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mathguy, did you get asked to change your password on fastlane at all? Thanks. And you need to stick around! Since you're amnog the few whose fastlane log in page might actually change.

too funny

Yea, its unfortunate. Especially when you find out the good looking and smart guys/gals at your own school are taken.

I'll say this, the H-bomb (harvard name dropping effect) and Stanford to an extent, can cause some dumb girls to swoon. Not that Ive taken advantage of this or anything.

lol.......seriously? Yes. Most definitely. If you were in Caltech's bio department maybe.

A lot of things matter and will shape the researcher you become. The school you go to, the research you do, the advisor you have, and the fundings you have. Whether you disagree now or not, you wont know till later. There are certain opportunities only available to NSF GRFP winners. Starting a connection with NSF now can only help.

Yea, what school is this? A lot of schools (Stanford, Cornell, MIT, and I believe Berkeley will just supplement your stipend to the max fellowship amount (usually 32k)). Not some ridiculous 50k amount.

My professor (pretty renowned) was on the NSF GRFP committee and has reviewed NSF grants in the past, so obviously I'm more inclinded to believe his advice over yours. Additionally, your NDSEG essay should have discussed interests implying research that one of the defense agencies was willing to fund. Others will directly discuss the research that will be conducted. The agency which funded you is clearly indicated in the letter. In that regard, your project has to have some defense related interests. As for the NSF, I am well aware of intellectual merit and broader impacts as the criterion. But the project has to be one that the NSF is interested in. Hence why some people might get disqualified. After accepting the NSF GRFP, you are required to submit periodic updates and reports to NSF. This ensures that you are still working on a project of interest to them, even if it does diverge from your intiial proposal.

You can still put on your CV: NSF Fellowship (declined) but it doesn't help when you apply for NSF grants later down the line.

I was talking to my prof today, and there is one very subtle advantage to accepting the NSF over the NDSEG. (something that should only happen during your final 3 years, in which case you cannot defer the NSF and accept the NDSEG). later on, should you become a faculty member, a NSF GRF will stand out more when you apply to NSF for NSF career awards and NSF grants. This is due to the fact that NSF GRF funding is indicative of researching a project that the NSF was interested in, while NDSEG is indicative of conducting research on a project a defense agency was interested in. Ofcourse, I would still accept a NDSEG due to the greater funding.

hm.....maybe i'm going delusional

This doesn't bode well. it seems like they are uploading the rating sheets. No change in my fastlane log in page though. Everything else is working. I have a feeling that applicants whose fastlane log in pages don't change definitely didn't get it...sigh..=(.

I remember my undergrad college got lists of undergrads/graduates who had applied,not the entire list. based on his response, he might not have gotten it (atleast I would have been more ecstatic. Go out and have fun in that case..=), you got into some great schools anyways).

I don't get it. What does getting NSF have anything to do with the NDSEG? You can hold both and can just defer the NSF for the remaining 2 years. If you are in your 2-3 final years, the NDSEG is a no brainer.

it doesn't matter. Those are html comments. They don't change depending on who loads the page.

I'm at stanford and can tell you firsthand, some of the people here are dumb as shit. Society has an inflated sense of how impressive the people are here. I, along with most people here are not geniuses. I just worked hard in undergrad, but that doesn't necessarily make me smart or anything. You can definitely succeed if you have a strong work ethic. Make sure to find a good advisor.

The ratings don't mean much. I don't get why applicants are so fixated on them. All excellents may not translate to a fellowship. Its dependent on the numerical score (from 1-50) each panelist gives you. A very good from a strict panelist might yield a much higher score than an excellent rating from another more lax panelist. Unfortunately, this internal number is not included in the rating sheet. You really only have comments to rely on (which is not much usually).

thanks a lot! Hm......means we all could be wasting 2 weeks since we could have checked this morning..=). All the best and congrats!

Some people have claimed to have gotten it already, based on posted results. It is possible. Like the previous poster said, 90% of us will not get it (possibly more).

What we really need to do is to get someone who has gotten it this year on here. And see if their log in page has changed, with a letter or accept/decline option posted.

I predict that one of us will log in one of these days and see status changed to "accepted" under applicant data. Before any email notification or site hack. Mass insomnia and hysteria will likely ensue as the NSF will likely send acceptances/rejections in rounds based on discipline.

thats a lot of ifs. wait until you cross that bridge.

Yes, we've blown last year out of the water in terms of completely useless and inane posts.

who knows. this is how it has worked in the past when there was a website glitch.

LOL........this sucks. It's always said applicants and fellows..hahaha..=).