Science and Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Blog

An aspiring ecologists’ blog posts on applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

My bike has been the last to leave the rack outside my building several nights in the past 10 days or so. I imagine I’ll be last again tonight. I’m finally calling it a night after 13 hours at school. I’ve uploaded my essays to FastLane (NSF’s site for applications) in case its overloaded tomorrow afternoon when things are due. I’m planning to do a final proofread tomorrow afternoon, but in the worst case scenario now I’ve got something on FastLane to submit. I’m feeling pretty good about my application.
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I had a short meeting with Herb today. I have SO many questions about starting research. For example [Herb's answer]:
Should I be a TA this summer if I don’t get the NSF GRF? [I don't think you have any other options if you want to continue to pay rent.]

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