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Me too. Rejected a few minutes ago even after withdrawing. Best wishes to all those who got better news today.

Nada. Last day before the NSF deadline too. I'll probably wait till after lunch and if I don't hear anything will take it and remove myself from the NDSEG running if I'm even still in it.

May 1st.

Broke down and finally called myself today... and didn't learn anything lol. They just told me that it's not a waitlist (we've still got a fighting chance!) and they are just waiting on the DoD. The lady also said it is possible we will not have a decision before the GRFP accept/decline date :/

Is there anything major I'm missing while comparing these 2? NSF GRFP 30,000 per year (2013-2014) 3 years tenure 5 year duration 12 month tenure blocks Summer internships allowed Fairly relaxed about what specific research you do NDSEG 30,500 per year (2013-2014) 3 years tenure 3 year duration 12 month tenure blocks Outside work only at government / military labs Fairly relaxed about what specific research you do I've been fortunate to be awarded the GRFP, and am currently sitting on the waiting list on NDSEG ("Congratulations!! We have not reached a decision yet on your application"). After looking closely through the award details, it seems to me that there's really no benefit to NDSEG over GRFP, and that I should just accept the GRFP and be done with it (advisor just wants me to accept funding asap). But I've always assumed that NDSEG was more prestigious so before I accept GRFP, I am wondering if there is something that I am missing. Any advice would be appreciated.

Still no word here either... I'm in Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering... still waiting. Has anyone who got a wait-list email last week received a final decision yet?

I also got the waitlist email. At first I was pretty excited about it, but now I'm starting to think it's just their form of an honorable mention. Regardless, it was nice of them to at least let us know we were close; there's always next year.

WashU seems to be your best bet!

Can't believe it. Found the email in my SPAM folder about 10 minutes ago, almost deleted it! VG/E E/E E/E Interestingly, one of the reviewers mentioned that my credentials were "not up to the caliber of the rest of the strong field this year", luckily he only counted for one vote!!

Sure, here you go. I took screenshots of them earlier while it was still up. I uploaded it to imgur, you can click between the three essay prompts at the top where it says "first image, second image, third image" Good luck writing all 3 essays in the next 20 hours! http://imgur.com/kIh...O&LL2n1&97yba#0

Ahh!! I'm finally ready to submit and now the website is down!! Is it down for anyone else too?

Thank you I was freaking out.

I am first year Master's Student (going to be applying for PhDs) and am a bit confused about my recommendations for the NSF GRFP. I have already got my 3 LOR, 2 from professors I did research with as an undergrad (one for all 4 years, one for 2 years + published a paper with him), and 1 from my boss at work for the past 3 years. However, now I am hearing that I should also have a rec from my current advisor, and that if I don't it would raise a red flag. The thing is, I have only been in his lab for 2 months, and a MS advisor is hardly the same thing as a PhD advisor! We get along great and he would write something nice, but I just don't think he can say as much as the other LOR writers. So my question is: is it really a red flag for the GRFP to not have a rec from my current advisor for 2 months, and would it be worth giving up a solid rec I have already have? Thanks!

I feel you. The PhD regret got to me terribly... I finally gave in to it. I was blinded by big names and forgot what I really wanted in the first place. So two days ago, I contacted Duke to see if I could have my M.S. offer back, and they were kind of enough to extend it. Today I contacted my PhD advisor at MIT to tell him I would be asking for a release to do a M.S. As someone who just did this, here is what advice I would give you. 1. Contact Stanford or whatever school you want to do your M.S. at FIRST (to make sure they will still hold the offer for you!) 2. Have a good answer for "Ok let me get this straight, you are turning down our funded PhD, which you could always drop out of with a M.S., to do a Masters somewhere else?" Remember, it needs to sound good as you still need a nicely worded release form to give to Stanford. 3. Rehearse the conversation with your advisor beforehand. Mine didn't go as well as I had hoped, hopefully yours goes better. And most importantly: relax, take some time to make sure you made the right decision. It sounds like you are just as confused as I have been, something that really helped me was to take an entire day and "pretend" I chose another school and think how it felt. I wish I had known that before April 15th