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tl;dr - found myself on a 'User management' page listing everyone applied to/awarded GEM.. wth? how did I end up there? Hi all, something really weird happened, I had an old browser tab where I had logged into my eGEM account a few weeks ago and never used it since then. Today I clicked on that tab on find myself viewing a page called "user management" with a massive table containing hundreds of entries, including current and previous GEM fellows, reps, etc.. any clue how I ended up there and did anyone have the same experience?

Looks like it's not 11:00 pm tonight. See you on the other side tomorrow morning!

*** TIPS on securing a corporate sponsor*** I just secured a corporate sponsorship by a national lab yesterday! Here is the strategy I followed, thanks to many folks on this forum! (please start this process early) 1. I put together a list of companies/national labs I'm interested in 2. I searched the list of GEM fellows from the previous year or two for fellows who interned at these companies/labs of interest 3. I cold emailed these fellows either on Linkedin, or found their email address from the people's directory of their current institute/university. In my email/linkedin message, I said that i'm a prospective GEM fellow and asked them about the point of contact for GEM at the company/lab they interned at - and mentioned that I want to reach out personally to the GEM rep and introduce myself as a prospective GEM fellow, etc 4. Usually the point of contact is an HR or recruitment person (i'll call them GEM Reps) and they are also very well connected to the scientists (at the national labs that I pursued). I reached out to the GEM reps at each company/lab, introduced myself, mentioned the research directions and scientists that I'm interested in (in case of a national lab) or the department/team/technology/product/process/area that i'm interested in (in case of a company), tied that back to my personal career goals and professional plans etc. Most of the GEM reps got back to me, some forwarded my email to the scientists (at national labs) or hiring managers (at companies), some suggested I reach out to the scientists myself (which I then did), and some said that they already selected all their GEM reps for this cycle. The few scientists I reached out to got back to me relatively fast. 5. I interviewed with a few scientists at one of the national labs on Monday and they sent me an offer via the GEM portal on Friday. 6. I emailed all the GEM reps at the schools I got admitted to, in order to let them know that I secured a corporate/employer sponsor and asked to be considered for their funding options. Will update this post later after I hear back from the schools. GOODLUCK TO Y'ALL!

Should we expect the results to be out by 6AM tomorrow (Monday), or do they take a few more hours after the maintenance to release the results?

Did u get an employer sponsor yet? and btw it's not too early, it might be just the right time to send out these email - and some would say it's a bit late in the process. So go ahead and send them 8AM on Monday. I emailed all GEM reps at all the schools I was accepted to. Heard from Northeastern that they'll accept me as a GEM fellow. Columbia GEM rep said they'd consider me for funding if I secure employer sponsor (which I'm hoping to do after an interview on Monday with LLNL). Others didn't get back to me unfortunately. But i'll email them once more when I secure an employer sponsor. As Cheminator612 said above, you're your best advocate. On a similar note, someone in this thread said that if you get an employer sponsor you should get in touch with the schools so that they consider your application as a full fellow.

We have 4 more days left in March. According to what I read in this thread, it's more likely to come out Tuesday or Friday. And since next Friday is April 1st, then shall we brace ourselves for Tuesday 3AM? PS: my hands are shaking while i'm typing this - super anxious about the results!

Thank you very much for your insights! Appreciate the support!

First, congrats on your offer from MIT Lincoln Labs! and maybe NASA could be your next step after graduation. Second, thanks for your response! I like that hack a lot btw. In the egem portal of that "hack" it says "University Sponsor: Columbia University", does that mean they'll sponsor me as a university fellow? or it only shows up there bcuz I chose that i'll be attending Columbia? Lastly, do you think it'd be legit if I reach out to the GEM representative at whichever company matches me to introduce myself and maybe request an interview?

Hi everyone. I received a notification in January saying "Congratulations LAM research corporation has responded to your application" and no one from LAM has contacted me so far. I also have been matched and unmatched several times since then. Any clue what's going on please? Additionally, how do you know the name of the company that matched/unmatched you? I just see the word matched/unmatched but no names of corporations show up. Please advise. Best of luck to everyone going through this process to pursue their education! IG