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Should we check our inbox before the 21st (i.e. can they tell us if we were shortlisted on the 19th or the 20th)? Just to have the most time possible to prepare the docs Well maybe start checking 1 or 2 days in advance, I think before is too soon. Last year I got my shortlisted email on the 21st an...

By the way, I know my chances are very low (I'm attending a Master's Degree in Mathematics and most of the positions are not available for me), so I'm not too nervous about all this. But I'm still hoping :D I am not nervous at all. I know i don't have many chances anyways. I applied "just in c...

Same here! Recived the email this morning but the courier site hasn't been updated yet.

If you can't find the email, check your spam inbox. Gmail says that eu-japan.eu isn't safe because it does not encrypt the message. Maybe other email provider classify this email as spam!

Hi Asia, I sent it through "Poste Italiane" as well! Which shipping method did you use? Because I used "Posta Prioritaria" and I sent it on the 16th, they said it would take around 3 working days to be delivered, and they gave me a tracking code, but I've been trying putting the...

I sent my document on the 8th of January but the letter hasn't been delivered yet :evil: :evil: whyyyyyy I asked the italian courier and then sent an email to vulcanus to clarify that yes, i sent my application in time, but no, it's not my fault if the courier didn't attemp a second delivery ... I h...

The committee will send you a match (not exactly sure how much attention or thought they give to this though) and you will have to choose a primary and a secondary option. You can choose to ignore their suggestion, but in that case I would contact them first. There are two matching phases, in the f...

Hi everyone! :D I just checked the vulcanus page and they published the documents for the 20/21 session! :o :o I already downloaded them and filled them in, yes, I'm that anxious :roll: Last year I was shortlisted but not selected :cry: , so I hope this year goes better! Anyway, how do you cope with...

ArthurK6 wrote:I just received it too
Only one placement from 30-41 company has been filled. Damn sad

Unfortunately I applied for one of them

Sorry @hidesagred97, maybe there are other oppurtunities, like a normal internship or other type of works!
But yeah, it sucks not to be chosen :cry:

hidesagred97 wrote: We waited from 9th April to 25th April last year:S

Other 10 days of hell :cry:

Nope nothing new here

No new selected members either, so this means that no one else has found the forum or that they didn't select anyone else after the first round...

ArthurK6 wrote:Nope, nothing.
I am thinking about sending them an e-mail tomorrow. Just want to know when could we get any info.

I was thinking about doing the same...

Another day without information...

You guys have some news?

Congrats to all new selected members!

So it means that this was the last day for the match making and maybe we will know something by tomorrow? Still I find very strange that none of the applicants for numbers from 30 and above have heard anything :/ Even someone else who might join the forum in these days... Please end my suffering soo...

It's a new week, hope to hear news for positions from 30 and so on.

And good luck to all of us waiting!

cecilia.miotto1 wrote:I know, that's how I felt last year..I don't know why let's see how it goes this time, last year at the end of the selection they sent us an email in which they reported the positions taken

That's really sad... Maybe next time I would reconsider applying for them...

Last year my company didn't choose anybody for example, and a lot of position hasn't been cover (just 26 were covered). Let's see if we have some news on Monday :| Not even a person?? We're applying for the same company (different positions) so this scares me even more... But why do they propose so...

Any info guys? I'm a bit stressed out right now. I just read the 2017 shortlisted thread and they said that the company number 30-41 just chose 3 students out of all the 22 positions offered... I'm scared they might do something similar this year and select less students than the positions they offe...

hidesagred97 wrote:That´s said, I´m quite pessimistic :S

Unfortunately me too :/

Congrats everybody!
Now starts the hard part for the rest of us waiting

My guess is that they send all emails regarding certain companies on same days, so as soon as I know that someone who applied for the same company as me get selected I surely start panicking XD

Well I always hope I'm the first one :lol:

Yeah but why does it take so long? They all need to read our documents, one month seems enough.

