2019 GEM Fellowship

[ray92]

@drdrake125 From what I understand is that if you are already accepted into a MS or PhD program that is GEM approved you can get the requirement that you need to apply to 3 school  waived as long as the school agrees to fund you. You still need to do an internship with a GEM approved employer but If you do not get one you can do one outside of GEM as long as it gets approved. What I don't know is if you get picked by a GEM employer and  a company outside of GEM, if you can decline the GEM and pick the non GEM employer. I would assume not because GEM probably wants you to pick a company that is GEM approved.

 

[ray92]

@_theSCHOLAR_ Those are great companies. I assume that Amazon will wait until after the holidays to start picking just because its the holiday season and GEM notifications go out mid March so they have time. Who I think are picking now are national labs, just because it probably takes time internally to get everything squared away since they are government funded lol.

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

My status just changed to held! (Trying to not get my hopes up too much, though.)

[ray92]

@Moods That is awesome! What companies did you list?

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

@ray92 Thanks! Hopefully this is good news! The companies were:

1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab

2. The Charles Stark Draper Lab

3. I can't remember the last one (is that bad??). I had a hard time choosing, but it was either the Oak Ridge National Lab, United Technologies Research Center, or Sandia National Lab.

[ray92]

@Moods That is a great list. Are you a applying for a PhD? If so I bet you will get one of the national labs

[ray92]

Did anyone else receive an email?

[TITX]

1 hour ago, ray92 said:

Did anyone else receive an email?

@ray92What's the email about?

Edited December 14, 2018 by cf6049

[ray92]

@cf6049 Just the next steps and the deadlines of when to complete them.

[Nait]

I haven't received the email either. Anyone mind copying it here?

[TITX]

45 minutes ago, ray92 said:

@cf6049 Just the next steps and the deadlines of when to complete them.

Maybe the email was triggered from having attended Thursday's webinar?

Edited December 14, 2018 by cf6049

[ray92]

@cf6049 I think the email was because I was selected for by an employer

[ray92]

Pretty much I think it just restarting the deadlines on their website. I think though if no one receives an GEM employer by Feb 6th, I would start look externally.

[TITX]

Ah, that must be it. Congrats ~ !

[ray92]

@cf6049 Thank you! There is still plenty of time, I hope everyone gets some sort of funding.

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

18 hours ago, ray92 said:

That is a great list. Are you a applying for a PhD? If so I bet you will get one of the national labs

Thanks! I hope so! Working in a national lab is my dream job! And yeah, I am applying for a PhD! Also, congrats on being selected. I also didn't get an email like the others.

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

Also, have you all being getting emails from schools because you are a GEM applicant? I've gotten a few this week and I wish they had sent these out a little earlier. I would apply to more schools for free if it wasn't the middle of December already.

[sirTintin]

Just now, Moods said:

Also, have you all being getting emails from schools because you are a GEM applicant? I've gotten a few this week and I wish they had sent these out a little earlier. I would apply to more schools for free if it wasn't the middle of December already.

I'm in the same exact boat. My recommmenders are out of pocket already and the emails are so close to the deadlines I'm like why wait till now to send. I can't do anything about it. Sad! 

[QuantumFroggy250]

So does anyone know what is going to happen with the webinars? They terminated both sessions and haven't given indication of rescheduling. 

[TITX]

@QuantumFroggy250 I think we're all lost on the same boat lol. They did send out the power point of the presentation so the webinar will most likely be based off that. 

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

@cf6049 When did they send out that email? I never got one with a PowerPoint attached :(.

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

@cf6049 Ohhh wait, I am dumb. I know what ppt you are talking about. I guess my anxiety is causing me to panic a bit. Sorry about that!

 

Also, silly question for anyone to answer: do your GRE scores appear red under the GRE Information section for the GEM homepage? I was hoping it is like that for everyone instead of it meaning my scores are really bad.

Edited December 15, 2018 by Moods 2.0

[sirTintin]

1 hour ago, Moods said:

@cf6049 Ohhh wait, I am dumb. I know what ppt you are talking about. I guess my anxiety is causing me to panic a bit. Sorry about that!

 

Also, silly question for anyone to answer: do your GRE scores appear red under the GRE Information section for the GEM homepage? I was hoping it is like that for everyone instead of it meaning my scores are really bad.

Nah, you're fine. I'm pretty darn sure it is like that for everyone until they ask you to send them the official ones. That's my assumption!

[Teaching Faculty Wannabe]

7 minutes ago, sirTintin said:

Nah, you're fine. I'm pretty darn sure it is like that for everyone until they ask you to send them the official ones. That's my assumption!

Thank you! Existential crisis averted!

[ray92]

@@Moods That is an awesome dream! You are on you on your way to your dream have you looked at FermiLab?