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I'm finishing my MA at the University of Victoria. Heading to UBC in September for doctoral studies. Thank you!

I just received an email from my Graduate Advisor, wishing me congratulations on getting the SSHRC. It was quite a nice surprise! So it seems as though the results have been sent out to the departments, and hopefully the letter is in the mail...

Hello! This is probably an easy question that I should know, but I'm filling in an online PhD application and am listing a publication. The problem is, the entire format of the application is completely in plain text (ie. no italics). In MLA format, do you put a single quotation mark, double quotation mark or just leave names of journals when it is impossible to italicize? Here's to being too dependant on Microsoft Word! Thanks for any help in advance.

I did not know about this! (In fact, it sounds quite strange!) Is the waiving of rights primarily for American universities, or does it also apply to Canadian universities? Also - my references submit their letters online after I've submitted my application. How exactly can I see what they will write? It won't get into my hands at all, unless I ask them to send me a copy before sending it off to the university. Any thoughts?

Revising my SOI...revising, revising. The SSHRC application took a lot of my time this semester, not to mention other work. Nohika, I completely understand! I'm a first-generation student as well, and I have to learn everything as I go. I've probably made a heap of blunders so far...

Hello! I'm a first-generation student, so I'm still grappling over the 'politics' of applications and all that. How would you define "cozy up" to the professor? I've been in contact with my prospective PhD supervisor - asking her to read over my SSHRC proposal, asking a question about whether I should get a LOR from the linguistics or English department, and even to read over my statement of intent (all of which she's been 'glad' to do). In my last email I *may* have gone too far, asking if I could possibly, if it wouldn't cause problems, volunteer to work on an exciting project that's being done in the department. However, my aim hasn't been to "cozy up" to the professor...maybe just get a better feel for the department and get all the help I can! Besides, if I don't get accepted, I'll probably volunteer to help with the project anyway because it interests me a lot. What would be going too far? (Besides the obvious, like harrassing the professor!)

Hello, Recently I contacted a potential supervisor about whether she would be interested in being my PhD supervisor. Within a couple hours I received a response, where she said that she was interested and would like to discuss my ideas further. However, she was travelling and asked me to contact her again near the end of the month. (Also, I mentioned a book that she recently published and I read a couple months ago, but accidentally put the 'wrong' title of her book. She had the 'wrong' title of her book on her website - the original version before it was published, very similar to the published title but a couple words switched. Anyway, she was 'curious' as to how I read this early version that wasn't published.) I know that there are many topics in the forums about the first email to a potential supervisor, but what advice/ideas would anyone have for contacting the supervisor again after a few weeks? Thanks!