GEM Fellowship 2012

[MSEngineer12]

I am applying for the GEM fellowship and my Employer Status is now 'HELD'. Does anyone know what this means? I know the email from the GEM office mentioned 'unmatched', 'matched', 'released'. My status went through all those stages, then went to 'held'.

Any other GEM applicants out there? Would love to know your experience.

[chris44444]

My employer status went from unmatched to matched about a week after I applied. A week ago it went from matched to released. What does "released" mean? I am guessing it means the employer that was interested in me is no longer interested in me, but that's a guess.

[MSEngineer12]

There is not much information out there on what the status means. Mine went from 'released' to 'held' in the same day.

[Carlos Michelén]

So other people's statuses are changing huh...I'm worried now. My status went from 'preliminarily matched', to 'matched' within a couple of weeks of application, It hasn't changed since!

[MSEngineer12]

So other people's statuses are changing huh...I'm worried now. My status went from 'preliminarily matched', to 'matched' within a couple of weeks of application, It hasn't changed since!

Carlos,

Were you interviewed by anyone at their member company? My status has changed but I haven't been interviewed. I am not sure if it is possible to get an award without interviewing with one of the companies.

[Carlos Michelén]

I have not. I didn't think they interviewed you, which seems odd now that you mention it! These companies interview you for internships, you'd expect them to interview you if they are going to pay for your master's!

[chris44444]

I got a rejection email today. A friend also got the same email today. My guess is they sent out this email to everyone who was rejected.

[MSEngineer12]

I recieved a 'under active review' email yesterday. The email said that they have gone through 3 rounds of awards and although I haven't been offered I am still under active review. Final notifications will be made by March 15.

[Carlos Michelén]

I have not received any email or had any changes to my status... :S

[Carlos Michelén]

I got an email saying : "The National GEM Consortium has completed the first three rounds of our selection process to determine who has been selected for confirmation to become a 2012 GEM Fellow. If you are in receipt of this email, we regret to inform you that you were not selected in the first three rounds. Although we do have one more selection round before we complete this year’s selections. However based on the applications currently under review the probability is low that you will be selected as a 2012 GEM Fellow." (((((

[puertorrob]

same here.

[iogburu]

Hey Chris44444,

 

  Did you change your application in some way prior it going to released? I just added my GRE scores and my status has changed. I am curious as the GRE is not required for GEM.