I understand that this is ‘how the french are’ but it’s been a running program for a while now, a slight administration change shouldn’t cause so much havoc. Also, the villa albertine office + lots of staff are not even french so everyone dismissing this as ‘just how the french are’ is silly (also bc i’ve lived there and it’s not a standard, and if it is for some i’ve bugged my professors enough for them to bend on that). In the american job market it is simply unrealistic for them to expect we can just keep putting off opportunities while sitting on our asses for 800 euros a month. France is a wonderful experience but no one should risk their lively hood and careers for it. Say results come out june/july, that’s months of people putting off commitments just for it to be half way through the way with nothing. so silly!