jmillar
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They used to have this data available, but it has been absent from their website for the last decade. You can see the 2008 cycle here: https://slideplayer.com/slide/1426742/ and up to 2004 cycle here: https://web.archive.org/web/20041207031455/www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/grfstat.asp
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I remember hearing in the past that they scale the awards by field to the percentages of people who applied that cycle, trying to keep the acceptance rates similar across fields, but I can't find any sources at the moment.
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Made a quick graph looking at % accepted, stipend amount, and big changes over the last couple of years for the GRFP. Made a guess of ~13000 applications based off the last two years to make an estimate of acceptance for this year.
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https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18573/nsf18573.htm
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Oh, jeez, I missed that. Looks like it will be the case for the next two cycles as well. ( https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18573/nsf18573.htm )
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They were waiting to see what the budget would be that year. Most years in the decade before were a bit variable up to that point, between 900-1000 awards. The final budget was delayed, so they released 950 in a first batch, and then waited to see how many more they could add. Starting the next year they formalized the total awards to 2000.
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2018: Tuesday, April 3 2017: Friday, March 17 2016: Tuesday, March 29 2015: Tuesday, March 31 2014: Tuesday, April 1 2013: Friday, March 29 2012: Friday, March 20 2011: Tuesday, April 5 2010: Tuesday, April 6 2009: Friday, April 10 & Tuesday, May 19 (released in 2 batches) 2008: Tuesday, April 1 2007: Friday, March 23 2006: Thursday, March 30 2005: Saturday, April 9 2004: Thursday, March 18 2003: Friday, April 4 2002: Friday, March 15 2001: Tuesday, March 20
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Ah, yes, sorry about that. I saw it included PhD students, so I passed it along.
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It really makes sense now how my advisor would say during writing this, "Remember, we're not trying to help anyone." "But we are-" "No! For NSF, we are not trying to help anyone!"
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I think most people use SDN. There is a whole Thread here: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/2018-2019-mayo-clinic-school-of-medicine.1310446/
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Depends on the university. For two I applied to, the SoP was more about your educational and research background, while the Personal Statement was more about you, your struggles, and what you personally bring to the university.
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It might depend on the department? I applied for EHS and while they don't normally interview, I was in the area so they invited me for an impromptu interview. Normally there is just an admittance day in mid March.
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Two years ago I heard back from them mid February, but I think most go out late February or early March.
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Adding onto this, if you need to use SAS, and are not working with sensitive data, you can use SAS Studio for free online with an edu email: https://odamid.oda.sas.com/SASStudio/
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Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page
jmillar replied to NoChance's topic in Waiting it Out
I like the 1/3 withdrawal. Keep 'em guessing.
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UGA, UIC, UMICH, and University of Texas Houston MPH
jmillar replied to nemz101's topic in Public Health Forum
Ann Arbor is smaller, but there are quite a few internship opportunities. There are also several pots of money available to do internships outside of the country if you're interested in that. -
Favorite Rejection Quotes from the Results Page
jmillar replied to NoChance's topic in Waiting it Out
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Have you already talked to PIs at both places? If not, this is a much harder decision. You may want to look at things such as program statistics (completion, funding, placement after graduation, etc.): https://secure.rackham.umich.edu/academic_information/program_statistics/ Nut sure where to find these for NYU, but it's something you could start searching for.
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Unless you are absolutely sure your mind won't be changed (and know for sure you are accepted), I would recommend still going on the other interviews. I thought I knew where I wanted to go after the first interview, but things changed as I went on the others. It wasn't until I had a week after my last interview when I had a good idea of what program would work best for me. Once you have confirmed an acceptance, absolutely withdraw from other programs.
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You can always try, but it might be a little tricky. For my department, the interview recruits (from PIBS) were assigned to hosts for each weekend last Thursday. Depending what your 1st/2nd choice departments are may dictate how flexible this is, but it might still really be up to PIBS in the end.
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It might depend on the institution. Mine got back to me today and said we will be payed.
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It depends on the school, and sometimes the program. For example, I was told during interviews for Emory PBEE that they don't accept more people if others don't accept. One year they had only 1 person accept, so they were a cohort of 1. I got to talk to him and he said the previous cohort ended up adopting him in a sense.
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Bio PhD programs within medical schools vs general arts &sciences
jmillar replied to Adriamycin's topic in Life Sciences
Not many people applying to medical school post here. You will likely get a lot more feedback here: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/ -
It would be useful for creating a list of interview dates. 2016 had one like that, which was useful for coordinating which interview dates to pick. Not all the interview dates that showed up in the thread also showed up in the results.
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That could be one thing they are looking for. But another is just having a variety of different lived experiences from their students. And sometimes disadvantage is in the eye of the beholder. I grew up, what I now know, as poor, but I never felt that way growing up. But it meant I was in different social circles and didn't pick up things that I might have from higher income friends. Growing up in a different country is a very different experience than many of us. It could disadvantage you in other ways of having to catch up to social norms, but you don't have to think of it that way.
