NSLI-Y 2017 - 2018

@amaevillas I’m not sure about Arabic notifications but others have recommended calling the nsli office for more info.

So am I the only parent on this thread stressing out waiting to hear if their kid made the cut to finalist? Seriously I think I’m more anxious than my kiddo!

@3scoutsmom What language are you waiting for?

Chinese first choice with Korean second. DS is 3rd year in Chinese but has zero Korean!

Parent of a boy who applied for Chinese Year (1st choice) and Chinese Summer. This is hopefully his gap year
experience so I am anxiously waiting too. We’ll know by mid-April I guess.

@SoundCheck1 glad I’ve got company! Wow you guys are in an interesting situation with applying for both Chinese year and summer! Does NSLI take that into account when making notifications? I’ve read that the summer programs are announced before the year programs. So if your son makes it for the year program with they just not consider him for the summer program or would they offer him both and then he would decline the summer program?

I asked this and they really do consider your #1 choice. They do decide summer first. So, I’m thinking that if they don’t offer him a full year he’ll get nothing. This is his 3rd time applying and he is a senior, so I am crossing my fingers that this is his lucky year. He has zero Chinese, except for one week at Startalk. Schools here don’t offer Chinese.

Wishing your son luck! @SoundCheck1

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The suspense is killing me

ok guys, I don’t wanna jinx it, but i think mandarin summer might come out tomorrow (or sometime next week). Here’s my hypothesis: Arabic summer came out on the 16 (i think) last year, and this year it came out on the 10th, almost a week early. Mandarin summer came out on the 28th last year, so I’m expecting it to come out about a week earlier this year. I don’t want to give false hope to anyone, but this is just what I think is gonna happen. lol this is my method to pass the time until notifs come out. Well, good luck to everyone who received their notifications and to us hopefuls who are still waiting!

@zancarelipy I’ll take any theory that puts the Mandarin announcement day closer!

people are generally expecting mandarin and korean to either come out 10 days early or the same time as last year

really hope earlier

Done! I encourage everyone to sign thisll I am worried that the republicans will axe all these type of exchanges.

There’s no specific day of the week they notify people on right?

I really hope they release Mandarin and Korean early. I mean they must have the decision already made by now, so let’s go! I don’t think I can wait another week!

Does anyone know when year finalists begin to roll out?

@NerdTron After Summer finalists

Coping method #1: refresh your inbox obsessively