ray92

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Anybody else receive the email today? 

Anybody else receive the email today? 

Just checked egem, the portal states I am a GEM Fellow!!!!

I also Finally got an email saying GEM signed my contract!
My status also changed to a GEM Fellow. 
Took long enough but it's better late than never. 
 
 

Just saw the email. GEM Fellow also!

Just checked egem, the portal states I am a GEM Fellow!!!!

@IceCream & MatSci  I did receive that

@IceCream & MatSci Same here. Hopefully its useful!!!

@ray92I haven't received anything official...and I'm starting my internship this week lol

@IceCream & MatSci @cjmags  I have not heard anything either but I start mine this week!

@IceCream & MatSci Also you can still receive the fellowship without a picture lol

@thejellybean I would contact the GEM representative of the university. They should have more information about this, you can find the reps on GEMs website. If you are worried about the deadline of April 15th you can always ask the schools for extensions for decisions. The school that I applied to on eGEM still states Applied even though I talked to them and stated they want me as a GEM Fellow, so I would take the eGEM with a grain of salt since it is based on how responsive the rep is.
 
Best of luck

So I have been accepted to a program and they did mention GEM in the letter, so then my question is if a school accepts without funding then are they offering you a GEM Fellowship? Since the school has an obligation to fund you?

@TITX@WaliaIbex That is great news to hear!!!! I hope that you get the associate fellowship!

Just received an email notifying me of my eligibility for an Associate Fellowship! Anyone else get any updates today?

@TITX I assume you get accepted due to the fact that they do not want to waste time and money to fly you out there lol

@Letsgethisbread Congrats!!

@sirTintin Nice, me too. It will be nice once this is all over lol

So for schools statuses, I've noticed the following in my case. Listed in order of occurrence:
Did Not Apply, Pending Verification, Applied, Accepted, Willing to Admit as GEM Fellow.
So currently for one of my schools it says Willing to Admit as GEM Fellow. This school started out with Did Not Apply last year, then changed to Pending Verification, then changed to Applied, then changed to Accepted and finally now it says Willing to Admit as GEM Fellow. And yes, I've already received an official admission letter from them. Hoping this helps someone!
 

Does anyone know if the funding given through the university is independent of GEM?

@jpp5108 I have not heard back from anyone! Which might be good only because no reject emails yet lol

ah okay @LetsGetThisBread that makes sense, I have not I only been to one I did not know they held them  every friday

Usually if you have a GEM profile, you will hear from GEM member universities. Even if you decide to go to a university you have not applied to yet, they have to be a GEM member university for you to have the fellowship. I suggest you try some GEM universities that have later deadlines. Some are still accepting, especially Columbia University MS programs.

Thanks! I've only really heard from one regarding GEM (Minnesota), the rest are GEM members but I haven't heard anything about the fellowship from them. On the GEM website it says "at least one university has accepted you and agreed to sponsor you" but I'm not sure which one(s).