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Does anyone know whether references at the end count towards the character count in the OGS research proposal by any chance?

Wow congrats to the person with the Ryerson acceptance *_*!

Thanks Psych101 ^^! Will keep that in mind!

Yeah honestly when I heard that, in my head I was like bad for you guys, but hey that's great for us applying!! I'd hate to wait until late-April! And I applied to developmental at York and WLU! *_* I'll pm you my POIs.

It seems like a lot of schools are sending out very early acceptances (or just two as of now). A professor at UofT told me that they're also sending acceptances near the end of January/beginning of Feb to prevent losing the super amazing students. Apparently that has been a big problem haha. First time applying is definitely a difficult process >< For me, I was always unsure of whether I was wording or answering things correctly... especially that annoying CCV thing. Also that gender analysis column for CIHR's application.... glad you managed to find some way for SSHRC. I considered switching too late haha; Good luck to both of us on CIHR ; O ; I really wonder about the chances of getting it as first-years... but going to stay positive yeaaah. Last 2 years gpa is 3.9/4.0, and my GRE scores were mediocre, 310 overall. I'm not going to bother retaking the GRE though. How are your scores?

Ohhh hello and good luck to all you fellow Canadians! I've applied to UofT, York, and WLU for cog/dev psych. Are you guys going to apply for OGS?

Yeah I'm grateful for the late deadlines. 2 of my programs have a March deadline, yay!

Oh wow that is interesting, and lucky because less work. Mind sharing what school? I'm just curious!

Anyone else applying? I feel more nervous about OGS than CGS-M rn because of the academic assessment reports. I bet CGS-M has a similar assessment for the referee to fill, but I don't know how that looks like so... I'll be happy if a few of those academic performances are marked as top 50% or top 20% LOL, though that's probably definitely not good enough at all. I'm still gonna apply though, because why not. But yeah, has anyone submitted this yet? I just started to digest the application requirements haha...

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I would have never thought about this. How would you decide, or ask, if appropriate, which supervisor should have the final say in these matters? Right now I would think it should be based on gut feeling, or maybe whoever I had asked about graduate supervision first, but I'm wondering if it's more complicated than that.

Wow, thank you for sharing, flyingewe! I'm not experienced with strongly defending my ideas and input yet, and at all when I was doing my ugrad thesis. I guess that is why it was so stressful, like juggling the comments and deciding which one to 'obey'.

Practice out loud answering the usual questions like: What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about yourself, etc. Review the research you have done haha. This one should be obvious I think, but I totally forgot to do this when I had an informal interview. The POI asked me what theory or something I referenced to explain my findings and I totally blanked out. Fortunately that was the only question I replied with "I don't know", but I guess that's not exactly a fortunate thing... Arrive early to mentally prepare yourself. I have always arrived at least 2 hours early so that I can be totally relaxed and excited.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of joint supervision? I was jointly supervised when I completed my undergraduate thesis, and I didn't like it very much. Mostly because the revisions/comments I got from both supervisors were sometimes contradictory. Overall I'm glad I completed an undergraduate thesis with two supervisors though, because that pretty much filled the two rec letters requirement for graduate applications, and they were pleasant to talk to and ask things, etc. But I prefer to stay away from joint supervision. I don't think I can escape it though if I were to choose my top choice so yeah... just wondering what are the advantages and disadvantages if I were jointly supervised in grad school (MA to PhD). Thanks all!

I can second the competing thing. One of my POI said the same!

Thank you! You as well!! Let this waiting game go smoothly

I don't really have an answer, but one of my POI contacted me on Saturday to book a time to chat about grad school. From the conversation yesterday, I don't think he reviewed my application on that Saturday... the deadline was like 2 weeks ago, so there's that. But if I were to put myself in their shoes, I don't think they would review applications over the weekend unless they were REALLY REALLY hard-working? :s Thank you xVii!! I have good news! It turns out I had made the deadline by submitting the first part of the application with payment! The person also said that the documents can be uploaded past Dec 10... which is odd, but I guess it means they're not reviewing the applications until later or something ! This school is sometimes my top choice, sometimes my second... but anyways I'm just happy that everything is okay again.

Thank you xVii! Keep up the rechecking! I'm not going to slack off from now on either !! Just received a reply from my POI, if anyone's curious! She said you're most welcome (thanked her for meeting with me), and that she will consider my application for "this year or next" (next because I mentioned I would reapply if I'm not successful this year). So it seems she, at least, will let it slide if my application is sent to the psych department ok.

I gave thank you/happy holiday cards to my letter writers and grad students who helped me with grad apps. But I plan to give another thank you card at the end of everything.

Thanks for the heads up Crucial BBQ. I'll contact the program director instead of the admissions office. The fee, LOR, and everything except my SOP and resume (which was not mandatory) was submitted. But I don't know if Dec 10 was a hard deadline. On their website, they only say do not miss the deadline and what my previous post said... guess I'll find out on Monday

Well... I panicked and quickly wrote to my POI about my late application before I had to leave the house a few hours ago. I wrote something like, I just submitted, and I know it's late. I'm going to contact the admissions office and ask about the status of my late application. Thank you for meeting with me back in November, and I hope you will consider me if I were to apply next year again... After I sent that email, I read that they will still consider late applicants, but only if the spots aren't filled yet. I wonder how 3 days late will impact my chances or funding, or whatever...sigh. What a mess. Thanks for your reply though, Mathcat!

I thought the deadline for one application was Dec 15 omg... it's actually Dec 10. I just submitted my statement of purpose and CV, which were the only things missing. I am really tempted to email my POI, to find out whether I will get rejected right away or... What should I do?! edit: I just realized I don't even know how to start this email if I do ask my POI ... any ideas? Oh man, so much for my "improved" time management/organization skills I talked about in my statement...

I'm currently applying. For me, location, then funding, to break the tie. I spent most of my undergrad in a very busy city (I commuted from home), and I thought I wouldn't miss it at all. But when I visited one school situated in a less busy part of the city, I immediately missed the busy city atmosphere. I missed the fact that there wasn't a shopping mall nearby, that I can't walk for 10 minutes or less and get something awesome to eat, that it wasn't lively (granted it was cold that day, but still), etc....

Thanks for the reassurance haha. I really hope so! That'd be really nice. I'll pm you about my POI ...

I just realized there are 2 errors in an already submitted letter. Cited a poster presentation as "to be presented", but I mentioned earlier it has been presented at blabla place..., and I mentioned a prof as Dr. firstname lastname, even though I introduced him as such before and used Dr. Lastname afterwards. Omg the next 3 months of waiting will be fun.