Advisor: Did you get the fellowship?
Me: No but I found a support group and we're gonna have our own conference.
Advisor: I'm not paying for that, but go have fun.
That would make a lot of sense to me, but from all of the responses here its a total crap shoot. I hope someone from SysPlus comes across this forum and considers getting rid of the date functionality and sets a clear set of dates for decisions.
Had to finally stop lurking and join in on the collective panic. 12/6 Bioscience ARO applicant here. Someone just put me out of my misery already.
But high key so proud to be ~December Gang~