I just received my letter and am happy to say I won a CGS!!! I previously applied to CIHR and had no luck, so I am beyond thrilled.
I applied to committee 4, education, linguistics, psychology, social work. My score was 24.1/30. I am going into my second year of the PhD.
Masters gpa 4.02
1 publication, second author
15 conferences
2 TA positions
3 RA positions
MA sshrc
Several internal small awards and one larger internal award
I didn't get to see my reference letters but I think they would have been strong
Had my proposal reviewed by two professors and a Phd student. My proposal went from being mediocre to much better after several revisions.
I hope everyone else hears good news too!
Oh and I'm on the west coast fyi