I could die if I have to wait till may :cry:

Maybe they could just notice people as soon as they get selected, not waiting till they have all the companies selections. But, if I remember correctly, when hidesagred97 asked Margherita she said that the matchmaking will finish on the 6th of April. So we have another week max of waiting :cry: :cry:

Hope to hear something as soon as possible :cry:

Yeah, some times I feel like I'm under qualified and that I won't get chosen because I rejected the option they proposed me. On other days I spend time thinking about how I'm gonna dress at the meeting in Bruxelles and all the things I'll do in Japan, as if got selected XD I feel like mood swings to...

Most probably they'll be silent until the second week of April, but who knows? Why we have to wait so much!!! :cry: :cry: But tbh it's like shroedinger's selection. In this days I feel like I'm both selected and rejected XD when we get the final results it's going to be either a success or a failur...

Welcome Cecilia

I see on the google sheet that we're applying for the same company! Hope we both get selected

Welcome ellie!

This. I haven't thought about this before, but it could be amazing there! I've been riding motorcycles since I was a kid (now I have a Yamaha Fzs600) :D I promise, if we both get selected we have to do a tour together! Also, when I bought my motorcycle I considered buying a Yamaha as well, but the ...

- @AsiaBergamini94 Do you plan to take your bike to Japan? Or rent one there? I've never ridden a motorbike, but it sure sounds like an awesome plan. The Japanese countryside is stunning. I might get a good bicycle and do some longer trips as well. Definetly rent there! Taking my bike would be extr...

And I'm here...
No mails or calls for interviews...
Just waiting for my fate to be decided...

Do fellows who applied for company whose positions are from 30 to 41 (not saying the name, because, you know, privacy and confidential stuff) have some news? Do they call for interviews?

I've already been to Japan and I loved everything, that's why I want to go there so badly! But when I came back there were few things I couldn't try, more like "lifestyle" things, that you don't get to experience if you're just sightsseing. Besides the things you guys said i will add a few...

No news for me either... Also today something funny happened to me :D When I woke up there was a new email in my inbox with the subject "dissertation" from an email that I never heard of nor I was expecting from work or university. I thought it was something from Vulcanus, like a long pape...

Today is the day! If they stick to what they did last year we will revive the matchmaking email today.

I'm so anxious right now! I know that knowing the match making has started means nothing, and we will have some weeks more to wait for final results, but I'm still very anxious XD

So in 2 days we will know if the forest round has started?

But we'll have to wait some more days for the first confirmation letters right?

The waiting is killing me! If they start sending emails the same day as last year is just 3 days before we start reviving the first communication!

I'm still hoping, but I'm not very confident, tbh...

The very few videos that there are on YouTube of former Vulcanus participants are completely random and lacking context (like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMSfPX2KRBc). Its hilarious to watch, but I would love to see some better quality videos describing the experience. I'd be up for it...

Yeah, it's true tho... I found the forum while searching on google (I couldn't find ispiration for my motivation letter (funny, isn't it? :lol: )) I found out about Vulcanus all by myself. I was looking for opportunities in Japan, for studying or working, and I found it on their website. When I aske...

There have been a variety of posts on this in the past (some by myself) - look for that. But the gist: i changed mine back then, because it was not a good match. the other candidates are much more likely to be qualified. feel free to chose another one. you will have more competition, but also much ...

To be honest, just have the opportunity to stay in Japan for a year and work there would be enough for me :lol: But career wise I'd like to focus on machine learning too, I'm applying for a position which also requires some knowledge in 3d drawing. I own a 3d printer and I like 3d stuff in general, ...

They might have made a mistake when matching you (or they are lacking people to apply for materials research? :o ). Let us know if it worked! I hope not! That seemed a very interesting internship! But if I had been studying materials I would have been very glad to be palced there ! :lol: Yeah, I'm ...

Yay, I have been short listed! Is it just me or the suggested company doesn't really suite my studies? I'm currently taking my second cycle degree in computer science, specifically in intelligent system, and they suggested me a company that reserchers new materials for semiconductors XD Are you also...

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