Bedan Adjuster Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM Report Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM menyawga, Congratulations! By the way, to clarify things for all the applicants here, what scholarship did you get? Is it CSC Scholarship or a scholarship administered by Xiamen University? Thanks. Congratulations once again.
benhadad Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM Report Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM (edited) For those who applied to Nankai, I saw they had a stack of around 30-40 scholarships there, they also had a printed list so it seems they have made their selections already. Unfortunately I didn't see my name on the list. I just deduced that if they didn't even have my name then there not a likely chance of having a scholarship there. Edited July 14, 2009 at 08:09 AM by benhadad
Rubjar Posted July 13, 2009 at 02:14 PM Report Posted July 13, 2009 at 02:14 PM (edited) Has anyone received the "official" answer from any embassy? (not saying that getting e-mails from the universities themselves does not count, I wish I get one of those too ) Edited July 13, 2009 at 02:15 PM by Rubjar misspelling
menyawga Posted July 14, 2009 at 01:19 AM Report Posted July 14, 2009 at 01:19 AM @Bedan Adjuster, I don't know yet. I applied to both, and I know that other people who applied for the regular one through the embassy have heard directly from universities before, so I'm not sure. If it turns out that it's only the 1 year language study one, they seem reasonable (pretty hard to get hsk6 after just 1 year) and will hopefully be willing to let me keep the scholarship for 1 extra language study if I work with them. I'll let you know when I find out more.
moderntime Posted July 14, 2009 at 07:17 AM Report Posted July 14, 2009 at 07:17 AM My friend just told me that she received an email saying that she had received the scholarship! Sadly, I haven't received an email saying yay or nay yet, positively on tenterhooks!!! 加油！I'm crossing my fingers for all of us!
benhadad Posted July 14, 2009 at 08:10 AM Report Posted July 14, 2009 at 08:10 AM @moderntime where was your friend accepted?
jacki Posted July 14, 2009 at 02:47 PM Report Posted July 14, 2009 at 02:47 PM I am so horribly nervous waiting for these results. I don't have a plan B; so if I don't get thie scholarship I am pretty much in big trouble. Oh well! Still crossing my fingers for Nankai..... but I'll take my other two schools as well. But I really, really want Nankai.
moderntime Posted July 14, 2009 at 03:01 PM Report Posted July 14, 2009 at 03:01 PM The embassy in San Francisco didn't tell her, they just told her that she had been accepted and to expect further details later.
aristotle1990 Posted July 15, 2009 at 04:57 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 04:57 AM (edited) Just notified by e-mail from the Chicago consulate that I've been assigned to BLCU, which, oddly enough, wasn't even on my list*. They say it's still somewhat flexible, though, so I'm trying to see if I can be sent somewhere else -- too many English-speaking foreigners at the university and in the surrounding area. At least I know I've got the scholarship, though. Anyway, does anyone know about courses the scholarship students can take at BLCU? Would the intensive course be open to me? If so, I'd be considerably more willing to attend. *Is it possible that I was rejected by every single school to which my application was sent? If I'm really that unqualified, why would the Chinese government bother giving me the scholarship at all? Did they simply decide for me? Why is this process so mysterious? Edited July 15, 2009 at 05:27 AM by aristotle1990
Bedan Adjuster Posted July 15, 2009 at 05:47 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 05:47 AM aristotle1990, Congratulations! Yeah that's odd. But if you noticed, it has been said many times in this forum that NO one really knows the process CSC is doing in processing the applications as well as in selecting the scholars more so the schools they assign. Nevertheless you got it. It's still free education regardless where you study.
fsutalltree Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM I just received word! The Houston Consulate gave out 28 scholarships including me! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this forum! Extra Pages, you are so kind for helping us! I hope we can all meet up at some point and celebrate! I am assigned to Tianjin Foreign Studies University! I am happy because I spent a summer there with a study abroad trip with FSU and now and I visit my old sweet laoshi! Any word on best method of sending your passport to the embassy to receive your visa and get it back? Do you have to send in a partially completed visa application too?
imron Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:15 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:15 AM Congratulations, I wonder what the proportion of forum members to non-forum members is like
roddy Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM Next year they'll probably just ask Extrapages to send them a list of the most deserving folk . . . Congratulations to those who've got the good news. Any word on best method of sending your passport to the embassy to receive your visa and get it back? Do you have to send in a partially completed visa application too? Oh look. You're all graduating from CSC applicants to fully-fledged students now. The forum is your oyster.
moderntime Posted July 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM Congratulations! Has anyone heard from the Washington DC embassy yet? The suspense is killing me!
Meshaq7 Posted July 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM Congratulations to all who have received the scholarship already A friend of mine and I applied through the embassy in DC as well and we still have heard no word. Has anyone tried calling to find out the status? If people are finding out from the consulates, that would make me think that the list is out and they know in DC and are just dragging their feet in sending out the results. I don't want to inundate them with calls, however, if others have called recently and been told to wait. The anticipation is terrible!
aristotle1990 Posted July 15, 2009 at 01:38 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 01:38 PM A friend of mine and I applied through the embassy in DC as well and we still have heard no word. Has anyone tried calling to find out the status? If people are finding out from the consulates, that would make me think that the list is out and they know in DC and are just dragging their feet in sending out the results. I don't want to inundate them with calls, however, if others have called recently and been told to wait. They* do know. The list of next year's BNU scholarship recipients (the vast majority of whom are Koreans), for example, has been posted in the foreigners' dorm for weeks now, and when you are notified is up to the knowledge/timeliness of the consuls. *Admittedly, "they" is a little ambiguous -- the individual schools almost certainly know, but some consulates may not. UPDATE: Some confusion -- I was just told that the placement is final, and was given a chance to accept or reject the offer as is. BLCU '09-'10, baby! Anyway, PM me if you want to meet up or something.
evasiege Posted July 15, 2009 at 04:19 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 04:19 PM I was called by a number in Washington DC a couple days ago, and unfortunately I wasn't around to answer it. I've been trying to get back to them, but its either been busy or just rings endlessly.
jacki Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:42 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:42 PM Congrats to everyone so far! Reading back through the posts from this time last year, it seems that DC was last in sending out notifications then as well. I am so, so nervous though. I can't remember reading about too many people here saying they didn't get the scholarship, but it seems more competitive this year. Good luck everyone!! And I *fingers crossed* hope to see some of you in either Tianjin, Qingdao, or Harbin...
benhadad Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:57 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 10:57 PM @aristotle1990 If it is true that the results are posted in the Dorms already then what prevents all of us from getting a current student to forward us a list or post the list? I suppose I could head over to Nankai and Tianjin University and see if they do indeed post it, but I have a feeling it might be hard to find if you don't know where to look.
jacki Posted July 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM Report Posted July 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM If a list is posted in the Nankai dorms, I am going to guess that it would be on the wall to the left of the front desk in Yi Yuan 2. There always seemed to be lists of some kind or another posted there. I never spent much time on the Tianjin University campus, so I can't help much there. I do wish I had the email address of the lady in the admissions office I was good friends with, I'm sure she'd just tell me.
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