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I received the official letter from my university saying that if I fail my thesis again, I will be expelled. My emotions are literally a roller coster right now. I still work on my thesis, but there are moments where I feel like "what if I don't make it? what if pursuing a PhD wasn't meant to happen? What am I going to say to all the people who know about my PhD acceptance and Vanier scholarship?". And there are other moments where I feel like in 10 years, I'll be laughing over this with my (future) students. I am going to do everything I can to pass. I cancelled all my extracurricular activities for the next month. But it doesn't feel comfortable right now to be in my shoes, I feel so much pressure. I don't want everything I have worked so hard to be taken away from me. I try to put that pressure and negative thoughts into a box and not let them paralyze me. I also try to remember that I am a fighter and have always been. I know I belong in academia. I know I want to do a PhD. I know I've got what it takes. I know I am not at fault for what happened. I know this is not reflective of my worth. I know why this happened, how easily avoidable it actually was and who's to blame, but I cannot throw a pity party right now, it's useless. I need to take action and move forward.

Same here

I don’t have the same advisor for my PhD.

Thanks!!!

My department had even nominated me for a convocation award this graduation season. Oh well.. ?

I asked my supervisor if another professor in the département could also take a look on my thesis before sending it off to examination. She agreed. But between you and me, I think she loves me so much that she doesn’t see clear when it comes to my work. I have a feeling that she overestimated my ability to do this, hence why I received little guidance despite me asking for feedback.

Vanier I learned on April 1st. I don’t have any news for SSHRC. Thanks but I failed my masters thesis (learned the news yesterday). I have a month to resubmit. otherwise bye bye Vanier and PhD in September

Yes I declined SSHRC immediately after learning I got Vanier. We did get that email.

I'm also happy that I am self-confident enough that I don't see this failure as a failure of who I am in terms of intelligence and ability. I know this is also a matter of the fact that I have received very little guidance on the part of my supervisor throughout my master's degree. This is the second time that something backfires in my master's degree, and both times, she never warned me, prepared me or anticipated it. But I won't tell her that because I know she loves me a lot, and probably feels very guilty already. I'm sure that out of all of her students, she surely did not expect me to fail. She knows me, my work ethic, and the fact that I am a hard and dedicated student. But my family was very upset when they learned I had failed because I spent the last year complaining to them about how I felt like I did not have as much feedback as I wanted to. I almost had to defend her. I had to clarify with my family that my supervisor does not have bad intentions towards me. She definetly wants me to succeed. But I think she was overly confident in my ability to do this and did not offer me enough guidance.

Thanks. My supervisor believes the thesis examiner was too severe. Unfortunately, she will be evaluating the second version of my thesis. This is totally unexpected. Just to give you an idea, my department had nominated me for a convocation award this term...However, I know my thesis was not perfect. But there are a lot of changes I will make just to "make her happy" her at this point since she has the final word. So I made a chart with all of the comments she made on my work (at least, the comments appear somewhat easy to apply and are clear and precise) and I will address each comment one by one. If she fails me after this, I bring her to the Dean. I also made myself a calendar of each section that I need to rectify week by week until August. I also contacted my prospective university for doctoral students to have clarification about the moment I need to show that I passed my thesis. They say I need to submit my final transcript by the end of August, and a proof of my master's degree by the end of December. I can still save my case but I asked for clarification about those deadlines.

I am going to PM you now.

Just learned the news today. I am still in shock. I did not expect to fail, even if I knew my thesis was not perfect. I was expecting a pass with revisions. Even my supervisor was not worried for me (she told me so yesterday). I just need emotional support right now. I need not to let my emotions get to me. I have won a major scholarship for my doctoral studies starting in September, so I need to resubmit by August. Otherwise, I am screwed. If I fail a second time, I won't graduate which means that my admission and scholarship offers will be revoked from me.

I find it really hard to find anything under 900$ all included in either Gatineau or Ottawa...

Lots of construction work! Otherwise it's a nice city, lots of activities (free music festivals in the summer for instance), very multicultural city as well.

Hello, did anyone here heard of any issues with Vanier scholars who could not fund their 4th, 5th year of doctoral studies due to the fact that the award is non-renewable?

Hello, Any tips or resources/videos on how to write a letter to editor? That would be helpful.

There is nothing more satisfying than succeeding where people thought you'd fail.

I learned about OGS in February at my uni. I was very surprised by that (very early!). I declined it because I got Vanier in April..

I still don't have my thesis report.

So I spoke with the scholarship département of my future university. They gave me feedback on my Trudeau application (I was not selected this year at the institutional level). They strongly encourage me to reapply next cycle, especially since I got Vanier this year. They said I had a few weaknesses in parts of my application (methods, theoretical framework and personal statement) Including the fact that I am not A PhD student yet, but that my file is competitive enough and that I should try again next year.

This is going to sound silly, but I've always loved just "chilling" in school supplies stores (i.e. Staples). It reminds me of the time when I was a kid and my mom brought my sisters and I to buy our school supplies before the academic year would start. I've always loved back-to-school season because of that reason. I really enjoy being in an academic/learning institution in general so I guess it reminds me of that as well.

I am goijng to live living alone when I move out of town: my roommate might not apply to PhD programs due to health issues. I still haven't received the report on my master's thesis. I just want to know I passed. The examiner is two months late!!

I received a community award tonight at an event. Plus, my book review for a journal has been accepted.

Take care ❤️❤️❤️❤️