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Literally everything. Whatever can be improved, should be improved. If you can't get better references, explain the situation to your current references so perhaps its a stronger letter. Rewrite your cover letter if you think it can be improved. If the program is quantitative intensive, go back to school (if that's an option) and take a quantitative course or two and perform really well to show your potential. If the program accepts GRE scores for international students, write the GRE to show how you would compare to other applicants. Get in touch with the program and see if you can attend a class or two - make yourself known to the instructors. If the program has public events, attend them. Of course, none of this is a guarantee and it helps if you have a specific aim, since it's a little bit difficult to apply this to multiple applications.

I am at a loss for words. Just got accepted into SFU, my first choice. For anybody that didn't get in this year - don't lose hope. This wasn't my first time applying and I had to do as much as I can to improve my application. If you need help or ideas, feel free to message me. Excited and looking forward to what the future holds!

Nope. There was already a round of offers in early March. I e-mailed last week, and they said they were still in the process of making offers. Sad to say, but I feel like it's getting a little late in the game to have much hope, but that's also because I've beaten myself senseless with stress. So who knows, really.

Has anybody heard from SFU after March 7?

x1000. On Page 3, a bunch of folk got acceptance letters on March 7. That makes me worry even more that they might have been the second wave. I'm too young to die like this....