Munashi

I'm done with the semester too! Here's hoping I'll survive the other ones too. Congrats everyone, and good luck to those still working.

Congrats to everyone who submitted! Good luck, everyone.

I got that email too - was also told it was in error. I'm wondering if they mistakenly sent it out to everyone...

How are things going, guys? I just submitted my app today. GRE scores and letters are in too. Good luck everyone!

#1 - Funding #2 - Fit (both adviser and overall program)

I've got take-home final left to contend with, and some work for my RAship that still needs to be taken care of. Seeing the light at the end..!

I'm at an R1 and in my program, we get about 150 apps for ~3-5 spots. Grad students don't do initial screenings of applicants here. That doesn't mean they aren't consulted at all, but we certainly aren't sitting around choosing which apps go in the garbage and which get passed to faculty. It does not surprise me at all that some places do this. I sort of doubt it gets used as a deciding factor, but perhaps student opinion is taken into account/considered by the faculty. But then again, our field is pretty small. Divide 150 by the number of faculty taking students, and it's a pretty reasonable number for each person to go through. I can see the advantage of using a student to screen for "absolute no" apps. The idea doesn't bother me personally.

Double done. Good luck!

I'm not in your field, but I wouldn't bring it up. It's not that low, and you might end up just drawing attention to it.

Maybe it will seem like you did, and then they'll be even more impressed given that the draft is so polished! Don't think on it too much dude, I'm sure it'll be fine.

I've got my name + the essay title (as in, "Graduate Research Statement") in the header. I'm not worried. Everything else is in the margins, and the title is not substantive since it's just NSF's names for the essays.

Never mind, I figured it out. I had to call ETS to get the registration number for my general scores. The registration number listed online was from the most recent test, which was actually a subject test. Hopefully anyone else having this issue will find this useful.

Blah, has anyone had success submitting their GRE scores? I had mine sent Oct 31, and they still show as "incomplete". I'm wondering if I did something wrong, but I'm fairly sure I gave them the right registration number and gave ETS the correct code....

That really sucks dude, I'm sorry that happened. Wishing you good luck for the final!

I did this once. It was sort of like a mini-interview, so be prepared to talk about your interests/experiences. It went well, but I did not get into that program and was not re-invited for a more formal interview... but that doesn't mean this won't be a positive thing for you.

Really feeling the end of the semester approaching and it's crazy! I cannot believe how quickly things are going. Let's hope everything that needs to get done gets magically handled somehow... Hope you're all well.

So does anyone know why they extended the submission deadline for rec letters? Just curious.

Call him. The deadline is tomorrow, you're not being obnoxious.

Well now that NSF is in, time to focus on this guy! Anyone else planning to toss their hat into the ring?

My hat is officially in the ring - I submitted my application last night. Good luck, everyone! Happy waiting.

I find it amazing that they don't just disable submissions automatically at the deadline... so sorry, dude. I know a deadline is a deadline, but still - sucks. :/

Gellert - my academic verification is very bare-bones too. I think it will be okay.