Posts Tagged ‘graduate school ’
For a comprehensive look at applying for NSF (and other similar fellowships), you should check out Philip Guo’s Fellowships Tips page, which is really good and very comprehensive. I personally learn best by example, so in this post, I’d like to provide a personal perspective on the application and review process; hopefully, this will prove helpful to some of you applying in the coming fall. While I did not win this year, I think it’s helpful to see the essays of others with reviews to get a real sense of what the reviewers are looking for.
This fall, I’ll find myself back at Stanford for a couple of reasons. The first is my 5-year reunion, which is strange enough. More improbable, however, is the fact that I will be starting on my way towards a PhD in Computer Science. In many ways, the coincidence of these two events makes me appreciate all the things that have happened since graduation that have brought me to where I am today.
