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They don't offer TA/RA initially because those positions aren't available until 2nd year anyways. I've been talking to a girl who's graduating from Munk this year and she said no one pays the full 19k/yr to go there, there are a lot of scholarships available which make tuition much more manageable.

This isn't true! I talked to my realtor in Toronto and they said that this is false. I think your property manager might be lying to you or they're confused. The only things that have been 'suspended' are evictions - landlords cannot evict tenants right now.

They just offered me funding, too. Still seriously considering Ryerson since it'll essentially be free for me... Looking for some clarity if anyone wants to weigh in

Just got into Munk, I'm so happy

Cue "We're All In This Together" by HSM

Just got an email from Munk admissions and it sounds like I've been waitlisted? They kind of danced around the gist of the message. Did anyone else get an email from them today? It basically said thanks for applying, all applicants have been reviewed now, you'll see that your status has now turned to under review, the deferred- and first-round offers went out but they have to reply by mid-April so we'll be making more offers in late April. So, I'm assuming this means I may be considered in the next round? If they didn't want me at all, would they have just rejected me now? Ugh

Thank you! They originally gave me until Feb 20 to accept, which I countered so that I could receive an extension. I was extended to March 6th. I accepted but I don't have to put a deposit down until June 15th, so I'll wait to hear back from Munk before I pay. So basically what I'm trying to say is that it could be a combination of both. There could be first rounders who declined, there could be people who received extensions, and there could be a lack of qualified applicants. They would never tell you that though, the program coordinator is pretty tight with information. I think the problem with this type of degree is 1) what you want to do with it and 2) what you can afford (or what debt you want to take on). When schools like Carleton give out close to $50,000 in funding, thats extremely tempting for most people. I didn't apply there, but if I did, I'm sure I would've been tempted to go (however, I have personal reasons for choosing Toronto). People will be holding back on offers from schools like Ryerson to see if other programs will give them more money, guaranteed TA/GAships, etc. When an offer has been sent out, they reserve a spot from that 35 spot program. They can't hand out another offer until that person has declined. Like Paulgc87 explained earlier, there are differences between program content for MPP/MPPA's which can affect where you will work later on (see post on page 2 where he outlined the differences of schools like Munk, Ryerson, Carleton). Me for example, I didn't get much guidance from any of my professors about what school would be better because I'm not in political science so they'd have no idea. After learning more from people online, I would probably choose Munk regardless of the 0 funding they give out, just for the job prospects. This would delay people from accepting offers as well, I feel like a lot of us are doing cost-benefit analyses on these programs. Finally, every program gives different deadlines. It's too bad (however understandable) that grad school in general isn't a streamlined, uniform application process like law school where they all have to hand out offers by x date and you respond by x date. It makes the whole thing very confusing. However, I also know that last year, Munk re-opened its applications in March. There was much speculation that this was due to a poor applicant pool. Who really knows though... the whole process is very smoke and mirrors to me. It doesn't make sense to me that people would apply without even the minimum GPA but I guess they still do.

I was accepted with $6,000 funding at the beginning of Feb! My L2 GPA is 3.7 (my program is honours spec sociology), I had a leadership internship with RBC last summer working on the Future Launch program, I volunteer with a community services organization in my city and I am an op exec with an MS club. Other than that, I worked retail for 6 years and I have personal connections to the type of policy I want to study. I had very, very strong recommendation letters from two professors I've had all 4 years of university in very small classes. One is the chair of the school of behavioural studies, the other professor held the chair position 7 years ago. I also applied very late, like end of January. I heard back 12 days after I applied. I spoke to the program coordinator and they receive anywhere from 350-400 applications every year, and accept 35-40 full-time students, and 5 part-time students.

Hey everyone! I've been accepted to Ryerson's MPPA (Feb 4th) with $6,000 in grants plus a TA/GA-ship and I was told on Friday that my stats have put me in the running for OGS ($15,000). I've also been accepted to Queen's MPA and Concordia MPPPA, but I'm not accepting those. I applied to Munk as well but I haven't heard anything back yet. Does anyone know when they're going to start making decisions? Last year it was the first week of March. Further, if I do get in, what is everyone's opinions on Ryerson (1yr) v Munk (2yr)? I really don't want to be 60k in debt and I've read some older threads where people were saying that stretching an MPP into 2 years is unnecessary. I really love UoT's campus (I'm from UWO so the campus environment is similar). I don't really like Ryerson's but I'll have almost no debt if I go there, plus opportunity for bridging to full-time employment through their internship program (which is paid... I know that Munk also has internships btw)... I have to accept Ryerson by this Friday, so I'm going to accept for now and then if I get into Munk I might change my mind. Ryerson also has the choice of doing a major research paper or a thesis, which Munk doesn't have. I'm really stressed about the choice between Munk (if I get in) and Ryerson. A lot of people say UoT is just a lot of clout and people get the same learning experience at other schools. Ryerson's program is much smaller, too (35ppl). Will it really matter 10 years down the road when we are in the middle of our careers? Will I hate myself if I'm paying off my debt for much longer than I would've if I had just gone to Ryerson? LOL help