Hello everyone,
I have a rather unusual question... hoping you can give some advice from your end. I have applied for my MA in History at U of T for fall 2018. Applications actually just closed less than a week ago Jan 7th, 2018. What do you think the chances are of me getting in giving that
I graduated from my undergraduate studies at U of T in 2005 ( joining specialist History and Political Science) so its been 12 years since I have been in school. The past 10 years I have been working as a Communications professional - point being no links with academia and research etc since 2005.
My GPA is pretty damn low. 2.7 CGPA. ( U of T expects a 3.3 to get into the program) Though my history GPA is 3.1
I went and spoke to the Admissions Committee who said to go ahead and give it a shot but to try again for next year as well. ( not very encouraging but honest at least)
My area of interest is South Asian History for which the Munk Centre offers a collaborative studies program. The point in brining this up is, it is a fairly new department within U of T and I think they are eager to engage students in this discipline.
So first question : Simply looking at these facts above what do you think are my chances of getting in ? Has anyone had a similar background and working with the premise that you put together a really robust thesis/research question, were you able to gain acceptance ? Or do you know if anyone who who has ?
Now my second question. My husband has just been offered a job in Europe and we need to make a decision soon. If i got into the Masters program we would stay in Toronto but acceptances do not come in until March and we need to make a decision on the job by the beginning of Feb. Do you think it would harm me if I asked them to review my application early due to this potential move explaining to the Admissions Committee that I would actually ask my husband to refuse the job based on my application decision but I just need to know by Feb rather than mid March ?
I realize these are really random questions and a lot is based on speculation. I have just been out of the academic circle for so long that any advice, ideas or ways of looking at this situation would be really helpful.
