NDSEG 2019-2020

[3st3rb]

@GradNt unreasonable hour for me, I'm EST.. though I blame animal crossing... 

[ScienceGeek]

Interesting! It seems like many of you who've had updates post-December, now have a 4/03 updates. I'm on the other end with my last update still 12/06 haha

[cellbiogal]

My last update was still 12/20 still (Applied ARO, biology). Very curious about what this all means, but it would appear we're going to hear soon. 

[SFS]

My last update is 4/3.

[BCHGang]

Mine is still 12/24. And I applied to ARO. So I'm pretty confident I didn''t get it/make it far.

[curie2020]

9 hours ago, 3st3rb said:

I did and from fl1989's message so did they. Unsure about Curie. My guess it's going to be branch dependent and they're updating as new info from each branch comes in?

I also applied ARO.

[thel]

3 hours ago, SFS said:

My last update is 4/3.

Same here, 4/3 update updated from the February date, ARO Neuroscience

[justanothergradstudent]

ARO. Neuro. 12/23 date. No update.

I'm out, yeah?

[BCHGang]

Just now, justanothergradstudent said:

ARO. Neuro. 12/23 date. No update.

I'm out, yeah?

Likewise. 12/24 here. It's like we never proceeded past the first round of selection. That's what I'm trying to say. They pick the first 30% and then send them off the relevant dod people  Hence no updated application date.

[justanothergradstudent]

1 minute ago, BCHGang said:

Likewise. 12/24 here. It's like we never proceeded past the first round of selection. That's what I'm trying to say. They pick the first 30% and then send them off the relevant dod people  Hence no updated application date.

Okay it's kind of weird though.. I'm not trying to talk myself up, but I think on paper I'm incredibly competitive. If anything, I expected to get cut later because my essay/proposal weren't compelling enough. Or I just didn't realize how steep the competition is.

Edited April 4, 2020 by justanothergradstudent

[vernigan]

Not sure if this is a useful data point anymore, but my app was ONR, last update 02/28. 

Anyone else apply through ONR as well?

[BCHGang]

21 minutes ago, justanothergradstudent said:

Okay it's kind of weird though.. I'm not trying to talk myself up, but I think on paper I'm incredibly competitive. If anything, I expected to get cut later because my essay/proposal weren't compelling enough. Or I just didn't realize how steep the competition is.

My GPA wasn't the best, nor my GRE. Ihey weren't stellar, but weren't terrible either. I will say that my essay and proposal, I worked my butt off. But idk. It's a black box. 

Edited April 4, 2020 by BCHGang
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[3st3rb]

10 minutes ago, BCHGang said:

My GPA wasn't the best, nor my GRE. Ihey weren't stellar, but weren't terrible either. I will say that my essay and proposal, I worked my butt off. But idk. It's a black box. 

Same boat. My GPA from UG was decent, my Grad one less so, and my GRE is like 5+ years old at this point so I'm really not sure how that helps anyone here.  I kinda wish we could get feedback like we do for GRFP.

[StPolarBear]

40 minutes ago, vernigan said:

Not sure if this is a useful data point anymore, but my app was ONR, last update 02/28. 

Anyone else apply through ONR as well?

Yeah mine was ONR, updated 02/19

[hopefulstudent1997]

Here to add another datapoint.

Electrical Engineering, ARO. Originally had 2/28 as my last updated date but like so many others it changed to 4/3 yesterday.

Is there anyone who had a 2/28 who did not have a 4/3 update? Or anyone who did not have a 2/28 update who had a 4/3 one? Just trying to figure out what these updates might represent.

[BCHGang]

For those who've received an update for 4/3, does it still say "Under Evaluation" ?

[hopefulstudent1997]

Just now, BCHGang said:

For those who've received an update for 4/3, does it still say "Under Evaluation" ?

Yep

[BCHGang]

14 minutes ago, hopefulstudent1997 said:

 Or anyone who did not have a 2/28 update who had a 4/3 one?

I'm curious about this. I think no one had this situation. Because if you weren't updated in February, then that means that you didn't get past the first round of submissions. Organization and BAA mean nothing.

[vernigan]

8 minutes ago, BCHGang said:

I'm curious about this. I think no one had this situation. Because if you weren't updated in February, then that means that you didn't get past the first round of submissions. Organization and BAA mean nothing.

Mine was last updated 02/28, and hasn't changed. 

[ScienceGeek]

I think we're all speculating and can't say anything definitive about the dates or the BAA because results haven't been posted. We just need to be patient haha

[vernigan]

6 minutes ago, ScienceGeek said:

I think we're all speculating and can't say anything definitive about the dates or the BAA because results haven't been posted. We just need to be patient haha

This is probably the best idea! 

[pchemp]

7 hours ago, ScienceGeek said:

Interesting! It seems like many of you who've had updates post-December, now have a 4/03 updates. I'm on the other end with my last update still 12/06 haha

I'm still at 12/05, applied for AFRL. I wonder what it all means...

[GIIC]

I still have 2/28 (biosciences, ARO). I was really hoping for it all to end yesterday, since it’s very unlikely to hear anything over the weekend....right??

[BCHGang]

31 minutes ago, ScienceGeek said:

I think we're all speculating and can't say anything definitive about the dates or the BAA because results haven't been posted. We just need to be patient haha

Even day trading crypto doesn't give me this much anxiety haha

[ChemEGod]

I have 2/27 - AFRL, Chemical Engineering