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  1. I would also suggest looking at the NSF thread about z scores and averaging out the reviewers- Sometimes people get great reviews and just don't get selected because of the fact that those reviewers give great reviews to a lot of people. It's a tough call but if you are eligible again- definitely reapply!
  2. I'm guessing I didn't get NDSEG since I have not received an email yet but I did get NSF and I have been thinking about the "what if" I won both. Here are a couple posts off the NSF thread that explain some of the differences. Congrats on getting both
  3. well damn. thanks for pointing this out
  4. This is crazy! I can log in but there is no information on it- just a side tab that says contact info and award overview (empty). Can anyone else log in and see any information?
  5. I made a similar comment on another post but it seems fitting here too. There are a lot of reasons you should consider- money being just one of them. As far as grad school is concerned- I would suggest heavily weighting the professors who you would be working with. Not just based on their seniority- if you like the professors, know their research, know how they run a lab/research group this is extremely important. As someone who HATED my advisor during my masters, it makes a big difference in so many ways (finishing on time, liking the program, getting published, networking for future jobs/positions....). Of course personal choices are important too like where you want to live, the slight difference in funding between your two choices, etc but I can't stress how important it is to pick someone who's research you are excited about and who's personality you can work with....
  6. There are a lot of reasons you should consider. As far as grad school is concerned- I would suggest heavily weighting the professors who you would be working with. If you like then, know their research, know how they run a lab/research group this is extremely important. As someone who HATED my advisor during my masters, it makes a big difference in so many ways (finishing on time, liking the program, getting published, networking for future jobs/positions....) Of course personal choices are important too like your family and where you want to live etc but I can't stress how important it is to pick someone who's research you are excited about and who's personality you can work with.
  7. Does anyone know if they have a time of day that they announce like NSF generally does? Will we receive an email in the middle of the night or can it come whenever?
  8. You are absolutely right RosamundReage that there are different job placement records for different graduations! That is a fact. Unforunately you also said you do not see the point of doing graduate degrees in the humanities unless you have funding- which is not the point. The discussion is about someone who has already decided to go to graduate school and wants advice on taking out and managing loans. You are also correct that graduate school is very intense and requires time for research and conferences but I never said I recommend taking full time job on top of full time school (although I know several people who do it very successfully and I am currently at a top 25 research university in the US)- I simply said that working part time (I currently work 20 hrs/wk) is an imporant way to keep control on student loans. In fact, right now, I have no debt and already paid off the small loan I took out in my first year of graduate school. Another way to keep control on these loans is to pay them before they are actually due (since many student loans don't have to be paid until after graduation). If you pay down your balance while still in school it is not a very large burden (regardless of your future job) especially for a loan that is only 15-18k. If you're taking out 300k then that is a very different financial situation. These are just my experiences with taking out loans in undergrad and grad school and I wanted to share but obviously everyone does things differently. Good luck with grad school and your loan decisions ruru107
  9. I don't think it's fair to say "you shouldn't take out a loan in the humanities because you'll never pay it back". As a student who got an undergrad degree in humanities and a masters in engineering- it has nothing to do with discipline and more to do with being smart and setting goals/priorities. I took out loans in undergrad and I worked nearly full time 30-40hrs a week on top of school in order to pay loans back as I went through school. I think this is very reasonable. I paid back all of my undergrad loans within about 6 months of graduating and I never had a high paying job (all of my jobs were part time, minimum wage jobs). In grad school, I've had several friends who take a full grad load (9-12 credits courses) and work at nights or on weekends in order to pay back loans as they go. What kills you on the loans is if you wait for years and only make minimum payments. If you are smart about it and figure out what you can make while working (part time or full time) and going to school set a budget and make it happen. With the amount I currently make (working 20 hours a week) I could very easily take out a 18k loan and make double or triple the monthly payments with still providing enough extra income to live on. I think there is no wrong answer for loans as long as you are realistic about your budget, your in and out flows of cash, your expenses, and your future interest rate.
  10. Can someone find this on the 2012 webpage? I have been searching all of the docs on fastlane for this year and can't find this same thing. I know that last year they made some changes then actually changed them back and I'm wondering if this is one of those?
  11. Yeah I saw the 2011 rule but I can't find the same wording on the 2012 info for NSF. Does anyone know if it was just a 2011 rule and now it's 'overlooked'? There is some info on the NSF thread for which is better- in general, NDSEG is more money and has less success rate (so more prestigious) but more people have heard of the NSF one so it's a toss up for me...
  12. Did anyone get the NSF fellowship already? Are you accepting it and waiting to hear from NDSEG to declare your tenure status (so you could take both?) Can we still take both? The way I understand it we could defer the NSF for 2 years and take 2 years of the NDSEG then take the last three years of NSF? Does anyone else have thoughts on this?
  13. No this is not necessarily true. I am a second year awardee and I only had a couple of conference papers "published" but nothing in a peer reviewed journal (I did have one submitted for peer review and I noted that in my application). A couple of the con's pointed out were my lack of publications but my IM and BI outside of that was so strong I still got great reviews. You just have to compensate for a lack of pubs in other ways
  14. I would recommend re-applying no matter what! I applied in undergrad, didn't get it, applied my first year of grad, got HM, applied second year and got it! I tried each year to pinpoint exactly what BI and IM meant to the NSF board and only talked about those things that spoke directly to BI/IM. Below are my reviews from this year (they were VG/E, VG/VG, VG/VG last year and I got HM) E/E VG/E VG/E Awarded
  15. Anyone applying to a "Near East" country? Sent my application in to my university yesterday! Now if only we could fast forward until the end of January
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