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Well, the information should prove useful to anyone else who might actually get one and doesn't want to fulfill the end of the Boy Who Cried Wolf parable (; I was afraid that Monday was a federal holiday (Patriot's Day), but I guess it's only a holiday for us. Phew.

"Print Screen | SysRq" key on your keyboard. Ctrl-V into Paint. Save. Imageshack.com. Post link. Done. EDIT: If you're on a Mac, it's even easier. I forget the key shortcut though. Saves a screencap to your desktop.

...A screenshot of one of these letters (with the necessary info blurred) might help convince us... though anything can be Photoshopped.

We had at least 180 people in here at one point (~6.2% of candidates), and as of now, we've heard of only 4 emails being sent out (kala tim, fluffy, and joe and his friend, 3 acceptances, one rejection). Assuming a fairly equal distribution between the offices of acceptances (7%/4 = 1.75% of applicants), that's 1.6% of the people who come to this forum that have been accepted, which would be on par with a single office having sent out decisions, but nowhere near the number of rejections we would expect to see, knowing that at least one has been sent out. I don't think we're ALL deferred, either. I wanted to go with the discipline theory, but we have some people in the cognitive field who don't know yet either (though of course that could be deferrals also, but they have a history of releasing deferrals at the same time as other notifications). I am also holding wide open the possibility that we're being trolled (;

True - they could have sent out some "test cases" to ensure that it was all being handled correctly.

There is always the chance that whatever automated system is sending out the emails hasn't processed that you have won it until it actually gets to your name and sends the email, so I would take this with a grain of salt, unless someone who has yet to receive a letter is able to log in.

Shoot, there goes that theory. What fields were our other two notify-ees in?

Wow, assuming 200 awards, that's a <7% acceptance rate. EDIT: I wonder if they're sending them out in batches by research category. Joe, were you and your friend in the same field?

Haha, I feel you - don't quite want to believe it or I won't get ANYTHING done until I hear (second day in a row) Anyone want to C&P their letter for further proof?

Congratulations ! And that gives the rest of us who have yet to receive any word some hope, though condolences to your friend ):

Thanks! Was that an acceptance or not? (Sorry to pry - curious if they're doing one set before the others or mixing it)

Ah ah yes, I heard from B, I think it was, that you were admitted! Congratulations I only know of you, B, and a waitlistee who was applying to do PhD. Trying to think if I know of any more for sure.

If that's the case, what time were y'all notified, and congrats!

I'm not 100% convinced something has to be sent out during working hours, since a computer's got to be the one sending out notifications - it could be an entirely automated process of Get List -> Sort By Decision -> Create Emails -> Send Emails. So...I'm not giving up on today until it's midnight, haha.

134! Man, I'm on my DROID and every time the little Exchange email icon comes up in the taskbar I have a mini heart attack, especially since it doesn't show a preview of the message when you pull the tray down ><

If they drag it out much longer, it will overlap lab happy hour... 117 people?!

I have a meeting at 1. They all already know I'm going to be distracted xD

This is proving to be a great way to procrastinate on another proposal I'm writing xD

...I might put off going to get more coffee for a little while longer :0 Did you?

Shall we take predictions? I guess we'll hear at 3:12PM EST. EDIT: 73 people watching!

While I agree with this in the spirit of spreading the wealth (putting aside my own situation), I am glad that they judge applications based on their own merit as opposed to gerryrigging it such that they award to two separate pools. That of course assumes that awards are made based purely on merit, which is up for debate (but one could argue that if the majority of the applications are appropriately meritous, then there has to be differentiation based on reviewer bias, etc etc), but they are two very similar fellowships albeit the NSF with a larger pool of candidate disciplines, so I would expect a fair amount of overlap if people tend to apply to both. The new rule that you can't take both would seem to fulfill your hope - if someone wins both, one of them will end up going to someone who didn't such that it all shakes out in the end.

Your optimism is most assuredly contagious (;

Unf. Here's hoping it comes before 2PM. I'd like to be able to discuss my funding situation with my advisor this afternoon with all the facts.

I guess the other question then is whether or not acceptances or rejections get sent first? Or no differentiation.

Do we know whether they send them out at the same general time or whether it takes place over the course of the day?