carlsaganism
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20 minutes ago, engineerwoacause said:
How y’all feeling? Think we’re getting that maintenance notification today?
I don't feel it; likely next week maybe.
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16 minutes ago, grilledcheese1 said:
Will this be the latest release date in the past 17 years, as the application due date used to be later?
Possibly, but there hasn't been a combination of hurricanes and government shutdown in the past
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so if no maintenance by the end of Monday, then release will be more likely next week? (April 10th)
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I think your institution matters, but only to a lesser degree. i.e., it's not going to make or break you
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3 hours ago, harshingig said:
Some of the stuff in this thread is ridiculous for so many reasons. So much nearly blind guessing (with so many factors involved), hype and emotions. Going through the past several pages of this thread you would think we would have had the results 10 times over. It's like some care more about the money attached to this grant than they do the research. I seriously hope none of this carries over into your research careers and scientific method. I know you have all wasted my time sucking me into thinking it will be announced early. This reminds me of people who stress so much over their grades and they miss out on life, learning and independent thinking.
Once again a non sequitur.
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2 hours ago, harshingig said:
You people are going crazy. 2017 results have been available for at least 2-3 days so I'm not sure what you are talking about.
you are the crazy one for posting a non sequitur.
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10 minutes ago, mparrish429 said:
I believe there actually was, I think I recall the list being taken down during one of the Saturday night maintenances about two weeks ago.
I think that's true, but the argument is that the new system revamp may change this for upcoming releases. We will know for sure tomorrow morning.
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3 hours ago, TheonlyJman said:
I really hope that none of you that are posting on here get the grfp. You are pathetic. Go get a date or do something worthwhile. Seriously rethinking whether I want to spend the next 4-6 years of my life interacting with people like you.
if you look anything like your profile picture, then it must be hard for you to find a date. Is that also the photo for your SeniorMatch.com profile?
You are also about as smart as you look. You go to Utah School of Medicine? No wonder the salt =)
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42 minutes ago, siliconchins said:
Friday mornings come and gone, looks like another few days at least of waiting.
SAD!
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Is it possible that results are announced without the second alert?
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15 minutes ago, psychpride9 said:
If the maintenance message isn't up by 9pm today, I'm assuming it's next week or the week after. Ugh. Hope everyone is taking care of themselves!
You meant 9 pm tomorrow right?
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17 minutes ago, GoldenDog said:
If you look at my the post I made earlier, you can see that last year it decreased by like 30%, which seems pretty significant to me. But I would think it would be similar, maybe with 1-2k less this year because students previously grandfathered in are gone.
10 minutes ago, slavsquat said:I'm pretty sure it's been 2k every year (google grfp winners for 201x and you'll see they have posted about it officially on their website- 2015-2017 have been 2k winners) the $$ amounts have varied through the years because the budget changed and a few years ago there was a significant increase to the budget. however i feel that for this year the budget won't affect the amount of people accepted and the reward they had mentioned (but i suspect that the years to follow might be affected as a result of any budget changes)
sorry, I was very unclear. What I meant "by year" was senior ugrad vs 1st year grad vs 2nd year grad. Someone claimed that it is more difficult to get the fellowship as a 2nd year grad and I don't think that's accurate.
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7 hours ago, YouCantBcereus said:
I'm all but certain I won't get it (2nd year student, not from an underrepresented group, no pubs until after I submitted my application) but at this point I just want the results to come out so I can stop worrying about it. And I'm really interested in the feedback on my application.
I don't think the # of accepted applicants vary significantly with year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed pretty even to me based on the stats from last year.
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28 minutes ago, dankNugget420 said:
Made an account just to post this, the NSF website itself says results will be released early April. Make of this what you will, I can say I am not expecting results this Friday.
https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/important_dates
I would guess the 2nd.
That's what it said every year, and every year since 2009 the results were posted before April (end of March).
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33 minutes ago, Bayesian1701 said:
Not only is the weather bad, but the budget bill isn’t passed yet. CNN says it should go through but I am skeptical that certain people will cooperate. Maybe they will break from tradition due to the last minute delays. I have made my decision but I don’t want to fully commit (sign a lease, accept the offer) until I know I did or didn’t get NSF. I am waiting until April 3rd and then am going to commit anyway, but hopefully, we will know by then.
are you going to Duke or UT Austin?
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11 minutes ago, Aplomb.Élan said:
I think at best we can hope for it to be a Tuesday or a Friday and the early release last year was an anomaly rather than a new rule? Also we should ignore that reddit troll. They have made two separate accounts just to post fake release dates.
Yea, ignore the fake news
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10 hours ago, hurryskurry said:
I feel like you guys might be overthinking this
not really
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40 minutes ago, mircakes said:
At this point, I think it’s anyone’s guess when the results will come out. And I don’t think anyone hanging out on Reddit or GC has “inside knowledge,” or any information other than a guess based off of previous years. Other than it being a Tuesday or a Friday sometime before mid (or late?) April, who knows when it’ll come out.
I knew it wouldn’t be out this morning, but I was still disappointed when I woke up this morning to no email. I’m tired of waiting!! I just want to know. Sigh.
yes, I think people have figured that the "NSF insider" is likely a troll.
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6 minutes ago, keepsmiling:) said:
I am an undergrad that applied for the GRFP. So far I haven't been accpeted to grad school. If I receive a GRFP (which I highly doubt I will), do you think I could contact the schools I applied to and ask if my application can be reconsidered? Just looking for opinions! Thank you!
That's a possibility, but it highly depends on the program. If the POI is the main decision maker, then it is more likely.
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7 minutes ago, grilledcheese1 said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GradSchool/comments/85tkr6/waiting_on_the_nsf_grfp_announcement_makes_this/
I'm guessing they meant NSF just determined the winners.
sounds super fishy, why would the PI tell them that?
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5 minutes ago, grilledcheese1 said:
Saw a comment on Reddit saying their PI told them they just got the results and it would be another 2 weeks. Choosing not to believe what I hear this time and foolishly trying to convince myself that results will be up by Easter!
Source??
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To be honest, I wouldn't bet against Friday either. A few days of delay seems reasonable. A few weeks does not.
NSF GRFP 2017-18
in The Bank
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I didn't get into anything the first time around either. Don't give up. Did you apply to any backup schools? Perhaps try to apply to a wider range of schools the next time around?