MRJames

At my university, everything is handled through the Graduate Studies office. The financial officer there handles all the winning, waitlist, and rejection packages, so we are at her mercy. I spoke with her today and our results should be in by Friday or early next week. Here's to hoping it's sooner rather than later!

Hi all, I am new to this forum. I just decided to join as I have been lurking old threads to scour for information about SSHRC (Masters level) and it seems like a very friendly community. I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on being a SSHRC alternative? After 6 weeks of my application status not changing, I finally contacted both SSHRC and my Graduate Studies office to see what was happening with my application as it said "received by administrator" for over a month. I was told that my status is actually "alternate", and I know this is essentially a waitlist, and that if funds should come available, I may get an offer. So my question is whether you are able to find out your rank on the alternate list, or if you just wait and wish? I'm also looking for anyone who may have ended up being successful as an alternate, or anyone who was not successful, just to share experiences. Any responses would be greatly appreciated... this is a fantastic way to distract me from my thesis proposal! Thanks everyone, I look forward to 'meeting' everyone.

Hello, First off, congratulations! While I havn't been pregnant in grad school, I was pregnant during my undergrad. I know it's quite a bit different, but I think you will be just fine. I had a two year old at home, and then I had my second daughter at mid-term of first semester (October 25th). I was in the third year of my HBA and taking 5 English classes at once to catch up after switching universities. I actually managed to get back to classes within a week of giving birth, and after I finished my semester I was happy to have winter break at home. I'm sure there's a lot of flexibility with your program - as it sounds like you have with the option of parental leave; which is great. The really tricky part isn't being pregnant while in grad school, it's having a baby, or in my case children! It is quite busy but certainly doable with a good support system, every now and then I accidently read them Chaucer before bed instead of Dr. Seuss... oops . Good luck to you and congratulations again.