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TofinoGal

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  1. Hey guys. Not sure how many people are still frequenting this board, but I could use some advice. 

    After being waitlisted at Munk and ruling out the MPPGA at UBC, I pretty much had my mind set on accepting an offer to do my MA in Political Science at Western. I did my undergrad at Western, loved a lot of the faculty, am familiar with the city and was offered $19,000 in funding for the one year. 

    I finally got an email from U of T today that I've been accepted to the MPP program with $3000 in funding. I'm really not sure which is the better choice - I don't want to put myself in too much debt, but I do want to pursue the route that will set me up best with lots of career options. I definitely want to work in a policy-related field, either internationally or domestically, and I'm especially interested in environmental policy and advocacy. It's also worth mentioning that the prof who I'd like to advise me on my thesis at Western was an EU delegate to the UN for many years and has a lot of experience in international climate policy. 

    Any advice is helpful!

  2. Got the waitlist email from Munk. Hoping they'll be able to tell me what place I'm so I know what to do with my offers from other schools. Also concerned about the price of going to Munk without any funding if i do get off the waitlist. 

     

    Huge congrats to to everyone who was accepted! And for anyone who is going to decline their offer.... please do so before April 12th ?

  3. 3 minutes ago, Duplified said:

    Congrats!!!! Also, my status on the U of T MPP program changed. It is now on "Decision made" and first round offers are going out Wednesday the 15th, and then other offers will continue until they are full in April. So I feel somewhat optimistic, but don't know if this is definitely a good sign or not? Its either I'm not even close to the cut and not going to be placed on the waitlist or I'm in? 

     

    I think that's a good sign for sure! You should be excited

  4. 1 hour ago, IA2017 said:

    Hi all,

    Just found this forum! So far I've been accepted into the MPPGA program at UBC, BSIA, and NPSIA. Still waiting anxiously on GSPIA and Munk.

    I just got off the phone with someone from GSPIA (Nancy?) since they still haven't received all of my documents. She said that there are still a lot of people in the same boat so, if anyone is worried about that, you're not alone! She also said it would not affect the possibility of receiving first round admissions, so I'm not sure what kind of timeline there is on that.

    Also, I saw some people were worrying about taking a course in French at GSPIA. I have a friend in his first year there right now with absolutely no French background at all. He still needs to enroll in a French class and attend it, but he is allowed to read English equivalents of the textbooks and write his tests in French. As far as I know there are only a couple of people like him in the program, but it is possible. 

     

    Have you received a funding offer from UBC yet? I received the email on the 3rd, but still haven't received any details or a funding offer. 

  5. 21 minutes ago, thebigcheese said:

    I've been accepted too! I haven't heard anything about funding either, but hopefully we get something :)

    Ah, congrats! Hopefully we'll hear something this week!

    Where else have you applied and what are your thoughts on UBC's program? I'm a bit concerned about how new it is, the course offerings and that the program website mentions basically nothing about internships. On the other hand, I like that the 2016 class has only 25 students and I hope that means that the profs and admin are pretty accessible.

  6. 1 minute ago, Investigate311 said:

    Hey, I was curious as to if you got any funding from the MPPGA? I was going to apply but thought it was a bit of a cash cow program for being such a new school at UBC.

    I haven't received the official letter yet, only the email saying I've been accepted and will receive more detailed correspondence within the next week. Hopefully there will be an offer of funding in there. I agree, it's super expensive for a new program, and especially when you factor in the cost of living in Vancouver. 

  7. 9 minutes ago, Kaspara said:

    Hey Tofino!

    Congrats on getting into UBC! I can't speak to other programs, but I am really familiar with the Munk process (I go to U of T and attended a lot of info sessions). The fact that you have some experience and a solid final year GPA is really good. Your CGPA may drag you down a bit, since they told me that competitive applicants typically have an A-, but maybe Munk puts more stock in the final year GPA. I hope you get a response soon though, I know the wait is killer!

     

    Thanks so much! I haven't heard much about the program and it doesn't seem like the school has strong connections within the field, but it's still a good option. And yeah, my CPGA is a blemish I'm pretty concerned about. I've also applied to complete my Masters in Poli Sci thinking I could add some credentials to my app and re-apply to Munk if this year doesn't work out. Thanks for the insight and best of luck to you as well!

  8. Hi all. I just found this forum a couple days ago and am feeling similarly nervous so I thought I'd join in. I'm piping in here kind of late but here are my stats:

    - BA Honors Poli Sci at Western

    - L2 GPA: 3.7, CGPA 3.1 (had some health issues that I've documented in my app)

    - LSAT 165

    - Some policy experience during undergrad - I worked with an org that lobbied for reforms to the postsecondary education system and I co-authored a policy paper

    Was accepted to UBC MPPGA last week and am now anxiously waiting to hear from Munk, UofT, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Best of luck to everyone and excited to see how things pan out!

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