dunfordt@uwindsor.ca

Thanks for replying to my post so quickly. I have not received any other offers which could be because the application deadlines were so recent (the deadline has not even passed at Carleton). I have also not been given a deadline to accept either. I expect both my other schools I applied to give me acceptance because of the academic pull of my advisor. At that point, I will hopefully use my leverage to gain an advantage. I am very gracious for the funding offer but my goal has been to get out of grad school debt free, which I have been lucky enough to accomplish so far. Has anyone else received offers of admission and funding before the application deadlines? Is this common and if not, what leverage could that give me?

Hello everyone! So i was accepted to Carleton phd prior to the application deadline date, February 1st, with an 88k funding package. Carleton is not my first choice (University of Alberta, followed by York) but I am not opposed to maybe going there. I was not expecting to hear back from anywhere until at least March. Is this a common occurrence or an anomaly? I do not come from an academic family and my friends are blue collar kind of people so I do not know who to ask about this. I am also kind of surprised by the interest because my research is on the War on Terror and the racist torture of detainees. My proposed phd research touches on stuff like Guantanamo Bay not being used to house the "worst of the worst" but was built for lab experimentation and the limits of physical and psychological torture. Needless to say, I don't envision my research being very popular. I have been called a terrorist and terrorist sympathizer among many, many other things. Thank god I am white or I would be placed in a gulag. What should my next move be? The funding package is nice and all but I would need more money to even consider going. I missed out on SSHRC (was successful in my M.A.) and am waiting to hear back from OGS at York and Carleton. Would it be rude to tell the department that I don't come from money and would need to get tuition waived on top of the offer? I have heard that I should play schools against each other, especially York and Carleton. What should my next move be? Should I thank my recruiter (she an associate professor and not a grad coordinator) but let her know that I have many things to consider? Maybe wait out and then ask for more money? Anyways, Many thanks in advance for your helpful suggestions.

I remember getting an email around this time last year for my M.A. informing me of being forwarded. In the event that I am not forwarded this time, I hope my department lets me know so I do not have to wait around wondering.