<p>My doctor told me when I was getting the forms filled out that he’s done them for various programs before, and usually they are to just make sure you don’t have any contagious diseases. And if you have a severe disability that you didn’t mention in the application or in the interview, the medical forms might rule you out–though that’s just my idea. I would think if they’re spending quite a bit of money they wouldn’t want to take the chance of sending someone overseas that might have problems/incidences while they are there.</p>
<p>My guess is… April 19th at 11:00 AM</p>
<p>The voices are telling me to say April 15th at 4:30 PM</p>
<p>I have way too much time… was ‘datamining’ trying out different search words and I happened upon afswiki.org - if you are an afs volunteer you can access the ‘private pages’ and they appear to have interviewee information. But alas I am not a volunteer. But for those of you who have a lot of time, there seems to be some info here and I some of their pages are now open to the public. In one spot I read that they are waiting to tell the alternates not until after they have told the finalists, so that they can keep a bigger pool of applicants open as long as possible (makes sense). And in one of the open areas I was able to read the March AFS volunteer newsletter and in it I found this:</p>
<p>Hosted Student Travel Dates</p>
<p>End of Stay
Western Region- June 27
Central and Eastern Regions - June 28</p>
<p>Departure Day
Western Region - June 28
Central and Eastern Regions - June 29</p>
<p>NH2010 Student Arrivals
August 11-13</p>
<p>not sure though if this is anything, if my student was going to an arab country what region??? hey, I’m just a parent so I figure you can help me out, thanks!</p>
<p>April 14…3 PM</p>
<p>Goalpost, thanks for finding that. I went to the site, searched “nsli-y”, and found this:</p>
<p>Tentative Timeline for 2010-2011</p>
<p>Below is the timeline for the 2010-2011 program:
September 28, 2009: Online application and new website are launched at [NSLI</a> for Youth](<a href=“http://www.nsliforyouth.org%5DNSLI”>http://www.nsliforyouth.org).
December 4, 2009: Applications are due! All applications must be submitted online by midnight.
December 5, 2009 - early January, 2010: Applications will undergo an initial review process to eliminate students that are ineligible.
January 4, 2010: Preliminary application review completed.
January 12 - February 10: Interview Training will be available.
January 19, 2010: Semi-Finalist list is made available by American Councils and accessible through Global Link.
Mid-January 2010 through mid-February 2010: Interviews with AFS Volunteers in local communities around the country.
February 16, 2010: All interviews are completed and submitted.
Early April, 2010: Students selected and notified by American Councils of scholarship status (recipient, alternate, non-recipient).
April 15, 2010: Scholarship Acceptance form is due.
Late June, 2010: Summer program departures begin.
Mid August, 2010: Fall Semester and Year program departures begin.</p>
<p>I got innnnn!!! To russia:) 
so happpyy</p>
<p>Going to russia!!! Yay klika! Congrats :)</p>
<p>Yay!! Congrats to you too:)</p>
<p>Argh!!! Now i’ll just quietly fall to pieces. Did you guys get it through email? I’m assuming I’m out of luck on Russia, which is technically a good thing since I want to go to the Asian countries more. Congrats to both of you though!</p>
<p>Aww, well it did say it was supposed to be on a ‘rolling basis’. Good luck! And, yes, it was through email. And thanks!</p>
<p>'grats! Anyone hear who’s not going to Russia?</p>
<p>They said that finalists/alternates would all be notified before those who weren’t selected.</p>
<p>Hmm hopefully they’re notifying by country? Congrats to all who got in.</p>
<p>Also, where did you hear that scoresubject?</p>
<p>Yay I’m going to Russia!</p>
<p>Congrats cryingcloud!!! I heard it on connect.state.gov</p>
<p>Im going to russia! (summer)</p>
<p>Is anyone headed to Kirov?</p>
<p>how do you already know where you’re headed?</p>
<p>It said in my letter from AFS</p>