April 11, 2012 - Attended a Fulbright Information Workshop on my campus
April 20-something, 2012 - Met with the on-campus Fulbright adviser to talk about the application process and why I wanted to apply
June, 2012 - Read through grant proposals and personal statements of winning Fulbright applicants with my adviser.
- Identified professors I wanted to ask to write recommendations for me and contact them
- Began writing!
July, August, September, 2012 - Wrote drafts, deleted drafts, rewrote, rewrote, rewrote! Met with my adviser weekly. Cried a little. Grew a lot.
- Sent the ETA recommendation form to my references in August
- Reached out to a couple of professors to do my language evaluation
September 12, 2012 - Application due to San Francisco State University, including: grant proposal, personal statement, online application, language evaluation, and references.
October 8, 2012 - Interview with San Francisco State committee
October 15, 2012 - Application due to Fulbright
January 18, 2013 - Received an email from the Institute of International Education that they recommended me for a grant and sent my application to the supervising agency abroad for final review.
February 15, 2013 - Received an email from COMEXUS inviting me to an interview via Skype
March 7, 2013 - Interview with COMEXUS
April 3, 2013 - Almost an entire year after the very first informational meeting, I was offered the Fulbright grant! The offer came in an email with a letter to follow.
June 24, 2013 - Received my assignment to La Escuela Normal Superior de Querétaro!
August 19, 2013 - Arrive in Mexico DF for orientation. It's all happening!
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