shadowclaw Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I just tried, and I can log on and see everything. Perhaps there was just some sort of system maintenance going on when you tried.
roboticsapplicant Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Does anyone remember when awards were announced in previous years?
beserkerolaf Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Hey Doomination I saw you post in the ChemE thread as well. You and I applied to many similar schools, would you mind sharing your stats?
isilya Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 People actually put this up in the results search! Last year was last day of March or first day of April.
Munashi Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 People actually put this up in the results search! Last year was last day of March or first day of April. Yea, we still have quite a ways to go.
kbolya1 Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Not to sound like I'm gloating- but did find out I received a smaller summer fellowship from USGS- I hope some of you are hoping for smaller awards as well... the good news is some major positive motivation PhDerp and oanise93 2
kbolya1 Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Has fastlane been down for over a week now for anyone else?
shadowclaw Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I just took a look... everything seems to be working fine. Maybe you're cursed and only try to log in during moments of site maintenance or weird outages.
isilya Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Why do we have to wait so long??? Now that the dust has settled from interview invites, I'm freaking out about the NSF GRFP again
closetchem Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 The waiting is to protect us from schools that would only accept you if you were awarded the GRFP. It would skew the interview and acceptance process.
shadowclaw Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 I'm curious... what exactly would happen if someone was awarded the fellowship but wasn't accepted to any schools? Obviously you can't receive it if you aren't enrolled anywhere, but really, what would someone do? Call up the programs he/she was rejected from and ask them to reconsider due to the funding? I feel like this isn't likely to happen, but it's a possibility.
GeoDUDE! Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 I'm curious... what exactly would happen if someone was awarded the fellowship but wasn't accepted to any schools? Obviously you can't receive it if you aren't enrolled anywhere, but really, what would someone do? Call up the programs he/she was rejected from and ask them to reconsider due to the funding? I feel like this isn't likely to happen, but it's a possibility. That's exactly what you should do. I'd be shocked if someone won the GRF but couldn't find a home AFTER getting the award. The biggest reason for a candidate getting rejected is funding,minimum standards are actually really low relatively. FantasticalDevPsych and Monochrome Spring 2
tulips Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) I actually know at least one person that this happened to. He only applied to a few top tier schools and got rejected from all of them but received the GRFP. So he emailed prospective POIs to see if they had a spot in their group, and at least one of them very enthusiastically welcomed him into their lab. Edited February 11, 2015 by tulips
shadowclaw Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Good to know, GeoDUDE and tulips. I have two great worries for this application season. 1) I will get acceptances without funding but no GRFP, and 2) I will get all rejections but will receive the GRFP. At least now I can not worry about the second.
GeoDUDE! Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 I actually know at least one person that this happened to. He only applied to a few top tier schools and got rejected from all of them but received the GRFP. So he emailed prospective POIs to see if they had a spot in their group, and at least one of them very enthusiastically welcomed him into their lab. Good to know, GeoDUDE and tulips. I have two great worries for this application season. 1) I will get acceptances without funding but no GRFP, and 2) I will get all rejections but will receive the GRFP. At least now I can not worry about the second. Actually, now that I think about it, my friend applied to only 1 school (top 5) for graduate school last year and had not gotten in by April. He wasn't rejected or anything, but admissions offers had obviously already gone out. He won both the GRFP and Ford fellowship and he let them know and the next email was an acceptance. So yeah. moochie 1
Puffcheezers Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 If you receive the GRFP and have to decline it due to admissions, do you have a strong chance of winning it the following year? Has anyone had this experience? It seems like you could mention that in your personal statement but I'm not sure how much it would matter.
idiochromatic Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 If you receive the GRFP and have to decline it due to admissions, do you have a strong chance of winning it the following year? Has anyone had this experience? It seems like you could mention that in your personal statement but I'm not sure how much it would matter. I don't think this happens, though. As GeoDUDE! and others have mentioned, once you have a GRFP in hand, you're likely to be welcomed by many schools, since you have your own funding. Puffcheezers 1
commodork Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I don't think this happens, though. As GeoDUDE! and others have mentioned, once you have a GRFP in hand, you're likely to be welcomed by many schools, since you have your own funding. From what I've heard, many schools will reconsider admissions decisions if you get NSF GRFP, both because of the money and what it says about your quality as an applicant.
erth2rst Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I'm just going to leave this here. T-~5 weeks. 2014: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 @ 2:00 AM 2013 : Friday, March 29, 2013 @ ~2:00AM 2012: Friday, April 1, 2012 @ ~2:00AM 2011: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ ~12:50AM 2010: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ ~1:00AM 2009: Friday, April 10, 2009 @ ~1:00AM 2008: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 @ ~2:00AM 2007: Monday, March 23. 2007 @ ~11:20 PM anthro2014, Munashi, Generis and 5 others 8
Cosmojo Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Do you think they know who won already and the names are sitting in a spreadsheet waiting or are they still making decisions? I know it really doesn't matter.....but at some point they have to make choices and I bet some people have been picked already
geographyrocks Posted February 26, 2015 Author Posted February 26, 2015 I know a professor who was actually on a NSF committee. I should've asked her when they started reading grants. I know that they first have to take "courses" where the idea is to sync everyone's rating system. It obviously doesn't work very well, but they try.
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