@calii17 visa requirements are lengthy for Russian programs, so they may release decisions before those for Latvia and Estonia are released
Any notifications today?
@Ruzzen - so quiet! Last year’s thread seemed to be buzzing with activity!!!
@MommaBerd
Goodness, I know! I checked their twitter and it said notifications are on their way out on a rolling basis, though I’m not quite sure what that means. The silence of this thread is kind of unnerving.
@Ruzzen, I think last year there was a bit of a long gap between the first wave of summer notifs (Russian and Hindi). The first wave hit 2/27-2/29 last year, and the next wave didn’t hit until 3/10 with Turkish Summer. Following that, the next wave wasn’t until 3/24 with Arabic and Chinese. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if this thread picks back up again next week! It seems like for the past couple of years NSLIY has kept a fairly similar schedule, although things could always change.
I’ve been checking back everyday but not much to contribute when nothing has happened
Congratulations to everyone who was accepted for the Kirov, Russia program!!! YOU WILL HAVE A BLAST!!! (I am a NSLI-Y alumni who went to Kirov last year) IT IS THE BEST PROGRAM HANDS DOWN!!! 
In the past, when have china summer notifications gone out?
Hey everyone, I’m a semifinalist for Turkish Summer (1st) and Arabic Summer (2nd). Is there a semi-finalist chat for either of those?
Given last year’s release schedule, I think Turkish notifications will go out sometime during the latter half of this week.
There is a facebook group for people who are going to Moldova this summer, btw! Just look up ‘NSLI-Y Moldova Summer 2016’ and you should find it! :-h
@thisisthejz China summer came out on March 25 so I suspect we have a few weeks before we hear back! Goodluck!
Is there anyone I can add to a Facebook group for Kirov Russian finalists. I need at least one person to start the group.
I’m trying to make a Facebook group for Kirov finalists. I need someone to add to start the group, so DM me if you’re interested.
good luck to you as well! the suspense is killing me
Alright, the Facebook group for Russian finalists to Kirov is up. It’s private, but I think you just have to search “2016 NSLI-Y Russian Finalists to Kirov” to find it. DM me if you have any problems.
For all the finalists headed to Moldova and Moscow: how much Russian do you know?
I’m a finalist for Moscow and I have no experience learning Russian at all! Complete beginner. From the rest of the Moscow chat, it seems as though we’re all beginners in Russian @slang4201
@yujifuji darn that rules out my theory that we were assigned location based on language experience:P do you know how many people are going to each location?
Someone in our group called NSLIY and they said that there were about 15 in our Moscow group! Not sure if the same applies to the other groups though. Do Kirov finalists have language experience? @slang4201
Well so far I have only spoken with one other Kirov finalist but neither of us speak any Russian @yujifuji