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I'd like to believe the dates are just a fluke and we've all been considered equally throughout this timeline, buuuuuut this recent update to some people's accounts (and how few have the new update) really lends itself to speculating that folks with 4/13 updates are the winners and folks with 4/7 updates are alternate awardees. If that's the case, congrats! Either way, I'm looking forward to finally being put out of my misery and having the results of this as the last piece of the puzzle. ~December Gang~

Welcome! Add it to the data set: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HHwP8Zyh8W24HRUh5WnObRExb24JhN5ZLTa7p5Q8CkI/edit?usp=sharing

I gotta say it looks like pretty fair mix. If the dates end up meaning something (I.e. ~December Gang~ got cut early) I think it's comforting knowing that there were strong applicants throughout and it doesn't mean your application was bad, just that it is a competitive process and there's lots of awesome scientists out there. Can't win 'em all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Figured we might as well start the spreadsheet now in anticipation of results coming soon. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HHwP8Zyh8W24HRUh5WnObRExb24JhN5ZLTa7p5Q8CkI/edit?usp=sharing ~December Gang~

I'm glad you guys got a kick out of it! I was chuckling to myself while I made it. But the good news is the wait is almost over. I'm looking forward to the cool spreadsheet we'll make after the announcement so we can piece together if all of this ever meant anything or if we were going crazy and grasping at straws. Either way, I'm #decembergang forever now.

I realized this situation reminded me of something, so I made this GIF. I hope a little humor will help hold us over until Friday. Good luck y'all!

It seems the smallest percentage of folks have no update past their initial application, so it would make sense that those are the people most seriously being considered since we know such a small percent of awards are given. Running with this theory, that means people with February 28 and April 3 updates are not currently being considered. But I'm not sure what to make of people like myself who's updates are sprinkled throughout December. It'd be great if everyone followed up after the awards announcement so we could piece this together, I'm invested in this mystery now lol.

I want to believe. ?

I felt pretty competitive too. Excellent undergrad and grad GPA, 5 yrs research experience, internal fellowship, national conferences, etc. So hey, maybe a last update of 12/20 is a good thing. It's all speculation though and, like others said, we'll know the results soon enough.

My last update was still 12/20 still (Applied ARO, biology). Very curious about what this all means, but it would appear we're going to hear soon.

ARO BAA, Biological Sciences, last update 12/20 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