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by Fiora
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:58 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Rejection Email
Replies: 13
Views: 9350

Re: Rejection Email

I just got mine. On the bright side, I won't be bound by the service agreement and am now free to apply to whichever other jobs I want! Best wishes to all of you; the fact that you were even nominated as semifinalists in the first place shows that you are all extremely bright and capable, and will d...
by Fiora
Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:42 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 10464

Re: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide

I was selected as a semifinalist at the graduate level as well. As I said earlier, my GPA was below last year's average, so it certainly was not the selling point of my application. There seems to be a lot of weight placed on the essays (35% for undergraduate applicants and a whopping 45% for gradua...
by Fiora
Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:50 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)

I made it to the semifinalist round too! Congrats everyone!!
by Fiora
Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:31 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)

Update: just called LMI. The person answering the phone said the official award announcements would be released in April, but they didn't have any further information about the semifinalist announcements that are typically made in February - just that they would "keep us updated." Guess this means w...
by Fiora
Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)

So it looks like my earlier prediction was incorrect, which I guess makes sense since the program is under new management this year. A real bummer - I was really hoping to be able to hear from them at some point this month.
by Fiora
Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:18 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)

Just as a heads-up to this year's applicants, we will most likely not be hearing anything until next week (around Feb. 15 or so). I was able to access the SMART panelists' evaluation page earlier last month (now requires a username and password), and it said the evaluation process for Round 1 would ...
by Fiora
Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 10464

Re: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide

Update: as of today (Jan. 25) the original page has been made private and now requires a username and password to access. I think this rubric will greatly help future applicants in terms of knowing roughly where they stand, and how they can maximize their chances. If any forum moderators are still a...
by Fiora
Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Weird posts
Replies: 1
Views: 2039

Re: Weird posts

For whatever reason, this forum was hit with a wave of spam (which happens sometimes - I've been a moderator on a similar forum in the past). I sent a PM to the forum administrator about it, so hopefully it should be taken care of soon.
by Fiora
Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:13 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 10464

Re: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide

Very interesting; thanks for the insight! As a graduate level applicant this year as well, that is comforting for me to hear. My GPA is below last year's posted average but my GRE scores are very strong (all sections above the 90th percentile), so I am hoping that makes up somewhat for it. I was als...
by Fiora
Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:00 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 10464

2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide

Posting this here for future reference (in case it gets deleted on the original page). This was taken directly from the link at: https://smartscholarshipprod.service-now.com/eval?id=kb_article&sys_id=8ca5cbd4dbf3c300afd6748e0f96191d There are two different rating scales that will be used in evaluati...