trollsloot
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14 minutes ago, SFS said:
People who were awarded, did you get your official email yet?
Email at 11:22 PM EST from the "'division director" on March 30, 2020.
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6 minutes ago, Bernt said:
There have been many instances of schools rejecting applicants and then changing their mind after the applicant gets GRFP. A professor at my school was originally rejected from Stanford, but Stanford changed its mind and accepted her once she got GRFP. Schools care a LOT about money. Having your tuition & stipend (mostly/completely) paid makes you look very nice to them. It can't hurt to reach out to programs that rejected you letting them know you got GRFP and asking if that may have any impact on their previously made decision.
Does this work if you didn't apply to the school? I got discouraged by my program and advisers to not apply to schools...like Stanford and MIT. I can't believe I won the NSF, this year was really discouraging...
6 minutes ago, Michelin said:i would recommend emailing some (or all) of the schools that rejected you and let them know that you have external funding and thus reconsider acceptance. Hope you get into some!!
Thanks, who would you suggest emailing? Program director?
3 minutes ago, CeXra said:Contact the schools possibly and let them know about your funding offer... if they still pass on you, then I say that go into the school that accepted you... You never know, you may love it.. And its great you have this offer, since you can't defer NSF I hear...
Congratz!!!
Yeah, I definitely need to take advantage of it. Finding it hard to believe I won after all the crap I went through this year...and getting constant rejections from schools.
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I got the fellowship but was REJECTED from every school I applied to except one. Any advice on what to do?
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On 3/20/2020 at 1:03 PM, MarxistHegelian said:
Still, two months less to prepare for admissions! I'm hoping graduate programs will be real nice next cycle, and lower their expectations. There is a whole generation of seniors and postgraduates that will not be getting the same opportunities than previous cohorts.
This is a very important point for PREP. Unless you have a really cool PI, they will not be able to write a strong letter of recommendation. This is one of the biggest limitations of PREP imo. 3 months to impress a PI. Try to pick a good mentor (there are a lot of indicators) and get started in a lab asap. But don't rush, really make sure you pick a PI that's a good fit...
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Current PREP student, not going to disclose the university I'm at. I ended up having a really bad experience and actually had less interviews than before particapting in PREP. Yep. You can message me if you'd like to know more. I'm sure other PREPs don't have this problem. Lots of PREP students here end up staying at this institution probably because they couldn't get into other places...
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On 2/11/2020 at 5:00 PM, BMEPHD2020 said:
Does anyone happen to know the recruitment/interview event dates for Northwestern BME?
Sorry, but if you didn't get an interview invitation you're probably going to get rejected. Interviews are next week at NU. (Insider information from a friend who participates in the recruitment events).
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16 hours ago, Tigla said:
I have a quick question about housing. I found an apartment in Ypsilanti for August 1. I held the apartment and I'm waiting on the landlord to send me the rental contract, so I'm starting to get a bit nervous about not having a place come August. How easy is it to find housing in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti in July for an August move in date?
From asking graduate students my own experience (been looking and asking), not easy at all especially in Ann Arbor. You'll have to pretty much have to keep checking for openings and 99% of decent places have near 100% occupancy. There have been quite a few openings in Ypsilanti though.
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13 hours ago, FutureEdPHD said:
Yes I'm bringing my car because I figured that I would need it. I'm looking to be close-ish to USC but also open to other areas depending on how far. It looks like I'll have class Monday-Thursday and I'm also working on campus so I'll need to be near there most of the time.
USC has graduate housing, look into that. As for decent areas around USC look at Echo Park, West Adams, Silverlake, maybe Koreatown and Culver City. It also really depends on how much you can afford to pay a month/how long of a commute you can handle.
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16 hours ago, FutureEdPHD said:
Looking to move to Los Angeles in early August but have no clue where to look! Anybody have any suggestions? I'm totally fine with roommates and don't really have many requirements except that my bedroom door has a lock on it.
One main factor to consider: will you have a car?
LA is massive, are you looking at places near USC? If you live in say Venice, it will be a pretty long commute to USC, no matter what form of transportation you use. Where do you need to be close to?
