@Yaismin Yeah I’m AFS, my interview was in Baltimore in late January.
YAY! Made it! I’m in FLAG.
@huskyfever CONGRATS!!
Has anyone else from AFS been notified other than @Yaismin ? (By the way, congrats on your acceptance!)
My daughter was told to expect an email in April. Are the kids notified on different days depending on where in the AFS region they interviewed? She had her interview in late January in Pittsburgh.
@idiomas I was told between March and April. My interview was in NYC on February 11th. Do you have contact with others from the group?
@Yaismin My daughter just joined the “AFS CBYX Semifinalists 2017-2018” Facebook group. That one seems to have just a few people in it. Are there other groups?
Has anyone from your interview in New York been notified yet?
I received a phone call from AFS yesterday too, and I interviewed in NYC.
@cartoonking which session were you at the morning or afternoon. And what they say?
Sorry to interrupt but has anyone made a facebook group for the ASSE region yet?
@jkrxqzl there was a Semi-Finalist ASSE Facebook group but there is no finalist Facebook group as far that I know!
Update: an email was sent late last night notifying my daughter that she is an AFS finalist. I guess some applicants are getting calls and some are receiving emails. We are all thrilled.
@Yaismin I was at the morning session. They just told me that I’d been selected as a finalist, and that I’d receive an email Thursday night.
@cartoonking omg same. What’s your name?
I got an email last night. I’m an alternate for AFS.
Me too dude, I got my email last night at 11:44 (what kind of time???) and now I have no idea what to do.
Do I just wait for June? It sucks not knowing the order of the alternates, or even how many there are, it makes the experience so much more stressful.
@hoodle7 Mine was at 11:44 too! Must have been the same email. I know, I was looking forward to finding out but now it’s just another three months of waiting. I’m trying to treat it as if I got flat-out rejected, but I wish I knew how much of a chance there still was.
@buckiebun I was an alternate for YFU 2 years ago and nothing happened for me, so I’d just be aware that the chance of you going this year is very slim. (I applied again this year but the results won’t be sent out for a while.)
That said, defintely apply again! If you are an alternate, that means that you were very close to being a finalist and have a great chance if you reapply.
Just got accepted into AFS 2017-2018!!!
@orbanm19 CONGRATS!! Where are you from?
For anyone applying to go senior year or as a gap year- how are you dealing with the college admissions process? I’m trying to decide what I want to do about reapplying to CBYX next year.