recently I learnt that I am "last ranked alternate candidate with no confirmed funding". And they are not giving me any more information, like how many alternate are there, did I get admitted at least.

I am hoping maybe you guys have some knowledge from your experience and give me some insight. One year is too long to wait, you even start to imagine yourself in USA. And having this taking all from you, leaving you a little help. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 

Are there any chance that alternate candidate gets to go? Have you guys witnessed such things?

Do you suggest me to still count on it? Or I start finding another way, and working for it?

Thanks in advance