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LJN

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  1. I have reached out to my program and there are no expectations that I move immediately... If any classes are in-person or I cannot attend, they will be deferred to another semester, apparently. If this happens, I am planning to have a conversation about making sure this deferring of classes doesn't delay my graduation infinitely, and that I can then perhaps take other classes that are later on in the program in the place of the ones I can't take now... TAships may be compromised for international students who won't have a SIN in time to sign up to TA (this is my case), and I'm not sure if the program will be doing anything to compensate for this financially, but this is so far the last convenient news I've heard... My advisor has informed that I will be able to do my research from a distance for now, because there is fortunately data already available in my lab. I think this might depend on your individual lab situation, maybe if you assured your supervisor that you just wanted to be able to move safely and in a situation that will allow you to be productive and present, and it seems rather stressful and unclear for now (all the while asking if there is a possibility to start the research component online)? I will however be facing having my classes from 5pm to 3am in the morning... ? trying to stay positive and zen! ?
  2. Wow! Okay. This is (good) news? I'm at least happy that you're getting some responses on your end, and I think Dalhousie is making a responsible decision. It seems like if we all start classes in real life, there's a huge chance we'll find ourselves back in quarantines within one or two months, so we'll be doing the same thing in, say, November..... except this time, we'll have to say we saw it coming and chose not to change our behavior.... I know that discussions are underway on our end and we'll have news at some point, at least....
  3. No worries! Glad to have some news, in any case. I've seen from here that it's just developing with the times. I'll just do my best to make all the non-permanent plans for now.
  4. Hi all, I hope you're holding out in the craziness of the times. For those of you in or near programs- are there any *real* whispers of the 2020 school year being delayed actually going around? Can you give us an update on this forum if yes? As an international student (sitting in quarantine here in France....), it's pretty impossible to plan your future, like getting plane tickets, selling furniture, getting rid of your apartment, etc. for the moment.... Happy Wednesday everyone, in any case!
  5. Hey everyone! I'm applying to a little list of Canadian schools as an international candidate to clinical programs- I would love to know if anyone can identify their non-international friendly schools (for now, I've contacted P.I.s and been straightforward about my status- they've been open about their ability to accept or not international students). I'm applying to Ottawa and haven't quite gotten here yet because I'm still working on getting my personal statement into good shape. I will be going through this step tomorrow or this weekend, so I can let you know ASAP- maybe you can contact their grad admissions advisor (some of the programs have them?). I would love to know what answer you get. So this question doesn't get lost: does anyone have a length for the personal statement at McGill? I've not found any designated length for it. If not, does anyone who already got in somewhere have some advice on a good length for a personal statement with no length guidelines? Thanks and I hope everyone is surviving this stressful time!
  6. Hi Everyone! I'm new to this page, new to this forum, and coming back into the anxiety of applying to schools (it feels like junior year of high school in my mind!).? I'm planning to apply to programs in Clinical Psych (PhD), but I've got loads of questions. Perhaps other current/past applicants can help out? I'll go in order of time: Picking your programs/PIs: I'm not too far behind with all of the other components: I have my GRE, a CV that is complete, my GPA, three or four people who would be comfortable writing letters of rec for me and know that I will ask this year, and I'm working on obtaining my transcripts (the last one is a purely administrative step). I'm looking at many programs (mostly in Canada), but I want to know: what are the factors that help you decide? Is it the PI you hope to work with? Is it the topic? There are so many schools and so many topics, it's quite difficult to know which one is "the one". The number of schools: I'm seeing people who apply to 15 or 20 schools.... personally, I am not sure to have the finances in order to do this (or the time). Is this absolutely necessary? When looking for a job out of my Master program, I was told that it's better to have 5 really well aimed applications than 10 that I wrote haphazardly. Is this applicable in this search process, in anyone's opinion? On to the details of the application: Concerning transcripts: I've read a few sites where they say that applications ask for unofficial transcripts and then ask for an official transcript upon admission. Can anyone confirm to me that this is/is not the case? I ask because my transcripts are scattered in different countries, and in some cases, I need to take the time to go fetch them personally if people want official transcripts. I need to plan ahead on this one! For the CV: Is there anyone here who's been out of school for a while? I completed a two year master's, then worked three years after my master's. Now I'm hoping to get back into a PhD program, as I'm now 100% sure that I want to be involved in this field in terms of both research and clinical work. If this is your case, is the rule for the CV, "put absolutely everything"? My CV is about 5 pages if I do this. After spending some time in the job search field, I'm feeling self-conscious about this. For the interviews: This step is far away, but bear with me... I live in Europe, and the programs of interest are in North America. The interview weekends are a big deal, but I don't know if I need to plan to clear all of my weekends and weeks in February, take days of vacation at work, put aside over 3000 dollars for plane tickets... To make matters more complicated, my significant other will be defending his PhD around that time (he can move his deadlines around but we're trying to figure out what works for us). He obviously wants me to be present. I only have one example of someone like me- a person who was in my lab and had his interviews by skype for Vanderbilt neuroscience. Can anyone help me out? Do I need to be present for in-person interview weekends as an applicant living on another continent? Will not being there in-person hurt me (if they've invited me to interview by skype, I suppose that means they're interested anyway)? For this one I think the opinion of those already in grad programs may be of value
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