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    For sure saw someone from I Calgary comment on a twitter thread about this - not with actual numbers but that she expects the same. on the other hand, I do appreciate seeing those tweets too, because if I am rejected it’s nice to see the encouragement that it isn’t the end of following my passion and to try again. I’m swinging wildly from acceptance to downright denial to misery to totally ok with it.
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    I saw a tweet calling out the insane number of applications to grad schools citing clinical psychology specifically. Scrolling through the comments there was one PI from the school I’m aiming for who commented they felt it was similar. Not ideal. On the other hand I did appreciate the words of encouragement that even rejected it isn’t the end.
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    Thank you, I appreciate it! I'm sure we're all questioning so many things, this process really forces you to reflect and confront yourself, I will be so glad to be on the other side of it one day!
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    Great idea. I am here for this, pretty sure my husband has taken all he can of my repeating the same statements over and over again, so I'm glad to have a place of those with the same experience!
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    I could kiss you. Thank you, I feel a lot better than I did earlier today. We've all worked so so hard for this, its impossible to not be fully immersed in it! I wish you luck, I personally think you sound like a very strong candidate and hope you get to tell the POI about it in an interview!
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    Ah thanks. I'm hoping so - I do not technically have an honours thesis and this is the other hold back factor. I have what is an equivalent to an honours thesis and my letter of references is from my supervisor who states as such - and was given course credit for an "independent research" course so I'm just really hoping it is viewed as such at the university too. We'll see, I'll feel a lot better just knowing it was read. Even if I'm rejected I am just hoping the full application is read and not thrown out due to the lack of an honours thesis. This is STRESSFUL. I need to find something to distract myself with lol
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    I would argue that you have a publication "in prep" and that is a huge asset! You sound like a strong candidate to me (but I have no experience so I have no idea how much weight that holds!)
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    Oh thank you, that reassures me a lot!
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    I would honestly be more than happy to say I'll just pay the tuition and accept not being paid a stipend. I want this more than anything, I can eat the cost of a potential scholarship knowing its something that could potentially hold me back. I realize it doesn't work this way though and this is just not great. I also realize that in the event I'm rejected I can re-apply the following year, I'm just so livid with myself for such a stupid mistake.
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    I think I have screwed up big time. I had no idea this funding application was now, I absolutely was under the impression it was after you were accepted and developed a research project. I feel like I was a strong candidate, I have 5 presentations, 2 at international conferences, 2 publications, research experience, volunteer experience, so many scholarships and awards, strong references, 3.96 GPA overall, 4.0 for the last two years, and yet I screwed up big time. I had no idea (although I suppose I should have known?) I'm the first in my family to attend any schooling so feel like I'm flying blind here, and now have made a huge mistake.
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    Ah totally could be what I completely messed up and did not apply for, I thought the applications were in September, I may be thinking of something different. Still, that is tricky for students not really knowing what they are proposing isn't it?
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    When is the deadline for this funding? I didn't apply for funding outside of internal awards until after I know if my project is accepted. I spoke with my PI today who is hopefully going to be my PI for clinical psych on a different project if all goes well and she wants me working on my CIHR application starting January.
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    Following to see others answers - but I get the impression you are emailed directly. There really is no logical reason for my insane refreshing and viewing the status of my applications - but here I am...
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    What an excellent post! I agree, the work is done and now we can all at least know we've done everything we can for this intake. The application process was enormous, I am so grateful to be finished. I will clearly obsessively refresh the portal about 10+ times a day (knowing that it will never tell me information and that logically this habit makes zero sense!)
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    I made my font a size 11 to fit the proposal on one page - but I converted it to a PDF to upload so I'm not sure they'd be able to tell the difference between an 11 and a 12 when viewing it. I'd go with whatever makes your documents fit in the allocated space.
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    LOL! Ok well then I super hope it is not the same person! Good luck to you also!
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    I get the impression that most people apply across the country to lots and lots of programs, I'm just over here throwing all my resources at only two pathways and hoping it pays off (and if not, I'll try again next year). My proposal was insanely specific that if the person I'm applying for doesn't get approval for it, I've ruined my odds with any other - and likely not the approach I'd recommend broadly! The person I applied to for clinical psych is adjunct and not from the core clinical faculty so I super doubt we applied to the same person!
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    I used the same proposal for the application for the scholarship applications, because if accepted, it would be this project I am working on. I say this with that certainty though as the PI responsible for supervising me has secured funding for that specific project, contingent on acceptance. She isn't one of the core clinical psych faculty so we've been attempting to get all of the paperwork in place that can make it happen but I still need to get through the screening committee.
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    Yes. I received confirmation emails for each one. I did not receive an email from the awards application referee confirmation, but I also selected the option to use my application reference letters. My reference letter writers both emailed as soon as they were done to tell me that they had submitted it, and this was minutes after my phone had dinged indicating the confirmation from UCalgary also. You should also be able to check into the portal and see if the reference letter is still in your "to do" list.
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    Hello, I've just found this forum. I've just submitted my applications last week and decided to throw all of my eggs into one basket and apply at only one school as realistically, I'm not in a position to leave the city until a year from now at the earliest (kids and husband's employment). I'm not sure how my application will be received and the thought makes me very anxious. I listed a few faculty members that I would be interested in working with but I tailored my research proposal to be very very specifically working with one supervisor. I work with her currently and she is trying very hard to work with me also for the next year and has secured funding and provided evidence of it for my application, and my proposal really only works with her research and not the others I've listed. So I really do feel like I am crossing all of my fingers to make it work in this one very specific direction. At the end of the day, I know that applicants often take multiple application cycles to gain acceptance, but I admit I'll likely be crushed. When does everyone start hearing from programs typically? Deadline was December 1 and I find myself refreshing the portal several times a day already.
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