dbrynen

Hey everyone, I'm currently a student at GSPIA. If anyone has any questions about the program (or any others that I was accepted to last year) shoot me a message or write me on here! Good luck to all!

I heard around 2/3 weeks ago via e-mail along with the offer of a 1k scholarship. I later got the official letter of acceptance from the school last Thursday.

Hi everyone. Thought I'd let you know that Carleton, Victoria and Toronto have all sent me e-mails within the past two days. I ended up getting accepted at all three. Victoria's official offer is apparently on it's way (unlikely I'll go there), Carleton has offered me 26k over two years (TA ship + scholarships) and Toronto offered me a 1k scholarship. Decision time now...

I ended up accepting them last night. Toronto is probably the only school that would change my mind and make me take the $500 hit of losing my deposit. How about you? Really sucks how we have to notify them so early..

Congratulations to all those accepted! Concordia's MPPPA also sent out some acceptances today. I will likely decline their offer as their program is reasonably low on my list. Also I can confirm that GSPIA is a little sloppy when it comes to documents. They had initially calculated my admission average using my old transcript that I had sent in in late November rather than my updated one from January. Since my Fall 2013 semester was very strong I ended up qualifying for a scholarship. Therefore make sure that they've used your most recent transcript if you've sent in multiple ones.

Agree 100%. Highly doubt that I'll hear back from many (if any) of the other programs by March 3rd. Seems like I'll have to accept GSPIA and then take the $500 deposit hit if another school I prefer accepts me. Anyways I found out from uOttawa that my admission average was calculated using my older transcript from December and not the one that includes my most recent grades which I sent to them a couple weeks ago. After I e-mailed them an unofficial copy and sent in another official one they e-mailed me back offering me the Graduate Studies Scholarship worth 6K per year. I am however a bit confused as to whether or not I would also be getting the Admissions Scholarship which is around 16.5K per year (and requires an 8.0/10 over the last 60 credits). Since my average over the last 60 credits is a 8.15/10 it seems like I would be getting this as well but they made no mention of the Admissions Scholarship on the letter...

I've checked and haven't found anything. That statement I posted from the website however makes it sounds like those admitted to the program are automatically funded which would be really sweet considering how generous it is. I'll let the forum know what's up when I get a reply in case there's other people/lurkers wondering the same. Do you think you'll accept Ottawa's offer?

Same to you! Hard to say but U of T would be very hard to turn down and Carleton would also be pretty high up on my list. Amsterdam seems pretty fantastic too but the cost of living is way higher and the program unfortunately doesn't really focus on my area of research (multiculturalism and diversity). Anyways I'm a little confused about the funding regarding GSPIA. While I didn't see anything in my e-mail or attached documents regarding funding, the GSPIA website states that: "The Faculty of Social Sciences has a minimum funding policy that guarantees at least $16,500 for the first year of study in a Masters program to all eligible students." I've sent them an e-mail asking for clarification because that statement seems pretty clear that all those accepted to the program are funded.

Should also add that I've applied at: Concordia (MPPPA), University of Ottawa (MA Political Science, GSPIA), Carleton (MA Political Science), University of Toronto (MA Political Science), Simon Fraser (MA Political Science) and University of Victoria (MA Political Science). Also might apply to University of Amsterdam this weekend but haven't yet made up my mind.

I did too! Very surprised to see them e-mail out results already. Unfortunately it appears as if I didn't get any funding as there was nothing attached with the PDF they sent along. While the lack of funding isn't a deal breaker for me I'm likely to decline U of O's offer as it was pretty far down my list anyways.