Freudian_Slip Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 If it's Tuesday, my thesis draft for my defense is due the day after. Great timing. ugh. I feel like we should all pour a shot and keep it on the nightstand for 3 AM. lol. I just went through like 15 pages from last year's thread--all in a couple hours leading up to the release around 3am. Based on posts, there were supposedly 500-600 people online at the time reading the thread and passing the time. So if that's any indication, may be a lot of us on here again this year come--I'm assuming--~12-3am Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinit Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi all, Just a few words of advice. Panicked about the award announcements? Go for a run, go make a mug of tea, whatever it takes to get out of your head. Don't let it ruin your weekend, and don't stay up all night for the announcement. I applied last year, made myself sick worrying about decisions, and was bitterly disappointed when I didn't even get an honorable mention with all VG/E reviews. Actually, mostly I was disappointed that I had stressed myself out and still had to go to campus after staying up all night refreshing my email. But I was fortunate enough to get past the setback and find plenty of funding elsewhere, through my department and through other small sources. I applied again for this year, but instead of the panicking oh-god-what-if-this-ruins-my-graduate-career response for the next bunch of days, I am choosing to block related websites until the decisions are actually out. I wish someone had given me this advice last year, but I'm glad to know it this time around. So trust me on this: calm it down, and get out of your head. And congratulations to this year's winners! daykid, littlemoondragon, stmwap and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusjbuttlicker Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Hi all, Just a few words of advice. Panicked about the award announcements? Go for a run, go make a mug of tea, whatever it takes to get out of your head. Don't let it ruin your weekend, and don't stay up all night for the announcement. I applied last year, made myself sick worrying about decisions, and was bitterly disappointed when I didn't even get an honorable mention with all VG/E reviews. Actually, mostly I was disappointed that I had stressed myself out and still had to go to campus after staying up all night refreshing my email. But I was fortunate enough to get past the setback and find plenty of funding elsewhere, through my department and through other small sources. I applied again for this year, but instead of the panicking oh-god-what-if-this-ruins-my-graduate-career response for the next bunch of days, I am choosing to block related websites until the decisions are actually out. I wish someone had given me this advice last year, but I'm glad to know it this time around. So trust me on this: calm it down, and get out of your head. And congratulations to this year's winners! Yep, it's just a lottery with a higher-than-average chance of success; really the best way to treat this whole thing. Shouldn't impact the day-to-day. katsharki3 and rufusjbuttlicker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rehab-robotics Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'm planning on trying to sleep through Monday night, but I thought it would be cool to be woken up right away if I happen to win it.I wrote a quick python script and put on it github here https://github.com/luketaverne/StressReducer. Put your name in (and change my youtube video url if you want to), and have it run periodically with cron (on mac/linux), and if your name is in the winner list it will open and play your YouTube video. Good luck everyone! FantasticalDevPsych, rufusjbuttlicker and gellert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusjbuttlicker Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'm planning on trying to sleep through Monday night, but I thought it would be cool to be woken up right away if I happen to win it. I wrote a quick python script and put on it github here https://github.com/luketaverne/StressReducer. Put your name in (and change my youtube video url if you want to), and have it run periodically with cron (on mac/linux), and if your name is in the winner list it will open and play your YouTube video. Good luck everyone! But now we'll be up all night expecting any little noise to be our YouTube video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'm planning on trying to sleep through Monday night, but I thought it would be cool to be woken up right away if I happen to win it. I wrote a quick python script and put on it github here https://github.com/luketaverne/StressReducer. Put your name in (and change my youtube video url if you want to), and have it run periodically with cron (on mac/linux), and if your name is in the winner list it will open and play your YouTube video. Good luck everyone! I wrote a script and used it last year Another option is to use Page Monitor (Chrome app), since as soon as FastLane is up, the results come out! giants418 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbolya1 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 guys we're basically finding out tomorrow M4ss5pec 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusjbuttlicker Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 guys we're basically finding out tomorrow *** Anxiety Intensifies *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humulus_lupulus Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I hope tomorrow doesn't drag on too long. I have a feeling it probably will... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freudian_Slip Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Who's staying up til 3 for the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humulus_lupulus Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'm going to *try* to fall asleep but will probably check my phone every 30 seconds. Refresh, refresh, REFRESH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeinatedCognition Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 There is maintenance on the site scheduled for both tonight AND tomorrow night!! What does it mean? Which one will it be?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geographyrocks Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'm telling myself that it's not coming out until Friday so I can *hopefully* get some sleep for my committee meeting on Tuesday. Great timing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyNerd Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 There is maintenance on the site scheduled for both tonight AND tomorrow night!! What does it mean? Which one will it be?? I think the maintenance was for 12 - 8 am this morning, so it is already over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeinatedCognition Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I think the maintenance was for 12 - 8 am this morning, so it is already over. Ooops! Good call... maybe I shouldn't stay up, looks like I'm already in need of sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyNerd Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Ooops! Good call... maybe I shouldn't stay up, looks like I'm already in need of sleep! welcome to the graduate school club, the drinks aren't free but the insomnia is hooray Generis and kbolya1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanEvansLam Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I think the maintenance was for 12 - 8 am this morning, so it is already over. what is this second maintenance from 10 AM monday - 3 AM tuesday? also what is the tax situation with NSF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader Was Framed Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 tick tock caffeien42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humulus_lupulus Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 what is this second maintenance from 10 AM monday - 3 AM tuesday? Second maintenance is when they put the results up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4ss5pec Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Good to know, so we're basically looking at it going up on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humulus_lupulus Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Basically, to be safe, Tuesday should be the expectation. (But it will be tomorrow in my head because I know it will be there when I wake up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeien42 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) nevermind. see my next post. Edited March 30, 2015 by caffeien42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeien42 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 tick tock PhDerp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESFPengineer Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 CLUB GOIN UP ON A TUESDAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowclaw Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I frequently stay up until 2 anyway... what's an extra hour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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