teathatisiced
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Got the rejection notice from Berkeley.. not too surprised, considering a fair number of people had already posted about being admitted.
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hi everyone... longtime lurker, firsttime poster here. applied to berkeley and a bunch of other american schools. no emails from berkeley yet, but if people have received waitlist notifications, i'm assuming i've been rejected. congrats to everyone who's been accepted : )
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Hi everyone! I'm currently doing a Master's in an interdisciplinary program (consisting of several political science courses; my major was also in political science) in Canada. My program is only a year long and will conclude next summer, and for variety of reasons, I've decided to take a break before applying to PhD programs. I know my situation is a bit unique; if people take a break, it's usually after undergrad, and I understand in the US most people go directly into their PhD. Nevertheless, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on the kinds of work I should focus on during my year off. I'm hoping to study at a top political science program in the States. I already have experience with teaching and research and am currently waiting to hear back on articles I've submitted to journals. If you took a break before your PhD to pad your CV, what did you dedicate your time to? Research fellowships? Teaching? Working on articles? Internships? What makes me more attractive to PhD programs? Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you.
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Hi all. Congrats to everyone who received an offer! I got two, one for York and U of T. Will be attending York. I'm curious if anyone knows how this impacts your graduate funding package (this is my first time applying). I'm receiving a 8k entrance scholarship and a 10k grad fellowship from York. On their website, they say "If a graduate student receives an external Tri-Council scholarship, part of the scholarship will count towards the York Fellowship". It's a bit vague, and I've emailed my department to clarify, but if anyone knows this works, I'd really appreciate some info! Apologies if this is a rather basic question.
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10 hours ago, Paulcg87 said:
Hi. Your observations appear to be well informed, thoughtful and accurate, particularly with regard to York vs. UT. York is a great school and there's no one who could definitively say that going there will lessen your chances at PhD work in the US or publishing. What can be said based on fact is that UT does publish more and it is ranked higher in Canadian, US and overseas rankings, both overall and in polisci. We as Canadians love to point out that ranking doesn't matter in Canada; no one here really cares, and that's true. But ranking does matter in the USA and Europe; it is what it is. You need to decide between being happier in the short term at York versus having a name on your diploma/CV in the long term (for the rest of your life) that will mean more outside of Canada.
Also keep in mind, if you do really well at York and you have a high amount of discipline and publish, you can largely make up for the lower ranking and lesser reputation versus UT. It's not a given and you'll need to work really hard, but it's achievable, and people from York do get accepted into US PhD programs. So, if York is really that much better of a fit and you know going into it that you're really going to need to stand out and work incredibly hard, go to York. If you're less willing to take this gamble and want more certainty, go to UT. It seems like you already understand the tradeoff and recognize that UT's culture is one of individualism, competition and a sink or swim mentality. Only you can decide what you are willing to do.
Thanks so much... this really cleared some things up for me. Will hopefully be making my decision next week!
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Hi all. Little late to this GradCafe thing, but reading through the thread has been very helpful and you all give great advice (it's also heartening to see people panicking just as much as me)
I applied to the MA programs at York, U of T and McGill. Got accepted on March 2nd to York, and have been in contact with the department and MA coordinator, who have been super helpful. Got the email acceptance to U of T on the sixth of March, apparently the letter and official offer will show up in a day or two. McGill got back me to today after I sent them a message asking for an update; supposedly they're finalizing things tomorrow and will begin sending out letters.
I also applied and was accepted to the MA program in Social and Political Thought at York, a really neat little program that was actually my first choice. I really wasn't expecting U of T to accept me, and they sent another email today letting me know they've nominated my SSHRC application, which is an amazing honor (I guess it makes sense though, as I'm hearing that U of T doesn't provide funding to MA students?). I don't get the results of that until April 1st unfortunately, which is after the deadline to get back to them. Both York Poli and SPT are also offering great funding. So I'm a little overwhelmed right now.
If anyone has any advice on... well, where to go, that would be really appreciated. I'm torn between York, which is super hip, has a bunch of profs I'd love to work with, and an intellectual atmosphere that would nourish the kind of work I want to do (political theory, studies of violence and racism), and U of T, which I feel would be better for my academic career going forward (I want to pursue a PhD in the States/Europe, publish articles/research and teach) and could potentially push me harder.
Also, if anyone has any insight on York SPT, I'd love to hear it. Two close friends and mentors of mine are graduates of the program and rave about it, but I've found little-to-no posts on this website about the program and would be interested in hearing from anyone else who may have applied.
Okay, apologies for the gargantuan post! Good luck to all of you and thanks in advance for any advice you'd be willing to share ?
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Hi, I'm a South Asianist as well. Haven't heard anything besides the one rejection from UCB.