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Excellent premonition by the way

O M G GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG OK I take it back, I'm not ready for it!!!! I can't handle the truth!!!

***crickets chirping*** sooo...I'm still waiting

I like to refresh every 30 secs and I'm still in lab, so there isn't much else to think about except lab and NSF. There are so many EECS that applied to NSF, can't you guys hack the website and get us the results?

So last time they were debating the budget, NSF could not release the # of awards until it was passed? The politicians are still debating about the budget, and most likely they won't reach a compromise until the last minute on the deadline, Friday, April 8th. Does that mean we won't know for a couple more weeks, the earliest being late next week (Apr.11)? If they release the awards in waves like the other year, I'm going to die.

So who's banking on a Monday morning at 1 AM release of the results? Who's in?

Excellent work! Good to know, thanks

So what do you think would be the first thing you will do if you find out that you got the fellowship? I think I would fall onto my knees and let out a loud, long victory battle cry and scare all my labmates to death and have my advisor rushing out of her office ready to call 911.

MUST HAVE NSF FELLOWSHIP OR ELSE IM GOING TO...

I've done that and found 1 result. Someone with my full name, just had a longer version of my last name. Heart skipped a beat

See you guys later on here at 1 AM when they may post the results!

When you go to fastlane, does it say that you application package is complete?

keel me noww

Maybe you applied for an exemption, but I thought you would be ineligible to apply for the NSF GRFP if you've enrolled in graduate school for 1 year or over 24 credits? http://www.nsfgrfp.org/how_to_apply/eligibility_guide Certainly hope you didn't waste your time applying...

I just had a terrible nightmare last night. It was so vivid I woke up at 5 AM and had trouble going back to sleep. I dreamed that I did NOT get the fellowship and what was worse was to see the rating sheets. I saw that my advisor rated me lowest among all the other ratings, haha! I'm going insane!

Since submitting the NSF application last Fall, I've been able to take my mind off the fellowship by focusing on my research and studies. But this past week, I've been on an emotional roller coaster. I've never waited in such eager and nervous anticipation for anything in my academic career; not even for college, graduate or other scholarship applications. I'm sure many share the same sentiments as me as the date the NSF will release the winners approaches. I just wish they would end the agonizingly long wait for the results and let us rejoice or briefly grieve and move on with our lives. Please feel free to share how you're feeling