Archie1991

Just checked my status on Carleton Central, it has now changed to "Review in progress by Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs", based on Tabbatha's email I assume this is the final step before the official offer goes out. On the Application Details paged my Specialization has changed to my preferred field as well.

Also got an email this morning! Congrats to everyone who has been accepted and good luck to those still waiting, hopefully you hear soon. My status on Carleton Central still says Recommended for Assessment as well.

My research interests are primarily about the internal political dynamics of NATO, and of international organizations more broadly. I'm also very interested in humanitarian interventionism and how organizations like NATO engage in such out-of-area operations. Dr. Stephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair at Carleton and does a lot of work in the field, and has an excellent and funny blog if you want to check it out http://saideman.blogspot.ca/. He explains why NATO didn't intervene against Voldemort, for example.

It might have been one of the first rounds of acceptance for Munk. They want an answer by March 25, so I suspect they could send out another round of acceptances after that. Hopefully you hear something soon! I had a 3.8/4 GPA with my undergrad honors degree, not a lot of relevant work experience though.

Thanks for the info Gabrielle! That's good to know. International Organizations is my top choice, with Conflict Resolution and National Security second and third...if I remember correctly.

Thanks! U of O seems to be notorious for this. It took them over a month to process all of my documents. I had a friend who applied for the Political Science MA last year and got a bunch of incomplete application notifications from them well after the deadline despite submitting all of her documents. She ended up getting accepted (not to mention 30k in funding) so that's not necessarily a bad sign.

Lifelong Edmontonian here. Overall Calgary and Edmonton are pretty similar and each offer a lot a great quality of life, so really I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Calgary definitely has more of a "big city" feel to it, whereas Edmonton is more quiet, though the populations are more or less equal. Edmonton's transit leaves much to be desired, though if you live along the LRT line it hits most areas of interest. It is undergoing significant expansion over the next few years. I think Edmonton has a much better university-town atmosphere than Calgary, especially in the Garneau/Whyte Avenue area that surrounds the University of Alberta. Downtown isn't the most active of places, but things have improved dramatically in the past 5 years and with a new arena/museum/towers planned it can only get better. For outdoor activities, the river valley is a huge attraction -- the trail system is massive and is one of my favorite places in Canada. Edmonton has a bad reputation for crime, but its pretty overexaggerated. I haven't had any problems.

Hey fellow applicants! Same "Recommended for Assessment" status. I've also been accepted at Munk and GSPIA at uOttawa, so I'm also hoping that the decisions come out before the deadlines there. Makes waiting another few weeks even more stressful as NPSIA is my top choice! Good luck to everyone!

I'm don't know too much about McGill, other than it has an excellent reputation. My impression is that Munk is more of a "professional" program whereas McGill tends to be more academically-oriented. I tend to like the professionally-oriented programs so Munk would be my preference.

NPSIA as well, with GSPIA a close second. Received acceptance from GSPIA this morning! Formal offer to come in a few days

Congrats! Do you have a top choice?

Thanks, hopefully you hear something soon! Where else have you applied?

I've applied for international affairs programs at the Munk School at U of T, Norman Paterson at Carleton, and GSPIA at uOttawa. Just got accepted to Munk, still waiting on the other two.

I've applied for a few programs in international affairs, the Master of Global Affairs at University of Toronto, Master of International Affairs at Carleton, and MA Public and International Affairs at uOttawa. Received acceptance to the Munk School at Toronto yesterday! Hoping to hear from the others soon as U of T isn't my first choice.