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Hi! I'm going to Cornell in the fall as well (for Astronomy), and I'm actively looking for housing. Are there any ladies on here (from any field of study) looking for a roommate (or 2 or 3)? I haven't been having much luck with craigslist, and if there are other women on here looking for a place to live, I'd be glad to find a place with you! PM me if you're interested.

Nah, I'm in my second year of grad school, and I've spent the last semester re-evaluating if this is really what I want to do. It's pretty easy to do when you're in astronomy, because it's not like my work has any real application. And because of a bad relationship with my (now former) research advisor, I was put into a position where I had to teach two classes, take 3 classes, do research, and study for my candidacy this semester. Oh, and I'm dating somebody who lives 3 hours away. You could say I'm frustrated and wondering if all of the sacrifice is really worth it to get a PhD. I never applied to fellowships before this year, because I was sure I had no chance...I'm an above average but not stellar student/researcher and not particularly competitive I suppose. And this time, it seems that one of my reviewers (see bad relationship with former advisor above) wrote me a bad letter (according to one of my NSF reviewers), so I'm not actually all that heartbroken over it knowing that. Honestly, the only reason I applied is because I am trying to transfer (because of the two-body problem and because of wanting to do research with somebody not at my university), and I thought a fellowship would give me a bargaining chip if I got waitlisted. So, now I'm still waitlisted, just without a bargaining chip haha...I knew it was going to be tough, so this wasn't unexpected. That was more of a rant than I meant it to be. You could say I needed to vent...at the interwebs haha

I got my rejection email this morning, too. 0 for 4 woooo (NSF, NDSEG, DOE CSGF, DOE SCGF) At least I know it wasn't for lack of trying lol... I might not even continue with my PhD program, anyway, so whatev haha

Add me to the rejected list haha

Same. I'm just going to assume I didn't get it and stop thinking about it.

So, I got the number from here: http://science.doe.gov/Contact/index.htm (202) 586-5430 I said I had a question about the graduate fellowship and was transferred to the right person. However, I think she's probably getting a lot of phone calls, because I was redirected to her voicemail.

I didn't get one. I feel so worthless.

Oh, sorry, I mean that she told me that *all* notifications (accept and reject) were sent on Friday, via email and snail mail. She also said that a few people had called and said they never got the email (possibly due to a spam filter), but that there is a hardcopy on the way. She was really nice on the phone, and sounded like she felt bad telling me I was rejected over the phone. Also, I put my departmental email on the application, but my departmental email is forwarded to gmail. It has happened before that I have gotten email lost along the way, so I suspect that is where my email got lost.

Okay, update. I called the Krell Institute. The DOE CSGF notifications were sent out last Friday; I just never got the email. I didn't get one...sadface.

So...not sure if I'm reading into this, but when I go to the Krell Institute's website (for the DOE CSGF), you can even log in to look at your application anymore. So, I guess this means they've made their decisions, and we'll hear soon?