OhTheStress
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Just now, cellbiogal said:
For the love of god why would they not just make the directions clear and state what to submit if you're a first year student.
Because it's Systems Plus. This is the same company that administered the SFFP program (https://afsffp.sysplus.com/) last year, and the week they were supposed to submit all of the reports to AFOSR, they did server maintenance and accidentally wiped everything and had to have us resubmit everything. Rob Ross is a good dude, don't get me wrong, but the company as a whole is a bit, shall we say, disorganized.
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1 hour ago, seaslug said:
Where should we even attach the documents? I don't believe there was a spot to upload in grad school GPA section. Would we attach it under Phd transcripts or something?
From what I recall asking this question last year, this is correct. You would put it under PhD transcripts. I submitted an unofficial transcript that showed a zero GPA since it had all of the courses listed, but obviously no grades yet since my first term still wasn't done, and I got as far as waitlist, so I figure that was an acceptable method for them.
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Indeed. Now we wait.
For those of us reapplying, not only do we know the waiting game all too well, we know the pain of watching the "Last Update" dates move (or not). Pour one out for #DecemberGang
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5 hours ago, pangoline said:
Hey everyone, let's do this thing together.
I finished my research proposal and personal statement (pretty bad but best I can do). Can I submit the application before all of my recommenders send in their letters? Or do I wait for all of those to come in before I submit?
Tangentially - we're scientists and engineers. Pretty much none of us are good at personal statements.
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4 hours ago, pangoline said:
Hey everyone, let's do this thing together.
I finished my research proposal and personal statement (pretty bad but best I can do). Can I submit the application before all of my recommenders send in their letters? Or do I wait for all of those to come in before I submit?
From the SysPlus website, "The FY2021 NDSEG application period is now open, and will close at 11:59 PM Eastern time on 2 November 2020. All application-related material, including references, must be submitted before that time to be considered." Looks like the references need to be in. From what I could tell, the Statement and Disclosure sections aren't even opened to finalize the application until every section is marked complete - my third reference just submitted his letter and now I can access those two final sections in the application.
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On 10/22/2020 at 11:24 AM, vernigan said:
Are you all including titles for your research proposal? I have seen successful NDSEG proposals with and without, and I don't see any clear guidance on SysPlus.
There is a line in the proposal section for entering the title, so it is definitely required. I don't see any reason to not put it in the PDF version as well unless you really truly need the extra line for the actual proposal content. If I was a reviewer though, and didn't see a title on the PDF, that means I would have to go find it in SysPlus' less-than-user-friendly website, and that would not make me happy.
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9 hours ago, ndseg_to_1000 said:
any wait listers with news?
None so far from me. Still shows "Wait List" on the application, no 2020 awardees list published, no call or email.
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4 hours ago, Eman2 said:
hate to reopen this thread but a quick q: does ndseg provide feedback like the nsf? had to reread my proposal again recently and thought it was pretty bomb so I'm wondering what the reviewers thought
As far as I'm aware, no, they don't give feedback.
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1 hour ago, ndseg_to_1000 said:
I think you're right but I assume there will be multiple rounds of waitlist offers because not everyone initially offered a spot of the waitlist is guaranteed to accept
Here we go again with the neurotic trying to figure out when we'll know while waiting. I'm doing it too, so it's good to have company.
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40 minutes ago, 3st3rb said:
April 29th
Many thanks.
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Just now, Reverie_39 said:
Someone who's better than me at spreadsheets should start compiling the award data against dates, branches, etc. whenever they get the chance
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HHwP8Zyh8W24HRUh5WnObRExb24JhN5ZLTa7p5Q8CkI/edit#gid=0
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1 minute ago, chem_e_156 said:
To make you feel more hopeful if you are waitlisted, I'm guessing that the numbers are currently skewed, as I think a person who received the award/waitlisted is more likely to update the spreadsheet than someone who didn't. Also, there is some selection bias with the people part of this thread caring more about their applications and probably being more viable candidates than most. Nonetheless, I don't know the past rate at which alternates are given the award, so it's all up in the air.
I'm just going to assume that I didn't get it, otherwise I'll spend some indeterminate amount of time going through the stress of waiting all over again, and I don't know if I can handle it.
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Just now, shazad said:
I'll miss you guys.
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Just now, chem_e_156 said:
Wait list ? hopefully they the decision making is quick so that I can make decisions about NSF
It's probably a cycle - people making decisions about NSF is probably what drives the NDSEG waitlist most strongly, and the NDSEG probably affects HM promotion to fellowships for the NSF to some extent.
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Just now, Reverie_39 said:
Hi everyone,
Long time lurker who checked this forum religiously for the last several days. My application status has updated to Selected and I'm shocked. Do we have any reason to believe that this isn't true? I haven't received an email or anything. Not sure if others have gotten any correspondence.
Congratulations to everyone else and thank you all for providing a great community during this crazy time.
No reason to not believe it. They'll probably get the emails out soon. Well done!
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Time for stressful waiting round 2 for the waitlist... ?
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3 minutes ago, imposterimposter said:
Check the portal. Just saw my status update to "Not Selected". December Gang
IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING!
Waitlisted
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3 minutes ago, pchemp said:
I say there's no way results get posted today. Maybe next week if we're lucky.
1 hour to COB. Smart money is on you.
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Just now, robertac93 said:
I had nothing in between 4/6 and 4/17
The plot thickens...
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Just now, robertac93 said:
Ope, the unexpected. A 4/17 update. Now my brain has immediately switched to thinking it must be a bad thing.
Nobody knows what's going on anymore. Did you have a 4/16 also?
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Just now, imposterimposter said:
Same here. If someone wants to take the lead I will contribute
Looks like robertac93 has a drive folder set up. I'll spend some time this weekend on a Lang-style website for use by future neurotic NDSEG applicants.
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Just now, GoldenDog said:
I could be down for that.
Same. I was thinking a few pages back of creating a similar website to Alex Lang's wonderful NSF website, for this fellowship.
NDSEG 2020 20201
in The Bank
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Submitted for round 2. Waitlisted last year; high hopes for this year.