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3 hours ago, CJackson15 said:
Thank you so much for the info! I did find out the only funding that could be affected is a RA (which I don’t have). I guess I just assumed where it’s associated with OSAP, they have access to the info you report to Service Canada, so thought they would find out that way!
Oh, sorry, yes, it affects OSAP. Just not admissions funding.
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On 3/1/2022 at 7:10 PM, CJackson15 said:
Hi all! I was admitted to Carleton’s 2-year MSW program and will be accepting my offer for fall 2022. I would love to hear any feedback on the program from alumni, and to connect with any new classmates!
I am also wondering what to expect in terms of school/work/life balance. I don’t expect the course load to be easy, but I would like to gage if it’s going to be possible to manage a casual PT job off-campus without compromising my academic experience.
I also applied for the OGS and am waiting on results. Does anyone know how accepting this award would affect the funding package I was offered? With the OGS I realize I can only work 520 hours in that year, and it may not make financial sense for me to accept the OGS if it’s going to impact the funding package I was offered in addition to work income.
As you can tell, most of my concerns are financial right now, but I am very pleased to have been accepted
If you win OGS, Carleton will add that funding on-top of your existing funding package. The 520 hour rule thing isnt an issue. There are no reporting requirements. I held OGS and worked over 520 hours in a semester, Carleton can only track your Carleton hours (TA/RAing), not whatever you do outside of school. Important note: this rule is per semester. So over the duration of the award (1 year) you can work 1560 hours, about the equivalent of a full time job. Goodluck on your OGS application!
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23 minutes ago, FILÓSOFO said:
Can anyone confirm how much tuition at Carleton will be for next year? I saw on Carleton's website that 2020-2021 was about 8.5 thousand for both semesters.
Unsure what this year's tuition will be but here are last year's tuition amounts, I don't imagine it'll increase by much: https://carleton.ca/studentaccounts/tuition-fees/su-gr/f21w22-gr-dom/
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1 hour ago, FromE said:
I did when I got the offer and they gave me an extra two days lol
Lol, ask for more. Or, call the opposing school and explain your deadline to accept another offer if you dont hear from them in two days
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1 hour ago, FromE said:
I didn't receive an offer from queens yesterday, does anyone know if they sent all offers out yesterday? Of if more are going out over the next couple days? Queens is my first choice for grad school, but the deadline to accept my second choice is today...so I'm a bit conflicted on what to do.
Call the school with the deadline and ask for an extension while you wait for other offers to come.
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3 hours ago, R2D2 said:
Hi everyone,
I am happy to have been accepted to the University of Ottawa GSPIA MA program as well as the Carleton MPPA program.
I'm having difficulty deciding between the two. Does anyone have any insights into the differences between the programs?
Two obvious differences is that GSPIA deals with international affairs and is more francophone. Otherwise, I think that Carleton has a higher coop placement rate. It also seems that GSPIA is more academic (major research paper) and possibly has a busier workload.
Happy to chat about Carleton vs. GPSIA. Feel free to send me a message and we can set something up.
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30 minutes ago, FromE said:
Did anyone else need to send an official transcript to Queens university? I got a message on my application file under the document status saying "Unofficial transcript uploaded. Please have the issuing University send the official transcript...." I'm confused because the website says an unofficial transcript is okay for the application until you accept.
Call and ask about it
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6 hours ago, FromE said:
Hi,
I applied to Dal, Queens, and Carleton for MPA/MPPA on Jan 10th. I heard back from Dal on feb 11 saying I was accepted. I have to let them know by march 3rd so I'm hoping Queens will send out offers relatively soon.
Ask for an extension because you're waiting on other schools. Alternatively, call the other schools and ask about your pending application since you already have an offer but would like to go to their school if admitted.
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4 hours ago, Joseph_Eze said:
Mackenzie, why are you using a different account? Haha!
In any case, BTF has solid information. The man knows his stuff.
Thanks man, if you have any other questions feel free to message me.
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On 12/6/2021 at 12:15 PM, Y N said:
Hi guys!
I am planning to apply for MPPA 2022 fall, and I wonder when should I submit the application. Are applications processed on a rolling basis? Wondering if there is any advantages with respect to admission if I apply as early as possible.
