Pink Fuzzy Bunny

Hearing all you geologists talking about moving your personal rock collections makes me glad I don't have to worry about that! Just my, uh... scale replicas of three different medieval siege weapons, my giant stuffed animals, and my endless collection of nerd posters. Sorry mom!

Irvine?! NICE!!!

So, I'm getting interviewed for being the first from my school to win the GRFP. Which would be great, if there weren't a color photo being taken. Which would be great, if my hair weren't just dyed a crazy color. Which would be great, if my parents weren't going to kill me if they find out. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS

You'll be the talk of the town with your (I assume) English accent... here in the US we swoon over them!

The lack of caps lock in your post means that you are handling that much well than I would've. I would've been FUMING!

I also have subsidized (Stafford) and unsubsidized (private). I guess the private vs. government is what makes the difference... I think?

I am going to defer it for one year because Cornell offered me a first-year fellowship.

What? That's not the case for me. I just called them to defer my payments and interest accrual and had no issues.

Yeah WTF? That's pretty BS.

Also... real talk though. One of my friends is really trying to get into grad school... he applied to 16 places and got rejected from all but one, where he was put on a waitlist. It looks like he isn't going to get in there. He's so much more passionate than I am and I know that grad school is his one dream... anyone have any clues for what I can say to make the road a little less rough for him? He's older (mid 30's) and so I know his timeline is constantly on his mind. I just don't know what to say... it's gone from "hang in there" to "maybe look for backup plans". Help?

Can you not defer them? For most (I thought all) student loans, you can defer making payments and the accrual of interest until you graduate grad school.

HA! I WIN!

Can't hurt to tell them, I guess? I was really looking forward to telling my professors that I got the GRFP today, but apparently someone at the university got notified and spilled the beans all over the department before I even got to school. FU!!

On an unrelated note, my bank (who my student loans are through) just changed their website so it shows your net balance (including loans!) as soon as you log in. Pink Fuzzy Bunny's balance: -$39,285 Well that's depressing!!

Congratulations!!!

Of all the ones I read, that was the one that made me burst out laughing in the middle of class.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yeah, I didn't have any "broader impacts" in my research proposal... I barely gave a motivation for the research itself. For my broader impacts reviews, they looked only at my personal statement and commented about things like my community service (which there isn't that much of). So I guess the proposal isn't taken as seriously as I was afraid it was.

Aw... whoops! I don't understand why you even have to put one when applying as an undergrad.

I feel bad because I might be more excited to move into my new apartment than I am to start research

Yes I'll be rooting for you again next year, Neist!

I got really lucky with my reviewers, that's for sure. None of them said a single thing about my research proposal (which was a total trainwreck). So I got 3 E/E's.

The site always goes down for maintenance around 11PM EST the night before results are posted. It's 11PM EST and the site just went down (and the maintenance notification came out earlier today, or yesterday). ANd it's always on a Tuesday or Friday.