roboticsapplicant

So, just to be clear... what is the fastest way to find out whether or not you got a fellowship? Don't log in, go straight to the awards page, search by name?

My research proposal sucked. At least, from the perspective of T-8 minutes.

So can the site handle all of us looking up the results at the same time? Also, when are reviews posted?

I hope so. why do you say that? care to bet on it? as an insurance policy?

Like I'm gonna win.

I want that job. Then I'd know what was going on.

Did anyone see the twitter? Sounds like they might be trying to say it's tonight without actually saying it.

So, realistically, what are the chances that we hear tonight?

Heheeyyy.... I'll take anything I can get.

More means... more like 100%, right?

Corner means weekend, right?

Retroactively taking off awards from 2013 to use for this year, right, right, right?

I'm pretty sure its higher. It applies for grad school apps. And it makes sense that people who are more obssessed get better results. Or maybe that's wishful thinking (says someone who has been mostly a lurker and has all of 20 posts)

Why isn't it up yet? Anyone else want to do an NSF style rain dance?

Nonsense!

Why couldn't it have been four months ago?

You're on a forum of people who are obsessing over this fellowship. You're not going to be able to fool anyone here with your lies. I think there are literally zero people on here that believe you. And what, you think the NSF is really worried about how many of "the really good applicants" they "retain"? Please.

I've become such a nervous wreck in the span of a week over this...

Actually, hate to tell you this, but I called NSF and they said that anyone mistakeningly told that they were accepted was actually meant to be told they were DQed, in advance of the accept/HM/deny notifications coming out soon. Sorry. I'll expect you'll be receiving a phone call about it shortly.

I had managed to completely forget about NSF until about a week ago, god dammit. Now I can't wait. This is my third time applying. I want it, and I want to think I'll get it, but now I'm thinking my proposal sucked.

I'm wondering - how does grading tend to work in grad school? I've been told that getting good grades in classes is important, and typically for a class to count towards a requirement, you need an A- or better. But how exactly are the classes themselves graded? In my classes, I'm putting in the effort, doing the homework, and doing reasonably well (for example, my grades on individual assignments have ranged in the 90s, with some 80s mixed in). I'm not perfect, I lose a few points here and there. I don't expect to do perfectly on exams, but I expect to do reasonably well. So I guess my point is, how worried should I be? Are classes effectively curved so that students who put in reasonable effort and do reasonably well get A's? My main worry is that I'll have a bad day taking a test or screw up a problem on the homework and have that snowball into not getting credit for the class cause I got a B+. I'm also guessing this varies by program - for context, I'm in the EECS department at Michigan. As a corollary, how do you trade off homework time and research time? Right now, I've been operating by the principle that classwork comes first. But I would love it if I could just say "good enough" and have significantly more time for research.

While I'm sorry for your troubles, I'm happy to hear that it's not just me.

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but here it goes. I was excited to start grad school (CS student here) and dive into research. I had been in contact with a professor before I arrived on campus, and I joined his lab before classes started. I was eager to start contributing. At first there was the hurdle of getting familiar with the lab, the techniques, the existing code base, etc etc. Now, there's the additional burden of classes. Especially now that midterm season is upon us, I feel like I have very little time to do research and make many meaningful contributions to my project. Is this a common problem, or do I need to just suck it up? I'm enjoying my classes, and I'm taking what I think is a reasonable load (2 classes, plus 1 that's around my particular research project). I would enjoy my research more, except I feel like I've made very little progress, so it's more frustrating than I would have thought. Did I set my expectations of what I could get done too high?

I was going to sign a lease back in the spring, but at the last minute I decided that I wanted to live in Northwood. However, I kept on getting led on by the housing department until they just informed me that in fact all apartments are gone! So, I'm now looking for an apartment again. Any tips? Am I screwed this late in the game?

Anyone have any experience applying for GSI positions at Ann Arbor as an incoming student? I'm in the CSE department.