poliscijunkie

i am in the same boat. just started calling apt today, but they all seem so far. and the ones that are close seem to be overpriced for london (one benefit of attending western was escaping from toronto rent prices...). @apop please let me know if you find an area that is not so densely populated with undergrads ( i feel like staying away from the dt core may be the best bet??)

thanks for all your comments ! I am going to go with a thank you card

Hi all Ok so I am in, and done the semester so now I have to think about how to properly thank my profs. I am kinda confused, I am by no means wanting to give them a present, but it is between the email verses thank you card. Any input? The LOR were for MA programs, (3 profs in total) 2 I had one class each with (one was much more helpful than the other) and the third I have had a class and an additional year of independent research class ( all these classes were seminars). this last prof has been particularly helpful in providing me with grad advice, comments, etc. I also may be hitting them all up again for other LOR (law school) within the next few months... thoughts!?? i know all of you are probs going thru this same dilemma. Would a simple email thank you be considered disrespectful??

@everygirl YaYYY congrats!!!!

hi all, just found out that SFU has done first found poli sci. currently doing second round MA. hope this helps!

Is no one headed to western this year ? or did i miss the other topic? anyways, Hi all future westerners ! anyone have an inside perspective about the campus ? I am coming from U of T so I hear the overall atmosphere is muuuuuuuch different

email them! if you have an online account with them the official letter could be on there??

haha thanks....after waiting this long it is hard to accept LOL i wrote back accepting the offer, so hopefully solidified by end of day! good luck!! i hope you don't have to wait too much longer for good news !!

so this is twisted, but it is what this process has turned me into. SO finally got an accept, but now i am starting to think it is a mistake. the email said it would show up on my online student account, but nothing there so far... and i have read the horror stories posted on this board. sorry i just needed to vent my irrationality (my friends and family can't take it anymore...). i think i have PTSD from my other rejections...

FYI SFU hopefuls: I emailed the grad secretary (Political Science dept) in terms of my status and got an autoreply she is away from her email from march 25 - april 6.

was at home finishing an essay due in a few hours..... got the email on my phone (didnt have that gut feeling like previously) so did not even hesitate, saw the title... heart started pounding.. instantly focused on finding the world reject/regret or accept/please, saw pleased, started literally squealing and jumping all around my apt and called my mom. my neighbours may have me admitted.

umm I am not really sure what constitutes as "good." my only offer of funding has been just over 16 000 for a one year poli sci ma. my thoughts that were covering tuition was considered good, and anything above that (especially for an ma program) was considered very good. @everygirl haha yeah it worked out that way. good luck to everyone! this process is mentally exhausting

you still need to be optimistic ! not even an hour after i posted "guess no UWO for me" i received my UWO acceptance with great funding... this morning i had written off this entire process....

well at least you are still in the ranks. i guess it is not THAT late in the canadian process to still not "know". thanks for that info! it means a lot ! in terms of uvic and uwo - nothing. nothing from sfu either. bad bad bad. i just lost all hope from uwo knowing now that first round has indeed gone out. blah.

i am sorry to hear. i know how easy it is to get pessimistic, but i dont think you have to give up hope quite yet. I was just wondering ur uvic and UWO. did you receive an email from Uvic about 2 weeks ago stating they sent out first round? also when did you hear from UWO? just wondering i applied to both (ma) and have heard NOTHING from uwo and got that email from Uvic. yet i keep hearing a few people sporadically saying they heard something from uwo and it is driving me nuts!

i am waiting on sfu

every time i log onto the online systems and see ,thats right BLANKNESS a little part of me dies. also the return to my parents house would be a little bit easier to swallow if i knew i was leaving by sept. this process has definitely taught me a lot of life lessons!

yes i have been checking the results... one MA notice from UWO in mid feb.. but that is it... and nothing for sfu (in terms of poli sci). but i dont put to much into the results (because not too much reporting on Can schools, esp less internationally recognized ones). so in my thinking, many more MA acceptances could have gone out for UWO as well as for sfu... Thanks for the advice !! since i dont actually have a decision to make, I think i will just hold out and weight for the rejections (pessimism has over taken me) the old fashioned way haha

this is starting to get ridiculous.... am i crazy to think I should have heard something from all my schools by now? and if not, than assume rejection? Two rejections thus far (3 and 2 weeks ago)... so i am worried these other schools are just late in getting out their rejections. Anyone hear from sfu or uwo ma in poli sci?? thanks for any answers ! this forum has kept me from crossing the crazy line... so far....

Heard from now UBC (8th) and U of T(15th) both rejections. Has ANYONE heard from Uvic, UWO or SFU political science ma programs??? Your answers are greatly appreciated!!

This process has seriously started to take its toll on me.... I applied to 5 schools, and have received two rejections thus far... a week apart (top two choices). Needless to say, im feeling very depressed. I am beginning to think i will get rejected from all the programs and HAVE NO PLAN B. I am getting worried because I feel like it is getting late in the process (but maybe not, im applying to ma programs at canadian schools). Thoughts??? Any stories of two rejections and then an acceptance ? I am in need of ANY glimpses of hope at this moment..

yes it was you! sorry forget user name. Ahhhhhhh ok well here is hoping they are accepting PhD prior to MA. Yes, I have been checking my student centre at least once a day (if not more so...) That is very quick turn around for your acceptance though! My app was due Feb 1!

Hi all, I have heard from UBC MA political science - rejection. Was my first response on March 7 via email. Still waiting to hear from: UVic UT UWO SFU To the poster above with UWO acceptance, was it PhD stream or MA? thanks!

why is this process so tediousssss. I was fine until this week then i just had this feeling of horror. Received my first reply and rejection from UBC yesterday so only added to the FML feeling. Any other Canadian applicants in political science hear anything yet?? I am applying for MA

many thanks!