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Aren't things moving faster on SSHRC's end this year, though? I'm a direct applicant, and I believe we received our letters notifying us that our applications were A-listed earlier than previous years. Hopefully letters will be mailed out early again for final results.

DO IT! I don't have Twitter

I think we all are lol

I can get behind this. Right before the four day long weekend that Canada Post is closed for to further punish us

AHHHHH! I hope so If anyone wants to read into this -- I emailed SSHRC last week to change my address (to my parents' address in Toronto) since I'll be away for the summer as of April 29th, and I was concerned I may miss my letter if they're mailed out at the end of April and it takes a while to get to the US. They responded to let me know that the address in my file will be updated ON April 28th, which I thought was a bit strange because I mentioned my reason for the change of address and assumed they would change it immediately. But now that I think about it, perhaps that's because they know the letters will be out early enough that my April 29th move will not be an issue for receiving the letter. Maybe? I'm reaching here

*bump* ... because it's mid-April.

I'm going to do this too. I'm leaving the country on April 30th, and I'd rather my parents in Toronto get my letter directly than the person I have subletting my place (who I would ask to mail to Toronto if they see the envelope, if I haven't received it by the time I leave).

That sounds like a general reminder for all awards to me. Maybe they don't like that people are tweeting and posting about receiving SSHRCs?

The anticipation is KILLING ME. I'm more anxious about SSHRC results than I am about comps, or anything else at the moment.

I would love that. I have this fear of seeing the envelope in my mailbox the day of my comprehensive exam (29th), then agonizing over whether to open it before I go in or not -- open it and risk bad news killing my confidence before a 2 hour oral exam, or not open it and be just as distracted by the thought of my unopened SSHRC envelope. Heh.

Ah, I thought your school had announced "end of April" as though that's definite and you were letting us know... at least the SSHRC email gives us hope for an earlier release

Someone here emailed SSHRC and they said to expect results in mid to late April.

At my American university, they will "top up" your external scholarship so you end up receiving exactly how much you would have without it. No school will allow you to keep everything (SSHRC *plus* their fellowship), but some schools do not top up and will make you choose one, so you should definitely find out. It can be a real disappointment to find that out in the later stages of your PhD when you want the competitive external grants/fellowships, but have your hands tied because of your institution's policies.

Well we might be lucky and receive our results in two weeks, they did say "mid to late April" after all

It's April tomorrow

Thanks for asking them! Four weeks at most until we know. Good luck everyone

Be still, my heart...

With SSHRC waiting/results and comps, April looks like it might just be the most stressful month EVER. Although if both work out, then it could be the best

Not really, it's very much a question of frame and where and how you carry weight, not that Varangian (or me) are starting from a fatter place lol. Bodies are different, and weight looks different on different people, even when they're the same height.

Thanks! I have a larger frame at 5'6" and carry weight better than most, which unfortunately also means that I need to lose 15-20lbs to drop a size It's a little frustrating that it takes quite a bit of weight loss to see changes in how my clothes fit, but I'm happy as long as the scale is moving in the right direction. I'm one size away from getting back to my "happy" size.

Oh man, I gained about 40lbs the first year of my PhD. It wasn't so much that I was stress eating, but I was suddenly sedentary after being previously active, and I was eating a lot of takeout and crappy convenient foods like frozen pizza because I convinced myself I had no time to cook. That was true, to a certain extent -- the transition to being a PhD student was incredibly rough for me, and I barely had enough time to sleep, let alone work out or cook healthy meals. I scrambled to stay on top of my studies - balance is something I didn't have figured out - and doing well my first year came at the expense of neglecting my health and wellbeing. I'm still kicking myself for allowing that to happen, but regret is unproductive and I'm honestly not sure I could have handled it differently. I'm finishing up my second year now, and I've lost about 25lbs since September, most of that during the fall semester. I've been cooking more and trying to exercise and be generally more active in my day to day life, but I feel myself falling into those same first year habits again this spring semester, especially now as I approach my comprehensive exams. I'm trying to rein that in now though, before I do serious damage -- I'd like to be back at my pre-PhD weight by summer, and 15-20lbs feels within reach.

That's frustrating My parents and my advisors are the only ones who know I've applied, and though my parents get it, they're even more anxious about the results than I am, which in turn makes me more anxious. My mom asks me every few days whether I've heard anything, even though I've told her that won't know anything until mid/late April.

Why is that an indication for when to expect doctoral results? I'm hoping we hear back in April. I will be out of the country for my summer research trip as of April 30th, and I'd rather open the letter myself rather than have the person subletting my apartment keep an eye out for the envelope

Thanks for sharing, crimsoc. And so we wait...

Do they only meet once?