Woot! Guess what that means! Yup. My CBYX application is due. Guess who just mailed her application in this morning! That's right. This girl! Woot for procrastination! It's just that with school and homework and sleep and social life things, CBYX kinda got pushed to the back burner. Oops.
Alsoooooo.... more exciting news. I am also applying to the National Security Language Initiative for Youth program. This is a government funded scholarship to study less common languages in the countries where those languages are spoken. There are both summer and year scholarships available. I applied to the Arabic speaking summer program, and I got selected as a SEMI-FINALIST!! Woot!! Below is the email I got :D
Dear Aspen,
Congratulations on your move to the next stage of the selection process for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship! My name is Lynn Whetstone, and I am an AFS volunteer. As an NSLI-Y semi-finalist, AFS volunteer(s) will interview you as the next step in your application process. I am organizing the interviews in our area. Please find the details of our interview event as well as my contact information below. This interview is a mandatory step in the application process. Please confirm that you will be able to attend on the scheduled date. If you are unable to attend this event, I will inform the AFS staff, who will work with you to make alternative arrangements. While it is not mandatory for one or both parents to accompany you, if they do wish to come they will be included in a portion of the interview. Once I have heard from all of the local semi-finalists, I will send more information about the timing for your individual interview. I look forward to meeting you and hearing about your interest in studying a critical language abroad!
Sincerely,
Lynn
So, yeah :) I had my interview for NSLI-Y last Saturday, and I think it went pretty well. It was a lot easier than I anticipated. Lynn, my interviewer was extremely nice and she started the interview off with "So we're going to keep this really informal," which I really appreciated because being formal really stresses me out. We honestly just had a conversation and I just answered all her questions honestly. I probably talked her ear off to be honest. But I just talked about me and why I wanted to do NSLI-Y and then she talked to my mom a bit, and that was that. Piece of cake. Now all I can do is hope for the best.
So that's all that's been going on lately. Now it's just a lot of waiting. After all good things come to those who wait :)