NavIndWmn
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I am in Canada, these are my offers, and my considerations:
Accepted to:
- Carleton University, PhD in Sociology - offered 92k over 4 years -Tuition is about 8k
- Trent Univeristy, PhD in Indigenous Studies - offered 82k over 4 years - Tuition about 8k
- University of Manitoba, PhD in Native Studies - offered 0 - Tuition about 8k
- Bora Laskin Faculty of Law (Lakehead) - offered 5k entrance Bursary - Tuition is 20k
Undergraduate degree from Trent University in Indigenous Studies, Masters from Lakehead in Social Justice Studies - I also have a 2 year College Diploma in Aboriginal Advocacy
Considerations:
- I am currently living in Thunder Bay. My husband works here making about 35/k per year. Moving would mean he would have to hopefully find a new job. Part of the concern is even with funding, potentially losing out on his income if he cant find a new job
- Manitoba is my preferred school as I could live there for one year - rent a room while husband stays behind - and do the rest from a distance
- Carleton has a 2 year residency requirement but the funding package is the best
- Trent has a 2 year residency requirement with a decent funding package and it is where I did my undergrad so I have networks there
- All of my family is in Thunder Bay i.e. parents, siblings, nephews, nieces and this is where the law school I was accepted to attend is located
- I have a cheap place here that I like, rent in Winnipeg and Peterborough not much different than Thunder Bay, Ottawa a lot more pricey
- I am a status Indian who has received sponsorship for my post-secondary education - however there is a max of 4k per semester for tuition - it would cover all schools but Lakehead. I would be about 7k/ short tuition and have to get OSAP, next year I would be about 13k short if I did not get any bursaries
- Waitlisted on my SSHRC with a 12/20 - would hate to attend law and miraculously enough to turn it down I am offered it and am not in Doctoral studies
- I would much prefer to be a professor than a laywer, but all the feedback I have received is becoming a lawyer would be a lot less precarious
- I have worked at a legal office in admin for last several years and do enjoy law - just not as much as teaching
I have until June 1st to make a final decision and I am no where closer to a decision than I was in January. What are your takes on what I should do?
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I know no one can say for sure, but does anyone have any feedback on my likelihood of moving off the waitlist? I believe I am in committee 3 and was waitlisted with a 12/20. I did email SSHRC today for my waitlist position, but I doubt they will tell me. I was also accepted in to Law School. The law school is where I currently live which means I would not have to move. The Phd I want to do accepted me and offered 22k/year. but would require me to move. If I move it means my husband will be quitting a job where he makes 35k/ year (not a lot but keeps us afloat while I am in school). My SSHRC would have been what I needed to make moving realistic and ensure we were financially okay as my husband looked for a new job.
I did receive a scholarship to Law School -it does not cover all of it so I will still to take about 10k in debt for this year. Law school is like 3-4 times more than the PhD tuition sadly. However, my husband will not have to quit his job. I am thinking it may be more feasible to go to law school as I can stay where I am take some debt for tuition? I am considering deferring my PhD applications for a year while I attend law school as if I absolutely hate it, I can always do my PhD the year after - also maybe next year I will have better SSHRC luck.
I am wanting to know roughly my chances of getting a SSHRC as if they are high I would not want to risk going to Law school and having the SSHRC offered to me but not be in a doctoral program.
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19 minutes ago, elodie said:
Did someone on here post winning SSHRC with an 11 even or someone you know? That provides a bit of hope. I know some committees have overall higher ranks than others. But I was rejected last year with a 10.5 (112/170 no where near winning) and waitlisted this year (10ish) with an even lower score, uhg.
The only way to know which specific committee is to email SSHRC directly.My letter said adjudicated by the multi-disciplinarian committee or did they mean by a committee composed of multidisciplinarian people. I thought that was my committee
ddit: nvm I read it wrong just that is was adjudicated by a multi disciplinarian committee
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Just now, elodie said:
Did someone on here post winning SSHRC with an 11 even or someone you know? That provides a bit of hope. I know some committees have overall higher ranks than others. But I was rejected last year with a 10.5 (112/170 no where near winning) and waitlisted this year (10ish) with an even lower score, uhg.
The only way to know which specific committee is to email SSHRC directly.Someone from my school posted on our grad studies fb page they got a regular sshrc with an 11.6. I am not sure what committee it was though.
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13 minutes ago, elodie said:
Waitlisted with a 10. something (low). Going to try to move on now as I'm likely at the end of the waitlist based on the other posts, and will try again next year. Good luck everyone!
What committee? I seen some get a sshrc this year with an 11, it really depends on what committee you end up with.
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I recieved my letter today in Thunder Bay. 12/20 multi-disciplinarian... waitlist.
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I got my letter today in Thunder Bay. 12/20 scored by the multi-disciplinarian committee. Otherwise the same ‘we regret to inform you... but high enough quality’...
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6 hours ago, Adelaide9216 said:
I got Vanier
Woot! That’s amazing!
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2 hours ago, Adelaide9216 said:
I got SSHRC Doctoral, but got only a score of 12. something on 20. But I have to decline it anyways, so someone on the waitlist is going to have that scholarship hopefully.
Why are you declining it?
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Does anyone know roughly how many people are waitlisted each year? It would help me contextualize best case/worse case depending on what place in the waitlist I am.
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This is a bitter pill to swallow. I think when you get to this level of schooling you become accustomed to succeeding so something like this is very humbling.
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II would be interesting in seeing my score. I was waitlisted so assuming 11 or lower then. I hate how SSHRC is scored because 11/20 seems so low if you were doing an exam. It would be barely a pass, but with sshrc it’s a score to be proud of. Even a 15/20 which would have likely netted a bombardier, it still is really only a 75% on other rankings. It’s hard to wrap your mind around.
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I created this thread to have people to commiserate with and to share and gain information on how the waitlist works. I was told by my school I was waitlisted. I need to wait for the mail to determine my score. This is my first SSHRC application.
Who else has been waitlisted?
- VentralStream and elodie
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19 minutes ago, displaynamesarehard said:
I feel this so hard. When I first was going to apply I wasn’t even sure I would get out of the school, but then people I worked with in the department were telling me they thought I would get it and it definitely got my hopes up. Oh well. Always next time. And you still have hope for this time!
It sucks, but I guess it was a learning opportunity. I have to keep telling myself the SSHRC does not determine our value.
14 minutes ago, Antikythera said:It feels like Thanos just snapped his fingers in here. @TheorySis and @displaynamesarehard, pity party at the grad club at 5?
LOL, this actually cheered me up a bit. I guess I am one of the snapped. Thinking of it as some overlord doing it randomly does smart less.
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1 hour ago, elodie said:
I'm also waitlisted but don't have my score yet. Anyone want to start a new SSHRC 2018-2019 waitlist thread? We could share resources on how this works and make sense of waitlist movement/ what we might try and do differently for next fall (for those reapplying)?
I would love to commiserate with others. It is hard not to feel like poop at the moment.
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My school just informed me I was waitlisted. This was my first time applying - starting PhD in the fall. I did not expect to be as crushed as I feel. I did receive 92k and 82k over four years respectively in my funding offer from two of the programs I applied to. I guess I should be thankful for that. I am just feeling very demoralized as everyone who helped prepare my SSHRC basically told me I was a shoo-in, which really instilled a lot of false hope. I am not sure what my score is yet. So now I am sitting at my part-time job, wishing i could be in my bed lamenting life.
SSHRC Doctoral 2018-2019 Waitlisted
in The Bank
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That is word for word the email I received. I am assuming everyone who asks will get the same.