The chances of not winning a National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowship are much greater than walking off with the coveted award. The odds go down substantially if you’re still an undergraduate who hasn’t yet been accepted to graduate school. But Rawan Almallahi, a Cullen College senior majoring in chemical engineering and student of the Honors College, is accustomed to winning, and so as she continues to hear back from graduate schools, she lets them know that she’ll be coming aboard with the NSF prize wrapped up.