Kim.bopp

Hi! I posted earlier in the forum (in as much detail as I could find out) about the chances of getting an offer and it seems the general consensus is that it's mainly down to luck, depending on whether or not people want to accept or reject it. But if you could help me with a question, I was wondering how you found out where your ranking was? Thanks!

Ah! Also, I just wanted to say for those of you listed alternate, don't be down on yourselves or think your work wasn't good enough. As it says in the legend: The application has been deemed meritorious in the institution's competition; however, due to its ranking, falls below the allocation cut-off. I had a conversation with a professor of mine who was helping me with my proposal and she said "sometimes, you fall below the cut-off and it's not because you didn't work hard or your proposal isn't interesting. They can only offer an award to so many people because of certain restrictions that are in place that has nothing to do with how good your application is." ... or something along those lines ?

First of all, a sincere congratulations to all of you who've got an offer! I've been listed as alternate. Here's some information that may give some of you a bit of a positive mindset going forward if you've been listed alternate as well. I'm in touch with the professor who's the director of the graduate program at the school I want to go to. This is what she said to me about the CGS-M: "Although few people receive a CGS-M right away, it's quite common for people to receive them on "reversion" as applicants to different "university name" departments rejects offers (and CGS-Ms), and those CGS-Ms are deployed to the next "university name" applicant in line. This process can take a few weeks, especially since some applicants take a while to reject offers that they receive." She also stated that this process may go through to the summer, and of course if you check the website, my understanding is that it can take up til January of next year for you to possibly receive an offer. As far as I know, the class last year for the Master's program I'm applying to got an unprecedented number of them - and they were listed as alternate as well. **Note: this may vary between universities. We can only hope and wait but again, it isn't a guarantee. Luckily, I have received an internal scholarship (that can be held at the same time as the CGS-M) that just covers the cost of the tuition. SORRY I KNOW THIS IS A LONG POST BUT HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS SOMEONE