NSLI-Y (National Security Language Initiative for Youth) 2025-2026

unfortunately not

Me neither, hopefully we start getting them Thursday or Friday.

I just looked at the thread of the 2023-2024 applicants and it seems that they received their acceptances sometime after December 9th. I think if not in the next hour to couple days they’ll defiantly be out next week.

Do any of y’all know if they send out emails if you don’t get in? or just no email at all?

I just it my semi finalist email now!

Got*

JUST GOT IT SO SCARED I DONT THINK IM IN :c

Guys I’m out :c good luck to the rest of y’all and have fun for me!!

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I’m a junior right now, is it possible for me to apply as a senior for summer?

i’m also out :frowning: I hope everyone has fun! lmk how it goes :DD

Yes, you definitely can. I’m a senior and I applied for summer.

I am out too. I hope everyone knows that you did not get in because it was not meant for you. Trust me, there will probably be a time where you will look back and thing “good thing I did not get in, enter thing is so much better for me.” Much love <3

Does anyone know what percent of people become semi finalists/how many semifinalists are accepted to finalist?

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Which programs and countries did you all apply for? and congrats to everyone who became a semi-finalist. What is the predicted date for interview dates to come out?

I applied for NSLI AY (rejected), CBYX (no email yet), YES Abroad (no email yet), and FLEX Abroad (Semifinalist!!!). I honestly have no idea about interview dates, but probably next week knowing the pacing of the programs. In my semifinalist email from FLEX, it said interviews for NSLI, YES, and FLEX will all be done online. Does anyone have an inkling if we will be on a group call and taken into a separate call for individual interviews? In previous years, the group interview was an important component of the overall interview evaluation.

For everyone: Take my NSLI rejection and FLEX acceptance as a sign: just because you got rejected from one program (even if the application was in the same form) does NOT mean you will get rejected from another program!

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I think that the dates for the interview are in between Jan. and Feb. I got accepted for a semi-finalist but I haven’t gotten an email for the exact interview day. But I’m assuming latest is Feb.

Did anyone else also get semifinalist for CBYX? If so, please let me know so that we can connect! I am in the CIEE region. Additionally, if anyone knows, how exactly do the CBYX interviews work? It is over an entire weekend, and I do not know what to bring. Do I show up in more casual clothes and then change into professional clothes once the activities begin? The interview truly starts the second we step into the hotel… so I am not completely sure on exactly what to do. If anyone has insights, please tell me!

YES, abroad notifications are out !!!

Did you get semi?

All program semi finalist notifications should be out! If anyone is a FLEX, YES, or CBYX CIEE semi finalist, I would love to connect!

Yes, I’m a semi-finalist for all three !!!