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    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

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    23 minutes ago, mchutchi said:

    I forgot to mention this little bit of info that might be useful for aspiring MUNKs, NPSIANs, or GSPIANs 

    I emailed all 3 program's admissions last year to inquire about how they calculate GPA's for assessment.

    Here are the responses in case anyone else was curious:

    MUNK:  We look at your final year GPA as being the most reflective of how well you will do in the program which is why we consider it more important than your CGPA. To calculate your final year GPA we look at your last ten senior level courses taken at a 300-400 level. If you have any 100 or 200 level courses they will not be included in the final year calculation.

    NPSIA: Essentially what I do is start at your most recent courses and count back until I have a total of 10 credits (typically the last 20 single semester course) and will also calculate  your overall GPA and whichever is higher is what we will use as the GPA for the assessment.

    GSPIA:  The Graduate Studies office calculates the admission average using the most recent 60 credits which are usually the last two years. 

     

    This may only be useful for folks like myself who did undergrad studies at universities where it is a 4.33 scale and 3 or 4 credits courses - I found myself wondering how everything translates over.

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted

    I forgot to mention this little bit of info that might be useful for aspiring MUNKs, NPSIANs, or GSPIANs 

    I emailed all 3 program's admissions last year to inquire about how they calculate GPA's for assessment.

    Here are the responses in case anyone else was curious:

    MUNK:  We look at your final year GPA as being the most reflective of how well you will do in the program which is why we consider it more important than your CGPA. To calculate your final year GPA we look at your last ten senior level courses taken at a 300-400 level. If you have any 100 or 200 level courses they will not be included in the final year calculation.

    NPSIA: Essentially what I do is start at your most recent courses and count back until I have a total of 10 credits (typically the last 20 single semester course) and will also calculate  your overall GPA and whichever is higher is what we will use as the GPA for the assessment.

    GSPIA:  The Graduate Studies office calculates the admission average using the most recent 60 credits which are usually the last two years. 

     

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Hopeful2017 said:

    I think it speaks more to their specific program, not the broader global affairs field. If anything, I feel global affairs has increased in interest/importance with the new travel bans, immigration laws, trump admin, etc. 

    Most def. Also I think the European migrant and refugee crisis and the driving factors behind it inspired quite a few people to pursue IA through their grad studies. 

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    1 hour ago, Norma955 said:


    I definitely agree with you all, I was leaning more towards NPSIA and their clusters are what mainly attracted me to the program, however, GSPIA has a larger diversity of professors in different fields, and my research interests align more with them. On a side note, I am sort of freaking out because I was just reading over my submitted GSPIA statement and I realized one grammar mistake, so I am really bummed out right now :(

     

    Also who here mentioned professors and courses they would like to take in their personal statement? 

    Never read your SOP/LOI after it has already been submitted. Just don't do it! Yeah, I mentioned profs/courses and linked it to my educational/career goals.

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    10 hours ago, PoliticalNerd2017 said:

    Yup!!! I had no idea that was a possibility until recently. I dropped my documents off at the Graduate Studies Office last week and so, I should see that update by early-mid next week (hopefully). I'm leaning towards GSPIA and hope to get in as well, so I'm anxiously waiting.

    Can you share why you are leaning towards GSPIA? NPSIA was always my 1st choice but lately I have been looking more into GSPIA and I am undecided. I've heard all of the cases made for NPSIA and I'd be interested to hear from anyone who ranks GSPIA as a first choice...

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    43 minutes ago, justajournalist said:

    I ordered the transcripts last week to be sent directly but I freaked out and added my own sealed envelope of transcripts from my university too. 
    Oh well, they can shred the extra transcript. 

    Thanks for the response! I'm so crippled with self-doubt about all my applications, and worrying about the logistics of each application is too much.

    Me too. I am also crippled with self-doubt about getting accepted into at least one of the two schools I applied at. If I get rejections from both I am just going to go hang upside down in my closet like a bat until next year's round of admissions.

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Norma955 said:

    Also how many schools/grad programs is everyone applying to? I am applying to five, and I am wondering if I should apply to more (just in case!). 

    I applied to NPSIA and GSPIA - my only other consideration was MUNK but I wasn't particularly interested in either of the stream options. Plus I would prefer to move to and work in Ottawa. What clusters did you guys pick for NPSIA?

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

    Posted

    17 hours ago, pixiedustxo said:

    That's an interesting topic! I was also going to talk about the refugee crisis, but I decided to talk about the politics of cyberspace and cybersecurity. 

    For NPSIA, I am thinking about either taking the research essay or the thesis route. Would I have to explicitly state this in my letter of intent? I am going back and forth between the two. 

    For NPSIA - I don't think you need to explicitly state it. In my letter I am identifying the issue area(s) I want to address and then saying something along the lines of 'one possible project/direction that would allow me to address X Y and Z is ...' just to narrow it down and show some focus. But I think you can choose your route (thesis or essay) once you have already started the program. If I recall correctly, I think I even saw a note somewhere on the site that says students should talk to an adviser if they are undecided about which route to take. This would imply that you don't need to make up your mind (i.e. state it in your letter of intent) until way later. But, I could be completely wrong about this and I could have read that note on a different university's site as I am applying to a few schools. So if you hear otherwise please post on here! 

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    5 minutes ago, msat said:

    Just called Carleton, the lady I spoke to says "technically" the documents are due by the deadline. However, she usually allows about 1 - 2 days grace for the receipt/upload of those documents. 

    I think it is safe to assume that you will have your CC access on Monday morning, Tuesday latest. As long as you have the documents ready to upload you should be good. 

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    13 minutes ago, msat said:

    OttawaU is a fully bilingual institution. I believe in the letter of intent, one has to indicate their level of proficiency in French. Perhaps, time to pick up that phone again! 

    This is terrible news. I am wondering if I can state that I will acquire level 1 knowledge of French before beginning the program. Definitely time to pick up that phone again. 

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    7 hours ago, justajournalist said:

    I'm still APPLYING, so yeah, nervous wreck is an understatement. 

    Same. My letter of intent is still a skeleton draft sitting in a bunch of professors' mailboxes waiting for feedback. Spent the afternoon today lurking around the pol sci department trying to 'randomly' bump into those professors to ask if they had a chance to read it. After an hour I gave up and just sat in my car in the campus parkade imagining up various 'what-now' scenarios where I get rejected from each of the schools I am applying to. 

    Applying to Munk 2017 - also NPSIA, GSPIA, BSIA etc

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    14 minutes ago, Hopeful2017 said:

    My references submitted their forms online and send it directly to them. Then it updated on my InfoWeb thing that they acknowledged receipt of their references! I didn't mail out any hardcopy letters or anything! And I literally just emailed my resume and letter of intent to the API email.

    Thanks for the response on that. So you didn't send in any docs by mail - I was under the impression that for GSPIA, hard copies of all required documents had to be sent in by mail?

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