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I was wondering if anyone knew when semifinalists are going to be announced?

We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.

Do we find our either way?

Any updates or emails yet?

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.

This is going to be the longest week ever.

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?

I was thinking the same thing

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?

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!

Do all seminifinalists get notified same day? Or will we get notified in a period of ___ days or weeks?

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?

Looks like it won’t be today. Darn

At least we’re all suffering together

Yup... dang! Good luck everybody!

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

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?

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.

Hey everybody! Semi-finalists results are up! Good luck everybody! I was chosen to move on!!!

I was a semi-finalist last year but not this year. Wow

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?

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.

Just got my semi-finalist notification!!
Does anyone know approximately how many semi-finalists are chosen?

I just got my email an hour ago

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?