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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I won a Fulbright from a no name college.  But I had a nearly perfect GPA and was fluent in the local language.  If you don’t speak the language of the host country, you don’t have a chance of getting award. That leaves only English-speaking countries as your options, and those awards are extraordinarily competitive.[/quote]

You can get Fulbrights to countries where you may not speak the language, especially for the English Teaching Assistant position. It usually helps your case to do so, but if it's a small country and/or a language that's not commonly taught in the US, then it isn't held against you. I know kids going to the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece, Indonesia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, etc who haven't ever formally studied the language nor speak it at home. Even some of the Taiwan Fulbright ETAs majored in other languages in fact and may only have rudimentary Mandarin from a year of classes or so. Meet with the fellowship advisor on campus, a lot of people don't speak additional languages, and they still have options. There's also no GPA cutoff, being a better student always helps your case, but it doesn't have the rigid requirements that other fellowships have.[/quote]

The teaching assistant Fulbrights are generally viewed as far less prestigious.  [/quote]

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