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Semifinalists

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:36 pm
by Guest
I was wondering if anyone knew when semifinalists are going to be announced?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:01 pm
by aqzws
We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:48 pm
by anm12
Do we find our either way?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:25 pm
by SkyWalker15
Any updates or emails yet?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:07 pm
by Biomed
anm12 wrote:
Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:48 pm
Do we find our either way?
We all get an official email.
SkyWalker15 wrote:
Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:25 pm
Any updates or emails yet?
We'll get notified probably beginning of February.

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:50 pm
by Dilly
This is going to be the longest week ever.

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 3:50 pm
by Biomed
Dilly wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:50 pm
This is going to be the longest week ever.
I noticed that for a majority of the years (not all) the semi-finalist notifications drop the first Monday of February.

Wonder if we'll get it by the end of today?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:58 pm
by Guest
I was thinking the same thing

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:25 pm
by kpo___
Biomed wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 3:50 pm
Dilly wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:50 pm
This is going to be the longest week ever.
I noticed that for a majority of the years (not all) the semi-finalist notifications drop the first Monday of February.

Wonder if we'll get it by the end of today?
Do you know what the other dates were that weren’t the first Monday of February?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:57 pm
by Scruffy
kpo___ wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:25 pm
Biomed wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 3:50 pm
Dilly wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:50 pm
This is going to be the longest week ever.
I noticed that for a majority of the years (not all) the semi-finalist notifications drop the first Monday of February.

Wonder if we'll get it by the end of today?
Do you know what the other dates were that weren’t the first Monday of February?

Oh the anticipation is driving me nuts!

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:27 pm
by mmrlsmart
Do all seminifinalists get notified same day? Or will we get notified in a period of ___ days or weeks?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:32 pm
by Mighty Boulder
aqzws wrote:
Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:01 pm
We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.
What time zone was that? Pacific? Eastern?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:35 pm
by Guest
Looks like it won’t be today. Darn

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:38 pm
by kpo___
At least we’re all suffering together

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:43 pm
by Mighty Boulder
Yup... dang! Good luck everybody!

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:45 pm
by aqzws
Mighty Boulder wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:32 pm
aqzws wrote:
Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:01 pm
We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.
What time zone was that? Pacific? Eastern?
Central :)

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:58 pm
by mmrsmart
I wonder if there will be more delay this year due to uncertainty in Covid. But then it was the same uncertainty last year, right?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:52 am
by VVR2221
mmrsmart wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:58 pm
I wonder if there will be more delay this year due to uncertainty in Covid. But then it was the same uncertainty last year, right?
There was some uncertainty in April because Semifinalists who did not receive the scholarship got (in their rejection emails) a note saying that we could still receive the scholarship in a later email. But I don't remember there being any uncertainty in February.

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:23 pm
by Mighty Boulder
Hey everybody! Semi-finalists results are up! Good luck everybody! I was chosen to move on!!! :D

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:28 pm
by aqzws
I was a semi-finalist last year but not this year. Wow :|

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:55 pm
by Funblade
I’m a semifinals. I’m happy for everyone who made it! I’m sorry for those who didn’t but I wish you luck with all future endeavors! I was wondering how many people are selected to be a semi finalist?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:58 pm
by Jakey
I applied this year with mostly the same application as last year, though with updates. Got the semifinalist announcement tonight too, same as last year. Small victory!

Btw, I got my rejection email last year on April 6. It was radio silence until then. Let’s hope the Groundhog’s Day prediction for 6 more weeks of winter doesn’t extend to the cold, anxiety-inducing breadth of silence that is the SMART semifinalist phase.

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:40 pm
by sgargaro
Just got my semi-finalist notification!!
Does anyone know approximately how many semi-finalists are chosen?

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:03 pm
by Ajswartz
I just got my email an hour ago

Re: Semifinalists

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:12 pm
by mmrlsmart
Son is a semifinalist! His SFs listed in application are all here in SoCAL about 45 miles from us.
CA is super competitive so I’m just super stoked on him being semifinalist. Of course, this is just only Step 1 .

Based on previous years, does anyone know of a rough % of semifinalists who eventually get the final offer?

When does the first round of Final offers usually come - is it the last week of April?

Also from previous posts here, I see it’s also possible that other SF (even not listed in his choices) may also consider him for interview, if they like to consider him? Is this true?