by Guest1234 » Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:58 pm
AlsoConfused wrote:Same here.
The SF I spoke with for an "interview" basically spent 2 hours telling me about their facility and why I should select them, so when I got the rejection email on Monday, I was beyond surprised. The SF sounded sad that I wasn't selected when they responded which leads me to believe that it was SMART's decision. :-/
This is accurate. The SMART program office ends up making the final pairings and decisions, not the SF's. Although, if a SF only requested one student, odds are they get that specific student. For ones that submit a list of students they want, they usually only get the top N students, based on budget.
[quote="AlsoConfused"]Same here.
The SF I spoke with for an "interview" basically spent 2 hours telling me about their facility and why I should select them, so when I got the rejection email on Monday, I was beyond surprised. The SF sounded sad that I wasn't selected when they responded which leads me to believe that it was SMART's decision. :-/[/quote]
This is accurate. The SMART program office ends up making the final pairings and decisions, not the SF's. Although, if a SF only requested one student, odds are they get that specific student. For ones that submit a list of students they want, they usually only get the top N students, based on budget.