iheartplants

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

Oh, and because I don't want anyone else to neurotically do what I just did...No judging 
 
Previous release times:
2013 :Friday, March 29, 2013 @ ~2:00AM
2012: Friday, April 1, 2012 @ ~2:00AM
2011: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ ~12:50AM
2010: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ ~1:00AM
2009: Friday, April 10, 2009 @ ~1:00AM
2008: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 @ ~2:00AM
2007: Monday, March 23. 2007 @ ~11:20 PM

Hey there! I'm pretty sure that I will be attending (if the funding falls through for my other school)! I think a trip to the Dushanbe Teahouse would be a great place to host a general meeting!

Hey! I too will be headed to Boulder in the fall, for the MA-SLP program   I think it would be a wonderful idea to meet up at the Dushanbe, it IS awesome!  And congrats to you both!

Hi! I'm also heading to Boulder, for a PhD with the Institute of Behavioral Genetics. I've only been out there once, so I don't know much about places to go, but I'd love to meet all of you! Congrats to all

Are all of you a bunch of cry baby pussies or what? You guys are what? At least 22 and still bitch about these trivial things? pathetic

The first round of emails sent out at 5:30 P.M (central time today)
I just got my acceptance letter! Thank you GOD!
So blessed 
"Dear fellow" OMG screamed out loud 
I feel like i just won the lottery
Good luck guys/gals

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

This is wonderful. I think it is a little too easy, particularly when enrolled in stressful graduate programs, to allow that stress to manifest as pointed anxiety about benchmark decisions. But building up the meaning of these results doesn't serve us very well, as receiving an award or or not is distinct from any measure of self-worth. Thanks, iheartplants, for the reminder. Time to do some reframing :-) The worst that happens is that nothing changes, and disappointment will pass in time. Feeling better about the wait already!

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

PIs understand that the GRFP is an NSF venture that requires more than a little bit of luck. I'm sure your PI has applied to umpteen grants (probably lots from NSF) that he or she has not received. You should celebrate your awesomeness if you happen to get an honorable mention or an award, but if not, at least you got some experience with NSF out of the deal. Any reputable PI understands the grant writing x-factor (x="random"); The GRFP  is largely roulette.
 
...Hopefully this isn't too fluffy for you, but let's everyone take a minute of perspective and pat ourselves on the back, yeah?... We got into grad school. Be kind to yourselves and try not to obsess over what is out of your control. You and your science already have worth with or without the GRFP, and on top of it all, I'm sure you wrote a kickass proposal, otherwise you would not have submitted--no shame in that! Good luck to you!
 
[...gets off of soapbox and resumes twiddling thumbs while PCR runs...]

So I accepted the Hertz fellowship a little while back. This fellowship only includes a stipend and no tuition (though my offers from schools will cover tuition). Is it possible to accept NSF just for the tuition part along with Hertz (I want to save my adviser some money )?
 
Admittedly, I haven't looked much into the fellowship stuff. 

https://twitter.com/NSFGRFP/status/446755572411801601

Also, looks like it's probably going to be early April.

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

I made my choice, and I will be attending CU Boulder's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) program in the fall!! Couldn't be happier ! Yeeeeee!

Rejected from Cedars-Sinai post-interview, which is fine because as I said before I really didn't feel it was a good fit. Still stings a bit, though! I have decided I'll be attending OHSU in the fall. Now to send off emails!