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Kaede reacted to SarahBethSortino in Summer before Graduate School
I would also say that I would strongly advise against wasting the summer traveling, hanging out with friends, or just hanging out. Unless you need to work full time up until the point you start, which is totally valid, you should not waste the opportunity to get as prepared for the semester as you possibly can. When I did my Masters, I tried to know exactly what was going to be expected of me. I spent the entire summer reading through all the materials for the classes I would be taking. It made the first semester much easier than it would have been had I not done so, because when time was tight and I had deadlines in one class that took a priority over another, I could refer to the notes from my readings. This is likely the last time for several years you will have to get ahead, because you will probably feel like you are perpetually behind for the rest of your graduate school career.
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Kaede reacted to CozyEnzymes in Summer before Graduate School
This is a good answer. I have too many RPGs/MMOs that I'm looking forward to FINALLY being able to sink a little time into. Hurray for one last summer of complete freedom!
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Kaede got a reaction from SysEvo in Summer before Graduate School
Honestly... playing lots of video games.
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Kaede got a reaction from JSnow in Ford Foundation Predoctoral fellowship 2017
Just heard back!!! GOT THE FORD!!!
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Kaede reacted to bioinformaticsGirl in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
This is a good summary of the review process: https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/presentations/lh/MRev_DOE_EERE1_26_10.pdf
There are 5 different ratings you can get, which correspond to E/VG/G/F/P:
Excellent Outstanding proposal in all respects; deserves highest priority for support
Very Good High quality proposal in nearly all respects; should be supported if at all possible
Good A quality proposal, worthy of support
Fair Proposal lacking in one or more critical aspects; key issues need to be addressed
Poor Proposal has serious deficiencies
Other people on the forum said that you are actually given a raw score which is converted to the 5 categories listed above. Even if you get all E's, if you are on the lower end of the E category, your total "point" score can be less than someone who doesn't have all E's. I haven't seen anything to verify this, so it may or may not be true!
However, according to their website, the reviews only make up part of the decision. The Program Officers have the final decsision and consider other "external factors" such as
different approaches to significant research and education questions potential (with perhaps high risk) for transformational advances in a field capacity building in a new and promising research area achievement of special program objectives The Program Officers are recommended by NSF to support riskier proposals, and particularly noes that are different in some aspect to what has/is currently being funded.
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Kaede got a reaction from msmathelicious in Ford Foundation Predoctoral fellowship 2017
Just heard back!!! GOT THE FORD!!!
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Kaede got a reaction from NoirFemme in Ford Foundation Predoctoral fellowship 2017
Just heard back!!! GOT THE FORD!!!
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Kaede reacted to neuroslice in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
I got the fellowship! Incredibly excited I ended up logging into the website once it was back online - still not sure why I never got an email, but it all worked out in the end
E/E E/VG E/E
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Kaede got a reaction from spectastic in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
They look at intellectual merit and broader impacts separately, and each reviewer gives a grade for both IM and BI. I am an undergraduate so they did not ask me for my GRE - not sure if they require it for other applicants.
Based on the comments I got, it looks like IM consists of your proposal, your GPA, awards, etc. All of them commented on GPA/awards/fellowships first and then on the proposal, though I'm not sure if this is indicative of importance. Letters of recommendation seemed to be important for both categories - all of my reviewers commented about my LORs for both categories, albeit with different focuses (potential to be a scientist vs. backing up what I said in my BI).
I can't say for sure if there is an overall importance, though I imagine your proposal/broader impacts statement and letter of recommendation are the most important part of your application. If you have weaknesses in other areas though, I doubt it will have a trivial impact.
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Kaede reacted to PB&Banana in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
Did anyone else have four reviewers on theirs? I was awarded an honorable mention with: VG/VG VG/VG G/G VG/E.
They really liked my personal statement and research proposal except for the third reviewer who seemed to have a background in my research topic and was very nitpicky about it. They gave me a lot of good feedback for what to improve next year since I'm a senior now (mostly that I would benefit from having a publication and continuing my outreach in graduate school). They also gave a lot of nice comments about my ability to be a strong candidate for graduate school and a leader in STEM so that was really nice!!
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Kaede reacted to shikkui in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
I think they were just trying to tell you that the applicant pool was competitive and nothing personal.
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Kaede got a reaction from jeanetics17 in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
I don't think NSF wants to hear about the impacts your science will have but rather the impact you will have as a scientist. I wrote about going into communities and leading health sessions in high schools based on my findings and thereby encourage more women of color to start STEM research (and even then one of my reviewers said it was a weak BI compared to my previous BIs).
Interesting - my third reviewer is the only one that mentioned whether or not I was a good candidate for the fellowship.
VG/VG, E/VG, E/E - Life Sciences, Physiology
Congrats!! Another BBS-er with an NSF!
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Kaede got a reaction from jeanetics17 in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
Wom NSF Interestingly enough, my best grades came from my harshest reviewer.
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Kaede got a reaction from jmillar in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
Wom NSF Interestingly enough, my best grades came from my harshest reviewer.
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Kaede got a reaction from MCF10A in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
Wom NSF Interestingly enough, my best grades came from my harshest reviewer.
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Kaede got a reaction from busybee in NSF GRFP 2016-2017
OH MY GOD GOT IT!! Still in undergrad VG/VG, VG/E, E/E!!
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Kaede got a reaction from Cervello in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
Wom NSF Interestingly enough, my best grades came from my harshest reviewer.
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Kaede reacted to jeanetics17 in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
I'll be there as well.
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Kaede reacted to Nomad1111 in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
I think it's anyone in GSAS, since it seems to be a GSAS-hosted event?
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Kaede reacted to BigThomason51 in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
Happy to say I just accepted an offer of admission from one of my top choices and a top 20 school in my field. For all of those with low-GPAs, there is hope! Find a masters that will accept you... do extremely well and the door will open for Ph.D programs!
EDIT: Also, thank you to this community for the great advice and support along the way!
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Kaede got a reaction from ImmunoB in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
A potential PI just emailed me congratulating me on getting admitted into Stanford Bio, but I haven't actually heard back yet!
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Kaede got a reaction from MCF10A in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
A potential PI just emailed me congratulating me on getting admitted into Stanford Bio, but I haven't actually heard back yet!
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Kaede got a reaction from bioinformaticsGirl in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
A potential PI just emailed me congratulating me on getting admitted into Stanford Bio, but I haven't actually heard back yet!
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Kaede got a reaction from SysEvo in 2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
A potential PI just emailed me congratulating me on getting admitted into Stanford Bio, but I haven't actually heard back yet!