pinkargyle

thanks for the support... bye bye...

Ok need to vent too. My dad just got laid off a few months ago and he's older so no one is really going to want to hire him. They don't really have anything in their retirement since they put me and all my siblings through college. My siblings are only able to help somewhat since they are all just starting their careers too. I'm on a TA stipend next year but it's really barely enough for me to survive on (I'm out of state from where my parents live). The more time that passes that I don't hear from NSF, the more desperate I am to get it. It's really my only opportunity to be able to help my parents out in this rough time.

"The approximate timeframe for additional announcements is within the next two weeks." I love it! 2 weeks from when?!

i think it's a fake. they should have provided a log in to the rating sheets and... the rating sheets website is still closed.

yeah i remember!

FYI. i was actually incredibly polite and sounded nothing like a "smarmy, self-entitled prick" if you want to insult people please pick another forum/website/etc. we are all stressed, tired, and upset about waiting for results. no one needs nasty messages posted here.

just talked to the call center (i know it's useless). i said Me: i heard several rumors that results would be released today. is there any possibility of that happening? Call center: *long pause* we are hoping that results will be released by the end of the week. it is possible that they will be released today but i can't tell you anything further. sorry. Me: thank you

last night my boyfriend said you're getting the fellowship. i was like WHAT?! HOW DO YOU KNOW?! and he said i don't, i have alot of faith in you. and i completely flipped out on him telling him that he shouldn't say i'm getting it when he had nothing to back that up. that he should say i think you should get it, not imply that i am! he totally didn't get why i freaked.

absolutely!

i hate to burst the bubble of hope but i bet ndseg is just tired of waiting and is moving along with its process. although i hope we get word on nsf tomorrow.

i really think all this means is that we are not going to know anything unless 1. the system gets hacked and it gets on this message board or 2. we actually get the results we are never getting a real answer on when the results are coming out. all of this speculation is pointless. oh well. back to work!

if anyone applied to the ford foundation diversity fellowship, the notifications are being mailed this week!

sorry but this has been up for several months now. nothing new at all.

Regarding your original stipend question, I'm currently a first year student at Rutgers and living fairly comfortably on the stipend. While 20,000 isn't alot to live off of, you adjust pretty quickly and you will not need a second job (unless you want one). I am able to eat, pay my rent, bills etc. BTW. I love the university. I've lived in the DC metro area and 14,000 does not seem like it would be sufficient (and I knew a few people there who made off hand comments about it). To be honest, I'd be less concerned about your stipend and the schools reputation and more concerned with your mentor's status. Go to the school that you would have the better mentor. The one where you perceive yourself to be more productive and have a better relationship with faulty AND other students. Happiness is extremely important in making it through a long program. If you have to take out a few thou. in loans or work a couple hours a week for a better program, then do it.