criss cross crash

I haven't got my letter yet, but my supervisor sent me an email saying that my application was successful. I'll post the score and other details when the letter comes, but the basics are PhD, regular SSHRC, in Philosophy at McGill -- I'm going into year 3, so the award will be for 2 years only. Last year I was recommended/not funded, and this year I sent pretty much EXACTLY the same application (with a new year's worth of marks as the only real difference, and a couple grad conference presentations), and was successful. So for those of you disappointed by results this year, I'm pretty sure the farther you are into your program (and hence the less money SSHRC will actually pay out to you if you win) nets you a much higher score -- so have hopes for reapplying next year!

I would guess that the cut-offs may well be different for the different review committees... so we won't know much about what the cutoffs mean. If it's any use to anyone, mine was Philosophy, 17.4, waitlisted.

I'm in Montreal and got my letter this morning -- I too am on the waiting list. (I'm guessing everyone who is unsuccessful is put on the waiting list?) My score was 17.4/30, for what it's worth. Our whole department was shut out this year - our GPD is shocked.

I have heard nothing (from McGill), but got the non-answer that letters are out this week and that they understand the wait has been stressful. I'm assuming no news is bad news at this point?