jebyrne

I received an admit to the College of Computing in early March, and was invited to the recruiting weekend. Did you check: http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/status/application.php To see whether a decision has been made? -Jeff

From the NDSEG FAQ: http://www.asee.org/ndseg/faq.cfm#accept "Fellows may not accept simultaneous remuneration from another major fellowship."

The DoD acquires a royalty free license to any inventions conceived during the fellowship appointment, so some awardees may be turned off by this restriction. In my view, this is an acceptable tradeoff for the stipend and larger tuition benefits over the NSF, but some may not agree.

I was also selected to receive an award by the ONR, however my current work and research statement were aligned with ONR objectives. One of the hurdles to overcome with the NDSEG (as I see it) is to show that your graduate school goals are aligned with objectives of a particular branch of DoD, rather than say the NSF fellowship, which is application agnostic. So, I don't believe the NDSEG just "divides up our applications". I believe each branch has overlapping yet different goals which are reflected in the applicant pool.