All summer Mandarin Semifinalists are now available to interview! Mandarin applicants account for a significant portion of our total semifinalists to interview. In order to provide Mandarin Semifinalist names to volunteers as quickly as possible they were released in two batches, as soon as we received them from American Councils –this is the second and final batch of Mandarin Semifinalists.

As a reminder, NSLI-Y/YES Abroad candidates will be released on a rolling timeline. Following is a brief summary of candidates released thus far and their interview timeline:

• All NSLI-Y Academic Year: Should be contacted for an interview by 1/15, with interviews completed by 1/31.
• All YES Abroad: Should be contacted for an interview by 1/21, with interviews completed by 2/7.
• NSLI-Y Summer Persian and Hindi: Should be contacted for an interview by 1/25, with interviews completed by 2/12.
• NSLI-Y Summer Indonesian and Turkish: Should be contacted for an interview by 1/31, with interviews completed by 2/12.
• NSLI-Y Summer Russian: Should be contacted for an interview by 2/15, with interviews completed by 2/28.
• NSLI-Y Summer Mandarin: Batch 1: Should be contacted for an interview by 2/22, with interviews completed by 2/28. Batch 2: Should be contacted for an interview by 2/28, with interviews completed by 3/7. Your Seasonal Interview Coordinator can send a list of all summer Mandarin applicants and their interview deadlines.

In order to best manage the cycle’s rolling interview timeline, we will close the service cases of applicants once their completed interview form is submitted for final evaluation.

Do not hesitate to reach our team at nsliyinterviews@afsusa.org or 1.800.876.2376 x2240 with any questions. As always, we’re thankful for your help in conducting interviews thus far this season!

The AFS NSLI-Y/YES Abroad Interview Team