The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Just heard from my SF that SMART is sending out announcements tomorrow!! Sending out as in mailing, so it will be a couple more days . . . or sending out as in emails? Thanks! Decisions will be sent by ASEE by email, as is stated on their website. Let's hope the posters are correct and we hear tomo...

I don't think anyone is arguing that vet preferences shouldn't exist. Rather, unfair advantages shouldn't be given to veterans over others who are more qualified. Like AZGeologist said a few posts back, the SF seemed to resent that that vet was chosen, even thought there were 3 people more highly q...

I don't recall seeing this specifically in, but I was under the impression that the goal of SMART was to recruit and retain the brightest minds in science for the advancement of government research project in the various STEM fields. This is not to say that veterans cannot be the among the best mind...

Yeah, my boss at work had a very serious talk with me along the lines of 'Look, you shouldn't be trying to mold your life around them. You haven't heard anything in weeks. Stop operating under the assumption you might have it. It's stupid. Just let it go and move on.' Sigh. harsh, but probably good...

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Yes, but a least federal employees get paid while they wait! Not well, though. At least in the fields SMART deals with. People tend to forget the value of the associated benefits and a good retirement plan. With those things taken in to consideration, the STEM fields get paid just fine, even compar...

And gatsby, I should be clear--I am not making an attack on your or trying to start a flame war--the irony was too perfect. I really mean no disrespect. I only mean to caution people on reading too far in to the wording by SMART/ASEE/SPO, etc.. No need to incite false hope (or an increase sense of.....

Few- noun, pronoun adjective 1. not many but more than one: Where are people finding their definitions? Few does not indicate any specific number. Not three...not four... It is a relative term that means more than one, but less than many (many also being a relative term), which was likely strategic...

Tomorrow is three weeks since the "few week" delay. Here's to hoping to a government "few" isn't much longer. I work for the DOD... couple = 2 few = 3 or 4 many = 5 or more Few- noun, pronoun adjective 1. not many but more than one: Where are people finding their definitions? Few does not indicate ...

Well I have been unofficially told I didn't get into my first choice school and I am unwilling to go to my second choice without this scholarship which won't be processed in time for me to enroll so if I do recieve the award I will be promptly declining it. Guess I get to do this all again in the f...

There's a lot of anxious people browsing the forum this morning... several hundred views in just a couple hours. I think we have the ASEE's lack of updates to thank for that. People are looking for any inkling of an update in any way they can. This is really the only way. What would be considerate ...

Alright then, let's just say that ends that. Continue with the reason we are all here... They said Apr 9th, I am not going to consider myself out until this Tuesday, the 24th. That will be two weeks late on their part so I guess it will make things easier. If you're all smart, just apply for other ...

You people are absolutely ridiculous. You'd think bright engineers like those applying for this scholarship could figure out the strategy to cope with this scholarship application process. The acceptance rate is 10%. This year, they're probably going to accept even less. Expect ~6-7% acceptance rat...

Tomorrow marks the day that our hopes of an efficient response to our application died. I don't know about you guys, but the stress of waiting has bled over into my everyday, affecting my sleeping and eating habits! Not healthy. If I die before a decision is announced, I'll make sure to leave instr...

I think I've figured it out. SMART has had a huge funding cut, so they've been forced to reduce the number of awards for this year. Unable to choose which of the finalists to cut, they've decided to make the selection process as unpredictable and stressful as possible so that most of us die or lose...

I feel the need to fact correct one thing here: the stipend, as well as any other funding provided to you from the SMART program, for the ENTIRETY of your award (1yr, 2yr, whatever) is provided in the budget of your cohort year. For example, I am a 2011 Cohort Awardee. My 3 year award is funded und...

administrator wrote:Fixed it and resent all activation emails from Mar 1 and on.

Thank you for letting me know.

Chris

Thank you for the update.

Anxious,

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