sarah-bellum

I'm not sure how long your program usually is, but the OGS page on my school's website says this regarding 5th year funding: So if you're in a 12-term program then that's probably why you didn't get it. Otherwise I'm not sure how common this is.

As mentioned above, it's expected that you be friendly and try to get along with everyone. And if your lab/cohort ever has social events (lab parties, dinners out, etc.), or if people make a point of inviting you to spend time with them, then you should make an effort to go - partly just out of politeness, and partly because there really are advantages to having friends in your program. It can make conferences more enjoyable (and help you cut costs by splitting hotel rooms etc.) Senior grad students in your area can be an amazing resource for guidance and advice, especially people who are in your lab. And of course, having a friend or two in your classes can be extremely helpful, since you can help each other study and work out anything you don't understand. But if you're happier doing those things on your own, then by all means! There's certainly no obligation to hang out with your labmates all the time or befriend everyone in your cohort. Don't make yourself annoyed and uncomfortable by spending time with people if you don't want to.

You just gave me a mini heart attack until I re-read my letter! The deadline to accept or decline is May 15, not 1st. Somewhere way back in this thread people talked about how SSHRC would be posting the results on the Web portal by May 6th (I think?), so hopefully you can find out that way.

The summer before my masters, I contacted a prof that I had previously worked with as an RA, asking if he needed any help over the summer. He didn't, but through his contacts on campus was able to hook me up with a lab in a different faculty. I ended up working full time all summer for $17 per hour. And it gave me some further research experience to boot

Sorry to hear, Inquietude. If nothing else, it sounds like you were close - maybe third time's the charm. I agree, the lack of transparency with SSHRC is really frustrating. Nobody seems to know what their scores even mean, much less how they were determined, and the whole process just seems to be purposely difficult to understand. It's tough when we all work so hard on these applications and then don't get any constructive feedback.

I'm in southern Ontario and still haven't heard anything. This is torture

I'm not in Ottawa, but elsewhere in Ontario. Nothing in the mail yet. Good luck everybody!!

There are a very small number of OGS awards available to international students. You can apply (through your school, usually), but to my knowledge the chances are small for international students.

No Vanier for me either. The leadership score killed me! Good luck to everyone else.

know the feeling! I keep trying to imagine getting the bad news in order to prepare myself... but my mind much prefers to imagine the good news haha. probably best to stop thinking about it altogether, although that's much easier said than done.

Anyone know what time the announcement usually goes up? should we start checking at midnight, or do they wait until business hours?

Oh, I see - I totally missed the "three-year allocation" bit and thought it was 600 per year. Thanks!!

I applied to Cornell back in 2013, and it took them until March 11th to get back to me (I was ultimately rejected). Seems like they're one of the last schools to reply.

Hey folks, wondering if anybody has any thoughts about this. I noticed on that, although there is a total of 600 possible nominations for each funding agency, for the SSHRC Vanier. Does anyone know a) if this is normal?, and b ) why would that happen? Are schools just not sending forward their full quota of nominees? I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm getting pretty anxious to hear the results. Just tell us already!!

I'm in social psych at Western. I love our program and have really enjoyed my time here I can try to answer any specific questions you have.