egyptianintoronto

Thank you so very much for your response! My POI at OISE actually told me to apply to OGS, and that's why I was wondering how crucial it was to have funding prior to enrolling in the program? I called the u o f t SGS office & they said that there's only very few OGS awards available for internationals. I will apply nonetheless, but I just wanted to know if not receiving the award would hinder my process of *hopeful* admission. I appreciate you taking the time to respond! If you do happen to know of any external awards that international students can apply to, please let me know! Good luck to you & everyone! x

*funding-- international student* Hello everyone. I wanted to ask about funding... I am currently an international student & will unfortunately have to apply to programs this year as an international student, and I know there isn't that many funding opportunities available, but I wanted to ask if anyone knew what kind of funding opportunities there are out there? I also wanted to ask, outside of OGS, would applying for international scholarships (more specifically, those with lower amounts of funding) help the application in the case that I am not eligible for applying to further funding? Please let me know! I would very much appreciate it. Thanks so much.

Thank you so much for your response! I have sent out an email today! I was also wondering, how long were your emails? So far I have been trying to make them very customized to the prof and therefore they have been 3-4 paragraphs long. Would you say this is too long? Do PIs prefer concise-- to the point emails? Let me know if you have any experience/ advice on this. Thanks again so much -- this response helped reduce my anxiety with the application process!

Is it too late to be emailing POI's? I was not planning on applying this round, as I knew I would not be able to write the GRE this summer. After recently finding out the requirement for GRE has been waivered, I decided to apply this round; however, I feel like I am a little late in terms of emailing profs. Anyone know if this is a good time to still be emailing? Also, does anyone know what the application process is like for international students? I did my undergrad at U of T, but I am not a Canadian resident. Will this be frowned upon by admission/ am I at a disadvantage? Please let me know if you have any info on this x