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Congratulations to all the winners!

I think some of us were thinking about meeting up in vegas next year in December. Add your name to the mailing list!

USC. Big cohort of socal schools here though!

Sometimes I have imposter syndrome for my imposter syndrome. I.e. Imposter syndrome assumes you don't think you're good enough to be in a group even when you are. But in this case I am not good enough to qualify to have imposter syndrome. My cohort is the first time my advisor's students didn't win GRFP or HM

This very much. We are all awesome dedicated researchers. No fellowship/ single metric is a sign of your worth as a researcher. We just are all hoping for some lottery results to come out! Which is not to discount anyone's achievement by receiving a prestigious fellowship. Just to remind people to take a deep breath (hopefully indoors and safe from COVID)

Just a reminder if anyone wants to stay in touch later, I've been putting together a DecemberGang Discord and mailing list. Mailing List Sign Up:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW1QMgC54-kKcDQTijF_bSXQi10qwr8VZHqHR3J62FRYQHew/viewform?usp=sf_link Mailing List Emails (Request Access to protect emails):https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zKWURsJSQHNsJ2ckWMs_ehpwo6Ucp20AiUCYaz5eDGI/edit?usp=sharing Discord: https://discord.gg/EYXGZF

Honestly same. I'm just in this thread because coronavirus is debilitatingly isolating. Thanks for making me not feel like the most neurotic grad student ever. ~December Gang~

While I respect the difficult job that Rob and the rest of the NDSEG staff have, I would rather them say "We hope to get this out by Monday" and then release it today, than to keep saying "We are shooting for the end of the day today" 3 days in a row.

You got a response? i emailed and heard nothing.

Has anyone else tried emailing AFOSR with NDSEG.afosr@us.af.mil? I tried earlier today, but they as well as rob have not replied.

There is no way you ever will.

I had to sit through potential-new-faculty seminars and there was not one that the chair of my department didn't look like he was falling asleep

Just a few reminders: Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3mhepT Join the December Gang Email List! Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-Ed6oU9sJJS6IBzfJjrT7xscD6hAh9fO6s1BhRtTXOY/edit#responses Responses (Request Access to Protect Emails) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zKWURsJSQHNsJ2ckWMs_ehpwo6Ucp20AiUCYaz5eDGI/edit?usp=sharing I'm manually adding people so give me a couple minutes to add you if you request!

Don't doubt yourself. This fellowship doesn't define how good of a researcher you are! ~DecemberGang~

Per the request of the official unlicensed medical practitioner of the conference, I started a discord. If we are going to hate ourselves and refresh our pages, lets do it together. #DecemeberGang https://discord.gg/3mhepT