Jimtastic

Bumping for 2016-2017 Planning on attending MUN, but I don't know anyone there. Any advice on how to find housing, getting settled in St. John's on my own, and meeting other people would be appreciated!

Applied out of undergrad and surprisingly received it at one and "Alternate" at another. I'd rather go to the school I got an "alternate" on, what are the chances of getting off the waitlist?

Sour cream

From what you're describing, it takes effort to find things to do? To be perfectly honest, I expect that anywhere... I guess support is also super important. Haha yup, GLIER. From their descriptions it sounds like a decent enough place, or the department at least.

Haha bit too specific eh? Funny how the students I contacted said Windsor was fine. I guess people who have chosen to go there wouldn't mind the place. Shouldn't have wasted one of my CGS-M spots on them either then...

Hey, thanks for your response! This is definitely an interesting perspective. Funny thing is, when you start listing the issues you have with Windsor, I can't help but think that Queen's (where I'm completing my undergrad right now) sort of fits those categories.... so yeah... maybe it's not as severe as Windsor? If you've been to Kingston/know other people who have, what would a comparison be like? One of the things I wondered was how a very successful professor in Aquatic Ecology came to reside at UWindsor. I just assumed that it was the location which was beneficial for him. Ugh, I guess Windsor is my super back-up in case nothing works but after reading that...

Destiny's child

I would at least send a follow-up email a week or two after, a couple of the profs I contacted had simply forgotten about it because they were busy or traveling. But yeah, do not cold-call them (unless their website specifically asks you to I guess).

Cold cut

Good luck to you too! Hopefully we'll be posting our acceptances in April

Feeling the same way, applying as an undergrad and hearing other grad students talk about how you need a 4.0 and a publication to get it is pretty discouraging though. Plus how late we hear about results (April? Whyyyy??) makes it awkward for grad program applications.

Well, it's submitted now. Nothing left to do but forget about it until April!

I was supposed to get my reimbursement for travel to a conference and they magically wrote me a cheque for $60 less than what I'm owed. They say they're sending the rest now but it's so freaking slow I NEED MONEY SO I CAN BUY RAMEN

Given how much I love complaining about the CCV right now, I can't imagine what it would have been like for you without it haha

Oh boy well I just looked at the NSERC CGS-M allocations per university, interesting stuff. Here if anyone's interested. Anyone have advice on writing/structuring the proposal?