<p>I applied for Transitional funding; still says “under review” though.</p>
<p>I also applied for transitional funding. My interview day went well I think I did a great job and I really don’t have any second guesses about anything. My main take away is that I feel like your acceptance is dependent much more on your application. The reason I say this is because of the types of questions I was asked. None of them had to do with teaching, or my teaching philosophy. Also, none of them really had to do with TFA. Maybe that was all stuff they could gather from my application. I feel like the final interview is more meant to match a name with a face. </p>
<p>From my understanding, TFA wants leaders, not people who necessarily have a teaching philosophy or your teaching or anything, which I think is part of why it is a kind of controversial progran. I think the interview is about understanding how you approsch low income schooling, learning more about your leadership, and really just making sure you have potential as an educator. I don’t think the application is more important, I just don’t think what they’re looking for is necessarily what you would first expect in a teacher program. </p>
<p>That definitely seemed to be the case. All of my interview questions centered around leadership</p>
<p>I applied for transitional funding as well and it reads that it is “under review”</p>
<p>I agree with the leadership thing, I was disappointed that I was only asked about one particular leadership experience in both interviews. In the final interview I was asked to tell the same story about it that I was in the phone interview, I don’t know if that was a good sign or not.</p>
<p>@flossey I applied for transitional funding as well. My status also says “under review,” which I assume will be the case for the majority of this coming week as they go through all of the documents from applicants who have applied for funding. </p>
<p>As I reflect back on my final interview, I was really pleased with the whole day. I felt that my lesson went well, even though one of the interviewers threw me a curveball question (she did this in almost every single applicant’s lesson) and I was confident in how I prepped for it as well. It definitely paid to make posters that already had my name, subject, grade level, and objective written on them and made the 1 min prep time a lot less stressful. My interviewer even said that my lesson looked extremely similar to the lessons her teachers are currently doing in class, which was an awesome confidence booster. However, the one on one interview truly felt like the best part. I went in to it prepared for really generic interview questions (my strengths, weaknesses, leadership experience, etc.) and kind of just decided last minute that I was going to try to be as genuine as possible and really open up to my interviewer about times where I’ve witnessed or experienced inequality (in school, volunteering, work, or elsewhere). This approach worked extremely well for me and I did achieve a much deeper connection with my interviewer. After some of my responses she would say things like “that was a really personal and vivid memory of inequality that you shared” and I could tell that she really appreciated it. </p>
<p>With that said, I can’t wait for notification day and of course if I am accepted I’ll be the happiest girl in the world, but if I don’t at least I can feel confident knowing that I laid everything I had to offer on the table and did everything I could to give TFA a complete picture of myself. </p>
<p>@inspirechange7 I was asked about the same thing as well… I’m hoping it was good enough! </p>
<p>My transitional funding is also under review. </p>
<p>Anyone else get an email from their regional recruiter saying that you were better connected to leaders on your campus than they were and asking if you would reach out to them?</p>
<p>I received the same email from my regional recruiter, but I haven’t given her any names yet</p>
<p>I am so happy that we only have 10 more days to wait. I can’t believe the later deadlines have to wait so long. I have been checking my TF even though I know it’s a toss-up if/when it’s updated and you never know until THE DAY.</p>
<p>I’m still hanging on the fact that my interviewer and fellow interviewees said they actually learned something from my lesson and that my interviewer said I had the most passionate essays he’d read that resonated with him. I know I laid it all out and did my absolute best, much like @cholt5.</p>
<p>I’m not on a campus, so I did not receive that email. Sounds like a positive step though?</p>
<p>I keep checking too. It’s to the point where those tailored ads on the Internet are all coming up TFA ones now. I’m super nervous though… I felt super confident with my lesson and the group discussion, but I’m never great with one-on-one interviews. I thought my phone interview went horribly, though, and I made it this far, so… </p>
<p>@xomandy122ox I guess we can only wait!</p>
<p>I don’t remember if anyone’s already asked this, but what does everyone want to teach? I really want to teach high school or middle school science. :)</p>
<p>I would really like to teach elementary (1st-2nd grade) or high school social studies. </p>
<p>The only subject I put as highly preferred is high school physics, but I’d be okay with chemistry, math, or general science as well! </p>
<p>@flossey I’d like to teach Middle School History or Special Education. </p>
<p>Checked on my Transitional Funding status today and it appears that all of the documents I submitted have been verified. I also received an e-mail from TFA about sending in additional documents. I think this is a good sign, or at least I really really hope it is!</p>
<p>@cholt5 I’m so jealous. Sounds like a really great thing for you. Congrats!</p>
<p>@flossey I’m definitely keeping my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>My degree will be in middle school science and social studies, but I also highly preferred high school chemistry and preferred other high school sciences classes. So really anything 6-12 science or social studies is what I’m hoping for. </p>
<p>I highly preferred high school English & social studies, but I’d be happy with middle school as well. 
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<p>Sounds like we have a good mix of subjects! Mostly MS/high school though. Honestly, I would be slightly nervous to be teaching high schoolers because the older ones aren’t much younger than me, but my favorite teachers were my high school science teachers and I love teaching science, so I had to highly prefer it. Science education is so important to me, but I’d be happy doing anything.</p>
<p>I just checked my Transitional Funding and my documents have been verified and the application is now COMPLETE. I now have nothing else to obsess over and check. >.<</p>
<p>Mine is still under review, I’ve more or less given up hope, which I realize it’s still early, but idk</p>