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@jwiz Well, during my undergraduate, I was actually required to take a English class for research and scientific writing where one of the assignments was to write a fake grant with two other people. That was the only experience I have so far of doing such a thing, though. While researching graduate programs, I noticed that some schools have training programs and some of those programs have classes where you can take a grant writing class. Otherwise, I suspect your research advisor will be the one to help you, but there will be a lot of learning along the way. It is all very dependent on the university and its department, in my opinion. I would do a lot of research on the universities you are applying to and maybe even contact graduate students to see what is done there in terms of learning grant writing.

Wow, such a wonderful message to read, thank you so much for your feedback and kind words. These weeks have been a bit overwhelming, so it's reassuring to hear your thoughts. Best of luck!

Submitted my first application today, sent all of the requests to my recommended, and have written about half of my SOPs... this sounds overly emotional, but it's really starting to hit me now. I'm not feeling very confident yet I still have some weird sort of faith.

@K3nny I honestly don't think they will remember the LOR from your friend. Remember that the admission committee has to read a lot of materials -- LORs, application materials, transcripts, essays, etc. -- for A LOT of students each year. So I don't think you have to worry, especially since your professor doesn't seem to be worried about it. I hope this helps ease your mind some.

I'm starting to meet people in the Anthropology department, I might be teaching half of the new cohort how to play dnd, and I'm going to visit old friends next weekend~
Also research stuff is slowly moving forward. Which is both exciting and terrifying.

I submitted the final version of my Vanier application. Results: March 31, 2019.
Wow. 

I was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Two people (I'm assuming in my cohort) nominated me for two ecology grad student association positions (one of them being president). I'm both flattered and horrified and unsure if I should accept the nominations.

I hope meeting with my advisor will clarify things for me next week because I feel lost and I don't know if I can finish my article/thesis for February. 

I feel like most professors are used to this type of thing. It is common for people to apply to 5-10 programs along with a few scholarships and fellowships. I am applying to nine schools and two fellowships, each with their own separate portals for my letter writers to submit to. When I asked them if they could be my LOR writer, I gave them a list of everything I was applying to as well as any instructions on how they will submit their letters. All three them of them were fine with it. I think if you are upfront with them about how many letters they need, then they should be accepting and understanding. If you just ask if they can be a LOR writer without telling them specifics, it might throw them off when they get all these emails from various programs you are applying to.
I hope this helps! Good luck with your applications!

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All of my letter writers submitted on time for the NSF GRFP. One submitted right on the deadline and I thought I was going to die, but at least she got it done.

Working on my SOP !

Urrrghh I hate when that happens. A lot of profs are last minute

I'm going to a conference in Baltimore in two weeks!! On a topic I might actually focus on when I start my PhD program!
I got this. I can do it. 
You guys got what you guys are doing too! 

I had the first day of my new internship at the graduate division of my university, working on graduate student professional development! Very excited ?

I just got the invitation to the wedding of my favorite cousin, who I haven't seen in a couple years. And it's over winter break, so I won't be stressed out!

Finished transcribing a 2nd interview today. 4 more to transcribe and 3 more to conduct. I can do this!

Was wearing my trenchcoat and a nice color scheme and felt fashionable AF

I was forwarded to the national competition for the Vanier scholarship! 

I finished a draft of my second personal statement.

@antioxidant17 I would send GRE scores and transcripts as soon as possible. The earlier you get it done, the better so you don't have to worry about it anymore and just focus on the rest of application. Also, I just realized that this is for sociology, which I am not in, but I suspect things aren't too different between sociology and engineering in terms of applying.

@p287 I am not an expert on this, but I think it would be good if one your recommendations was from your undergraduate and the other from your graduate school experience so that the admission committee can get an all-encompassing view on your education. I think the undergraduate advisor would be good, if even they aren't faculty, because they can speak about your alumni activities, they have known you for some time, and they could explain how good your online program is in comparison to on-campus programs.
Additionally, I think your third recommender should be your grad school professor. It seems grad schools like having professors as recommenders and it seems like even though you haven't known her for long time, she knows your academic work. However, the graduate school supervisor would be good too since they can speak about your experiences as a researcher.
You want to choose people that can talk about different parts of you on a personal and academic level so the admission committee can see how dynamic you are.
I hope that helps, and good luck!

My biggest piece of advice would be to take on less than what you think you can handle. It looks much worse to step down from a commitment than to not take it on in the first place. Unfortunately I've had to do just that, which is also another source of anxiety in itself.