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  1. diplomaniac
    I emailed Tabbatha to inquire about my rejection, the grad committee noted that I was missing 10 credits of IR related courses. I have a degree in history and my uni counted history outside of Canada as an IR credit. She also mentioned that completing introductory Econ with a B- final grade increases likelihood of admission. So even if the course syllabus sets up the course to cover imperialism and other topics related to IR, note that your transcript will only say the course name and the admission committee will go from there.
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    Second round of offers are on a rolling basis, if there is space available, and if your application exceeds those on the waitlist. It’s possible to get in second round of offers, but realistically, it’s probably unlikely. So by space, I mean if they had less acceptance of admissions that year and they are below their student quota for the year which did happened for fall 2017.
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    Very odd, usually they send rejection letters as early as acceptance letters? Maybe they’re over capacity this year. Who knows, which they were more efficient... oh well, now I can move on. Better luck next year (or the following year).
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    Got my rejection letter from NPSIA today, glad I can move on. Better luck next year ?
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    I’ve emailed Tabbatha about this, and if she can provide me with some understanding on the waitlist. Specifically, if there’s a chance they’ll be moving through it based on the number of offers being accepted and rescinded. No. Response. I’ll email her again tomorrow I’ve had friends who have been waitlisted (not at NPSIA) and they’ve said that rejection letters for those waitlisted is sent when school is in session. I know someone who got her acceptance letter to law school on the last day of August.
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    Ditto, only applied to SIDG (rejected) and NPSIA so I'm in a tight spot. I'm not even anxious about getting accepted anymore (I could use the savings, and I also plan to travel), but the courtesy of updating me on my status... because I would like to know when I can strategically quit my job
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    They’ll send you a letter if you if you got an email informing you if you got rejected. First round of offers already went out (those who received formal acceptance letters in March) so they’ll probably roll out second round of acceptance letters depending on how many people decline their offers.
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    I should preface I’m a domestic student. I logged into my Central account and saw the change. It can take up to 2 weeks for designations to change, and some people said on this thread saw this change last week of March. Im just annoyed because I have to gamble whether or not I should take Econ courses. But regardless of my prospect this year, if I don’t get accepted I’ll still apply next year so I guess get that Econ out of the way ??‍♀️
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    NPSIA changed my status to “recommended for assessment”. Second rounds of offers will trickle in from now until august depending on availability. Good luck everyone ☺️ And remember there’s life outside academia!
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    Also waiting, I believe they're focused on the MA-JD acceptances the past two weeks. Hopefully, we get an answer by the end of April on our status at the very least. Otherwise, godspeed to all those still waiting! NPSIA has been notorious for neglecting to message waitlisted students on the status of their application.
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    Oh! Great news!! I suppose they’re being more careful with not going over capacity.
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    Congrats!! Did you get an unofficial offer towards the end of Feb?
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    First, really nothing to be worried about. Yes, please ask the schools you’ve been accepted to to extend your deadline. They’re are accommodating about this. There was another post on here that said that they had asked Balsillie to extend their admission deadline, Balsillie said yes and even gave that person more funding because the school wanted them. Second, say you accept a school’s offer and MUNK accepts you. You tell school A you rescind their offer, then worst scenario is you lose your deposit. Third, admission committee gets hundreds of admission documents they have to sift through. It’s highly likely they won’t remember you. Fourth, profs we’re students they know what a good oppruntity is. Fifth, the only time this will be an issue is if you accept a job, leave that job a week later to accept another job in a similar field. That’s a big no-no, especially in a niche profession like Law. sixth, making a decision and rejecting offers to a school you don’t want to go allows for the wait list to keep moving. You may lose your deposits, but another student may take your spot who wants to go there.
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    I don’t think it matters for school, because admins will get to keep the deposit. It does, however, matter for jobs, especially in law. But for school, it doesn’t matter. I think it’s good because it keeps the waitlist moving
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    My LOI was written with NPSIA in mind, definitely weak on the research component. Not a big deal though! My heart wasn’t in that school. PM me and I’ll send you my stats!
