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    Master's SSHRC 2012

    obrera replied to Vee's topic in The Bank

    I emailed SSHRC to ask about the number of direct applicants, and they responded with "The Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s scholarships competition is still in progress. The results of the competition will be mailed at the end of April 2012." Apparently they will get back to me with an answer for the other question....
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    I'm assuming they will send out that stuff when they send out registration materials....
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    Master's SSHRC 2012

    obrera replied to Vee's topic in The Bank

    Does anyone know how many direct-to-SSHRC applications there are each round? I know that for the university allocations, those forwarded are often successful, but direct applicants are left in the dark. Any thoughts? About 50 are successful every year, but that could be good if only 60 people apply or bad if 1000 apply.
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    Master's SSHRC 2012

    obrera replied to Vee's topic in The Bank

    I'm a direct-to-SSHRC applicant from a small undergrad college in Canada with no allocation. I hate how we hear absolutely nothing until the end....
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    I'm a direct to SSHRC applicant, so IT'S NOT OKAY!
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    Every time someone posts in this topic, I get really excited.
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    Yes, please!
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    After being accepted to all three schools to which I applied: Mom: "You should have applied at better schools. Then you could have gone to them instead." :| Thanks, mom. Jerk. Fellow UG student: "You should have applied at only one school instead of wasting all that money. Speaking of money, how much did School X give you? I want to know because I'm going to do my MA there and they'll probably bring my funding up a bit higher since I have a 4.0. It's nice to have a modest idea going in, though, so how much?" Thanks. JERK! My response was "graduate students don't talk about funding because its impolite." : /
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    I'm starting my MA in September, and I'm debating whether or not to take a year off afterward and spend some time working on applications or just dive right in. The issue with that is I will be doing my PhD applications before I even complete one semester of graduate level work. Is anyone else grappling with this potential problem? I'm a Canadian student as well, and I am looking at a couple American schools. We don't need to write the GRE up here, so I don't know much about it.
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    I was there last summer. It was really nice. Sunny, warm. I went swimming off Wolfe Island... so beautiful. I'm heading there in June to get a place, since apparently many of the good places are taken by September. It's a smaller city than what I'm used to, but I'm from Community College, so...
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    I like the wintertime in Canada. Also, Vancouver is not one of my top cities, Montreal is.
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    There isn't a thread for Queen's yet, so here goes. I will (most likely) be attending Queen's in the fall, and I thought perhaps those of you who would be going there could join me in a discussion on the following topics: moving to Kingston finding a place to live size of the program you'll be attending next steps cool places to hang out and anything else interesting Okay... GO!
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    School B upped their offer substantially with a fellowship, and they are now offering ~$5,000 more than School A. I might flip a coin.
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    Both are in cities. School A has snowy but mild winters and hot summers, and School B has a lot of rain.
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    Perhaps I just need justification for a decision that I feel like I kind have made but am concerned about still. I'm worried that I will pick one and regret it later. Buts there's a whole different thread on that.
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    You know, I just sent an email that said "I'm really sorry and very grateful but I will most likely have to decline your offer as I received a higher offer from a different school. The living costs associated with University B are just too high." And they basically sent back an email 20 minutes later saying "Oh, well we can top that blah blah blah Come here." I didn't really do or say anything special. And my GPA isn't very high at all, so they either have extra money or see something promising in my program of study. It is not U of T, actually. I didn't even apply there because I didn't foresee actually getting accepted to any programs and didn't just want to give them a hundred bucks and forget about it. Haha.
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    Hello everyone, I have been accepted into two programs, both of which are excellent. Both programs are for an English Lit MA, and both are at Canadian schools (I am a Canadian student). I would like some help choosing which program to attend. School A one of the top schools in Canada well-known (so I could apply out-of-country for a PhD) farther from family, but partner is moving there for school as well would be sharing housing with partner (cheaper) would be sharing moving costs with partner (gas, accommodations) funding consists of half TAships (marking only, no teaching) and half fellowships 10 month program (course based), no project at the end 4 courses in Fall, 3 in Winter, one in Spring (two of the Fall courses are pass/fail pedagogy courses) I would be able to transfer my current job to this city and work a few shifts every so often to earn some extra money to limit debt School Bwell-known for excellence but not internationally smaller school, but same size English departments much closer to family, but partner will not move there with me would be renting alone (couple hundred more dollars per month, at least) would be taking on moving costs alone, but is closer funding consists entirely of TAships (heavier workload, but actual teaching experience) they have offered to top my funding from School A and offer me a moving subsidy (not sure how much) I would not be able to transfer my current job there, since I would not have much spare time to work 12 month program (course based), project at end (30 pages) 3 courses in Fall, 3 in Spring, 2 in Summer with project completed by end of summer (one course in both Fall and Spring is pass/fail pedagogy course) Both Schools [*]I have professors to work with at both schools [*]both have comparable course offerings [*]both schools have offered me a similar dollar amount of funding [*]both schools have similar-sized departments [*]both have large bodies of water (I like swimming and boating [*]both cities are nice, and i don't know anyone in either of them [*]both will let me keep my funding if I win a large award such as a SSHRC
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    Edmonton, AB

    obrera replied to abcd_grad's topic in City Guide

    This week in Edmonton is Downtown Dining Week. If you look it up, there are a lot of delicious restaurants with pretty decently priced food in the downtown area. I recommend making reservations if you plan on eating at one of them, though. Other than that, I'm not too sure what's going on.
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    Nope. I am in Alberta. I hope they can, too.
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    They said they would try, but it is doubtful. It's really too bad. I can't really justify the moving costs without decent funding. EDIT: They just sent me an acceptance. Funding offer to come later this week.
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    I've applied to Memorial for a MA in English, and I haven't heard back from them yet. I'm accepted at my top school, but I kind of wanted to live on the east coast. It is so pretty there, and Memorial is a great university.
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    Posthumanism in American Science Fiction. It rocked.
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    Edmonton, AB

    obrera replied to abcd_grad's topic in City Guide

    Living on Whyte ave is pretty easy without a car. I live in the 109 and Whyte area, and I can get by with day to day stuff without a car. However, my job is a 15 drive away and it takes almost two hours on the bus. The bus system is really inefficient once you leave the LRT line and Whyte or downtown, so if you plan on venturing off the LRT line often, you might want to consider a car, or at least budget for a cab ride or two. But yeah, if you are living in close proximity to campus, I'd say you are a-okay without a car.
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    I had to re-watch First Contact for one of my seminars this year. I had forgotten how awesome it is. I don't know why learning science in junior high couldn't be this fun....
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    Does anyone know if this is generally the same at the Master's level? I am a direct-to-SSHRC applicant since my undergraduate university doesn't have an allocation. I received my confirmation of receipt in January. I can't seem to find a decent thread on it. If there is one, point me in that direction!
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