KDelamont

Sorry, I realize English may not be your first language. I was making a joke - "stud" is also a term for a sexy male (like myself). Now that I've had to explain it, i think its fair to say it's pretty much a corpse at this point.

International Studs, eh? Certainly something I should be funded for... I've seen a few UofT acceptances go out, but mine is still "Under Review". A facebook friend posted her acceptance there on Thursday. Not my top choice as they don't fund MA, but still awaiting the decision.

They appear to be out. I got an email from them with a pretty boilerplate rejection. They also said that a letter should be coming in the post. It is, I agree, a little shocking that they only accept 15 applicants every year. But hey, that's their thing I guess.

Just got a rejection letter from UBC - would have been my top choice (if I was able to pay), but they only admit 15 PhD and MA students total, out of over 100 applications. So I'm not too broken up haha. In the words of my father: "think of all the money I'll save."

are you PhD?

Congrats! I'll be keeping my eye on the emails - I got a sort of lukewarm indication of informal acceptance, but confirmation would be great. What area/prof are you hoping to work with?

Thanks! I've been back and forth with the GC previously, last time I talked to him (about a week and a half ago) they were still under review. I don't want to burden him with useless emails that only serve to calm (or not) my nerves.

Am I the only one that has to explain this kind of thing to everyone who asks why I want to get a PhD? Thanks for your post.

Anyone aware of UBC's MA decision dates? It was my other top choice along with McGill (which I have been accepted to, but have been otherwise unimpressed with their offerings, w/r/t courses being offered next year and funding possibilities), and would like to hear back from them soon.

I am looking at funding offers through TAships, and just have a quick question. When a grad coordinator says that TAships are "more than 90 hours but less than 180", is this referring to each term or across an entire year?

Me as well.

Nope - all he said was that the applications were currently under review. I'm in the same boat as you, I'm anxiously awaiting UBC's decision.

Awesome, thanks! I talked to the Queen's grad chair today (felt nice to be aggressively courted ) and he said that Queen's was ahead of almost all other schools, and that the changed system for SSHRC this year is doing a little bit to bog the system down at most schools. In other news, I talked to Jason Wu and sorted out the issue w/ the app portal.

Well my fingers are crossed for you! We really do have some fantastic profs on fac here. What area are you looking to study?

Thanks. I will do that. I know that Mr. Wu (the grad coordinator) has to manually go in and change things on that portal, so I'm assuming it's just out of date. But I will send an email tomorrow. MA, regular. I'm an undergrad there right now, and by and large nobody has heard back (except, apparently, a 5th year student who claims to have been accepted a single day after submitting his app - informal, maybe) As well, for those who are here reading and interested, I heard a rumour that Wester re-opened their apps, presumable as a result of low applications. Not 100% on that, though.