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Any State-side folks get their cheques yet? I'm just wondering when I should be expecting a letter....

They send out email confirmation. Don't worry!

I study mostly labour literature, things like union songs and poetry. I've been known to dabble in children's lit, but I stay close to Marxist theory. Fun stuff! What about you?

Hi meva0701! I am funded; not sure about brier. My experience was really good. I spoke with professors prior to applying, which helped a lot. And so far the department has been super helpful, although I can't say the ame for the International Students Office yet. Slow getting back to me. Anyway, nice to meet you! I'm sure we'll see each other around!

Hey all, My department just informed me that I was awarded the 4 year SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. I am elated, especially since I will be studying in the States, and I can take it with me. I don't know my score yet: I have yet to receive the letter in the mail. But here are my stats: Starting first year of PhD in the fall MA SSHRC 5 conferences, including one international conference and one graduate conference 1 journal article in undergrad journal, peer-reviewed, single author 1 book chapter, coauthored A few miscellaneous grants from undergrad and grad studies 3.7 undergrad major GPA Member of various committees, elected to a few positions I study labour history and literature. I spent far too long on my proposal. Good luck, everyone!!

I believe that last year's thread indicates it doesn't mean anything.

nope.

GUYS!! SSHRC confirmed via Twitter that the results have been mailed! (better late than never)

My university hasn't heard anything from SSHRC yet.

Ditto in Kingston.

I wake up to all of these new messages in this thread, and I almost fall off my chair. It might not be a troll, since they (historically) should be releasing the results via mail tomorrow or Friday. FREAKING OUT.

I'm going to go with: SOP, Research experience, Publications/Conferences, LORs, GPA, GRE, without counting funding cutoffs and things. So, this is based on an already-competitive application. Just for fun.

Good stuff! There can't only be two people on this forum going to WSU, though. WHERE ARE THE REST OF THEM!?

I'm assuming WSU? I'll be living in Midtown. I don't own a car, and I prefer walking/cycling. Well, if you're at WSU in English, nice to meet you!

When they say "watch your mailbox," it means nothing. They said that same thing a bunch in their twitter feed over the last two years, and historically speaking, it does not indicate that the result have been sent. They will explicitly state that "the results for the doctoral competition have now been mailed." I anticipate that this means that they'll be posted late next week, which was my original estimate.

My guess (and I don't actually know) is that they'll mail them next Thursday, April 25. But they'll post it on Twitter, so when I see it, I'll post it here.

I follow them, and no. Nothing yet.

Hey everyone! I am a Canadian heading down to Detroit for a PhD in English Lit. I am worried about living in Detroit, but I am also excited. How are you feeling?

Any other info on Detroit? I will be attending WSU in the fall as well, living on campus. How the heck do I find an apartment?

Question for you guys from a Canadian: How's Wayne State? I'm thinking about accepting my PhD offer there instead of at Queen's in Canada. What do you think? (I feel really silly for not knowing anything about it.)

Just the PhD applicants. MA directs will hear a confirmation of receipt, and that's it until May.

I agree. Funding is tight at Queen's unless you're in one of the admin's fav. disciplines, although I am sure that is pretty standard across the board. Does anyone else want to weigh in on WSU v. Queen's? I really don't know much about the program at WSU, and it would be great to hear some bad/good things.

Good advice. Thank you. I think the teaching load is my main concern.

Hey guys, I don't know much about American schools and programs, so I am looking for your input. I was accepted to the English Lit PhD programme at Wayne State (WSU). I want to work with radical labour poetry and song from 1910-1939, and WSU has most of the archival material that I would need to do so. I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about WSU that they could offer me, or about living in Detroit. Would a PhD from WSU serve me better than a PhD from a highly ranked Canadian school, especially if I'm focusing on American poetry? Queen's is a high-ranked school with an excellent program. I would not get as much teaching experience at Queen's, but the teaching load at WSU is 2-1, and I've never taught my own course, so it seems like a lot of time and work while I should be writing a dissertation. Queen's is a good fit faculty wise, and I could drive to the archives at WSU without much trouble. I did my MA at Queen's, so I'm familiar with the city and the department. My experience here has been good. WSU is offering me more funding than Queen's, but again, the teaching load is way more. WSU seems really excited about my project, though. Not that Queen's isn't. Anyway, feel free to ask me anything for the sake of clarification. Thanks in advance! Any input about the teaching load would be great too.

Wow, you sure typed out a lot. I am sorry to say, though, that I did my MA at Queen's, so I know most of what you said about the city and the school. The department has treated me well as an MA, and they fight for MA funding. It's currently ranked 4th overall in Canada, but as you said, it's not really that substantial because there aren't that many larger institutions in Canada.