<p>It’s now September so my S is working on fellowship applications at this point. He’s been advised to apply to a dozen programs with a range of admission difficulty. It’s easy to figure out the ones that are difficult to get into, but figuring out a “safety” is difficult. How safe is safe?</p>
<p>He still hasn’t narrowed down a research area so he’s considering the Cambridge math tripos. His lack of a specific interest is also going to be a problem with some fellowships like the NSF. But it looks like outside funding isn’t necessary for most programs, especially since he loves to teach.</p>
<p>Fellowship applications, GRE’s, Grad school apps, job interviews, senior thesis - this is worse than senior year in high school. Anyone else’s kid overloaded like this?</p>