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Also received an unexpected offer from Carnegie Mellon today after interviewing last night! So random but hope to see you there

I believe most waitlist offers have been going out after April 15. Depending on the school, I would still wait as I've heard some people getting offered a spot from now until May, sometimes even August. It kinda sucks cause we never really know when we'll get off the waitlist, but I wouldn't assume you won't receive one. It's still early! My fingers are crossed for you!!

Thank you so much!

Congratulations for University of Minnesota.

anybody know if there has been any movement for UofT's waitlist?

Agreeing with everyone-- I'd wait/follow-up for concrete confirmation if only for peace of mind. Much better to know firmly the next stepping stone exists than to go out on faith and take the cold plunge. Congratulations on the offer btw!

Saw some people are waiting on SIU Carbondale. If it's helpful for data, they just sent me a rejection notification. Good luck to anyone still waiting on things! *Adding that it's for fiction

Where did you apply? It seems like Dalhousie is yet to send some of their decisions as it seems like many people are still waiting to hear from them, but as for other schools I’m not sure if they are still sending decisions out or not. And you’ve checked for anything accidentally sorted to a spam/junk folder? From what I understand, for all Canadian SLP programs, the deadline to accept initial offers was April 15th. So now that April 15th has passed most schools are probably starting to send out offers to people who were waitlisted. But that doesn’t mean it was a deadline for them sending all decisions, just their first round of acceptances. I would imagine waitlist decisions could still be sent out. I’m sorry you haven’t heard anything yet, that is frustrating.

I agree with Prufrock that it’s not silly, I think it’s definitely a good idea to have certainty before pulling out of anything else. I too waited until I had my acceptance of another offer confirmed before rescinding my NAU acceptance. I think it’s totally reasonable given the position you’re in.

definitely not silly! speaking as someone who had their offer completely rescinded from rutgers-camden this round -- until a contract is signed, nothing is promised! Maybe ark changed, but last year when i got in off the waitlist they sent a TA contract to sign the day of the offer, and told me to complete a full application on their grad site. Again, maybe things changed between years though.

Congrats!!!

Hey yall maybe someone has some advice/reassurance? So I decided to accept Arkansas's extremely last minute offer which they sent via email late afternoon on the 15th. I replied to the email accepting the offer that night a little before midnight. Didn't hear anything yesterday. This morning I sent a follow up email to confirm they had everything they needed (they had asked for a CV and transcripts) and asking if there was a student handbook I could have. That was a few hours ago and I still haven't heard anything. I need to tell NAU I'm rescinding my acceptance (which I'm super stressed about), but I'm hesitant to do it without some kind of confirmation from Arkansas. Is that silly? I don't want to be pushy and obvi it's usually not a big deal if an email goes unanswered for a couple of days, but I feel like it's weird to drop a last second acceptance that requires an immediate response and then not be available for questions or whatever. Idk what do you guys think?

You can find some examples in previous PGS-D topics from this forum; I can not recall which one it is, but you can Google it. To be honest, I do not think it is very helpful to look at the proposals and personal profiles of other successful applications; it does not help you improve your own. Here's why: 1. It is really up to your review committee members. What are their backgrounds? Do they have any knowledge of your study? If so, why is it impressive to them? If not, how can you ensure they understand what you are proposing? 2. It also depends on the profiles of your other competitors in the same committee. For instance, three first-author peer-reviewed articles in prestigious conferences or journals do not make you a strong candidate if you are in a hot research area, like CV/ML. However, if you are in an engineering field, one conference proceedings and one poster presentation can earn you a CGS-D. 3. There are many things that you cannot change, including your social activities, your prior scholarships, your GPA in undergraduate or graduate school, etc. Therefore, do not waste your time trying to improve your current proposal. If you want to try again later, publish papers, go to conferences, socialize more, and—above all—change the topics of your proposals and move to a different committee with less competition and more confidence. BTW, from 2025, all Tri-agency awards are combined as the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS), and the application will be open in the summer of 2025, which means there isn't much time for your next application. Do it now!

Probably a few hours prior to that. Not immediately after announcement, but a few hours after.

Got a completely unexpected offer from Carnegie Mellon today! (I interviewed just last night). Going into this application season I was mentally preparing myself to not get in anywhere. Getting two acceptances (Boston University and Carnegie Mellon) was a huge surprise. I am so excited to get this next chapter of my life started!

If I haven’t received a waitlist offer yet, am I to assume I won’t receive one? Anyone know what the cut off day is to receive an offer?

When did you submit your acceptance form to them initially? I sent mine around 4:30pm EST yesterday and havent heard back, just the auto reply

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Yes, I did hear back from an actual person. They stated I would receive the commencement form within three days, but I actually received it about an hour ago and have since submitted it back to them.

Cool did you hear back from Vanier after you emailed them or just the auto reply? My uni said that they should give us a "confirmation of commencement" form after we email them the offer form, and an AFF after we send back the confirmation of commencement form. I'm also waiting to get the confirmation of commencement before I decline the CGS-D.

Does anyone here have a successful NSERC CGS-D or PGS-D application that they'd be willing to share? My application this year was unsuccessful, but I plan to apply again in October. Any insight or suggestions for next year's application will be much appreciated. If you are not comfortable sharing it on the forum, please message me privately. Also, if sharing personal information is an issue for you, you are welcome to delete the pages that display your personal contact information.

Not sure if it helps, but if you're like me, receiving the email late this morning and thinking it must be a rejection as it's been so late, you still have a chance. I got PGS, and I received the email at 11 AM EST.

Does anybody know anything about NC State? I haven't heard anything and I haven't gotten a response when I emailed to see if poetry was filled...Last one I'm waiting on :') Congrats to everyone who's gotten good news and for those of us still waiting or haven't gotten the news we'd hoped for, we persevere!!

Hi everyone! Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! And to those who were waitlisted or didn’t get in this time, don’t give up! It took me two years to get into the program, and I can tell you that all the hard work and stress are worth it. Keep pushing! I wanted to share that I have a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home for rent for those accepted to Western University’s SLP program. Rent is $900/month plus utilities. I had the privilege of living with fellow SLP students during my two years in the program, and it was the best decision I made! We were all on the same schedule, which made studying and assignments so much easier. If you’re interested in learning more or would like to see pictures, feel free to text me at 647-459-3548. My name is Makayla! Congrats again, and I hope to chat soon! 😊 Also, since many people are asking, what is the groupchat for western SLP?

Hi, I just got to know that University of Michigan’s waitlist has officially been discontinued and they would not be making any more offers. I am obviously devastated, but I am happy to have a programme to go to! Sorry, I wish I had better, mode optimistic news, but this is the update! I wish you guys all the best! University of Minnesota, here I come!