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^^this. I have good statistics, a pub in the pipeline and my recommenders are academy members, so it's just up to me to sell myself. And I did make spelling/grammar mistakes. And I did accept a dare to include the word "testes" in my proposal...on yeast. "Ballsy," I know.

One of my friends tried to punk me late last week. It's very simple to fake the "from" field of an e-mail address to make an e-mail look like it arrived from somewhere else. That's all I'm saying.

Vice, your link isn't working for me. If it had this year's applicant number, do you remember approx. what it said?

This would support my theory that the results are being delayed while NSF tracks down everyone on this message board and removes them from the list.

HOLY SHIT IT'S TRUE!!! j/k I got nothing.

I had thought this was a conservative estimate

What was the recipe for that hiroshima?

How about, instead of that, we agree to go after plisar? That's the "my department already has its list" dude, for anyone who hasn't read all 1000+ posts.

1337 awards.

A fairy dies every time you look for the list and it's not posted.

Holy sh*t Krastina, is that you? God daaamn, Ricketts Hovse represent! This is Mary btw. So what's up these days?

Who knew that even a "Hand Lotion Sciences" student could be this desperate? Sir, you have set the bar.

Cream of the crop.

CS majors - design a betting pool website and report back when finished. April 9th, 12pm.

Very well - carry on! P.S. Stop haunting my dreams.

What kind of Friar goes around threatening and insulting everybody? Have you given any thought to your character's motivation? Shape up before you get your ass handed to you by the pirate.

Stockholm called. They want their syndrome back.

You'll be back. They always come back.

I dare them to say that to plisar.

Nice. I tried combining this with adding the "2009" option to the drop-down box using Firebug. The list is apparently not up yet, but I was able to download a quasi-empty Excel file with "one applicant"'s information. (Actually the applicant was just the header - Name, Bacc Inst., etc.). Happy waiting! Dudes, I had this crazy dream last night. I think it may have been a premonition. NSF had posted their results and...well I made you another comic.

Is Arkansas the new North Dakota? On a scale where 10 is educated yuppieville and 1 is bumble---k, I would have given it at least a 4. Why no love for Arkansas? It is only by high school location and not by permanent residence or school address.

Hi plisar, if you're still around, do you have any insights about the number of awards this year based on your list? Double the usual number or roughly what you expected? There's been speculation about giving as many as 75% more awards this year as you may know. Almost 5PM ET...time to wrassle up some jiffypop and kick back

You're all delusional for thinking this downtime is a good sign. They're probably beefing up security so the rating sheets and award announcements stop leaking out. Such leaks were the best thing you could have hoped for in the next three days, since the awardee list hasn't reached the GRF operations center yet. And now the leakage will cease :/ Terrific. That's rich.

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Hi finest, Sorry to hear they didn't change their minds! It sounds like you got a secretary or something who didn't know what they were talking about. I think you did the right thing e-mailing the professor too because they have a lot more leverage. I would keep trying with other schools if MIT fails...really, I think the fellowship will make a difference! It kinda sucks to put yourself out on a limb like this, but there's a lot to be gained if you are interested in those departments. We're all rooting for you!