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Hi all, Just got this email from my department: "... just spoke to our Scholarship and Awards Officer over at Grad Studies to ask if she had any news about when the SSHRC MA results will be out, and she let me know that SSHRC told her recently that they won’t have the results out until around May 31, so you may have a little longer to wait (sorry!). It’s likely you won’t find out until you get the hard copy letter in the mail from SSHRC." More waiting. Sigh.

No, not too early. At worst, some profs will tell you to contact them in the Fall, but most should be receptive.

I don't want to be the pessimist here, but those scores are just barely enough to apply. You need to 700+ GRE scores and a minimum of 3.7. On a positive note though, they only typically look at your last two years of grades, so if those are higher, you're in good shape. Of course, you'll need to show that you have research experience and perhaps even clinical experience. Lastly, you'll need to start contacting your potential supervisors early... start now if you're looking to apply for admission for the Sept 2013 year. Good luck!

This might be a silly question, but can our prospective universities see if we have applied for tricouncil (SSHRC/NSERC/CIHR) funding? For example, if there are 50 applicants, will they be able to verify (aside from if they ask on the application) which of the 50 have applied for external funding and which have not? I was just wondering if it might sway an admissions committee to see that a student will potentially be funded.