Re: April is Coming Up
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:04 am
So awards may be coming out this week.... Fingers crossed as I never got contacted for an interview. CS PhD looking to work at WSMR
Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation
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MDA, all 3 in Huntsville.Guest wrote:jaf1324 wrote:I've had 3 interviews and all of them said April 1st. All 3 were different departments of the same SF though, so I'm sure they all heard the same date, it could possibly be that they're all wrong.
What lab was that at?
How did that work? I currently dislike my SF. They have agreed to let me leave and another SF has agreed to take me. I don't know how do I initiate the change.AnotherGuest wrote:I had a similar thing happen - my SF was AEDC - not even on my list of choices (I was interviewed by others on my list and told I was a name they were putting forward to SMART... AEDC got me because I was their ONLY name submitted). Fortunately was able to eventually move somewhere else.MMGuest wrote:Can I ask which SF you are at?Bitter2018Scholar wrote:Dang, I wish we could have re-ranked our SF preference after interviews last year. I had an interview with an SF I hated but still somehow got assigned to them. It’s been hell since.
Definitely jealous you were able to transfer. I know LMI has been extra strict about it. I got the nastiest email at the time of award asking if transfers happen in certain circumstances. My SF isn’t using my research, they technically aren’t using my major, and it’s across the country. I live in a pretty big city near a ton of SFs (all three of my top choices, one that uses my university for their agency, hence why I asked) but no luck. I even had the SF I wanted’s HR people reach out because I knew they had selected me and they also got nasty emails staying I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere doing nothing productive.AnotherGuest wrote:I had a similar thing happen - my SF was AEDC - not even on my list of choices (I was interviewed by others on my list and told I was a name they were putting forward to SMART... AEDC got me because I was their ONLY name submitted). Fortunately was able to eventually move somewhere else.MMGuest wrote:Can I ask which SF you are at?Bitter2018Scholar wrote:Dang, I wish we could have re-ranked our SF preference after interviews last year. I had an interview with an SF I hated but still somehow got assigned to them. It’s been hell since.
I received a phone call from SMART last year asking if I wanted to re-rank my SF preferences. I think it is pretty uncommon for it to happen, but it does happen every year.Bitter2018Scholar wrote:Dang, I wish we could have re-ranked our SF preference after interviews last year. I had an interview with an SF I hated but still somehow got assigned to them. It’s been hell since.
TL;DR version - you need to be proactive and do the legwork. You already have most of it done with one SF agreeing to let you go and another agreeing to take you on. You need to contact the SMART program office or your original SF's liaison (would recommend the liaison first), and explain the situation. You are more likely to get the liaison on your side before SMART, and they can help convince SMART that your change of SF request is legitimate.PlutoBoy wrote:
How did that work? I currently dislike my SF. They have agreed to let me leave and another SF has agreed to take me. I don't know how do I initiate the change.