<p>@Amanda, were you supposed to be notified today as well? I doubt they are still sending out notifications at 917pm.</p>
<p>omg!!! my phone died and i am just now checking this thread… im so sorry for those of you who did not get it! </p>
<p>congrats to those who did though!</p>
<p>i’ll be waiting until march 6th…</p>
<p>Maybe it’s good news that you two were not notified. Remember to think positive thoughts.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m just wondering about something. Did anyone get invited by Admissions to visit a classroom where a current CM is teaching? This would have been before the final interview. I went, but I’m curious to see if this invitation was broadly sent out? </p>
<p>The TFA Admissions blog does not talk about this.</p>
<p>I was extended an offer by my recruiter but I never ended up coordinating the dates due to logistical issues. </p>
<p>@Fairytale - you are right. I am trying to stay positive but it’s difficult to do so tonight. I appreciate the support, thank you.</p>
<p>@macphisto I went to something like that too. All the other applicants who made it to the final interview that I know of at my university were invited too.</p>
<p>@sprstlvr Sorry to hear things didn’t work out. That really sucks. The way they were talking during the webinar last night was definitely a little misleading then. Why waste an hour of your and their time talking about that stuff if they already knew?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard anything yet either. I wonder if there will be anymore sent out tonight. Did your recruiter say they were done.</p>
<p>What a roller coaster ride for some of you tonight. Expecting and then not hearing a thing! Stay positive. We are almost there!</p>
<p>Has anyone sent an email to ask if they are done sending out notifications for the night?</p>
<p>husker, they run on eastern time, so they are probably done for the night… for those of you waiting for the early notifications, i wonder if they will send some tomorrow… im still shocked by the results… i guess you never know until you know. I just want tuesday to be here already so i can move on (with or without TFA)</p>
<p>I am just going to try to be patient until March 6th. I had decisions that had to be made before then but some things are just beyond my control. My recruiter basically just said to email admissions and carbon copy her but I’m not sure that will do any good. I am trying to maintain a positive attitude. </p>
<p>I hope everyone has a great night!</p>
<p>plb675- hopefully they email you tomorrow</p>
<p>It has been a few hours now since receiving notification that I will not be accepted into the corps. I wish to write to those of you who also will not be joining the 2012 group, and to those of you who may not receive positive results come May 6. </p>
<p>The last few hours have been incredibly challenging for me. I feel as if I have recently gone through a difficult breakup (funny how similar that feeling is). The next few days will be tough, but the only way to approach this situation is with a head held up high.</p>
<p>Sometimes, things don’t work out the way we want them to, and that’s okay. the strong survive, but the strongest are those who keep challenging themselves, even in the face of perceptual failure. </p>
<p>I hold interest in either immediately applying for similar opportunities or applying for more available options in the fall. To anybody who also wishes to apply for other opportunities - let’s stay in contact. I’d love to stay in touch with some individuals going through the same process.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about starting a brand new thread focusing on other social change/education programs. OR we can talk about our options in this thread. I’ve emailed my recruiter to see what my best options are, and I will definitely share them with anybody else who is interested.</p>
<p>To those of you still waiting: Keep those chins up 
I believe in all of you.</p>
<p>Satelle…I am so sorry for you!!! But you know what, things happen for a reason and you will find not only better opportunities but also better relationships. This is the year of the Dragon, lots of changes, but also the year of good luck! So I am sure you will soon find out a good reason why you are going through this now!!</p>
<p>Hey everyone. As my nickname explains, I am longtime lurker on this board. I think I’ve been checking this page daily since about page 30-something. Sorry to hear some of the bad news a few of you got today. You all seemed like very qualified candidates–more qualified then me, which scares me. </p>
<p>My top subject was high school English and my top location was Denver. I’ll be blunt, my old housemate last year is in his first year of the corps. I went to go visit him which I think benefited me on multiple levels. One area it benefited me was honesty. There is a lot of things I feel that recruiters/reps/interviewers, etc… aren’t allowed to tell you. With my friend, as well as his housemates and fellow TFA co-workers, they were honest with telling me what based on personal experience and what they’ve been able to gather, what TFA wants to see in an applicant. I feel that helped me big time, as my friend helped me along with every step of the process. </p>
<p>Overall 1st Round: A</p>
<p>Yeah, I thought I wrote a really strong letter of intent. I also thought my resume was pretty attractive. Overall, I actually wasn’t very surprised when I found out I made the 2nd round. Happy, of course, but surprised, not terribly. </p>
<p>Overall 2nd Round: B+/A-</p>
<p>Phone Interview: A
