dramanda
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If you knew my supervisor, you would understand All I got was a "this is good" when I showed her the final draft. EDIT: in the interest of full disclosure, I am leaving the department for my PhD, so maybe that had something to do with it. Although if I get it, it will still raise their quota for next year....
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I don't know the answer to this question, but what's the harm in asking the potential university when the results come out? The worst they could say is that they don't have access to your information. Total speculation here, but it WOULD make sense for the university you listed on your application to also receive your results.....please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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During my interview for a doctoral program at Columbia TC, I was told there was zero funding for my first year, and that I could perhaps have an RAship in subsequent years (this wouldn't put a dent in their tuition, and we all know about NYC living expenses). However, it might vary a bit by department/program. I would suggest that you try to get in touch with a current student in your program and ask these questions. You could also ask the grad secretary or someone in a similar position.
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I don't think this is right. Last year, I think you needed ~18/30 to get a SSHRC. Since 60% of A-list applicants get doctoral SSHRC each year (give or take a few), this would mean that 60% of people got above 18/30. SSHRC tells you in your letter both what your score was and what the cut-off was in your particular year to win an award. My understanding is that it is actually a score, based on the 5 rubric categories I posed previously.
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Um..wow. I never said you wrote a crappy proposal, and I didn't belittle your Dean's Fellowship.... With the number of different people that rate any SSHRC proposal (I believe it's 3 different judges) I think it's pretty unlikely that all three made a mistake. If something was missing from your file (let's say your transcripts or a reference letter), I'm pretty sure SSHRC would've contacted your SGS to have this looked at.
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Well no, it's not just that "the name of the university provides some guarantee that those guys are better". SSHRC determines the allotment for each university based on the number of winners from the previous year multiplied by some coefficient (because, as we know, there are more A-list applications than awards). If a university is able to attract top students and submit more successful SSHRC applications, they will have a larger allotment for the following year. The idea, generally speaking, is that the #9 applicant at a school with an allotment of 8 will be relatively equally qualified as the #41 applicant at a school with an allotment of 40.
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Sylvinka, I think jackassjim has some good points. From my understanding, the SSHRC adjudication committee scores you on each of the following factors: - past academic results, demonstrated by transcripts, awards and distinctions; - the program of study and its potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge; - relevant professional and academic experience, including research training, as demonstrated by conference presentations and scholarly publications; - two written evaluations from referees; and - the departmental appraisal (for those registered at Canadian universities) Even if your previous awards and distinctions were COMPLETELY ignored, a score of 5/30 means that there were some problems in other aspects of the application as well. This is not meant to sound accusatory, but you should know that those 5 bulleted points listed above are fairly evenly weighted by the judges.
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This is very unofficial, but I heard from a prof that having already received a major award does increase your chances of getting one again. Kind of a "rich get richer" scenario, but he said that reviewers generally have the impression that if you were good enough to be "chosen" once, you're good enough again. However, he and I were discussing OGS (master's) first, doctoral SSHRC next (my situation). I know SSHRC actually awards points for getting external awards previously during the review process. I don't know as much about OGS's review policies, so I can't really comment on the SSHRC first, OGS next scenario you're in.