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I am so sorry to hear that. Good luck with revisions!

Precisely! Money brings in more money.

@Adelaide9216 Congrats on getting the Vanier!!!

When did you get the email, if you don't mind sharing? This wait is infernal.

Direct applicant. Forwarded to the finals. Letter dated Feb 19.

No it means that they gave out 19 acceptances and 5-10 waitlists hoping to get a cohort of 16. Universities do this routinely because they know between 60 and 75 % will accept their offer of admissions.

I was waitlisted last year. And the letter informing me that my application was forwarded to the final competition arrived about mid-February. The wait is infernal.

The stipend at Columbia for 2019-2020 totals $34,116, plus tuition, insurance (for dependents as well), and all fees. If your concentration of study is also connected to an institute within Columbia, say Jewish Institute, Science and Society, or Harriman, and your POI heads it, they will match whatever other programs are offering and sometimes even more to retain you. This was done for a few students recently. Columbia has pots of funding, unevenly spread, unfortunately.

Direct applicant here! Haven't heard back yet either. You can have SSHRC deliver their mail to your address in England, just email them.

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New York direct applicant here! Got my letter yesterday, which is rather shocking how quickly it arrived (US and all). Waitlisted. The letter was dated April 26.

Well yes, it is nested in the broader history department, which is excellent. But all the schools/programs @35mm_ was admitted into are excellent, so really the decisive factors are mentorship, placement, funding, and location.

But Princeton over Penn if you want a broad history training. Penn's HSS is a stand alone program. Not sure what their relationship is with the history department. Penn's history department, however, is superb! But look at placement rates because history of science grads usually get history jobs, rather than history of science jobs, those are rare.

Agreed. The Cambridge History of Science program is superb. That's a blanket statement. If you choose to stay on this side of the pond, then Penn over Princeton. Penn's History and Sociology of Science is excellent. Their training is what other programs aspire to, their faculty is supportive, and the student body is cohesive and very friendly.

Yes as @Caravaggista wrote earlier, it is guaranteed. As long as you apply, you will get it.