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I also got semifinalist.

Around noon today (31 Jan) I received an email saying I was a semifinalist. Hopefully everyone else will be getting their emails today. Best of luck to everyone!

I recieved an e-mail.

semifinalist!

I got the email too!

Got the e-mail as well... Made it through the first round. I would like to say congratulations to all who did we are in (so far) the top 50% of applicants. Good luck to all

Just got a semi-finalist email. Made it through to the next round. :)

Awesome link! Thank you.

guest wrote:This link shows Feb 1st for the "2011 Ranked Application List Distributed":

http://smart.asee.org/about/events

Thanks for the link! Very good information.

This link shows Feb 1st for the "2011 Ranked Application List Distributed":

http://smart.asee.org/about/events

I would say between c and d, I did ask the same question and got a very similiar answer. It would be an honor just to know I made it to the semi finals round. Of course I wishh to be selcted but I am just saying I will be pretty stoked to know I was in atleast the top 50% in what I would consider a top 10% grouping. 2 Months away from final awards!

So it sounds like we're at d) on the Application Review Process list below

http://thesmartforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13

I wanted to let everyone know I sent in a question about contact information (since I'll be in transit - in Kuwait, Iraq, and US) during that time period.
The reply explained what I needed to know, but it also added this sentence:

"applicants will receive an email in the next couple of weeks stating if their application will move on to the DoD Needs Assessment Evaluation Level"

I received this about 4 days ago. So, I figure we'll see something soon!

Don't let the wait get the best of you. I made it through the first round last year only to be informed I didn't make the second round cut. I agree, it's very exciting having this opportunity and it would be great to know the answer. Just focus in on your course work and try not to think about this until you hear something. The answer will be here before you know it!

I have heard nothing. Every day I check on here to see if anyone has heard anything. The wait is horrible!

Good Lord the anticipation grows into the ball of nerves in the belly and doesn't ever seem to subside...

Has anyone received anything?

I expect they will send out the semi-finalist notifications on or around Feb 1st seeing as thats when applications will be forwarded to DoD facilities.

Don't forget that they have to do a partial background checks on all those that apply as part of the initial screening. Those selected as semi-finalists are then fully screened, because to accept the scholarship you have to obtain at least in interim secret.

It could be that this year they are only going to do the background checks on those selected. I have to imagine that doing the investigation for everyone although more efficient in the time sensitive environment would cost a lot more that doing it for those that actually receive funding. Besides the more money they have the more people they can award right.

Anticipation...

Based on Eight years of military experience, I would say that any timeline presented is really more of a bullseye than a deadline. The leadership mindset usually is, "I hope we hit it, but if we don't then we'll get as close as possible."

I'm as anxious as anyone - keep posting updates as you find out more information!

I asked if they will be requesting the SF86's this year and the response is below!

Jim,

At this time, no additional documents are needed. We will notify applicants at the time when they are needed.

Thank you,

The ASEE SMART Program Team
c/o American Society for Engineering Education
1818 N St. NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Email: smart@asee.org

My current guess based on the timeline is that they'll only request more documents once they've ruled out all of the people who aren't qualified based on citizenship, GPA, etc... So perhaps the 15th-ish?

Here we are Jan 10 and no request for fall documents or sf86. I wonder if they decided to do it differently this year. I would love to know how many applicants they received this year.

Still makes me wonder when the SF-87 goes out...

Fantastic link. Thank you!