Attempted_Academic

Okay I am so glad I followed this advice and asked my administration for a second time because she told me I got CGS-D!! So thrilled to just be able to breathe normally again this weekend. Crossing my fingers for everyone still waiting!!

The amount of mixed information from them is wild. They told me that yesterday, but today on Twitter they said: "Hello, thank you for reaching out. SSHRC is currently releasing the Doctoral Awards competition results directly to applicants via the SSHRC Extranet for Applicant https://ensemble.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/sites/700001. We anticipate that the results will be available this week. A follow-up email will be sent once the results documents are uploaded." Do they realize that "this week" would be today? lol

I'm in committee four. Everyone else in my cohort is as well but I'm the only one with no email.

Same. After about fifteen tries I've finally accepted that I have not been set up on the portal yet haha

For those still waiting like myself, the SSHRC email auto-reply now reads: "Due to technical issues, results for the 2023 Doctoral Awards competition have not yet been shared with all applicants as initially anticipated. SSHRC continues to gradually release results directly to applicants via the SSHRC Extranet for Applicant and candidates might still be waiting for their results. The result notifications should be sent to all applicants over the next few days."

Ahhhh congrats on that though! I'm in a similar boat. I'm trying to do a full day of clinical work and spending five minutes between patients obsessively checking this forum.

Me too!! Everyone else in my cohort got results hours or days ago. This is TORTURE. It's got me questioning if I even submitted my app in the first place. Even though I have confirmation it was forwarded for national competition...

Okay friends. Dumb question. Where do we look for results? My app is gone from the portal submitted to. Is there another portal I should be looking at?

Hi all. This year I received and accepted CGS-M (SSHRC). I also applied for OGS. My understanding is that I cannot hold both, but that I could be offered both. BUT, I recently found out that our grad administrator at school removes our OGS applications for consideration if we've received and accepted CGS. Is this normal??? I know plenty of people at other schools who were offered both and declined one but put both on their CV. It sounds like the option to receive both is not an option for us and that was the first time I had heard of that.

Thank you so much. Can't tell you how much your response means. I'm sure it probably sounds like a silly thing to get upset over, but it's been a tough road to graduate studies for me. Four years of applications so I guess I was just hoping for some extra funding to take the stress off. But I'm sure it'll be a valuable experience and I will make it through. Thank you again.

Anyone else just find out that they didn't receive any external scholarships/awards? Don't get me wrong, my program tops everyone up to basically the same amount in terms of funding, but mine is going to come in the from of a TA position. I'm feeling pretty stressed about having to take on a TA position my first semester of my program since it'll be overwhelming enough.

Glad it's not just me that felt odd about the circumstances! I responded to my offer essentially saying "I'm thrilled but surprised as I wasn't offered any interviews." Because I honestly thought they made a mistake. I've been advised that any psych faculty accepting MA students could supervise me, even if their interests differ. I don't even really know how to go about reaching out to anyone in this situation.

Was emailed with an offer of admission today from UCCS. This surprised me because I had not been invited to any interviews, nor had I had exchanged more than an email or two with my POI. To complicate things, the only people I was interested in working with are now only accepting PhD students, not new MA students. Did anyone else get an offer like this?

Hi all! I just got the itinerary for one of my virtual meet and greet events. It looks like there are only two Q&A sessions; one with the director of clinical training and the other with the program coordinator/current students. I have plenty of questions in mind for current students, but less for the other two. Especially since I can basically find all of the program info I need online. Any suggestions?

To add, I had an interview with my POI that went well and he said I would be interviewed by another faculty member with unrelated research interests so I don't really know how to prepare or what to expect. I've built a good rapport with my POI so can I ask him what to expect in my interview with the other faculty member or does that make me look unprofessional? I've tried doing my own research with no luck.

Hi all! I've applied to 20 clinical psych programs. It's my fourth year applying and I'm finally getting some interest. So far I have three rejections, one waitlist, and I've had four first-round interviews. I'm doing a second round interview in a few days with my top choice school and I'm just looking for tips! It's with another clinical faculty member that is NOT my POI and she is in an unrelated field of research. So I guess for that reason I'm not really sure what to expect. Will it be less research/project oriented and more clinical oriented? If so, what kinds of questions can I expect? Thanks!

Hi all, I'm in an odd circumstance. I applied to a school and identified three POI's. One has already invited me to their open house. But today I got an email from someone at the school who is from the program I applied for offering me an interview. I don't know how to respond because I have NO knowledge or interest in her field. I wouldn't have a clue what to say during the interview. But I also don't think I should pass it up as this is my third year applying and I really want to get an offer somewhere. How would you respond? She's asked to set up a time next week.

Ugh thank you SO much! This process can be super discouraging so I really appreciate the kind words

It does! Thank you so much

I can't find the page either! Would love a link

I feel this so hard. I am a lab coordinator with 20+ presentations, a publication, and two accepted publications. I went to a smaller school with limited fields of research so I picked trauma and ran with it. But I'm really much more interested in sexual health. Because I didn't have that specific research experience, I did a two year program in sexual health in attempts to compensate a bit. I also work in addictions. So basically applications express interest in working in all three fields. I was SO worried about my SOI's looking disjointed and unfocused. But I've already been invited for two interviews and I've had two "informal chats." I should mention its my fourth year applying and the first time anyone has showed interest so I'm really hopeful. It was intimidating hearing that my POI of choice had 100+ applications and already knows/has worked with a number of them. But I'm remaining cautiously optimistic.