Also, would you guys recommend international students to go for the MPPA program in Carleton? I am not aiming for job in federal public service as I don't have a citizenship, maybe I will consider career in NGO/think tank. Are there better option other than Carleton? As I saw most of their coop positions are in the federal public service.
Thanks!!
1. When should I submit the application? and are applications processed on a rolling basis?
Submit before the funding deadline, usually before the hard deadline. Some schools use rolling admissions and others do not, I submitted applications (Carleton, UofT, and Queens) in November and received offers in late February (Carleton, Queens) and early March (UofT).
2. Should international students go to Carleton's MPPA program?
Depends. Carleton's MPPA places most students in federal public service and some outside the federal public service (like myself). Other schools, like UofT, place a lot of their students in the private sector, well, more than Carleton's MPPA program. Do your research about each school's placement rate and where recent graduates typically end up (use LinkedIn to find this information). Coop is one of the few ways international students can get into the federal public service, not that its what you're after, but it's something to consider. -
On 11/21/2021 at 8:22 AM, Joseph_Eze said:
Hi Mackenzie!
Thanks for starting this thread. I have a few questions:
- How has your experience been thus far?
- Do you think scores alone will form the majority of the decision for admission? Example: If a competitive average is 78%, but one gets 90% or close to 4.00, is it as clear cut as that?
- Since you've been accepted, could you provide some data as to what sort of profiles are accepted (With respect to your cohort)?
Thanks!
Not Mackenzie, but I can answer the same questions.
1. How has your experience been thus far?
Mixed, but mostly positive. Some courses are rough, some are average, some are amazing. Most professors were lovely.
2. Do you think scores alone will form the majority of the decision for admission? Example: If a competitive average is 78%, but one gets 90% or close to 4.00, is it as clear cut as that?
GPA matters, anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. Is it the sole admission factor? No. Does it play a big role? Yes. It plays an even bigger role for funding decisions.
3. Since you've been accepted, could you provide some data as to what sort of profiles are accepted (With respect to your cohort)?
Most people work for the government, some work for non-profit/think tanks (like myself), and a few go to private sector or pursue more schooling. A lot of people come to program from varying disciplines (I suppose more so from poli sci than anything else though) and experiences. Most people have above an 80% GPA in their last two years. Meeting that cutoff is important to being a competitive applicant. Yes, people get in with lower but far more get in with above. Be in the latter category. -
I'll be applying for the first time.
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These scholarships are all a shit show. You seem to have a competitive application. Who knows
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Yes, ask. You're turning down $17,500. Did you get OGS at Carleton?
Source: got SSHRC and OGS at Carleton
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On 5/4/2021 at 1:22 PM, iris85 said:
Hi everyone,
I just moved in NY. I have a foreign degree in Political Sciences with a 2.4 GPA ( very low) and a Master Degree in Diplomacy. I did better during my Master degree and I have a 3.5 gpa. I have been working full time when I was a student and I also had other personal situations during my first degree, I would love to start a juris doctor degree in NY but I know I have no chance to get in with this lower GPA. How do I improve my GPA? I am confused where to go and how to move forward and I end up loosing my time instead of getting the right information. Does it makes any difference having a Master degree with a better GPA? I am ready for whatever it takes but I am not able to count my options. Do I need a second BA and if so, do they evaluate plenty of credits from my previous degree? Do they take in consideration only credits or they do look the grads also from my previous degree? What about taking more classes at community college to boost my bachelor GPA instead of doing a second degree? Do I have any other option?
Thank you a million times for your help.
Email the law school(s) you hope to attend and ask. As for your GPA question, the only way to increase it is to take more courses and do well.
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- Starting sentences with adverbs is for noobs.
- You're applying for grad school, write in full paragraphs.
- Your response doesn't address the entire prompt. There was no examination of the argument its implications. You just provided a laundry list of some of the assumptions.
- Define your acronyms and be consistent in their use. Vice President (VP). Pick one but define it first
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14 hours ago, Amelia Noelle said:
The grant holder's guide for strategic grants lists a lot of regulations on using funds. Maybe this is for something else but it's the only explanation of using SSHRC funds that I could find. I would love to be wrong about this which I why I'm looking for someone who actually got the grant to tell me how they used it!!
