PoliPixie
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Current Queen's PhD here - Queen's first round of PhD and MA acceptances officially went out on February 26th (some PhD offers have been known to applicants since mid-February). So if you haven't heard from the department via email, it doesn't necessarily mean you are rejected. The program is taking a lot more graduate students this year (24 MA, 7 PhD) and they usually "over-offer" by a third (with the expectation that a third of the offers they send out will be rejected by the applicants in favour of other programs) and also usually give until the end of March to consider the offer, so if an applicant is ranked "lower" it might take longer to hear back this year (that's just a guess on my part though). It's still really early so I wouldn't panic yet, but if you haven't heard by March, I would email our graduate assistant - to my knowledge if you are rejected, you won't hear if that's the case until quite late in the season (late March to mid-April).
If you (or anyone else considering Queen's) has other q's feel free to pm me
Thank you so much for your answer! Honestly, Queens isn't my top choice, not even my second choice (not because of the school but because of the location). I just hate the waiting! I am so thrilled for all who have heard, if not slightly envious because it takes off a little bit of the burden.
This waiting, it's tough.
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Just a question if anyone knows; Does Queens send out rejection emails? Do they come around the same time as the acceptances? The wait is killing me, I just want to know even if it's bad news.
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Hey everyone,
I'm currently a MA Political Theory student at McMaster. I'm applying for PHD programs at the moment, but if anyone has any questions about the program at Mac, I'm happy to help.
As for your chances, honestly, I"m not sure we can tell you that based solely on what you've written here. You really never know what will appeal to a grad program. Sometimes a really great letter of reference or statement of purpose can put you ahead of people who have higher averages.
On the funding point: schools that have both MA programs and PHD programs tend to dedicate their funding to the PHD level. That doesn't mean you won't get funding, but you will get more at schools without PHD programs. Most of the time your funding will be decided based on your application not your winter semester marks, however your winter marks can change your funding. Your funding offer will be sent out with your letter of admission. Most funding offers are subject to negotiation however.
When you do get your offers of admission, some of the schools will put deadlines. If you are still waiting to hear back from other schools as the deadline for a school approaches, reach out to them. They may be willing to push back the deadline to accommodate your situation. Remember, when you've received your offer of acceptance, the school wants you. They put a lot of thought into your offer of admission and will likely do what they can to get you to accept.
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I've turned down my Brock and Western offers and accepted to McMaster. Hope this helps someone!
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Hey Everyone
I got my McMaster acceptance for MA in international relations, anyone heard much about the program? pro/cons?
I'm seriously considering accepting Mac. The one thing that worries me is that the comprehensive Masters has a test as opposed to a major research paper. This only concerns me because I'm wondering how it would relate to PhD's. Is doing a major research paper a bonus for PhD applications? Argh, so much to think about.
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Apparently the Poli Sci and Econ departments work on a similar timeline, I just got my offer yesterday (after being told it's coming in an informal email a few days ago)
Congratulations!!!
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It really doesn't. I suspect that after my PhD I will find that Fellowships and Post-docs and actual jobs all provide the same levels of stress and the same difficulties in making concrete decisions -- if not more.
But hey, we wanted this life.
Stuff to look forward to, lol. And I got my acceptance to Mac today too, lol. Gah! As if the decision wasn't hard enough! I have two weeks to make my final decision. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
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For those of us who were waiting to hear from McMaster, I received my acceptance into the MA in Political Science today.
Me too! Congratulations!!! I am so happy that they finally got responses out! No more waiting, now time to make a decision. I've accepted to Brock, but with no deposit, I could easily change my mind. Gah! I have no clue what to do!
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Well, it appears that I misunderstood the conversation that I had with the Queen's admissions office-- I thought I was being waitlisted for rejection, but apparently I heard wrong because I was fast-tracked for rejection. I wish that the woman on the phone had been more clear and hadn't got my spirits up on Friday... It makes this rejection that much more painful knowing that I thought I had a real chance all weekend.
Oh, but I was delighted to receive another form letter rejection, with 0% explanation, reason, or detail. It takes you three months to look at my application and you can't write two sentences about what can be improved? Thanks a fucking bunch. Anyway, I'm still waiting to hear from McMaster and Toronto, but for some reason I see a barista position in my near future, ughhhhhhhhhh
I am so sorry to hear this. Mac hasn't sent out acceptances yet, so you still have a really good shot at getting in! Don't take that Starbucks job yet!
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Those waiting on Western's MA Poli Sci, they are sending out their second round offers this week. Good luck everyone!
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I officially accepted the Brock MA in Poli Sci today. I still haven't heard from Western or Mac, but c'est la vie. Good luck to all those still waiting to hear!
