Riff64

ouch. I would suggest contacting the schools you are applying to and asking if they have some format that they prefer to get the SoP in. I am starting to write one myself, and it seems the format required by the school I am applying to is different from what others have discussed on this forum. Also, some schools have workshops for students to help with the process of applying to grad school and usually give a few pointers of how to go about writing the SoP. Maybe you can contact some universities near you and ask if they hold such seminars and if you can attend or if they will be posting a powerpoint presentation on their website. Sometimes university libraries have a writing centre (or at least the schools I have to have) where you can make an appointment and someone can look over what you have and give you some pointers. good luck!

yeah, our internal deadline was a couple weeks ago too, but I thought that they had to forward applications to nserc by nsercs own deadline...oh well, will keep checking.

I was wondering about this as well. I'm confused, because my reference letters were already uploaded along with my transcripts. for some reason I thought that the university forwarded the applications they selected by the time of the deadline for people applying directly to nserc (in this case, Oct 15), but I guess that is not correct(?)

to Dynasty007: I put headings and then 2-3 sentences explaining each accomplishment. ie. TA positions course 1- my duties were.... course 2 - etc i also listed publications and conference presentations. this is my first time applying though, so I'm not sure if I am going about exactly the right way...

I have a question about OGS also. The Plan of study is supposed to be like a proposal, correct? Its hard enough fitting in a proposal into around 4000 characters, but are we also supposed to talk about our thesis from a MSc there too? right now I only mention it in my significant accomplishment section, with reference to 2 papers that came out of it, but there doesn't really seem to be a specific place for which to discuss your MSc thesis, as there is with nserc. any insight is appreciated. thanks