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[University of Western Ontario]

**Note: I'm not a philosophy applicant (though it was one of my majors), just a nosy individual lured here by past encounters will trolls.

 

That being said, after checking on http://www.isitdownrightnow.com I noticed nothing was wrong with the site.

 

To confirm this, I created a test account. Using Google Chrome, I received multiple user errors and could not gain access.  Using Mozilla Firefox, I had no trouble (have logged in twice). Try changing browsers. 

 

Additionally, I used the direct link on the grad.uwo.ca homepage. Good luck and hope everything works itself out!

[Who drinks coffee?]

I've never had coffee before. I have some sort of weird aversion to the smell. Those who drink it regularly tell me to never, EVER drink it to avoid developing the wicked addiction.

 

I'm not a fan of coffee either, although I've had it before. In addition to not enjoying the taste and smell, I have horrible responses to caffeine...I'd drink a cup, go bananas/have palpitations, and then fall asleep within 30 minutes. 

 

Tea and water are my lifeblood.

[Plans for the Summer?]

If y'all get accepted, I would advise you to do the following during the summer:

 

- Rest: I worked a policy development job all through the summer before I started my PhD (and kept it up for a few weeks into my first semester). The monies were important, but I really came to regret not taking a week or two to chill.

- Spend a little time looking at the offering of your new institutions financial aid office and consider throwing together bursary/scholarship applications early. I found that there were several great bursaries available. However, their deadlines were often in September and October; this makes it difficult to complete them because the deadlines coincide with the double-punch of being overwhlemed by tasks (no time for money apps) and imposter syndrom (feeling unworthy of money awards). Do apply for these though, they are nice self-contained tasks and worth doing (and you are totally worthy of them!).

- Buy/read a copy of this (it's $3!): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93455

Some of the advice is context-specific (social science and US contexts, specifically) and it is not super recent, but it is VERY helpful for sussing out some of the nuances that you will encounter in grad school that you will otherwise have to learn "the hard way" (relationships with colleagues and supervisors, for example).

- See if you can buy an upper-year student a coffee in the weeks leading up to the start of the semester and ask them what they wish someone had told them before they jumped in. The enthusiasm during welcome days is fantastic, but you might have more luck getting candid "day-to-day survival tips" from someone over coffee!

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

PsycD, you appear to be good people! I'm not in your discipline, but if U of T becomes a serious prospect, feel free to PM me with questions about the city/institution!

 

This is the best advice!

 

I graduated three years ago, and have been working in research since. Should I get rejected everywhere, I plan on continuing in my position while trying to gain some perspective about whether to try again. Should I get accepted somewhere, I plan on working for a while, searching for a replacement, taking time off using accrued paid vacation hours, and then returning for a few days to train and onboard my replacement. After that, I'll leave my job, buy a p.o. box and file a change of address, move to my new university early, and follow all of the advice surefire has given.

 

The biggest focus now is saving my money and watching my retirement account. I want to set a good sum of money aside, and pay off what little credit card debt I have, in preparation for what presumably will be crushing poverty... 

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