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- Mon Oct 21, 2019 9:33 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Looking for a phase 2 who finished negotiations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6178
Re: Looking for a phase 2 who finished negotiations
Aside from start date there was no negotiation at my SF sadly. Good luck!
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:39 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Password renewal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3899
Re: Password renewal
Yeah, I didn't trust the link so I tried to reset myself, had my account locked then got a link to unlock and requested a password reset.
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Taxes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4620
Re: Taxes
I didn't pay Quarterly because I had no idea what I'd end up paying. I'd suggest using a tax calculator so you're prepared for what you're most likely going to owe, but I didn't end up owing anything extra for not paying quarterly! You're totally fine this year as you're only being paid for the last...
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:15 am
- Forum: General Questions and the Application
- Topic: Register as pursuing a MA or PhD?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3559
Re: Register as pursuing a MA or PhD?
1)Apply for your highest degree level you'll have before your planned full time work start date. Also request the scholarship for the entire duration, don't expect an extension. You get a slightly higher stipend if you're a PhD and it will change your starting salary. 2) I would put the undergrad on...
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:11 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: New Scholar Coordinators
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4581
Re: New Scholar Coordinators
I believe they're just moving scholars around to different people or getting new people in and distributing the work load. I was assigned to Pam B and she was my coordinator for AF since day one of LMI, then very very recently we got an email saying some of us would be switched to someone else. I ha...
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Questions and the Application
- Topic: Suggestions for Sponsoring Facilities in CA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4174
Re: Suggestions for Sponsoring Facilities in CA
-China Lake has a huge R&D program, they're a good one to look at and they're on the R&D payscale.
-SMC (Los Angeles) is an acquisition base, there's very limited R&D and generally it's not the civilians doing the R&D but rather the Contractors for what tiny bit there is.
-SMC (Los Angeles) is an acquisition base, there's very limited R&D and generally it's not the civilians doing the R&D but rather the Contractors for what tiny bit there is.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:09 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Time between Graduation and Start Date
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9243
Re: Time between Graduation and Start Date
I was offered a job start date about 2 months after graduation, I ended up pushing and just started this week.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:07 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: 2019 recipient: has the security clearance process started?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4986
Re: 2019 recipient: has the security clearance process start
Your SF will get this process started. They should contact you before next summer, but my SF for example didn't contact us until late march of our first internship year.
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:08 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Were we supposed to pay taxes?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3897
Re: Were we supposed to pay taxes?
*not an accountant and am not completely accursed te on my %s* There is no rule either way. You can pay quarterly to make smaller payments 4 times a year instead of one big one. I personally did not pay any taxes ahead of time. You risk the possibility of a late fee by not doing so, but if they come...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:39 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Pushing back service commitment by a few months?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3508
Re: Pushing back service commitment by a few months?
I'm not starting until September. Earliest I could have started (when they got all the paperwork done) was first pay period of July.
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:38 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Monthly did anybody get paid thread
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9895
Re: Monthly did anybody get paid thread
Right!AAAAAAA wrote:Thank God I'm not alone, hope it's tomorrow because if they pay us in literally the last week of July I'll be ~pissed~kbl2017 wrote:Nothing yet
Fingers crossed we get it this week!!!
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:21 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Monthly did anybody get paid thread
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9895
Re: Monthly did anybody get paid thread
Nothing yet ![Surprised :o](./../images/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif)
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- Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:25 am
- Forum: General Questions and the Application
- Topic: Confused about the timeline/awarding
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2756
Re: Confused about the timeline/awarding
When you apply in the fall you are applying for the next school year, so it would cover your junior and senior year. The application cycle is due in December, awarded sometime late spring, then start the program in the fall.
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:06 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Regarding Limits
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3323
Re: Regarding Limits
SMART should fall under an outside funding source no different than your parents paying. Financial aid is government assistance like work study, it would be through your FASFA - which I didn't even fill out when I had SMART paying. Officially SMART is not even paid by the government, it's paid by LMI.
- Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:34 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: SF Hire You As A Contractor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3264
Re: SF Hire You As A Contractor
No, you should be hired as a full time civilian. If you're not it wouldn't even count towards your service commitment. They also want you to continue working for them after your commitment it's not like a 2 years and then leave type deal (unless you want to leave). Assuming someone has been talking ...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:09 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: June stipend?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8053
Re: June stipend?
BofA here - also got paid
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:10 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: June stipend?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8053
Re: June stipend?
3rd Friday of the month is the specified time, the first day of this month was a Saturday so it's not till next week that we'll get it!
This month falls super late because the last few have been in the teens, but I've never not gotten it in the 3rd week since starting the program two years ago.
This month falls super late because the last few have been in the teens, but I've never not gotten it in the 3rd week since starting the program two years ago.
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:48 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Graduated in May, no job, will I get June stipend?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3833
Re: Graduated in May, no job, will I get June stipend?
You should keep getting paid until you give them your start date. The stipulation to that is if it's an extended period past the 90 days they may ask you why it's taking so long.
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:11 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: travel allowance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3752
Re: travel allowance
I would highly suggest, assuming you can afford it, making all your plans as soon as you're approved to travel. You should be paid before your visit but I think mine was less than a week out. The hotel was pay upon arrival, but I got the flights for (made up numbers) $200 rather than $500 if I had w...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:15 am
- Forum: General Questions and the Application
- Topic: How much does gpa matter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3952
Re: How much does gpa matter?
I had something like a 3.2 - the grading rubric type thing is somewhere on this forum, you're disqualified under 3 otherwise it's fair game. If you're applying for an undergrad scholarship your GPA is a much bigger portion of your selection, if you're applying for a grad school scholarship your rese...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Consider This Before Choosing to Do a PCS Move
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4116
Re: Consider This Before Choosing to Do a PCS Move
We were told they won't pay for any relocation now - our base told us it had something to do with SMART saying it's not allowed because we continue getting support stipends even after we graduate? I'm personally not sure why that matters because we still need money to live on.... but that's what we ...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Questions and the Application
- Topic: Transfer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3319
Re: Transfer
For grad school you didn't even have to be accepted yet so I'm sure they let you transfer to a new school for the fall.
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:00 pm
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: internship q
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3486
Re: internship q
Last year I heard from my SF in early February, I wouldn't worry too much.
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:22 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Government shutdown
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2870
Re: Government shutdown
So the DoD receives non-annual funding so the civilians aren't effected except for the coast guard - but there is minimum manning and such going on. As far as I understand, I think all our funds are transferred to LMI when we start the program so the stipends etc. would not be impacted by anything w...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:18 am
- Forum: Recipients
- Topic: Phase 2 Start
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4111
Re: Phase 2 Start
My HR person at my SF has said they will give me extra time to move there because of the distance and cost (12 hours from my University and NJ is expensive). It has yet to happen yet because I haven’t graduated yet, but I believe your start date is something you agree on with your SF. ^^^ Your loca...