You won a scholarship, not a grant. Here are the regulations for your SSHRC scholarship. Yes, this a NSERC webpage. Yes, this webpage is for SSHRC and CIHR scholarships too. See the table of contents' second section.
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/Guides-Guides/TriRTA-TriBFR_eng.asp#value
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3 minutes ago, Amelia Noelle said:
I've been offered SSRC funding, but I'm hesitating to accept because it seems like it's only possible to use it for very specific research tasks and not for tuition or living expenses. Can someone who has gotten SSHRC in the past tell me how you spent it?? Also, I applied for OGS and haven't heard back yet but figure that if I got CGS I'll probably get OGS, so I'm wondering if it would be better to wait and accept the OGS funding if I get it as I believe OGS doesn't have as many restrictions on using the funds. Is this the case?
Where does it say SSHRC funding can only be used research expenses?
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1 hour ago, ST001 said:
Hi BTF,
Did you have to learn Tableau or any other software for any MPPA course?
How much readings are involved per courses per week? And, how much writing (assignments - group/individual) is involved beside the final exams in courses?
How the gradings are in courses - as in profs are too hard or moderate in grading or depends on the course?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
1. Did you have to learn Tableau or any other software for any MPPA course?
No to Tableau and depends on the research methods prof you have, some might teach Nvivo, R, or SPSS.
2. How much readings are involved per courses per week? And, how much writing (assignments - group/individual) is involved beside the final exams in courses?
Depends on the course. Seminar courses are more reading and writing than lecture courses. From my experience, the usual seminar course is about 6-8000 words of writing and about 100 pages of readings a week. Lecture courses are highly variable but always less than seminar courses.
3. How the gradings are in courses - as in profs are too hard or moderate in grading or depends on the course?
Most students earn either a B+ or A- as final course grades regardless or professor. Some students earn higher and some lower. The grade you earn is largely dependent on your ability to write a concise and coherent argument and make useful class discussion contributions.
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14 hours ago, dancewmoonlight said:
Y'all, I feel so lost right now. So, I got into my top choice for a PhD program, and I feel like there's so much ahead of me that I'm just stuck. Things are made so much worse by COVID and the uncertainty it brings, too!
Can you all help me think through things I need to handle between now and starting classes?
- I'm a U.S. student doing a PhD program in Canada, so I know I need to handle a bunch of stuff with moving internationally (with my spouse and animals) and securing a student visa.
- I didn't receive funding automatically, but the program is super cheap (under $8500 CAD for 5 years). I still need to apply for fellowships, etc.
After this, I just kind of get lost. Help!
you took an unfunded PhD in a different country? Seems sketchy.
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45 minutes ago, GradSchoolHopeful2021 said:
Question for you lovely folks. Did any one else receive an admission offer for the MPPA program at Carleton with no funding/scholarship information on it? I did and I was a bit surprised considering that when I last applied for the program a couple of years ago my admission letter had indicated that I was to receive funding.
Several students get admitted without funding. Each cohort is different, maybe you had a better application compared to others last time around and maybe the opposite happened this year. I've heard this year has been a bit more competitive than other cohorts as more people are applying.
You can always call and ask the admin about it.
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2 hours ago, newbie2020 said:
Question. I’m hoping on getting into Carleton. Would be my top choice. I’m not sure if I’d be required to take microeconomics, and I think I’ll be credited for Macro though. However, my issue is that I’d have to take these course(s) during the summer and my summer enrolment date at my home institution is this coming week. Is it worth emailing them to see what update Carleton can provide to me? Or should I just wait it out. I don’t want to be harassing admissions hahah
Email and ask.
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2 hours ago, peppermills said:
Thanks! Will do! Is it usual to get a deadline extension in this situation?
Yes
Munk MGA/MPA UofT 2022
in Waiting it Out
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This is the real play. The decision to spend 50k for a general policy degree with little to no funding in an incredibly expensive city with similar placement rates as several other policy masters programs will never make sense to me.