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| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4758 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 25 of 28 27 May 2011 at 9:02pm | IP Logged |
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What exactly makes up the application? How far into college were you, what was your
GPA, and what was your major? I don't know if you have inside information, but my top choice would be going to Brazil for Portuguese. Do you think they would consider this a high priority language with the ranks of Mandarin and Arabic? I would think not, but I would assume it would be close. You say you did not know any of the language when applying. How much does that affect your application? Basically I would love the opportunity to study abroad for a year. I want to do whichever language/area that will allow me to win this scholarship (I won't do Arabic or Mandarin). Thanks for answering this is what I was looking forward to talking to someone that actually received the award. Also what was your daily routine while there? Did you live with a host family? How awesome was it? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 26 of 28 28 May 2011 at 9:46am | IP Logged |
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1. What exactly makes up the application?
I think enough information about this is available on the website, and if nothing else, on the application itself! 2. How far into college were you, what was your GPA, and what was your major? I was in my last year of university, my GPA was high (in the 3.6-3.8 range), and I majored in International Studies. 3. Do you think they would consider [Portuguese] a high priority language with the ranks of Mandarin and Arabic? Any language listed on their website is considered a language worthy of funding. I know plenty of participants that went to Brazil on their Boren years to study Portuguese. But you have to remember that you really have to demonstrate motivation to learn the language you want to study (is your family from there? did you take classes that focused on Brazil/Africa/etc.?, did you spend a summer in Moldova and now you're just itching to go back and learn the language?), because they can see right through people who chose a language at random just to get funding. The goal of the program is to help people learn unique languages that they will then continue using in the future and in their careers. Also remember that this is a government service scholarship, and motivation to work in the federal government is very important. 4. You say you did not know any of the language when applying. How much does that affect your application? It really depends on the language I think. For the more "common" languages like Mandarin, Russian, etc. I had the impression that everyone who chose these languages already had pretty solid study experience (at least a year). But in general it's a crap-shoot I'd say. 5. Also what was your daily routine while there? Did you live with a host family? How awesome was it? Daily routine is so different for every participant. Everyone has a different language, country, and program. Mine in general was internship in the mornings, language class in the afternoons, and language lectures in the evenings Monday-Friday. Like I said it was one of the best years of my life. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4758 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 27 of 28 02 July 2011 at 9:15pm | IP Logged |
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Sorry to bother you again, but would you be willing to email me the essays you wrote for
the scholarship. I would very much appreciate that so I could see what makes a winning statement of purpose. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 28 of 28 03 July 2011 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
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Sorry, but I would not be willing to do that. Best of luck in any case.
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