jacob847_23

It's December 1st finally! Just wishing everyone the best of luck! Applications have been a stressful time. I hope you all take time to celebrate being finished this stage of the process. 

Good luck to everyone! Whatever happens, try to remember your worth isn't wrapped up in the outcome of this process. If you don't manage to land a spot this cycle, it says nothing about your competency or fitness for graduate work. Charge on and keep trying! We've got this! ?

I actually talked to my academic advisor about IRPs (if that's what your independent research was) last year - he said everyone knows what they are now and that they're comparable to honours theses so it's no big deal! He may not be accurate, but he's been in the field for like 30 years and says people really don't care, the idea is just for you to have experienced conducting research independently (which clearly you have).