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What is it like to be a Fulbrighter (Fulbright Fellow)?

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  What is it like to be a Fulbrighter (Fulbright Fellow)? To be a #Fulbrighter is not just to be a person of excellence, but of inspiration.    The goal to pursue higher education is of course to acquire more knowledge and deepen one's understanding of his or her field of expertise. But at the end of the day, you also de sire to be the person who could inspire others to walk the same path as yours, or even be more. You radiate a vibe of being “positively ambitious”, by portraying an image of desiring all A’s, but remains to be humble at the same time. And more importantly, never forgets  to look back and think, “how can I help my country after being a Fulbright scholar?”    What is it like to be a graduate student?   Strong-willed though vulnerable at times.  There can be long nights in the library, early dawn on the farm, or an entire day in the laboratory. Every day is like a marathon I did not sign up for...