Dakon
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Very, very interesting! I wrote mine on Hegel's philosophy of nature and his theory of science, so hopefully I can impress one person who will fight for me! I'm also lucky in that my school has told me that even if I get the super-sshrc I can still TA, so I can get some experience and extra money.
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I've gone to quite a few conferences in the past three years and I must say that, with a couple noteworthy exceptions, it is not worth investigating too much time participating in non-major conferences (unless of course they are explicitly on your topic of research or a friend nearby is organizing them and it will not amount to extra work!). Not only does the material there often tend to be less prepared and well-fined so that you often learn little, but, like your prof said, you rarely make connections or even get decent feedback. The fact that someone got a super-sshrc without publications is only making me fantasize about what I would do with all that money.... I swear, if I get it, I'll buy a 100 Euro bottle of wine. They must have had a stellar hot topic. Here's to hoping that someone has a soft spot for Hegel on my committee....
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I am supposed to have my MA thesis in by the end of May...and it has to be in French. Plus I have some unfinished course work to do. Not really looking forward to it. My PhD thesis will be on a rather different topic, but overall it is in the same area and is for me, at least, thematically related in an intimate sense. (I am currently writing on Zizek, but I want to go back and do more work on Hegel.) I am not really sure how much it is looked down upon, but I think in general people do not want someone too highly specialized in one given topic or subtopic because, if the person wants a university position afterwards, then they become rather unmarketable. That being said, completely jumping from one extreme to the other would probably have a similar effect because it could be hard to place you in a department. But this is all speculation.
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Well, I don't know about you guys, but, either way, once I get the results I won't be able to work at any rate: I'll either be in a whiskey-induced coma brought on by infinite happiness or agonizing grief!
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Well, I think we all can relate. I should be finishing a MA thesis here, but instead I am just watching Twin Peaks and obsessively checking this page. I can't really work when I am in suspense.
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My guess is that is just their default response. They can't really admit to having no clear idea. I guess the longer it takes, though, the more difficult the decisions were.
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Sorry to hear about that story. Reference letters and university transcripts can be sent directly to SSHRC either by the professor or university in question. Not only am I currently studying in Toulouse, but I have a BA and MA from Canada and studied at Belgium and Germany at different universities recently - and on top of that, one of my letters came from a Canadian professor. Because I had pre-saw a problem getting some of the documents on time, I asked if I needed to send all of them in one package, and they said it was absolutely no problem if they were sent directly to SSHRC. Naturally, the problem with that is you are not allowed to ask them if they have received certain documents - they will only answer if they have received your application as such. Either way, there should be an online upload system for the letters of reference!
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i bet they even e-mail them the results....
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i've heard of a lot of people having unofficial news from an inside source for the ma competition (it happened to me!), but not for the doctoral one. i mean, i guess if someone has a spy on the committee, it's not out of the question!
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Yes, I believe so. A list refers to those who are recommended for a scholarship, while B to those who are not recommended.
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Yeah, I was given no score either (which is annoying). It just said I was one of however many people who were transfered along to the national competition. The head of my old department once told me that your chances are often higher if you do not have to go through your university, often because you just bypass a lot of interdepartmental politics. I'm not sure how true that may be in general.
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i just don't understand why the results are always put out *after* you have to accept or decline offers. i just know too many people who had to turn down offers from a university which they want to study at, but whose financing was rather limited, for a university which offered much more just to "be safe." it is especially bad for people who were conflicted between studying at a canadian and american or european university (like me). i mean, i guess a lot of people just do the asshole thing and accept several offers and wait to hear back, but that's just mean....
