PSA: I just emailed SysPlus and explicitly asked them what the updates mean, as well as whether or not we should expect to see announcements before next week. I will let you know their response (if I get one)
Honestly I hate this haha. The most depressing thing for me is both my lab mates that have applied for fellowships have won at least one (my advisor won both NSF and NDSEG), and I'm about positive at this point that I am going to be the black sheep.
See, as a member of the December Gang, my only glimmer of hope is that they delay for a month and everyone who gets it has already accepted another offer....maybe then the dishonorable mentions such as myself might find some success
For what it is worth, my last update was the day SysPlus updated my application with the corrected BAA (ARO). I had a typo in my submission and they helped me fix it, with no updates since. I'm keeping my fingers crossed DecemberGang isn't as worthless as we probably think we are
Agreed. This isn't his fault, it's the fault of DoD agencies. Leave the poor guy alone, he has been extremely responsive and seems to be doing his best.
What is really interesting to me is that of all the ARO mechanical engineering applications, only one had an update after December. I too am mechanical and am deep in the December Gang. Would be odd to me if they had zero interest in funding mechanical engineering research. I like to think we are not that useless....