a sweet treat! my go to recently has been a double dark chocolate magnum mini ice cream bar with a swipe of creamy peanut butter☺️

this is derogatory and an attack towards CVS

As a final, final note: this change in policy is a disservice to all second-year graduate students and to the scientific community at large. Please reach out to [email protected] to advocate for second year graduate students everywhere, and especially bridge program students!!

(9/9) In effect, the policy undermines the very mission of the GRFP by narrowing the applicant pool and excluding innovative, hardworking scientists the program is meant to support.

(8/9) since they aren’t guaranteed admission into the CUNY PhD directly after completing the MS. With this eligibility change, bridge students are now barred from submitting a competitive application before they have had the chance to complete, or even begin, a substantial research project.

(7/9) My program is funded by the Simon’s Foundation, so if a 1st year were to be awarded the fellowship, it would be unable to be applied. Even if it were able to be, the remaining 2 years of the fellowship would be unable to be applied,

(6/9) To then require students to develop a three-year research proposal just months after entering graduate school and essentially within a month of starting a research project is unreasonable.

(5/9) In my program, the CUNY GC Masters in Astrophysics, a two-year bridge program, students are not even matched with research projects until October of their first year.

(4/9) My story is echoed in my peers’ experiences. In this way, I cannot emphasis enough how this change in policy is a disservice to students who do not come from R1 institutions, and/or take a nontraditional route to a PhD — like students in bridge programs.

(3/9) I can speak from my own experience: I didn’t know what the NSF GRFP was until my senior year of undergrad. It was not because I couldn’t have prepared or couldn’t have written a good proposal — these resources were just not circulated in my department.

(2/9) In my eyes, bridge programs stand out as a tremendous effort to retain students who have non-traditional backgrounds. The path to a PhD is complex and difficult to navigate, especially for students who attend undergrad institutions w/o access to significant research funding or infrastructure.

(1/9) Generally, bridge programs are designed to provide critical training, resources, and support for students who are preparing to enter PhD programs. Terminal masters programs and bridge programs typically consist of ~2 years of course curriculum and research.