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Does anyone remember when awards were announced in previous years?

Did anyone get an accept email, or were they all rejects?

Just got the reject email.

So, what if this happens the other way? If you are accidentally rejected, how will you ever find out?

Great, so just like how decisions were supposed to be released the second week of April? Getting ready for another "We are pleased to inform you that we are still considering you" email.

So.... is there any new news to be had? Or are people starting to give up hope?

So.... Any idea when NDSEG will release more information?

Got the email saying still being considered. Computer Science. I was super excited with the "We are pleased to" but then saw "still being considered" and I was all "WTF?" Who the hell writes a sentence like that? It's like if your boyfriend/girlfriend were to say "We need to talk... Nutter-butters are a seriously underrated cookie."

I think you have to use 3 years of funding within a 5 year window. So yes, you can defer for two years, as long as you're making progress on your graduate studies. But don't quote me on this, check with NSF.

Can people post if they applied and heard back yet, with whether or not they were accepted?

Then we should hear by Friday then, right?

Also, second week of April is this week right, even though April started on a Tuesday?

I want to know already. I was good at keeping my cool so far until NSF results came out. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

It's been shown that women (and I believe minorities) are more self-selecting.

Not you. I'm addressing the people that have been saying things like: "omg I can't believe why my reviewers were too thick to understand how awesome I am." Granted, that is a minority response on this thread, but I really don't like it.

That's exactly why people say this is a crap-shoot process. It's not like we all didn't know that going in. Getting feedback is just icing on the cake (where the cake is getting your application read and considered). Of course some people will get better feedback than others - there's no way to normalize reviewer comments across the board. But to despise NSF because your icing isn't thick enough (especially when most cakes have no icing at all) is wrong and entitled.

Yes, because every other application (whether it's to college, grad school, fellowships, or jobs) gives you helpful, detailied feedback about your strengths and weaknesses. /sarcasm For the vast mjaority of things that people apply to, they get 0 feedback. In my mind, any feedback you get is a positive. And certainly, don't simply reject the feedback or deny it. Try to understand why the reviewer thinks what he wrote. That's the only way it'll be useful. And if you think your feedback didn't address your application specifically or properly, maybe that means that you need to rethink how to write these statements for reviewers who are alloted just a few minutes per application. In previous years I had much denser statements. This year I made it less dense and easy to quickly read, and the results were positive.

I hate how angry and entitled some people are on this thread. Just be glad you get back feedback, but recognize that it's still a crap-shoot process. My third reviewer said I was a strong applicant, but I didn't get squat. My hope is that there was a holistic process that awarded applicants who were better qualified overall than me, rather than who got the luck of the draw with reviewers. If it means that I get high marks and don't win the award, but someone else who is actually better qualified than me (holistically, not just in a two-line review) got it, then great. This is exactly what the system should be - there's no way to "normalize" different reviewers. So stop complaining you arrogant entitled fools.

I got one saying I didn't win.

What? Did you submit a non-deterministic application?

On to waiting for NDSEG!

Varies by field.

Dammit, 5 VG and 1 E, didn't get anything.

Wait, did it change? Something's there.

I think I'm going to bed guys. Should have been asleep three hours ago. Maybe I'll watch something in bed and then check the site again afterwards. Dammit NSF.