PoliPixie

Usually schools will have students that you can reach out to to ask about the program and their experience with it. If they don't, you can see if anyone here has previously posted that they accepted to either of those programs and reach out to them. Ask for a campus visit, email the graduate chairs and ask your questions. Picking the right program is really important, especially for your MA. Your MA should push you beyond your comfort levels and push your understandings deeper. Program reputation and funding are of course very important as well, but you need to make sure it's the right program for you. I've heard that U of T is very Straussian (or at least it used to be), Queens has Will Kymlicka but also has some more conservative faculty. You need to make sure you're picking a program that fits you. McMaster is very critical theory which was perfect for me but wouldn't have necessarily been the right choice for someone else.

Not sure if it's still the case, but I know from personal experience that (at least in 2013) you could get an 18 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon for $9.99 in College Park, Maryland. We went to Washington DC and stayed in Cheverly. Beautiful area and very quick train ride into DC. Would absolutely move there if given the opportunity.

Just received that email as well.

It's doing the weird quotey thing again. Someone just posted an admit to U of T. Congratulations!!!

Ah the call from POI. The rumour was this week. York was also supposed to release their results this week and I haven't seen any posts from York acceptances (I didn't apply, so can't speak from personal knowledge).

No??? Was it PHD or MA? When was it posted? I've been stalking it all morning and must have missed it entirely. Let the hyperventilating begin.

Which programs did you apply to?

It's been quiet this week. Hope everyone is holding up okay!

I as well spoke to people about this and got the same impression as @ultraultra. It was strongly advised to me to stay in Political Science. .

Thank you! You would think this part would be less stressful, but it totally isn't. And of course, I assume like most of us, I overanalyze everything they write and everything I write. I just want to fast forward through this, and be past the making a decision part and the getting ready to uproot my life part (because that actually sounds less stressful at the moment).

It's in Canada, I'm not sure if we have the same rules regarding the deadline. I think I'll be able to give them an answer by the end of this week as long as the rumours about the results are true. Should the email read something like "I am seriously considering the offer, but am waiting to hear from one school before I accept?" Or is that too much information? I just want to make sure that I'm responding in the best way possible. I wish I was better at this.

So this is not a problem I expected to have, but I am being actively wooed by a department right now (they've upped my offer and I've now received two emails from Professors in the department). The program is a very good program, I've only applied to one that is higher ranked, however that is the one I'm waiting for, those results are expected to come out this week. The great offer has a deadline of March 14th, if I do not get accepted or receive a subpar funding offer from the one I'm waiting for, I plan on accepting the great offer by the end of this week. So my question is what is the proper protocol here? Do I let them know I'm waiting for other results before I make my decision? I definitely don't want to burn bridges since I will most likely end up accepting so what is the best course of action here? NEVER thought this was a question I would be asking, but here we go. Any advice is very welcome!

Friday night, can finally breathe again........... until Monday. It's ridiculous that I still feel as nervous despite the fact that I have an acceptance with a really great funding offer. Will the stress ever go away? And despite the fact that I know we will most likely not receive results over the weekend, I'll still be checking my email like crazy because of course I will.

$15000 is pretty standard in my experience (that's what I was offered for 3 out 4 of the programs I applied to, the 4th was slightly lower).