KayCee

OGS @ McMaster was confirmed with my acceptance, which I declined. Waitlisted for OGS @ U of G.

It does sound really cool! Its a brand-new program. The first cohort was accepted last year

I will PM you! But, I have never heard of anyone having interviews for Guelph PhD before

Social Practice and Transformational change (Guelph, interdisciplinary), guelph, McMaster, U of T, York! I've only heard from U of T and York so far.

What other programs did you apply for?

Thanks for letting me know! I was literally coming on here to see if anyone has asked yet, before emailing!

I pretty much second what Polisci_gal says. I did my MA at a smaller institution, and I have had LOTS of opportunities for extra TA work, various graduate research assistant opportunities, and a lot of one on one support from faculty. I have friends who completed degrees at larger institutions, and these sorts of experiences were harder to come by. What I was told by several people at different Universities is that University doesn't much matter. What matters is quality experience and quality publications + a strong dissertation. So from that perspective faculty fit matters much more than whichever institution you end up at. Funding is also typically fairly strong - my MA funding (per year, not total) was higher than some of the PhD fellowships American applicants have reported. PhD funding is more than MA funding, and most schools have significant pots of money that can be picked up for doing extra work or funding conference travel etc; (once covid restrictions have been lifted).

I also appear to have been accepted - but no letter. So my guess is that the portal updates can be done by a bulk list, but the individual letters need to uploaded individually

This is a thread under political science, so unless people applied to both a political science and philosophy, most of us won't have an answer to this.

That is exciting! Though im not anticipating being accepted to York with how competitive this year is.

I don't know about the US, but in Canada I wouldn't say any of the schools are "quant heavy." Maybe Western and McMaster somewhat.

This sounds like my life right now

A friend of mine also got in to Queens today!

What program if you don't mind me asking?

No idea! I am going to assume I will likely be rejected there as well since I did not have a meeting

Rejected! From U of T as well.

I don't know about stipends. But I so know that none of my MA scholarships were.

Also waiting on McMaster and York

Mine says no decision yet - under review. I also had an issue with a file upload and the grad director emailed me. So they are good about following up!

I applied to one (really new) program in social practice/transformational change. Enjoying waiting in out with other feminist/gender/decolonial/critical race types ❤️

I know. It is literally the worst.

Usually mid march. Some schools are a bit sooner.

Oh fun! I'm kinda all over for subfields.

I have friends who applied at Alberta and Queens, but I don't think they are on here!

If it makes any of you feel better, I returned to school after 10 years in the workforce. Its just as weird feeling when you're "older" and the imposter syndrome is super real. Everyone else your age are already professors, and your cohort is 10 years younger so you don't quite fit there either.