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If you have an offer from the school of graduate studies, the department deadline is moot and arbitrary. I highly doubt the offer will be rescinded. It sounds like they have another qualified candidate but not enough funding. Too bad for the other guy. It is completely reasonable to wait for a visit. However, if I were you, I would simply skype with the supervisor and some of his or her graduate students and accept asap. it is only a masters, 2 years goes by fast regardless of whether or not you get along with your supervisor.

In graduate school you will suffer countless rejections with a few victories. get ready to pound your head against the wall. if you can't get over it now, there is no sense in continuing. I am absolutely serious. Even professors with excellent publication records sometimes lose their research grants and have their manuscripts turned down. Take this as a very good lesson in composure.

In graduate school you will suffer countless rejections with a few victories. get ready to pound your head against the wall. if you can't get over it now, there is no sense in continuing. I am absolutely serious. Even professors with excellent publication records sometimes lose their research grants and have their manuscripts turned down. Take this as a very good lesson in composure.

In graduate school you will suffer countless rejections with a few victories. get ready to pound your head against the wall. if you can't get over it now, there is no sense in continuing. I am absolutely serious. Even professors with excellent publication records sometimes lose their research grants and have their manuscripts turned down. Take this as a very good lesson in composure.

In graduate school you will suffer countless rejections with a few victories. get ready to pound your head against the wall. if you can't get over it now, there is no sense in continuing. I am absolutely serious. Even professors with excellent publication records sometimes lose their research grants and have their manuscripts turned down. Take this as a very good lesson in composure.

In graduate school you will suffer countless rejections with a few victories. get ready to pound your head against the wall. if you can't get over it now, there is no sense in continuing. I am absolutely serious. Even professors with excellent publication records sometimes lose their research grants and have their manuscripts turned down. Take this as a very good lesson in composure.

Your SSHRC application was forwarded to the national competition by your current university. It is still possible that you won't be funded. In fact, many otherwise successful applications have, in recent years, been declined only because there was not enough funding. 
 
you may not be admitted to a graduate program for a number of reasons. apart from your grades and the quality of your application, your program might simply be competitive. A graduate fellowship would certainly make you more appealing to potential supervisors but it wouldn't guarantee your admission. 
 
I think that you can defer SSHRC by one year.

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Your SSHRC application was forwarded to the national competition by your current university. It is still possible that you won't be funded. In fact, many otherwise successful applications have, in recent years, been declined only because there was not enough funding. 
 
you may not be admitted to a graduate program for a number of reasons. apart from your grades and the quality of your application, your program might simply be competitive. A graduate fellowship would certainly make you more appealing to potential supervisors but it wouldn't guarantee your admission. 
 
I think that you can defer SSHRC by one year.

get them drunk

the adcom might be waiting on a POI to agree to supervise you. This could take time as the POI balances budgets and weighs potential applicants. If they are busy or lazy, it will take even longer.

dude, you have 9 to go. stop looking at the results page.

dude, you have 9 to go. stop looking at the results page.

dude, you have 9 to go. stop looking at the results page.

i usually wear worn out jeans with crotch holes darned shut by my girlfriend with some nature-y t-shirt. sometimes I wear a button down shirt. no one seems to care - especially given how my supervisor dresses...but i am an ecology grad student...hehe.

Your opening paragraph is really negative and I could not read beyond it. You have only 500 words to explain yourself - speak only of yourself using positives!!!!!!
 
I suggest first writing an outline of what it is that you wish to convey. Here is an example:
 
I am interested in...therefore I'd like to...Graduate school would help me achieve this...how...The department of...at...is the place for this because... I have excellent preparation because...One example of my perseverance and dedication to academia is how I completed my undergraduate degree in spite of ...these circumstances...While these undoubtedly impacted my GPA, I have...this experience... and these accomplishments.My life goal is...Conclusion.

i usually wear worn out jeans with crotch holes darned shut by my girlfriend with some nature-y t-shirt. sometimes I wear a button down shirt. no one seems to care - especially given how my supervisor dresses...but i am an ecology grad student...hehe.

1/6 pshh , keep your head up! it's too early to worry!

well you aren't friends, yet, so what is there to discuss? it is very likely that they have a pool of applicants to choose from - 2/4 of my POIs were pretty clear that despite our chemistry, they will pick the best applicant (which of course will be me).

well you aren't friends, yet, so what is there to discuss? it is very likely that they have a pool of applicants to choose from - 2/4 of my POIs were pretty clear that despite our chemistry, they will pick the best applicant (which of course will be me).

well you aren't friends, yet, so what is there to discuss? it is very likely that they have a pool of applicants to choose from - 2/4 of my POIs were pretty clear that despite our chemistry, they will pick the best applicant (which of course will be me).

well you aren't friends, yet, so what is there to discuss? it is very likely that they have a pool of applicants to choose from - 2/4 of my POIs were pretty clear that despite our chemistry, they will pick the best applicant (which of course will be me).

you should be able to describe your own interests and not another person's. In my POS I wrote
 
"My M.Sc. research was influenced by a theoretical paper, which I read as an undergraduate, on the.... It inspired me to learn ... so that I could test the hypothesis that..."

your pedigree is completely irrelevant.your choice of university should be based only on your intellectual goals and to a lesser degree on your career goals.

your pedigree is completely irrelevant.your choice of university should be based only on your intellectual goals and to a lesser degree on your career goals.