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I just received an offer from MAC's M.A in IR! I'm guessing the PhD's will be notified soon (if they haven't yet).

Hm, I'm still waiting on the M.A international relations. Still waiting on a response from Ottawa, York, and Western. Hopefully we'll be hearing soon if they've started notifying PhDs

I received a response from McMaster (Globalization)

I was reading some of the earlier posts and it seems that students received responses from York fairly late (in April). I am wondering if anyone had received a reply earlier than that, for the M.A at least anyways. I need to know by the end of March to be able to make a decision. Also, has anyone heard from McMaster Polisci? I got an offer for the Globalization degree a couple of weeks ago, but I'm hoping I'll get in to the Polisci program (my first choice), so I'm curious to know whether or not anyone has received an offer from them. Do any students have any comments about their experiences at these universities. I've been hearing recent negative feedback from students about the program at York which is where I would potentially like to do my PhD. Thanks.

A degree from the Middle East is still a degree form the Middle East even though AUB is prestigious in the area. It depends on what you want to do in the future. If you plan to continue into academia, and work in a Western country, I wouldn't recommend it, but then again you could still potentially get into a good PhD program in the U.S/Europe or Canada. AUB is great if you plan to stay and work in the Middle East specially the gulf, but a Western degree is your best bet if you decide otherwise. Goodluck