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i too was waitlisted and have my speculations - First thought was there were an initial wave sent out by ASEE, and then second tier to be somehow decided and divvied up amongst individual departments. The stated award process has apps filtered by ASEE and then sent to the DoD, so presumably it's now in that step. The line in the email about "it's not official until you hear from us" was optimistic, like "you're gonna get one but we have to decide from where first", but knowing other people already got offers on April 3 and since is a little disheartening - Some suggested it depends on your subject or DoD branch, are there any patterns in those awarded? - Most likely a simple waitlist, as people have to accept/reject by today. NDSEG has quotas it has to meet between DoD departments, subjects, and demographic info so after the first wave of awards they have a pool to restructure. This leaves me the most skeptical - the ppl who reject I would presume to be < 5-10% Have been super anxious and trying not to think about it. Was originally pretty excited b/c I thought my app would be shot down a mile away so a little proud, but more and more convinced I'll leave empty handed with every passing day But who cares! In the long run your research will speak for itself (still young at heart )