MenthoLyptus

Hi! I'll be one of your classmates! I don't think there's a facebook group for this September's cohort but there's a GSPIA one that's fairly active. I'm hesitant about making one myself because I don't want to take on the admin responsibility (I'm not very active on facebook). If there is one though, I'd definitely join!

Congrats!!!! I'm happy for you!

Congrats! I'm happy for you!

Oh no!!! That's terrible news. But I like your attitude in spite of it! May Plan B work out B-eautifully for you! ....I'll show myself out.

Congrats on the awesome scholarships and funding packages everyone! I got my letter - I got 10k in scholarships but no funding. In all honesty I am surprised I got in (albeit a conditional offer) and got a scholarship, I was expecting a late conditional offer because I got a low grade in intro to macroeconomics. I will be going to gspia. Good luck everyone!

This might be a shocker to a few but I thought I'd share my stats so people won't be so intimidated. I got my unofficial acceptance the other day, but I'll have to turn it down because I got admitted to GSPIA early February with a full scholarship and the deadline for me to accept was on March 4, which I did. Unless NPSIA gives me a more generous offer, I don't think I'll be changing my mind. I figure that once co-op season comes, the bilingual program at GSPIA will help me and the smaller cohort allows me to get to know my professors better. Having taken the most prestigious option during undergrad and forgoing the full scholarship that a different school offered me back then, I can say that it hasn't helped me much in the workplace but the student loans that I took on to be able to say that I went to a prestigious school and went into a competitive program affects me and influences my life choices now. My CGPA is 3.43, Final two years is about 3.65? I'm not too sure. Never published, but participated in one small conference. Got a few scholarships and an award. I wasn't really involved in extracurriculars, but I was an executive member of a co-curricular. I never really travelled, I couldn't afford it and my personal circumstances prevented me from doing so. But if it's something, I'm a naturalized Canadian citizen (meaning that I wasn't born here). I have been doing full time policy work with various government departments for a few years. I have great references with profs who I've worked with and know me well on a personal basis, so it helps to have good people rooting for me. I'm mostly typing this out just because when I was younger I felt so discouraged when I saw other people's stats and I hope that people in my situation don't feel discouraged from applying just because they don't think that they have everything that they think is necessary to get into a competitive program.

I've been looking for a GSPIA thread as well - UOttawa needs love too!