Thank you to everyone who participated in the NH23 NSLI-Y and YES Abroad interviews initiative! Thanks to your hard work and commitment, we have successfully completed another great season, interviewing over 1,100 candidates nationwide and overseas. This is an amazing accomplishment, and we would not be able to do it without the dedication of our incredible volunteers and program alumni!

We hope you enjoyed meeting some outstanding students as much as we did throughout this rewarding process. The AFS-USA office coordinated three interview events, interviewing 76 candidates virtually and 29 in-person at our office in NYC with the help of multiple volunteers and staff. We know that many area teams also conducted interview events both virtually and in-person, and we thank you for your continued flexibility with conducting interviews in-person, virtually, individually, and at events each year. As we turn our attention to scholarship selection and notifications, we’d like to update you about the schedule:

• NSLI-Y notifications have begun and will continue on a rolling basis through April 21, 2023. Students receiving a scholarship offer will receive information about their implementing organization and details of their program. Candidates will have approximately one week to decide whether to accept or decline the scholarship offer. If you are contacted by a NSLI-Y candidate with questions about selection or their program offer, kindly direct them to the implementing organization specified in their selection notification.
• YES Abroad notifications will be sent on a rolling basis throughout March 2023. Those candidates selected as finalists will receive their country placement, implementing organization, and program details at that time and will be notified of their next steps and follow-up responsibilities. Candidates will have approximately one week to decide whether to accept or decline the scholarship offer. If you are contacted by a YES Abroad candidate with questions about selection or their program offer, kindly direct them to the implementing organization specified in their selection notification.

The complete finalist lists of NH23 NSLI-Y Virtual Summer Intensive (VSI), NSLI-Y Summer Overseas, NSLI-Y academic year, and YES Abroad from your area will be posted to MyAFS Help&Learning and you will be updated by email to review the lists as they become available. Like past years, we expect these lists to be shared in late spring.

If you have any additional questions about the interview season, please direct them to nsliyinterviews@afsusa.org.

Thank you again for your great support!

The AFS NSLI-Y and YES Abroad Interviews Team