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I was just wondering. I am on a microscope currently, so I can't really do any of those things.

Does everybody see these when they log into fastlane, right click, and click "view page source (and CTRL-F for 'fellow')?" <!-- <p class="leadtitle">Welcome Fellows</P> --> <!-- Fellow Stats fixed 170px --> <!-- END Fellow Stats -->

Last night I dreamt that I got honorable mention and that I was disappointed, but the second year in my lab who applied didn't get anything (I'm a first year). Then I felt bad for being disappointed.

It looks like one GRFP award will be given to this PI at NIU this year... but there aren't any other awards/schools listed, so it's weird that this is up.

Yeah, I saw that, too, and was curious. *shrugs* We'll find out soon...

It has always said that.

You're probably going to laugh a bit.

Meh. It's pretty pathetic to get all worked up about it, too, though.

First the "additional 1 pg statement" hoax and now this? What good does lying do for these people? Maybe they get some sort of weird joy from seeing all these other people freak out, I guess.

So many trolls...

Yes, I'm partly speaking to myself as well as all of you. Haha.

You shouldn't be embarrassed about not getting something that most people do not get. There's a reason these fellowships are considered competitive. If you don't get it, just try to learn from your feedback to make your next application (next year's GFRP or any other application) better.

Tonight is NOT the announcement. Some people thought that the announcement was going to be late last night / early this morning.

No, it isn't. The one I posted has the word GRFP and has different times listed. Lol.

Last year's message: "03/28/13 - GRFP/FastLane will be unavailable from 11:00 PM ET Thursday March 28th - 5:00 AM ET Friday, March 29th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience"

https://twitter.com/NSFGRFP/status/446755572411801601 Also, looks like it's probably going to be early April.

It's not the end of the world if we don't get it. Lots of people don't get it.

Yeah, probably just a coincidence. Someone said this earlier, but scheduled maintenance happens all the time. And for GRFP it is usually something like 12AM-5AM, not 12AM-8AM.

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Oh, you're probably right.

Yes, you will only be competing against other second year graduate students. 1/3 of awards go to fourth year undergraduates, 1/3 go to first year graduate students, and 1/3 go to second year graduate students. I don't think there's any real way to know this, but I wouldn't imagine it would make much of an impact. Maybe if they're comparing two otherwise equal candidates and one has a disability they will go with that one. But who knows. That's disappointing. I have no publications and it's unlikely that I'll have any before next year (I'm a first year grad student).

I've been antsy from the beginning. But yeah.

I'm a current student... Do you have any specific questions about Duke? I'd be happy to answer them.

I don't think it's necessary unless you intend on taking out federal loans.

https://twitter.com/NSFGRFP/statuses/434361088675942400