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if they don't release by 4 eastern, I think I'll actually just give up hope and not care anymore. Maybe we'll all just get an email in May that says NDSEG is cancelled as a program ?

doing my part

lol I just love picturing DoD and SysPlus reading through this thread. Maybe they're just as stressed as we are?

Can you post a screenshot?

good point, such a shitpost

I'll bite: can you elaborate more on how you found out? Screenshots?

like, I guess, on the one hand we're all definitely really wound up on this one fellowship and we probably shouldn't be this aggressive over NDSEG, but, on the other hand, I'm sure everyone worked super ducking hard on their application and it's sort of a crazy world we're in right now, and tbh up until this point, I feel like people have been really decent on this forum. Honestly, I actually do appreciate this sense of solidarity from all the other people who are equally as anxious. I didn't really care that much about NSF, but I really wanted NDSEG and put a lot into this application and I can't make my peace without getting a decision and it's pretty shitty that some people are shitposting. Objectively, yeah we're taking this way too seriously, but it's definitely an emotional process and of course we care.

omg your dog is super cute

the real MVP

haha oof yes that was fully bait ?

huh it seems like all AFRL "Computer and Computational Science" people have only December updates. Do they just hate this discipline or maybe they are like the last to make decisions or we just happened to have only capture people who didn't make it past the first round? Also I thought we were only allowed to submit one application? Seems like Lurker is working on several different PhDs, so I guess it makes sense that they were allowed to submit multiple applications.

@BCHGang @cellbiogal lol #decembergang forever, but also I am kind of looking forward to our spreadsheet and Zoom call (?)

literally my favorite thing

@BCHGang I feel that. One minor source of frustration for me: it seems like if you don’t make it past the first round, your research proposal doesn’t actually get read? If that’s the case, that’s such an awful system because that’s what I put the most effort into.

lol is everyone just up late or are you all in a reasonable timezone? I'm stuck on my campus and the panic is hitting hard right now, so I'm fixating on this like crazy. I had completely forgotten about NDSEG until this week and now I can't stop thinking about it.

how cryptic... @3st3rb @curie2020 @fl1989 did you all apply ARO? (Looks like you did?) It doesn't seem like any of the AFRL people had their status change. Unclear if that means that we didn't get it or it depends on each agency.

I'm also genuinely curious as to what all these date changes have meant.

I think my next paper is going to be "On the variation of `Just Updated Dates` in graduate-student grant applications for defense-related fellowships" In all seriousness though, looks like we should be hearing back soon.

My friend and I both applied for "Computer and Computational Sciences" for AFOSR and we both have 12/23/19 for last update (same as @urmum). My friend won GRFP, so they're definitely a strong applicant. Based on the data above, it looks like the date is based on your discipline and choice of BAA.