LogicBomb
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Ya. I found out through email. my Director of Graduate studies has no idea - he found out from an assistant dean. I was told to wait for my letter. I am obviously hoping the months are wrong.
LOL - I was just sent another email letting me know that I received the small SSHRC. Now I don't know how to feel. Roller coaster of a morning: Jubilation, confusion, anxiety, disappointment, acceptance.
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Congrats, Logicbomb!
Yeah, but the point is that $105,000 awards are CGS or 'big' SSHRCs, which pay out over 36 months, not 48. So either the number of months or the dollar amount has to be wrong.
Ya. I found out through email. my Director of Graduate studies has no idea - he found out from an assistant dean. I was told to wait for my letter. I am obviously hoping the months are wrong.
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I was awarded for 105,000 over 48 months - a funding package that does not exist. While I am excited, the prospect of being given 105,000 and then losing 25,000 of it when my letter arrives is somewhat worrisome. I would rather not know at this stage.
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eurocentric, a-hem, you turned down Princeton?! With the stipend that people would kill for?
But then again, having grown up 20 minutes away from Princeton, I can understand why Chicago would a better place to live for 5+ years!
Congrats!
I am in Canada, so I believe my experience is slightly altered. For my MA, I applied to two schools. Both sent acceptance three days after their respective application deadlines. Both promised financial offers. At the advice of my undergraduate adviser, I actively played the schools off of each other and was able to secure extra money from my top choice. I ended up winning a SSHRC.
I applied to one PHD program - and this will sound arrogant but - I had reason to believe I would be accepted to any school in Canada. When they sent their offer, they were well aware of potential multiple offers. When I was "weighing my options" I ran into my potential supervisor at a conference and she explained how the department had accepted something like five students out of dozens of applicants. I felt a bit greedy so I accepted.
Moral: If you think you can get more money, hold out. It works.
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I go to a big name school with a superstar for an adviser for my MA.
Sounds fabulous. But I'm actually having trouble smiling to people (academics AND non-academics) when they find out where I'm getting my MA from. It seems to make that they make a very quick assumption that I must be damn brilliant to have gotten into my program. It took... another few minutes for academics to ask, "So... who are you working with?"
*facepalm* It's no lie. Academics are just as swayed by big-name schools as regular people. When I mentioned a possibility that's ranked in the 90's that has 2 well-known professors in my sub-fields, academics quickly think in their heads "Do I know someone there?" and then say aloud, "Who's there?" or if they have a really good buddy or this person is the "dean" of the subfield "Oh Superstar prof is there isn't he?!"
You're just going to get completely random reactions wherever you wind up. You should read the acknowledgments in their books or look up conference presentations to get a sense of who they know and who they've worked with. If you can't get this Superstar prof's "Facebook friends" figured out, then I would look at both programs carefully, especially their job placement. A good number of lesser-known schools have solid job placement thanks to a couple of big-name faculty members who served on dissertation committees, even if they're not the chair, and this includes your Superstar prof and perhaps another well-connected prof.
In the States it is school. So many people publish and, especially in the Arts, there are quite a few sub-pockets who have their own superstars. In Canada, it is the opposite. If you work with a Canada Research Chair, chances are most people in your field will be aware of who he or she is. I am in Canada and applied to do my PHD at a smaller school. I had one professor dismissively ask me why I was going there and I replied that So and So agreed to supervise me. Said professor instantly changed their tone about my application.
SSHRC 2010
in The Bank
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Hey,
Thought I would let the hopefuls know that I was bumped from a regular sshrc to a CGS a week or two ago. My PHD is going to be starting in September and is in history. My score was 20.40. I don't know where I was on a wait list or anything as I just assumed that I would be eventually bumped up with my score.
I was told via email and confirmed via email. I was also told t expect a letter.<br><br>EDIT: I forgot to add that I know someone who has a lower score and they did not have any movement. I also know of people who, in years past, found out in August. For you MA students, I have a friend who was awarded a CGS MA award in January, after applying for the previous May.<br>