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  1. SFU received over 1500 for less than 100 positions....Talk about Trump effect. I think this year its still manageable since a lot of people missed the deadlines. Next year, the whole group of people who originally planned for US will apply to Canada. There will be gross aftereffects though, either the universities have to increase intake (and thereby increase funding for the department since thesis admits are funded), or the guarantee that thesis admits get funding will be retracted just like in US. If they don't increase the number of seats, then it will be a huge battleground and the competition will be fierce...Things are going to get ugly next year. Unlike US, the choice of top universities and programs in Canada is scarce, so all the applicants will be spread across only a handful of universities. Its either top or low ranked, there is no middle ground in Canada. Meanwhile McGill postponed decision date to March end according to results section posters.
  2. I'm on the same boat, however for a different program (CS) and university (McGill). Some of us were notified that decisions will be out by March 15, so I'm literally wishing my life away since a couple of months just like you. Even I have this irrational fear that March 15 will probably come and go, and then I'll fall into a self-loathing phase where I just wait for the inevitable forever. Haven't heard from any of the universities I applied to either, so I feel what you're going through...
  3. Similar email was received by one of my friends too. Think its a clear indicator things are currently (sluggishly albeit) moving forward at UAlberta. I didn't apply there though...
  4. You think? How? Even I have a friend who got rejected from there, but she had some issue with payment getting void so I attributed the reject to that. Do you know people who got rejected from UBC? What was their profile?
  5. McGill sending out rejects as they are reviewing applications. Couple of people in my connections got rejected. No word on acceptances though, maybe they are saving it for the last. Anyways SFU says they just started with the review process and they got like 1500 applications for this fall so it's going to take some time. They'll send decision by May 1st, and advised to check portal during that time. What a bummer. Meanwhile UBC, UofT, and Waterloo in complete silence.
  6. Same here. Complete silence from all the universities that I've applied to. I am thinking now probably March is going to be the month of decisions. These universities should be able to send out decisions earlier depending upon when did you apply. I applied everywhere by the end of November and have been waiting ever since..
  7. Hi Guys! I don't know if this is the right place to put this thread in, but I couldn't find any similar thread anywhere. So here it goes! All the Masters/PhD in Computer Science people who applied in Canadian universities converge here! Share your heart out, how you're dealing with the stress of waiting it out (Canadian universities are super late in sending decisions). Last I heard, SFU and UWaterloo extended their deadlines to February 15 and February 28! Man this is gonna take even more time!!!
  8. Turn off mail notifications on your phone. That helps tremendously. Check only in the morning/evening. I actually went as far as creating a whole new email ID for admissions process, and turned off mail notifications for all my other accounts. My phone has never been so silent
  9. I emailed to two POIs from different universities (in same city though) who I thought would be a good fit. One was female and other male. Both the professors were positive in their mails however the female professor's department was different from what I was applying to (her was BME, I was applying to CSE), so the talk soon came to an end after we discussed that I would have to apply to BME department to work under her. However I still kept in touch the male professor and he was interested in my profile. One day I was going through both of their faculty pages, and I noticed a weird pattern. They both did their masters and PhD from same universities, in same years. They both were of similar origins (guessing from the last name) and the best of all, both had automatic responders in their mails that they were out for maternal/paternal leaves. Turned out they were husband-wife. Thank god I stopped negotiations with one of them before starting with other, else would have botched my chances in both universities haha
  10. This was beautiful! Thanks a lot @misswace!! I could sense my anxiety levels go down as I read your post..This was magic. I think sometimes to save ourselves from the disappointment of rejection after a hopeful run we try to keep a low profile - not hoping too much, not being optimistic or over-confident (or even confident). Atleast I do that, I don't know, maybe I am raised that way. But in the past couple of years, in the quest of staying modest, I started to give less and less credit to myself, my work, my hard work and struggles. I started looking at them and said - yeah, anybody could do that...chill out son, you ain't special. But guess it's time to change. I gave up optimism in the journey of giving up over-confidence and ended up on the other end of the spectrum.
  11. On the same boat here! So glad to see that I'm not alone making up imaginary scenarios where I'll either see a Red Reject button, or I botch up an interview, or re-reading my SOP and concluding it wasn't good enough (or long enough, or short, even my mind can't decide it). Checking the university portals almost daily as well as keeping an eye on emails. I was so paranoid I made a completely new email address for giving to the university admissions committees just so that I don't miss a crucial email on my primary mail due to high volume of mails I receive daily haha.
  12. Hi! I applied to five Canadian universities and haven't heard back from any of those. Profile: International / 3 years of research experience during my undergraduate (Research Intern positions + One major research project under a faculty from USA which lasted for 2 years + Undergraduate Researcher). 9 Months of relevant industry experience (will be 1.5 years by the time I join the program). Publications: 1 IEEE International conference paper, 1 IEEE National conference paper, 1 in review, 1 in preparation. GPA: 78.25% / 100% TOEFL: 114 GRE: 161Q / 155V / 5.5A LORs / SOP: 3 Strong / Strong SOP (I believe) Course: MSc CS (Thesis) Schools: UBC, McGill, UofT, SFU, UWaterloo
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