Osiander Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I was given the "your application is still being considered for an award" email. I kind of lost hope after getting outright rejected for the NSF GRFP. I'm not sure whether I should start getting hopeful again, or if this is a waitlist that so many people are on that I probably won't get awarded in the end. Does anyone know if this sort of thing has ever happened before with regard to the NDSEG? In any case, I hope I get notified before April 15th, because this could definitely impact what school I choose to attend in the Fall.
calm Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Congratulations! You have been selected to receive a 2013 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Â
sandyo Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I got the "your application is still being considered" email. Â They are way more on top of things than last year!
giles Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Got the cryptic short list email as well. This is so frustrating. Got honorable mention for NSF GRFP and shortlisted here. I'm going nuts. Reject me or don't, quit messing with me and giving me goddamned pity awards! My sentiments exactly.
Golgotha Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I hate how they start the waitlist e-mail with 'We are pleased to inform you...' Â Buildin' me up just to break me down. hungry and synorg 2
synorg Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I hate how they start the waitlist e-mail with 'We are pleased to inform you...'Â Buildin' me up just to break me down.seriously. the cashier at the cafe probably saw a very odd sequence of facial expressions right before taking my order.
hungry Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) I also got the waitlist email. Â At first I was pretty excited about it, but now I'm starting to think it's just their form of an honorable mention. Regardless, it was nice of them to at least let us know we were close; there's always next year. Edited April 3, 2013 by hungry
giles Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 From NDSEG's facebook page in a response to a question... Â "Unfortunately, we cannot provide a more specific update at this time but we can confirm additional awards will be made." There's definitely more awards coming, so we all still stand a chance. Osiander 1
Osiander Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Just given the number of people on here alone that have gotten that e-mail (and on the NDSEG facebook), I don't think it's a waitlist. (there's only a total of 200 awards to give!) My guess would be that they are still waiting to hear back from one or more of the four defense departments. Rejections might have only been made for certain fields? Â I'm hoping that they have at least narrowed down the field a bit. That's what I had initially assumed after reading the email.Â
FrankForum Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) I called and talked to the nice lady.  Some categories of the 200 awards from particular type of applications have not been decided.  So, it would be helpful if we list what type of award we applied for.  I got the "Still be considered" e-mail and I applied for biosciences.  I don't think it means anything to my chances of success to get the E-mail.  I expect everyone who applied for biosciences got the same E-mail I did.  My only small hope is that NDSEG recommended 200 awards to DOD who then had each applicable division basically rubberstamp the award.  Biosciences "rubber stamping" hasn't come back yet, but other fields had so they wanted to go ahead and release what they could.  So maybe those of us with "congratulations you are still being considered" will be getting rewards.  So those of you that got results in any of the 3 categories (yes, no, and still waiting), what was your field you applied for? Edited April 3, 2013 by FrankForum
sandyo Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Same here - got the "still being considered" email & applied for biosciences.
pwb2101 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Chemical engineering, under review. I know 2 other chem e's that are also under review. I'm already attending, so maybe that has something to do with it. Â They could be deciding on current undergrads and current grad students in different rounds for certain fields...
FrankForum Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Samesies. Biosciences, still under review. With my THREE data points, I am going to say that biosciences wasn't decided yet... Â lol
neurogirl1 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Cognitive, behavioral, and neural sciences still under review.
DocLex Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I'm in robotics and got the email. I have not started school yet.
Runons10 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Chemical engineering, under review. I know 2 other chem e's that are also under review. I'm already attending, so maybe that has something to do with it. Â They could be deciding on current undergrads and current grad students in different rounds for certain fields... Â I'm chemical engineering too, still being considered. Â Perhaps we are speculating too much. Its out of our hands.
FrankForum Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 So that is four fields that have received 'still being considered" Â What fields heard yes or no today?
neurogirl1 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Biosciences Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences Computer and Computational Sciences Electrical Engineering Geosciences Materials Science and Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Oceanography Physics NDSEG Biosciences, Other (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013  3 Apr 2013 Not unexpected, but still a downer. NDSEG Neuroscience, PhD (F13) Wait listed via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013 behavioral, cognitive, and neural sciences field of study NDSEG Mechanical Engineering, PhD (F13) Wait listed via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Engineering, Other (F13) Accepted via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013  3 Apr 2013 So happy to have my own funding!! NDSEG Ocean Engineering, PhD (F13) Accepted via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 ♦ A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Neuroscience, PhD (F13) Wait listed via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Chemistry, PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 ♦ A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Chemical Engineering, PhD (S13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Materials Science, PhD (F13) Accepted via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Computer Science, Other (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 ♦ A 3 Apr 2013 One publication under review at top journal. Good research projects. From reputable state school. Oh well, it was a long shot (missing one recommendation letter). Good luck everyone else! NDSEG Molecular Biosciences, Other (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 A 3 Apr 2013  NDSEG Materials Science, PhD (S13) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Apr 2013 ♦ A 3 Apr 2013 Looks like oceany something, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, and some biosciences have heard back. Edited April 3, 2013 by neurogirl1
FrankForum Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I also applied under biosciences.  Well with the facebook page also, that is seven biosciences out of seven with "still being considered"  I now feel comfortable that our "Congratulations!" Email doesn't mean anything, just that biosciences hasn't been decided. Â
lizziek Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I got the "still being considered" e-mail and am also biosciences. I really hope you are right, FrankForum! It seems like there's an awful lot of us getting these e-mails though to have all gotten awards!
nbren12 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 i applied for oceanography and got that email. if they destroy the hope that grew in me with the words "We are pleased to inform you", I don't know if I will ever recover.
FrankForum Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013  Looks like oceany something, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, and some biosciences have heard back. Well this just disproved my hypothesis!  Where did you get that info from?
nnnnnnn Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Got the "still being considered" email. Applied to Materials Science. Currently attending. If that helps. Â Got NSF GRFP so I'm not too concerned, but it would still be nice to know....
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