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Queenofnormandy

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  1. I'm going to be heading to Memorial in September. Does anyone know when the best time is to start looking for housing/when places tend to be available to move in? My program has a field school which will take me out of St. John's for virtually all of September, so I need to make sure I have everything settled before then. Would moving in mid-August seem reasonable?
  2. I've been accepted to my first-choice program (MA in Folklore), which has the option of 8 courses plus a thesis, or 8 courses plus two co-op work terms (potentially at two different workplaces). Obviously, it's not a very practical field, and because I'm not planning to do a PhD, I'm hoping to do whatever I can to increase my chances of finding work in the field after I graduate. Is co-op definitely the better choice? Or would it help to have the expertise in one particular subject that I would gain by doing the thesis instead? To complicate things further, I've been offered a SSHRC CGS-M scholarship which, I believe, I would only be eligible to receive if I were doing the thesis. That's a significant chunk of money that I'm reluctant to turn down. Any advice would be appreciated!
  3. I'm wondering if anyone has any input on this with regards to the humanities. I've been accepted to a program with a choice of either two paid co-op work terms, or a thesis. I'm not planning to do a PhD, and am hoping to work in the field. Should I go for work experience or expertise in a very particular aspect of the field in question?
  4. Good advice - thanks! I definitely suffer from a nasty case of imposter syndrome, so I'm a tiny bit worried I'd make myself look bad by not really having much to say, but I've gone ahead and emailed him to say I'd like to meet. I'm definitely going to prepare a few questions in advance.
  5. A couple weeks ago, I was accepted to my second-choice university with a very generous financial offer (and the offer to increase that, if another university offered me more). They've really made it clear they want me at their university, and now the director of the program is in my city and has asked if I want to meet up with him to talk about the program. Today, I got unofficial notification that I'd been accepted to my first choice, but nothing yet about funding, etc. My problems are that a) I really would rather go to my first-choice school, and while my application for the second-choice school was good, I'm really not confident I'd have anything intelligent to say to the program director. Should I meet with him? Help!
  6. Should have posted this on the Decisions page! Oops! That's where it is now...
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