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Declined the Ford. Here's my thinking: NSF: You have two reserve years and three tenure years. You can take them in any order. You cannot hold another Federal fellowship (Ford probably doesn't count as one--haven't heard back from them). Ford: You have two reserve years and three tenure years. You must be tenured your first year but afterward can take years in any order. You cannot be tenured on another "major" fellowship during your Ford tenure years. Add these rules and the money together, and you get an optimal schedule Year 1 Ford, Year 2-3 NSF, Year 4 Ford, Year 5 NSF, Year 6 Ford. I'm in my second year. If I have a 6-year PhD it breaks even between taking both and taking NSF only. Less than 6 years and NSF alone is more money, more than 6 and both is more money. I declined the Ford because unless I take 8 years to graduate I will be forfeitting some money. And I feel it's better for someone who just barely didn't get the Ford to have this opportunity, maybe open some doors for them, than for me to waste it like that (I know it would get recycled back into the foundation, but still). A current undergraduate maybe should take both if the Ford doesn't count as a Federal fellowship. Again, haven't heard back on this point.

I'm trying to figure this out now...except I'm hoping the answer is yes.

I am! Neurobiology & behavior.

Seems obvious to check, but I was going out of my mind until this.

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-27 Boston University (GPN): Mar 4-6 Case Western Reserve University (BSTP): Feb 3-4, Mar 2-3 Columbia (Integrated CMB): Jan 20-22 Columbia (Neurobiology & Behavior): Feb 8-10, Feb 29-Mar2 Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): Feb 3-5 Cornell (Weill): February Dartmouth (PEMM) March 2-3 Emory (IMP): Feb 2-4, March 1-3 Emory University (neuro? Feb 9-11 or Feb 23-25 Harvard (BBS): Jan 26-29 and Feb 9-12 Harvard (neuro? Jan 19-22 Harvard (BPH): Jan 26-27 Indiana University - Bloomington (Biology): Feb. 16-19 MIT (Biology): Feb 11-14, Feb. 25-28, Mar 10-13 Mount Sinai (Biomedical Sciences PhD): Jan 9-10, Jan 17-18 or Jan 24-25 MSU: Jan 5-8 Northwestern (IBiS): Feb 13-14 or Feb 27-18 Northwestern (Neuro: NUIN): Jan 19-20, Feb 2-3, Feb 23-24 NYU Sackler: Jan 19-20, Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10 Ohio State University (IBGP): Feb. 9-11 OHSU (neuro) feb 5th- 7th Princeton (neuro? Feb 16-18 Rockefeller: March 1-2 and 8-9 Scripps Research Institute-CA campus: Feb 24-25, Mar 2-3 Sloan Kettering: 1/17-1/19 Stanford (SCBRM) feb 29th - mar 3rd Thomas Jefferson (neuro? Jan 26-27 Tufts-Sackler (Genetics and ISP) Feb 10th Tufts-Sackler (Molecular Microbiology) Feb 2-3 UAB (BMS): Jan 19-21 University of Chicago (BSG): Feb 23-25 University of Chicago (Molecular Biosciences): Feb 16-18 UC Berkeley (MCB): Feb 5-7, Feb 26-28 UC Berkeley (MBN): Jan 26-27 UC Davis (GGG): Feb 16-17 UC Irvine (CMB):Jan 26-28,Feb 2-4 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 28-30, Feb 11-13 UCLA ACCESS (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology): Dec 22 UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28 OR February 9-11 UCSF Tetrad: Feb 2-3 UChicago (neuro? Feb 10 or Feb 13 (but travel times drag it out several days before and/or after) U Colorado - Denver (BSP): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12 UMASS Worcester: Feb 2-4 and Feb 16-18 U Maryland - Baltimore - Feb 3 UMich (PIBS): Jan 27-28 (Cancer Bio), Feb 3-4 (general) UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Feb 2-4, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25 UPenn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics): Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11 UPenn (CAMB): Jan 12-14 UPenn (neuro? Jan 20, Feb 10 UT Austin (CMB): Jan 26-28, Feb 16-18 UVa (BIMS): Jan 12-14 or Feb 2-4 UW-Seattle (Biology): Jan 13 or Jan 20 UW-Seattle (MCB): Jan 25-27,Feb 8-10 UW-Seattle (GS): Feb12-14, Feb 26-28 U Wisconsin - Madison (Biophysics): Mar 1-3 Vanderbilt (IGP): Jan 12-14 Washington University in St. Louis (DBBS-MCB): March 1-3 WashU (neuro): Jan 27-28, Feb 3-4 Yale (B.B.S.): Feb 2-5 haven't heard from BU, but they posted their date on their website.

Rejection via email/website from UPenn...which I was expecting. Does anyone else post their results on the survey page? I just feel like Pysch people in general aren't updating here, which is too bad.

Emphasis: BA in Neuroscience, interest in language acquisition Your background and rough grades: 3.52 GPA, 1580/4.5 GRE, 2.5 years RA, 4 pubs (2 under review) Programs applied to: All psych dept--UPenn, NYU, Rutgers (RUCCS), UT Austin, BC, Cornell Interview invitations, method of delivery, and date received: Interviews to be held at NYU, Rutgers, UT Austin. No news from any others. Have any of your programs sent other people invites: UPenn