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I emailed yesterday and received a response this morning. It seems there has been no movement in my subgroup since the day I received my letter and spoke to someone at SSHRC. Surprising and unfortunate

No SSHRC news in a while, I guess? Has anyone ventured to email about their status?

To add to the hope.... I was also 'recommended but not funded' last year. I emailed in July and found out that I was #13 on the waitlist for my subcommittee on July 16th. By September 1st, I was #10. So, at least in the past, there has been *some* movement over the summer, and even that late in the summer.

I have no idea, but I appreciate and will cling to your hope

Nope, July was just my best guess. I feel bad bothering them all the time, so I try to space out my phone calls/emails.

I emailed last week to see if I had moved up on the waitlist. I was told that they can't release this info until they have processed all first round acceptances/refusals. I guess I'll try back at the beginning of July. Best of luck to everyone still waiting!

I heard back that I was successful in mid-September. Unfortunately, I was offered one of those pesky "business SSHRCs" from last year, which are only tenable in Canada. I had to turn down $105,000, which stung pretty badly. Hearing that you could get the good news as late as January of next year makes me both hopeful and sad. Once again, best of luck to everyone still waiting!

Those of you who were "recommended but not funded" but sit pretty high on your respective waitlists: please post when you get good news. I'm in the same boat and am curious to know when others start hearing back. Based upon last year (when I was also waitlisted), it seemed that notifications came all at once, as if they were sitting on a batch of good news before releasing it. Good luck to everyone still waiting!

They probably just gave the last batch of bombardier winners a deadline to respond by, and now that the deadline has passed have moved on to the next batch. I wouldn't worry too much. That's my guess at least. I guess we never escape from that dreaded "impostor syndrome". :wink:

Yeah, I got that email too. Unfortunately, I'm in the US and thus ineligible. :cry:

Hi all, For those of us unfortunate "recommended but not funded" in the original competition, I wanted to let you know that SSHRC now has a ranked waiting list. If you email, you should be able to find out your ranking. Please keep posting if you get good news! It keeps the dream alive for all of us!

First off - let me say that I so, SO get the "cold feet" thing. I think it's easy for all of us to commiserate and say that it's "normal" or whatever, but only you know the extent to which this is true for you. What I can say for myself is that although I'm nervous about many things surrounding starting the program/moving/etc, I still do have a very real sense of excitement. While there are certainly times I feel like throwing up and retreating to my bed to let the fall pass by, there are just as many times when I feel completely excited about everything that's about to come to me. The only advice I can offer is to check out another website similar to gradcafe. It's specifically targeted towards people entering clinical psych PhD/PsyD programs. A clinical program is VERY different from a traditional doctoral program in experimental psych, so be really sure that this is the life and career you want before committing to it: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=57

Just in case you don't get a response from anyone, you should know that your current/future department keeps successful SSHRC and OGS applications on file. This may actually be more useful as it will be in the same discipline you're in. Try your department secretary.

Hi everyone, I've been in touch with Bank of America regarding getting a US credit card. I'm a Canadian citizen and will be starting school in the US in the fall. They keep trying to tell me that I cannot apply for any of their credit cards because I am not a US citizen or permanent resident. I'm hoping that I'm just dealing with an ill-informed customer service agent. It seems that the OP was successful in qualifying for a credit card with Bank of America, and I assume that he/she is not a permanent resident or citizen of the US. Does anyone else have experience with which banks give you a harder/easier time with getting a US credit card? Since I'm sure it will come up: I have a credit rating from within Canada, but after reading through several forums of Canadians in the US, it seems that your Canadian credit rating does not carry over when you enter the US, so I'll be starting from scratch. Thanks in advance!

Not having publications or presentations should be no issue whatsoever. I applied while completing an MA in ed psych and didn't have any pubs/presentations at the time of application. Since you'll be applying right out of your bachelor's degree, I can't imagine it being a problem. School psych programs are as interested in your professional/volunteer experiences as they are in your research experience. You seem to have a great deal of both. Echoing t_ruth's comments/questions - you have a great profile. But, I speak from experience when I say that it's sometimes difficult to include EVERYTHING you've done research-wise and practice-wise in your SOP. Since it's important to have some unifying theme in your statement, you might find yourself excluding some things and drawing particular attention to others. This is okay, since you will also include a CV that will include EVERYTHING you've mentioned here. - have you decided which programs you will apply to? The most important aspect of your application, especially for PhD level programs, will be research match. No matter how great your research idea are, or how promising a practitioner you promise to be, the school simply can't accept you if they don't have a suitable research mentor who is willing to take you on. Start looking into profs and contacting them EARLY (i.e. now!) If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. I applied to school psych programs this past year and had a chance to talk to both students and faculty at various programs throughout North America. Good luck!

Yes, this seems to be the only reasonable interpretation.

I like the way you think!

If true, this is fantastic!

Wow, 970 seems so low compared to last year's 1105 doctoral awards.....

And while SSHRC fellowships are being cut, NSERC's website says: "NSERC will receive $35 million of this funding over a three-year period, which will allow an additional 200 PhD-level scholarships to be awarded in the current (2009) competition, and an additional 400 scholarships at the master

I'm pretty sure SSHRC can't take back awards after they've already been announced to universities. Also, the master's level also experienced a cut in the number of awards available this year. I tabulated the total awards by year for MA and PhD SSHRC a while back: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=14885&start=330#p100021

What a story!

Wow, that's great! Congratulations!

Awesome work!