Graduate School Admission Results

Released today at 1am. I can't believe I got it. E/E E/VG E/E. It was a great experience just learning how to write a proper research proposal. Apply!

First year grad student at MIT working on tin sulfide photovoltaics. One online textbook chapter and one review paper published. Heavy emphasis on detailed short- and long-term research plans.

E/E E/E VG/VG "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten" - G.K. Chesterton

E/VG E/E E/E

That last post was mine too; reposting using "NSF GRFP" since that's what everyone else uses.

1st time applying, already in 1st year grad school. Weak B.I.--not tied in well with research plan. Trying NDSEG next year.

Rejected by BU and Accepted to the NSF within 24 hours... Wow

The entire list is up.

checked website

First Time applicant. So, so incredibly excited!!!

A few startups, patents from industry research, and most importantly passion for what I want to do.

Applied as a first year PhD student, Also applied as an undergrad.

undergraduate: 5 publications (two first author), tutor VG/G, VG/VG. Didn't get to 3rd reviewer :(.

Economics

no pubs. background in chemistry and chemical engineering. first time applicant (didn't apply as an undergrad)

Wow, that was late. Was originally HM; apparently enough people declined their fellowships that I got promoted!

Honorable mention. Two excellent reviews, and one incoherent reviewer who skimmed the proposal and didn't even understand that I was an experimentalist.