<p>Hi all! I joined the forum so I could chime in. My nerves are getting the best of me. I interviewed on 10/19 and my TF is still under review. I’m a non-traditional student, graduating this December from OU. I’m 31 and have a lot of work experience, but not much extracurricular stuff because I have 2 kids and a job. I am from Tulsa and my only highly preferred region is Oklahoma because of my husband and kiddos. </p>
<p>I’m nervous because I’m not the typical TFA applicant, and all of my fellow interviewees were super impressive. I just wanted to pop in and say thanks for all the input. It’s somewhat comforting to know I’m not the only one trying to stay busy until Thursday! Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>I didn’t get the Nov. 2 deadline email but it seems that I have received every other necessary email, so Im really wondering if it was a fluke or something else…gulp. Only a few more days.</p>
<p>@OKTFA2013, I know that feeling. I am close to 30 as well. I just graduated and I am limited on locations because of my family. I’m also coming from a completely different career so I was unsure how I would look to TFA. Going into the final interview I was extremely nervous listening to everyone talk about how they had a Master’s Degree or were working on their PHD.</p>
<p>I’m another TFA hopeful and thought joining the convo might ease my stress. I applied first deadline and can’t wait for the first, the wait is killing me.</p>
<p>Question: is it a bad sign that my transitional funding app status is still ‘under review’? I interviewed October sixteenth and submitted the app for funding on the seventeenth. Thoughts? Any response would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Jordanrose1, I’m in the same place. I don’t want to think that its a bad sign, but I can’t help but think that I’m not getting in. Maybe I’m just psyching myself out. I interviewed on the 19th and submitted my TF on the 16th. I’m bracing myself for rejection :-/</p>
<p>I have a question about the ‘Do you think TFA will be difficult’ question. I answered yes, though I definitely was sure to say that I was capable of doing the good job. I thought they’d rather hear someone be honest rather than just say ‘Yea it will be no trouble at all!’. But listening to some of your responses I’m not sure if this was right. Do you think I’m doomed?</p>
<p>MY TF app was completed on the 8th and they have not looked at it yet. I interviewed on the 19th. I’m at a point where I’m waiting for Thursday, but I’m no longer anxious. Probably because I know my fate has already been decided. I’m just waiting for a thumbs up or down at this point. However, it does seem like none of the people who interviewed on Friday have had their TF switched over to completed.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as the rest of you who interviewed on the 19th. I submitted my TF app of the 14th, interviewed on the 19th, and no change yet.</p>
<p>@whoobr
I was very honest in my response to that question—hopefully not in a negative way! I am VERY good at coming up with worst case scenarios where I wouldn’t be able to complete something, but I didn’t exactly want to list off all of those to the interviewer! Hopefully my response presented me as someone who thinks through things and responds carefully rather than someone who drops everything and runs at the first sign of trouble. I’d think that they value honesty, but I’m sure they also want to know that you feel prepared and capable. No clue how they liked my response.</p>
<p>I can’t handle all this anxiety…I actually thought about withdrawing my application. I am a little sad because I got so into it and I did the total for the number of people whose status were completed and accepted and also those who were still Under Review and got rejected. TF status does equal to acceptance. I am still under review!</p>
<p>@ TFAHopeful125 & Rainbowdaisygirl - I put LA and SD as my top 2 as well! Have you guys heard anything more about the SD region though? Also, are you guys originally from the area?</p>
<p>I thought I’d join in with everyone on the wait until Thursday. I applied by the first deadline, and I had my interview on the 16th. I feel like it went great, but I wish I knew the decision already.</p>
<p>Hello everyone! I have been lurking for about a week now and thought I’d join the chat.</p>
<p>Final interview: Oct 16
TF completed on 10/21/12
Status changed to complete and 4 first pages of tax infor (YES), loans (YES), and Pell Grant (N/A)
TF changes 10/23/12</p>
<p>For those of you interested in the San Diego region: I have on good word that they have already hired the Executive Director for the San Diego region, and they are simply waiting on enough applicant interest in the region and for additional school partnerships. The number I got from my recruiter was “95%” certainty to open it for this school year. My university is in San Diego and they went into hyperdrive recruiting here in order to get lots of us to apply and want to stay here. Ironically enough, I didn’t even put it on my list!</p>
<p>Decided I would join ya’ll in the waiting game, too :)</p>
<p>I interviewed on October 19th, but haven’t applied for TF.</p>
<p>I also got the email about the November 2 deadline, but like others who have mentioned it, I’ve been on the TFA mailing list for over a year now so it may have something to with that.</p>
<p>My interview was surprisingly very small - there were only 4 of us there! Did anyone else have a very small group interview? It made it a different dynamic than I expected, but was also kind of fun. All of us were seniors at the university (it’s a college town) and we each had different majors, so that was kind of fun.</p>
<p>I’m the same way as most of you are - completely unsure! In some ways I feel like it went really well, but at the same time I also get down on myself because I know I could already be rejected at this point! Thursday could not come soon enough!</p>
<p>Anybody else think the main TFA office in NYC is probably closed today and tomorrow? Might slow some processing. </p>
<p>November 2nd emails have no relation to acceptance. Have a friend in corps now who still gets them just another mailing list, I bet you could unsubscribe if you felt the need.</p>
<p>@cajunshrimp my interview group was actually very small also. There was only 5 of us, but I felt as though that made the process better and the interviewers weren’t exhausted from listening to so many one on ones.</p>
just another mailing list, I bet you could unsubscribe if you felt the need.</p>