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I am slowly going crazy. I swear I check at least 4 times a day (my email and the various school systems) and refresh the results list on the forum even more than that. I really don't want to make a decision between the two I've been accepted to until I hear from Mac and Western. This is agony.
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It really depends on the school. I've been offered a grant and a fellowship from the programs I've been accepted to, but there are other programs that have different funding options or no funding options. I think that generally though funding will come in the way of grants, fellowships, TAships and RAships, there are also scholarships. I have not heard of a tuition waiver in the vein of American schools, but I'm also coming with limited experience and knowledge. I hope this helps.
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I'm still waiting on two school's decisions, but in the mean time, I've been wracking my brain trying to decide between the two programs I have already been accepted to. The school that accepted me is the University that I attended for my undergrad. I know that both of these programs have a big wait list and I feel selfish keeping both spots when I know full well that I can't do both at the same time. So here's my predicament:
Currently my university is the only one offering the Masters in Social Justice and Equity Studies (at least in Canada according to the website). It's an interdisciplinary program involving 48 professors from 16 disciplines. The program is very small, they only let in 10-12 students per year. The classes sound very interesting and right up my alley, BUT I'm afraid that because it's new and small that they won't have the resources that I need or have been looking forward to (such as the grad lounge, ta offices, etc) or that it won't be that marketable. I have been offered full funding for this program as well as the MA in Poli Sci. I also applied to the SJES sort of spur of the moment on the advice of one of my professors. The SJES accepted me the day my last reference letter was submitted. I was also accepted to the Poli Sci Masters very quickly. It's a department I'm comfortable in, I know all of the professors very well but I'm concerned it won't feel like I've fully left my undergrad since some of the classes are cross listed with fourth year classes. But I know that they have good resources for grad students
I'm also concerned with the marketability of either degree. I just want to make sure that I'm making the best choice for my future. Both programs have pros and both of cons.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
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I contacted Manuela earlier this week, and she said that the department just started reviewing the applications this week and decisions would be made over the next 3-4 weeks.
Thank you! I have been on the fence about emailing them since their deadline was later than the other schools. 3-4 weeks is going to be agony.
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I'll add to this conversation. The Parkdale/Roncesvalles/High Park areas would be good places to look. If you're in the right part of any of these areas, you can find easy access to the subway as well as street cars to take your wife to Ryerson. The rent is affordable (or it was before I moved away for school) and there's easy access to great restaurants and nightlife. However, the commute to York will still be obnoxious. I'ld also second the Trinity Bellwoods/Little Italy/West Queen West area. Awesome nightlife, easy access to public transit, slightly more expensive then the neighbourhoods I mentioned because they are closer to the core. There are tradeoffs to living in Toronto, you just have to pick what priority you feel is the most important; neighbourhood, affordable rent or ease of commute?
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Yup. I've done the same thing, checked my spam and gotten moody because there wasn't any. This process is torturous.
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Has McMaster MA Poli Sci sent out any acceptances or rejections yet? I'm thinking of emailing them to ask when I can expect an answer so I can accept or decline my other offers.
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Hey guys, I posted this on a different thread but feel like I'll get more feedback here:
I have been fortunate enough to be accepted to 3/4 of the masters programs I have applied to (did my undergrad in Criminology and graduated with a 3.87 GPA). Thus far, I have been accepted to Carleton University, York University and Windsor University for MA in legal studies/criminology. I am still waiting on Nipissing University but that was my last choice so not too worried about that. I have received fairly equal funding for each of the schools so I am having a hard time deciding where to go. If any of you have any advice you'd like to share or know anything about either of these three schools please feel free to let me know! I'd like to pick the best school possible.
Out of the three, I would immediately rule out Windsor. York and Carleton have way better reputations, and Windsor is honestly an incredibly depressing city. Out of York and Carleton, I would pick York because of location and because they have a decent reputation. According to the QS world rankings, York is in the top 200 schools in the world for sociology (they don't have a crim category). Just my 2 cents.
Oh and Congratulations!!!
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@PoliPixie: I suggest you call Western to find out more. I got offered in late February and my deadline to accept is this Friday (March 14th). [i've already done so, actually.]
I think I will tomorrow (from the weather reports, I'm dubious there would be anyone around to answer today). I would probably not accept Western anyways since it would require moving, but I wanted the option.
Has anyone heard from McMaster yet?
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Still waiting to hear from McMaster and Western. I'm going to guess if offers have already rolled out for Western that I did not get one. I have been accepted to Brock's MA Poli Sci and MA Social Justice and Equity Studies, and will most likely accept one of them since it will not require moving my family (I have a 4 year old with another one on the way), just want to hear from these two schools before I make it official. Le sigh. The waiting game absolutely sucks.
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Nothing yet! I've applied for my PhD, but I would imagine the timing of results would be similar.