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Maybe one of you could create a new thread and the two of you can continue your debate on self-righteousness there so that the rest of us can continue to use this thread to share information pertinent to OGS results?

At least you have results for FQRSC, in Ontario we have the pleasure of having both the SSHRC and OGS competitions drag on for at least another couple of weeks. I'm on edge here. lol.

Maybe one of you could create a new thread and the two of you can continue your debate on self-righteousness there so that the rest of us can continue to use this thread to share information pertinent to OGS results?

Maybe one of you could create a new thread and the two of you can continue your debate on self-righteousness there so that the rest of us can continue to use this thread to share information pertinent to OGS results?

Just for the record, I wasn't even one of the people who took exception to your initial post. And calling ME self-righteous? Please. I'm just stating the obvious. You're at a school that considers themselves "special" enough to give their students an unjustified advantage. I'm pretty sure I'm not the one being self-righteous here. Indeed, it isn't your fault. The blame does lie with your department. I just don't think that those who *did* take exception to your initial post were out of line at all.

Exactly. Thank you.
I wanted to share the info, but had I not mentioned that I myself received a result, people would have been asking "how" I know committees were starting to find out.
Andsowego's self-righteousness is uncalled for... this is just about letting fellow gradstudents in on something.
Good luck with SSHRC and OGS... Im waiting to hear on the SSHRC!

That may be the case, and you have every right to be angered by the fact that some individuals are privileged enough to find out their results ahead of time; but, let's not lose sight of what this forum is for, to share information. So even though it is unfair that SleepyPhD received results before the rest of us, I don't see much sense in attacking him or her for providing us with what we want - information. Let's just try and keep the discussion cordial.

That may be the case, and you have every right to be angered by the fact that some individuals are privileged enough to find out their results ahead of time; but, let's not lose sight of what this forum is for, to share information. So even though it is unfair that SleepyPhD received results before the rest of us, I don't see much sense in attacking him or her for providing us with what we want - information. Let's just try and keep the discussion cordial.

That may be the case, and you have every right to be angered by the fact that some individuals are privileged enough to find out their results ahead of time; but, let's not lose sight of what this forum is for, to share information. So even though it is unfair that SleepyPhD received results before the rest of us, I don't see much sense in attacking him or her for providing us with what we want - information. Let's just try and keep the discussion cordial.

I presume everyone just received the email from OGS this morning:

The results for the 2012-13 OGS competition will be released beginning to mid May 2012.
Once the results have been released, you will receive an email notification, letting you know that your results are available, and you will be able to check your status by logging into your OGS account, from the OSAP website. In addition to your results being available online, a letter will also be mailed to you, conveying your results for the 2012-13 competition.

At least they're emailing us with a status update this year (I don't recall them doing this in the past), even if the only reason they're doing so is to limit the number of students bombarding them with requests for status updates.

Yes, I agree - I just received an email from my department today about forwarding students who do not receive external funding on to graduate studies for internal fellowships. In the email it was specifically stated that they have not yet heard when the results will be released from any of the funding agencies (NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC, or OGS); but, from the tone of the email, it sounds as though they expect that results will not be released until May.

I completely agree with you - the whole point of this forum is to share information amongst one another and to shut someone down when they proffer this information defeats the purpose of following these threads in the first place. I don't know whether every department knows the results as of yet, but certainly those with committee members do.

Absolutely - it is absurd to think that every committee would finish reviewing at the exact same time. Some are definitely more efficient than others, some likely have slightly heavier workloads - there are a number of reasons as to why not all committees would finish reviewing at the same time and hence, why some results would be available before others.

That may be the case, and you have every right to be angered by the fact that some individuals are privileged enough to find out their results ahead of time; but, let's not lose sight of what this forum is for, to share information. So even though it is unfair that SleepyPhD received results before the rest of us, I don't see much sense in attacking him or her for providing us with what we want - information. Let's just try and keep the discussion cordial.

At least you have results for FQRSC, in Ontario we have the pleasure of having both the SSHRC and OGS competitions drag on for at least another couple of weeks. I'm on edge here. lol.