Jimtastic
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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?
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On 2016-01-18 at 5:36 PM, NonparametricBananas said:
When you have to live there for at least 2 years for a master's degree, you have to teach yourself to like the place. The river was beautiful, exploring Michigan was loads of fun, but Windsor itself was such a sullen bedroom community lacking few if any redeeming qualities that not much could help. For the first year or so, I went home to Toronto a lot -- it was $40 one way on the VIA and coincidentally, by the end of my degree, I racked up just enough to take a free trip home. It got a lot better once I made some great friends and got into a relationship, but without meaningful supports and friendships, it would have been a nightmare.
You must have spoken to a few of my friends over at GLIER lol. Some of them are from Windsor, so they likely haven't seen the wonders beyond Windsor-Essex hehe.
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.
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8 hours ago, NonparametricBananas said:
Be it Heath or MacIsaac or whomever you want, none of them are worth the suffering.
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...
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On 2016-01-02 at 2:41 AM, rbakshi said:
Anyone considering going to the University of Windsor should seriously reconsider their decision. This is, of course, my biased opinion, but I think it is important to present a fuller picture to contextualize the situation. In my experience, it is a highly disreputable institution (for many reasons details of which I shall refrain from going into).
It is a thoroughly bigoted environment, racist, homophobic, cliquey, and I would go so far as to say misogynist as well. Such rampant bigotry is visible amongst the students, the staff, the faculty, and the general citizenry. The University itself operates a "ponzi" scheme by recruiting international students to feed the much needed infrastructure developments on campus. None of its programs are well reputed, those that are are a far cry from sophisticated or analytical. An institution that has developed a means to survive through international student money without any adequate (let alone equal) investments in international student welfare (for instance, there are limited vegetarian options on campus, where such options exist "two spring rolls" form an entire meal, no facilities for food on campus past 11pm, little to no guidance from international affairs/recruitment staff, no scholarships/funding, no accommodation of gay/lesbian international students, and so on).
The city itself reeks of desperation like a cinematic actress long past her prime hanging on to shards of long lost glory. Windsor's downtown is one of the worst I've seen in Canada, in fact, at first glance, it does not look like it is a part of Canada at all. As a country that prides itself on its multiculturalism (which in itself is debatable in our day and age but a point for another day) and diversity, Windsor refuses to accept that spirit of inclusion. There are far better options in Ontario, especially if you are spending good money on a graduate degree.
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...
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12 hours ago, pro Augustis said:
If you have sent an email, I would let the matter rest there. If they don't get back to you, that doesn't mean that they don't want you as a student, especially since, as rising_star said, it's a busy time of year.
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).
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17 hours ago, TKYU said:
I see we are on the same boat! Good luck!!
Good luck to you too! Hopefully we'll be posting our acceptances in April
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15 hours ago, TKYU said:
Just submitted my application a couple days ago. This is my first time applying for the CGS-M so I don't really know what I'm doing to be honest LOL
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.
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Well, it's submitted now. Nothing left to do but forget about it until April!
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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
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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?
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Bump!
I'm thinking about going to Windsor for grad school and am really being held back by my negative perceptions of Detroit (and Windsor too by association).
Can anyone clarify on how it is to live there as a grad student - in terms of activities, places to go out, the closeness of the community etc? I'm doing my undergrad at Queen's and the student area is phenomenal, everyone is within a 15 minute walk and I love it. I'm guess it wouldn't be the same at Windsor.
I love fishing too so if anyone's knowledgeable in that respect that would be pretty cool :)
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Weird huh, I heard that previously you applied directly to NSERC and with an award, you could potentially bring it anywhere (making you very appealing for PIs to take on). I guess that's not the case when now it's being judged by committees at individual universities. Apparently it will be more competitive as well at universities with a smaller share of the NSERC funding pie since they're allocated based on that?
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On 2015-11-11, 6:10:06, TakeruK said:
Your CGS-M research proposal is not binding. Especially if you are applying as an undergraduate, there is no expectation that you will carry out the research in your CGS-M proposal during the tenure of your CGS-M award. So, it would be a good idea to structure your CGS-M proposal around one of the five institutions you're applying to with the CGS-M, but you don't even have to do that. My CGS-M proposal was very different from what I actually did in my Masters degree. My CGS-D proposal is also very different than what I am doing in my PhD (but for the Doctorate awards, you must file a new description of project if you change supervisors/projects).
That's the feeling I got, thank you! I talked to my undergrad supervisor and he mentioned that the fact that I can send it to 5 different schools is new this year. I'm guessing that they mainly focus on your ability to write a research proposal as opposed to the science behind it?
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I posted this in another thread but I figure I might as well try here too. I'm an undergrad who is thinking about applying for CGS-M funding and I'm a bit confused by how it's structured.
Given that I've only really begun to contact profs and am in discussion with a few, how the heck does the research proposal work? If I'm not sure yet of where I want to go to grad school (and the field will vary a bit), how can I used one proposed project to apply to five different graduate programs? Until now I was under the assumption that you should first identify a professor you want to work with then craft an application based on their proposed research projects.
If someone could shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated!
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Sorry to piggyback on this thread, but I'm an undergrad who is thinking about applying for CGS-M funding and I'm a bit confused by how it's structured (and you all seem to know what's going on).
Given that I've only really begun to contact profs and am in discussion with a few, how the heck does the research proposal work? If I'm not sure yet of where I want to go to grad school (and the field will vary a bit), how can I used one proposed project to apply to five different graduate programs? Until now I was under the assumption that you should first identify a professor you want to work with then craft an application based on their proposed research projects.
If someone could shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm thinking about working in the Aquaculture industry and I was wondering if anyone has done a research based Master's in Aquaculture then gone and worked in industry? A lot of the programs I'm seeing are 1 year diplomas which makes sense for technician level jobs.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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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!