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    Already spoke to you via private message but I’ll post it here for people to read. I received an email this morning notifying me that they had updated my admission file. The time stamp said a decision was made on a March 3, 2019.
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    Heard back from SIDGS and my admission offer is refused ? only applied there and NPSIA... kinda worried for NPSIA now. If helpful, I don’t mind posting my stats.
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    Didn’t hear back from NPSIA either ?. On the bright side, no news doesn’t mean bad news. They keep the wait list rolling once they get confirmation from first round to accept or decline offer. Here’s to waiting until sometime around mid-March.
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    CONGRATS! No more stress for you! Awesome stats, btw. You place is very much well deserved
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    Yes, it says so on their website here. This requirement is what prevented me from applying to GPSIA, so I applied to SIDG instead. Anyways, under Language it reads: "All applicants must be able to understand speak and write proficiently either English or French and have a passive knowledge (ability to understand the spoken and written word) of the other language. Applicants whose first language is neither English nor French must provide proof of proficiency in one or the other. The list of acceptable proofs is indicated in the “Admission” section of the general regulations in effect for graduate studies." According to this Grad Cafe thread last year, you have to take at least one course in French to complete your degree requirement for GPSIA. That means reading, writing and being taught in French. Same thread says that students are required to have a passive knowledge of French prior to admission, and can be advanced throughout their degree. Though, the challenge is being advanced enough to write and read in French.
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    I’m also a long term planner, but long term planning also requires flexibility has nothing is ever concrete. I think job hunting is great, do both and cover all grounds. As for parents, I told them that I was getting more experience in my field, while saving up for more school (for reference I took a 2 year long gap year, and interned abroad. Best decision I’ve ever made). Plans are great, but remember to be flexible and not get fixated.
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    According to last years thread, Tabbatha said that the committee’s due date for decisions was beginning to mid March. Last year, for whatever reason, they were able to finish it the last week of Feb (which was their goal). However, profs have other priorities this year and the tuition cut may be adding more stress to universities as it affects various departments differently. I personally prefer March because most schools send out acceptance letters around then, as well. It gives people time to weigh their options, make more timely decisions and, in turn, allows for the wait list keeps moving. On average most institutions take 6-8 weeks to make a decision, factoring in the committee and admin’s personal deadlines that they may have to meet. Also, Tabbatha personally emails those accepted BEFORE their status changes on Carleton Central. Even then, some people who got accepted first round had their status under “Recommended for Assement”. It’s stressful but it’s out of our control, we can’t really spam or demand the committee to be more timely for our sake. Don’t let this weigh you down. ? Constantly stressing about something out of your control only does more harm than good.
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    There’s been a lot of snow days in Ontario lately. Also, I’m only speculating but a law student friend of mine at York said that the Ontario schools have been stressed out over Doug Ford’s tuition cut and have been struggling with figuring out how that will affect their budget and how they’ll be able to make up the difference. With that being said, I also wouldn’t be surprised if funding packages suck this year. NPSIA also started their application review on Feb 15th which is a Friday, so I suspect they actually started reviewing later than that. I expect lettrs to go out beginning of March to mid-March for first round.
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    Yes, mine is “Review in progress by department”. I wouldn’t worry it’s an antiquated website. Some people on this forum got first round of admissions while their application status was still on “Recommended for assessment”.
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    I haven’t been admitted yet (applies to NPSIA and SIDGS) but in wrote in my statement that I’m interested I need gender based violence. have no experience in that field. In my personal statement I wrote about how my mom influenced my academic curiosity for the subject (she was a social worker in the Philippines concentrating on human trafficking), and how my internship abroad did not account of gender disparity when monitoring and evaluating. I also highlight my research skills, basically I was selling my potential. Admissions get a lot of unique interest so not having direct experience in the field but having transferable skills is very marketable. UBC’s MPPGA program admitted a pianist, real estate agent and engineers; although, they may have to take additional classes. I think cross your fingers, wait, and act after acceptance letters have been sent.
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