Awarded. 2nd year.
VG/VG
VG/VG
VG/VG
1 thing I did differently this year was drop my UG recommendation and had all 3 recommenders from my grad institution.
I think I got a good batch of reviewers. All noting research experience (even though I have 0 pubs, 2 presentations) and also noting not so competitive GPA.
In BI, I showed serious initiative in promoting science outreach.
The 3rd reviewer practically worshipped the ground I walk on and really read my app in depth. Left a ~200 word summary noting all the strong points my app had.
Congrats to those awarded. To those not awarded, remember that your scientific worth is not valued by 1 fellowship. This can be a real crapshoot sometimes depending on the reviewer you get.