I thought I more or less nailed the interview. I think she really liked what I had to say. There was several standout points I was able to identify. The first was, after I found out I made the 2nd round, I hopped on a bus and traveled three hours to go visit my roommate in TFA and observe him and other TFA members in the classroom. She really seemed to love that. The second was, when I visited my old roommate, I met his housemates who were also TFA who gave me really good advice. One of them told me they will definitely ask you about a time in a leadership role. They will ask you how you thought you did and he was very upfront in saying to be honest and talk about a time where things did not go so well, but more so, take accountability for it. I did that in my interview and she seemed rather impressed. She also seemed very impressed with my leadership role in general, which was something to do with my fraternity where I had to sacrifice a ton.</p>
<p>Quiz/Video Response: B
I suppose a, “B” would work. I don’t think I hit a homerun here, but I made it to the next round. Honestly, there is not too much in depth I can go with this, because I really don’t know if I did good on it or not.</p>
<p>Overall Third Round: B+</p>
<p>Lesson Plan: B-
If I don’t get picked, I feel like I will able to pinpoint my lesson plan to being a key reason why. It just didn’t go as well as it did during practice. First of all, during my practice runs, I was often getting between 4:45-5:00, but during the real thing, I feel like I rushed it and it was somewhere between 4:15-4:30. Another part was one of the girls in my group asked a question that I didn’t give a great answer to. It wasn’t a tough or tricky question, I just sort of stumbled my way through. With that said, I think I had a very well constructed lesson plan that went over what they want to see, I just think my performance could of been better.</p>
<p>Group Session: B
I don’t know. I have no clue what they wanted to see. I didn’t necessarily take charge of my group, but I also wasn’t overbearing. I kind of just sat back and contributed and when I did contribute, I think I had some decent things to say. I Don’t think I wowed, but don’t think I bombed. Overall, I kind of get the feeling that this isn’t a seismic part of the evaluation process, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>One-on-One: A-
Personally, I thought I killed it. Then again, that was me. My interviewer could of hated me. She could of hated how much I spoke or my somewhat heir of cockiness in my voice, who knows. She seemed very impressed with several thing. The first was again, my initiative to go visit my friend and observe the classroom. I also think she liked what I had to say in the role play, but I could be wrong. We then went on to speak about my experience coaching rec sports for middle school kids. One thing I feel she liked about that was the motivational techniques I used. I spoke about how when our team was on a really bad losing streak, I actually used some of the techniques that the supplemental article on student winning/losing streaks taught me to bounce my kids back. Another area I thought she liked was how I volunteer to advise this youth group in my area. I spoke about how they were really struggling when I came in and helped push them in the right direction. One of the initiatives I took she seemed to really like. There was two parts I feel I was kind of suspect on. The first was the organizational part. I started off kind of all over the place with it, thought I think I eventually reeled everything in and tucked it away nicely. The second was when they asked me to talk about the video. I don’t know, I guess it all stems back to the fact that I don’t how good my initial answers were so I didn’t feel super confident about it. Overall, I left the 1v1 feeling pretty good, but still bogged down by my performance in the lesson plan. </p>
<p>Others things: I was super detailed on the “notes” section of my CIF, which can either be really bad or nothing at all. I don’t want them to think I’m crazy neurotic. I also hated having to turn in my transcript. Specifically, I have a “W” from my junior year on there and a freshman year intro level math class I was terribly embarrassed about having to take. Like, I’m talking about a math class that was so intro and easy that it didn’t count towards graduation. Like the class football players take their freshman year. I thought I had good references and I think they did a good job boosting me and providing positive feedback about me, though. </p>
<p>My Final Grade: B/B+</p>
<p>I guess I think I’m a solid candidate, but by no means do I think I am an excellent candidate. I could just be acting modest and trying to humble myself so I don’t feel so disappointed if I don’t get it, but I think I’m a decent candidate. The way I told my Mom was this–if I don’t get, I won’t be surprised; If I do get, I won’t be surprised… though who am I kidding, I probably will act surprised. I am choosing to be pessimistic about so if I get rejected, it won’t be shocking. If I don’t get in, I suppose I’ll look for other options. I might work for my Dads business or do something else, hopefully for a couple years and then get my MBA, but I really want TFA. If I don’t get this, I can’t think of another situation where I would be teaching. I know that sounds bad, but I really like this program and believe in it, and I also love the many resources it gives you. </p>
<p>I’ll start posting some more and keep you all updated!</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>I received an e-mail at 5:09 PM CST…I’ve been accepted as a TFA 2012 corps member!!!</p>
<p>congratulations rmehney! and welcome :)</p>
<p>Congrats rmehney!</p>
<p>I’m going to post the similar format people before us you. For all of you already accepted, would you mind posting again in this format.</p>
<p>Accepted/Rejected
Final Interview date
Applied for transitional funding? (Yes/No)
If yes, was there a change to Complete (if there was, list the date when the changes occurred)
If accepted, also post the region you were assigned to and grade level/subject you’ll be teaching</p>
<p>what were the subjects of the emails??? for both acceptances and rejections</p>
<p>Subject is: Congratulations and welcome to the 2012 corps!
My Transitional funding did change to complete, although i have no idea when. </p>
<p>Good luck to all</p>