SarahKat Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 Just got the e-mail. I have been checking this thread obsessively over the past couple of weeks, so I wanted to end everyone's suffering!
hoosierKnight85 Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 Just notified. They're asking for accept/decline by sept. 26th. Get in touch with your university rep if you haven't heard.
Elli389 Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 No luck. Oh well. Best of luck to the rest of you!
colorfulcat Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Why did I read this before bed? Now I'm not going to be able to sleep. DAMN YOU EAST COAST TIME.
ecologist1234 Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) anyone else getting info today? still nothing here Edited September 18, 2013 by ecologist1234
haysdays Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 Are there people who are still waiting? My reps have not heard anything, so I am starting to think it is a no go for me. Have people received letters of rejection?
eec Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 our rep said she hopes to send out results tomorrow. apparently there was some confusion with the results and she's waiting for clarification from the DOE. bizarre.
haysdays Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 I am not surprised with the confusion. When I turned in my application the website "lost" two of my recommendation letters and they had to be resubmitted. Maybe today??
hmmm Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 eec, did your rep say more about the "confusion with the results" and what the DOE is needing to clarify??? i was notified that i'm an alternate so if there is any issue with the DOE having confused or gotten the results wrong, that is really quite worrying!!
ecologist1234 Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 yep. my rep just said no word yet and she emailed iie to find out when she'll hear. guess that's a bad sign eh?
haysdays Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 Yes still no news and I have now thrown in the towel...I figure those who got it found out yesterday
padthai234 Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 well... unless NO ONE at my giant university got an award (which is a possibility but seems improbable), it appears they are still going school by school? with no apparent logic to their path?
jcgreig Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 Alphabetically, perhaps? By state? Who knows.
colorfulcat Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 that's how I feel--I doubt that NO ONE in my school got one?
eec Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 hi hmmm, you know, i'm not sure what the confusion was, only that there was some. i got my rejection email today - solidarity hugs all round & big congrats to those who got the "good email"! - and from what i could suss out, it seems that my university was given a list of "principle candidates" and "alternates," with no mention of the rest of us. gee thanks, DOE. our absence on any list was probably the confusion. hope you get the go-ahead soon! eec
padthai234 Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) don't lose all hope! no one at my uni has heard... and while i doubt we all will get grants, it just seems too weird that NONE of us would. though i admit my general experience is they hussle to tell winners and take their time with the rest of us. this sucks. Edited September 19, 2013 by padthai234
eec Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 ^ agreed with padthai234. seems like things were a little hectic this year. no news-so-far could be great news!
eec Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 hell, i'm still hoping that the DOE, in their confusion, will have just momentarily forgotten that my name was SUPPOSED to be at the top of the "principle candidates" list.
haysdays Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 It is now the weekend, I have to assume that those who received the grant have now been told and those in my situation who have not heard anything must wait until next week to receive the, thanks but no thanks email.
padthai234 Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 i am reposting this from the wiki jobs/fellowships thread... tho deep down i agree with you "9/20 noon EST. Keep the faith folks! It seems they do it university by university. It's a clusterfuck of a system, but don't make it personal. I'm still waiting too and trying to keep my mind off it. People who have heard and disclosed on here and GradCafe have been of all stripes- accepted, rejected, and alternate- so I think it's an institutional thing and not a selection one"
haysdays Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 I think the term "clusterfuck" is the perfect word for this situation!
colorfulcat Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 maybe all of us who are waiting are actually all from the same damn school.
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