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There is no quota for international students with the FRQ so chances are equal.

And I didn't say that FRQSC is more competitive. I said its increasingly competitive since last year. It might be due to the fact that international students can now apply which is not the case with SSHRC.

Well I don't remember exactly but it should be around 15/20%, may be a bit more.

You can check here https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/stats-statistiques/index-eng.aspx

Subjectivity can play a big role if you are close to the cut off.

No that weird, FRQSC is increasingly competitive. Acceptation rate was 27% last year, 28% this year.

There is no rational explanation, you should send an email to the FRQSC. Really.

Do you have access to the letter? I have no information except from "gérer mon financement".

How ?

Can you see "Gérer mon financement" under "Mes formulaires"?

FYI, McGill is sending acceptance for the MA

Well, I am an international student, who works on American politics, not yet in grad school and I live outside of the United States. There are a large number of programs outside the US that deal with American politics, not to mention scholars.

My application at Mcgill is "in review" since yesterday. No news from UBC.

Thank you for your advices. It's really helpful :-) Regarding my GPA : my CGPA is 3.48. I constantly get 3.4 GPA per semester until the last one where I ended up with 3.6. So instead of a "stark degeneration" it's more like a progression, a positiv one. I guess because my english is not that great I was a little confusing in my first post. Sorry about that ;-) Also I didn't take fewer classes during my Bachelor and I didn't attend CEGEP. I am french, from France, I spend a year in Law school in France before I get into a political science degree in Canada (Montreal). I am just used to take 6 courses per semester and summer class. That's the reason why I am completing my degree a semester early. I don't know if I should empahis this in my SOP but It's certainly have an impact on my grades and I don't want the committee to miss that fact. At the same time, I also worked as a research assistant, get involved at my university, doing an internship in a top research institution. It's a lot, that's why I would like to underline the fact I get eveything done in a short amount of time. But again, I don't Know if it's red flag for an admission committee to get a student who graduate early. About the LOR : is it a bad thing to get a LOR from a visiting researcher at my university who's not a professor ? Or I have to stick with an LOR from Professor ? By "research agenda" do you mean that I have to give the subject of my thesis, the method i plan to use or I should just mention my area of interest ? I don't want to miss my chance to be a good fit by being too specific. Finally, I only aim an academically oriented MA. My first goal is to get into UBC. Then comes McGill and UdeM. Toronto is horribly expensive for an international student, there is no founding. Plus I think it's out of touch for me. Again thank you for your advice and sorry for my english.

Anyone, really ?

Hi everyone, I am an european student from a canadian uni applying for MA programs in Canada. I am looking for a good prep toward a PhD. I have no idea how my chances are. This is why i am looking for some advice and outside perspectives on my profil. Profil : Undergrad: top 4 research intensive university, canada Bachelor : BA Political science, Honors program. Will get my Bachelor in 2.5 years (don’t know if it’s a good thing or not) GPA: 3.48. (3.6 last semester, I leaning toward an A / 3.7 average this fall semester), good grades (A) in tough class, B-/B+ in mandatory class. No grades below B-. I only took class at senior level, excluding mandatory class during the first year. Methods Prep: good research Methods training (research seminar and quant analysis class), R-studio Research Experience: honors thesis, 30 pages paper with public presentation, research assistant. I have to mentioned that an undergrad is not supposed to hold a RAship at my university in political science. RA are mostly for graduate (RAship is part of their funding package). I am an exception with another undergrad student Letters of Recommendation: Faculty at my uni (IR), hopefully my thesis supervisor (IR, security) and my research project supervisor SOP: done, reviewed by a professor Publication: none except articles for the website of a well-known chair in Canada (reviewed by professors) Professional Experience / extra-curricular : I don’t want to share a lot about it in public but I worked for 5 years at a very (very) high level for a foreign gov. Also : part-time RAship (paid), internship at a research Chair (unpaid). I also hold a leadership position on campus for an academic student project GRE : don’t need it for a MA Programs I'm Looking At: UBC, University of Montreal, McGill, Toronto, Simon Fraser university Field: Us Foreign policy, Asia-Pacific, US-Sino relations, IR, security, alliance building. Language: French (native), English, Mandarin(beginner), Arabic (beginner) I am worried about my GPA and Letters of recommendation. I am not a student who used to spend a lot of time with professors during office hours. They don’t know me beyond my grades and, I guess, it could be a problem. Please let me know what my chances are. Thank you!