Applicant from Los Angeles office here! They will supposedly inform me of their decision by the 10th of May, so now it’s just a waiting game. I was able to get in contact with a rep from the office, who said that around 20 people from the LA office get the scholarship, and expected about 50 to apply. Not sure how competitive I am, though I took two years of university Chinese and believe I have two good letters of rec, so keeping my hopes up! LA’s office says the same stuff about interviews, though in older forums I rarely heard of anyone actually getting interviewed.