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    NSF GRFP 2021-2022

    in The Bank

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    2 hours ago, gneissrock said:

    This page is starting to get pretty pitiful. We're all scientists here and as anxious as we all probably are for results to come out, it's time to start thinking realistically. Everyone read the solicitation that said results would come out in early April- regardless of what the banner on the website said, this was our expectation from Day 1. Looking at the spreadsheets that people have posted here, results have come out on a Tuesday 9 out of the past 13 years. It would sure be nice for them to come out today, but it seems like a waste of time to spend a whole day worrying about results coming out when it's not even certain they will.

    Sooo why are you here then?

    NSF GRFP 2021-2022

    in The Bank

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, Ksoto1 said:

    Is anyone else surrounded by debbie downers constantly telling them not to expect to recieve an award? That's like all I ever hear. I mean I understand managing my expectations, it is like a 15% acceptance rate but still, everyone is so negative. 

    I’m in the opposite situation. I keep telling everyone around me that I’m not going to get it, and everyone keeps telling me I should be more optimistic. It’s actually really frustrating because I don’t think anyone actually believes it, I think they’re just trying to be polite.

    2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

    in Biology

    Posted · Edited by Fruit Flies

    27 minutes ago, MyelinatedSheath said:

    Did brown-NIH interviews go out from the program, or POI? definitely a top choice of mine, haven’t heard anything 

    I got one this morning.

    Edit: Sorry, I didn't read it properly. From the program. But I had been in contact with the program coordinator, so a POI is CC'd.

    2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

    in Biology

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    3 hours ago, Mimititi said:

    I always wonder why the programs wait to send rejections? I guess they’re gauging the response from their top picks (who likely are the top picks of others). 

    Top applicants sometimes reject interviews. I know a young professor who got in to Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and Berkeley who rejected interviews from other programs. So maybe they are waiting to see if they have more spots before sending rejections?

    2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

    in Biology

    Posted · Edited by angel lie

    1 hour ago, Mimititi said:

     

    Thank you both! Good to know! I did not receive a rejection nor an invitation...does this mean a rejection is imminent?

    Does anyone know about Colorado-Boulder (Behavioral Neuro), by the way? 

    For Dartmouth PBS it seems like they stopped releasing interviews. I will tell you what I know for further advice because I see that you're interested in Behavioral Neuro. I met the Dartmouth PEMM committee and they warned me that the PBS program is actually very limited. A lot of the professors that show up under PBS on the website are not actually in PBS, they're in PEMM.  If I hadn't talked to them, I wouldn't have known and I would have made the mistake of applying to PBS based on the website. It's possible that your research interests were not actually aligned with PBS but rather with PEMM, which has a Neuroscience subdivision, although I don't know what your research is. I don't know if you or anyone else is planning on applying next round, but that's something to think about.

    2020 Neuroscience PhD Applicants and Admission Results

    in Biology

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    18 minutes ago, mmalam294 said:

    Did the email come from a POI or a generic email from the administrative assistant? I was in touch with one of the members of the admissions committee, and I thought I would hear back positively. Haven't heard anything :(

    It was a personalized email that came from a POI that I had reached out to and Skyped with.

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