curiousgeorgie

Yeah, I saw that last year. Cognitive, neural and behavioral science was 4% whereas Aeronautical Engineering was something like 18%. I don't remember the rest, and I couldn't find the list this year either. Oh, and I got the "still being considered" email, for cog/neur/behav science, currently a 2nd year.

[quote name=hello! ' timestamp='1333042079' post='1057834737] On a more operations level, it seems kind of backwards to allow all applicants to log into the award page and then block access to non-awardees once announcements have been made. I wonder what was their reasoning for doing it this way.

@ firefly luciferase: At the time, I couldn't think of a way to say that concisely, and I ended up forgetting in the midst of all the other things I was trying to think about. If it's not yet out for review or in line for publication by the time I apply again this fall, I will definitely say that, thank you! These compilations of what reviewers have mentioned are going to be extremely useful in thinking about how I need to rework my essays for next year, so great idea!

So here I was, feeling like I had a decent shot at this thing. I had a pretty stellar undergrad GPA/GRE, a bunch of research experience (though no publications because work was still going on for that paper and it's still being written now), strong letters of rec, the resources of a top school in my field, lots of volunteer/outreach experience, and a pretty good writing style. So when I didn't get it, I thought, oh well, there's tons of qualified applicants, I'll just work on whatever the reviews say for next year (which will be my last chance). G/G, VG/VG - I was fine until I realized there were supposed to be 3 reviewers and I got dropped before I even got to a 3rd. Well crap, I didn't think I was that bad... Yes, I know that it depends on which reviewers you get, the fact that I don't yet have any publications (mentioned explicitly by the first reviewer), and how well you play their game. That's what I keep telling myself, but it's not really working right now. I'll get over it. Anyways, I thought I devoted plenty of time to broader impacts, but next year, it's just going to have to be completely over the top, and I'm going to make it as obvious as possible what those broader impacts are. For anyone who didn't have helpful reviewers and is curious about what kinds of things they might need to work on with broader impacts, I can at least mention some of the constructive criticism I got and hope it will be useful: And, even in the intellectual merit section: Congratulations to all those who got the award!