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10 hours ago, Madistrong said:
I've heard back from both Tufts and Rochester, and I've got interviews with both this week. Still haven't heard anything from Michigan PREP, has anyone else?
They've already interviewed their candidates last week and are planning to send offers soon.
3 hours ago, Biolover01 said:Has anyone heard back from NIH-PREP at Yale, UPenn PREP, UChicago PREP, and/or UC Santa Cruz PREP?
UCSC is still in the review process.
Hope this helps.
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Does anyone have any tips for interviews? Should I review what I put in the essays or is it more expanding on it? What are they looking for when they ask the question "Is there anything you'd like the admissions committee to know?"
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Yes. I had the opportunity to ask how offers are sent out with the chair and admissions coordinator of a department at school known to be slow on decisions. As I've been told, the April 15th deadline is only for their strongest applicants. They implied that there is a filter in place because they reviewed 2500+ applications in a month and sent out initial waves already. Everyone else is on some waitlist. There are two waitlists, one for the department and faculty. The chair told me that a faculty member might have 2 spots open but 10 students they're interested in. Since students decline offers they start going down that list in order (usually after the deadline). As a result, applicants could receive offers by the end of May or even June.
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OP is bitter and downvoted all my posts. The fact that you took the time out to do that reflects on your own character. Congratulations, enjoying the reprisal?
Let me quote things that reek of entitlement:
On 3/20/2019 at 9:18 AM, Jrxw14 said:You’ve wasted your time commenting on a post that openly does not care for a person like you or your opinion. Congratulations.
Yeah sure, is that why you went and downvoted all my posts?
1On 3/19/2019 at 9:24 PM, Jrxw14 said:who have been wronged and watch others take what they don't deserve.
On 3/19/2019 at 9:24 PM, Jrxw14 said:What's worse is someone in my cohort received the fellowship that I wanted. I know for a fact that my work is at least as good as theirs if not better, so I'm struggling to reconcile the fact that some random academics deemed my project inadequate.
Graduate school and beyond is not without failures. It's best to not think too much about the feedback/decision you received and work towards improving yourself (application) for next time. Your bitterness won't help you.
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17 hours ago, loffire said:
Hi guys, I got invited for interview at UCI. I am an international student and will be flying about 26hours to reach cali. I plan to fly in 1 or 2 days earlier to get some rest and shake off as much jet lag as I possibly can. Any advice on where is a good place to stay maybe between LAX and UCI?
Don't stay in Los Angeles if you can (since you're just visiting Irvine). The traffic on the highway is insane. It'll take 1.5 hours to get to Irvine if you fly into LAX driving on the 405. Fly into John Wayne Airport (SNA) which is pretty much next to UCI. If you really want to stay in between. try Long Beach.
Shouldn't UCI find accommodations for you? If not, find an AirBnb (hotels in California are expensive).
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On 12/15/2018 at 9:46 AM, Victorious Secret said:
In my experience, it has been required for several programs, like Stanford and MIT. Not sure about all of them.
Same here. I think they mean biomedical/biological sciences. If you check this website https://grenotrequired.com/stem/ you'll see that many engineering programs still require the GRE.
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15 hours ago, anthrobserver said:
Which UC schools are the most accessible without a car? I'm specifically thinking of applying to UCLA and UC-Irvine this coming year, but wanted to get a sense of how realistic it would be for me to live there without having a car...
Depends on what you want to do in Irvine/OC. IIRC, there aren't any trains like LA. Buses are crappy in Irvine. Wanna go to Newport Beach from UCI? Takes the same time to get there if you rode a bike.
UCLA and the surrounding areas (West LA, Santa Monica, Hollywood) are pretty accessible without a car though. Still a slog to get anywhere though (hope you're aware of the traffic down there). You'll be taking a bus and then transferring to the Metro Orange Line usually.
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NSF GRFP 2019-2020
in The Bank
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Awarded VG/G VG/VG E/E. Super detailed comments, although some of the comments were directly copied from my statement haha.