sulkingaround

Hey everyone - in this time hope you are all staying safe and healthy. I know it's stressful waiting on application results, especially considering the current situation. Please take care of yourselves during this time. I've been waiting on and nervous about UBC. Anyone who was accepted receive their letter yet? Also, for those of you who applied to SSHRC, I just received a letter advising that SSHRC results will be deferred/rescheduled to a different deadline due to COVID-19.

@mrsweasley Thank you so much for the information! In the end, all of my applications required only an electronic submission, and also had different deadlines (extended ones?) for my professors. Glad to hear that somebody else is going through the same process. @Maya584 Thank you so much for your advice, because it really helped my situation out. I decided to just call the office directly, and they were able to get my account set up asap! You definitely were correct and I was even able to pass your advice on to some of my other friends who were also waiting for the MyFile account to set up.

I applied to UBC, York, Carleton, and U of T's MA Political Science programs. Honestly, i don't think my applications are competitive at all, and upon a reflection on the application cycle submitted most of them in a haze of last-minute panic, under-researching my programs, and not contacting any of the professors beforehand in order to discuss placement. At the same time, as this is my first cycle, I'm prepared for the rejections and will take this in stride. Agree on York - I'm really interested in the interdisciplinary approach as well as how diverse their faculty's interests are. I've heard U of T however doesn't provide any funding towards its MA students, unlike some of the other programs.

Hey guys - I'm in panic mode here... I'm planning on applying to the MA Political Science program at York University, but one thing I'm confused about is whether the references need to be physically mailed, or whether the process uses an online portal instead (where references can directly type and submit the letter online.) I unfortunately hadn't realized that there's a general application, in which you have to wait 4 ~ 7 days to get your login info to the application portal. On top of how the office is off on holiday until January 6th, I'm worried about missing the deadline. As I'm currently waiting for the MyFile login info, I'm wondering if anyone who has gone through the process before knows if I need to submit documents via mail (as I currently do not have an account yet!) so that I can make plans for expedited mail/etc if this is the case. Thanks so much!

Didn't see a thread available here so I hope that this is helpful. This is a space to discuss, raise questions about or even cry over ? the CGS-M application! I'll try to corroborate information here in the first post as a sort of "timeline" and will update. If anybody has additional information to add here please let me know. * TIMELINE * December 2, 2019: Deadline for all applications