[UToronto PhD App Question]

What email address were you trying for the History dept? 

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I'm in the EAS MA program at UofT right now. They don't need IELTS but they do need TOEFL. And you'll want to cut your research proposal down, UofT gives you 500 words (a good time to work on being concise in your writing haha). If you have any other questions about the program you can PM me!

edit: The advice one of my LOR writers gave me for the statement of purpose was, with only 500 words, absolutely no fluff. Get straight to the point. 

[How easy or hard is it to get an academic job anywhere in Europe with an advanced degree from a US university?]

On 7/1/2019 at 7:03 PM, bhabhafk said:

I'm no expert on the matter, but from my conversations with professors and looking at the demographics of faculty at universities I've attended, American PhDs seem to be far and away the most marketable in the world. This appears to be the case across disciplines. I can say that this is for sure the case in Canada. Most recently, I went to McGill, where the vast majority of faculty in the History department, and from what I know, the Philosophy and Political Science departments as well, have American PhDs. I suspect that this is because the graduate training is a) longer (which allows more time for development) and b) more comprehensive/rigorous. I'm sure that my b) is controversial, but for example, the History PhD at McGill involves no coursework--it's thesis only. No way that, on average, a student who completes a thesis-only PhD is going to be as prepared as one who has completed two or more years of coursework along with their thesis, even if the thesis-only student did a one or two year MA.

I wouldn't say that this is a) normal for Canadian PhDs or b) means that the programs are less rigorous. Most Canadians PhDs will have coursework but it is also usually the case that you need an MA before you start your PhD in Canada. It is very rare that someone enters a Canadian humanities PhD without an MA. Canada also has far, *far* fewer universities, especially top universities, so many tenure-track positions will be held by American PhDs. 

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Thought I would start a new thread for the fall. I'm starting my MA in East Asian Studies. What about everyone else?

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Got into uoft's MA program!

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@XIAOYUN I''m applying for an MA at Toronto!

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Has anyone heard from Toronto yet?