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  1. Really great responses! I think the helped put everything in perspective for me. Thanks again for so much help!
  2. Turns out that I actually have until Friday ( they messed up the deadline date ) so I'm still trying to decide haha
  3. This was so helpful, thanks a ton! I guess my main indecision came from the fact that I thought the fellowship you accept is closely attached to your name similar to how your school's name and adviser are (e.g. student X is one of professor Y's student at ____ university). It seems that this isn't the case from what you said so that is good to know. Maybe there is a way I can turn some of the tuition savings into an increase in my stipend so it's a win-win situation for me and the department Again thanks a lot!
  4. Thank you, this was super helpful! So you would say nothing changes between it being listed on my resume but declining it vs. me accepting the award in terms of recognition? You are right about the greater savings. Like you said, i don't think it's a huge issue since apparently most of the faculty are well funded and they are just happy that I am coming with some sort of funding period! But do you think the extra savings outweighs the 5-year flexibility of the NSF?
  5. Thank you, this was really well put! Do you think I would lose any recognition of the NSF by it only being listed on my CV as opposed to accepting it as well? And do you think the flexibility outweighs the higher tuition savings of the NDSEG? (see the below comment)
  6. Actually, I have conflicting info now. The email says April 26th but their website says May 4th. Not sure now
  7. Good point! My field is chemical engineering And Monday at midnight!
  8. Hi everyone, I was fortunate enough to be awarded both awards. I'm not sure which to choose, however, as the two fellowships seem to be equal on several grounds. For example, each award has the same stipend amount over 3 years. I'll list some of the arguments I've heard for each one so far. Please let me know if you think of anything I have not considered or why you would recommend choosing one or the other! NSF More flexible in terms of what years the funding can be applied (i.e. the 3 years need not be back-to-back). NDSEG must be applied in the first 3 years. Not as significant as it seems, however, since apparently almost all students at my school use either fellowship in their first 3 years anyway. More "prestigious" in that it is more widely known - a professor pointed this out Has several nice ancillary programs (GRIP and GROW), but it doesn't seem like these programs are widely used after talking to current NSF fellows. NDSEG Pays for full tuition whereas GRFP pays $12k/yr. Significant since the school I will be attending is private and has high tuition, but really doesn't affect me (I've verified this with the grad coordinator for the school I'll be attending) since this would have been paid for in part by the school, department, and faculty adviser. So this would help out my department but not affect my stipend amount and not really affect me in terms of adviser selection. More "prestigious" in that it's more selective (200 awardees in STEM vs 2000 for NSF). The picture is not that simple, however, since not everyone applies for the NDSEG and some fields are in my opinion more difficult to be supported by this award (e.g. I think biological research is more amenable to the goals of NSF than DoD). Program coordinator pointed out that because this award pays tuition unconditionally, I would run into no issues if I happened to go over the 10-unit / quarter limit by taking extra classes (apparently surpassing this limit raises your tuition). Not sure if this would come up though since I would be focusing on research and not taking a lot of classes anyhow. A final note is that several professors have pointed out that I can list receiving both rewards on my CV (I'll list one as having declined the offer). So this alleviates some of the worry over which is "more prestigious." Thank you for helping me!
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