RelaxButterfly

I attended the University of Windsor for my undergrad, so if there's anything about the school in general that you would like to know, I might be able to help out.

I'm not sure if you're interested in library science at all, but if you are, it might be helpful to know that UofT is accredited with the American Library Association while the University of Manitoba's program isn't, which could affect your job opportunities in the US. I'm not sure how much this will matter for archival studies specifically, but I wanted to pass along the information.

Hi Nanolol! I hope this doesn't offend you, but I'm unfamiliar with the area of medical anthropology; what types of subjects do you study? It sounds really interesting.

Hi punkerplus! Are you as excited as I am?

Yeah, that's definitely the case, as I mentioned above. My wording in my second post is a little ambiguous as I look at it now; the OGS coordinator I heard about the "late spring" deadline from is in reference to Western.

amyboo91: Thanks! It is definitely extremely rare to find students currently in/entering a grad program at Trent on here, although there does seem to be more this application season! lose one thing: I applied to Western's competition as well but didn't accept the school, so I'm obviously disqualified. Nevertheless, before I accepted Toronto, I got a bit anxious about never even receiving a confirmation of my application's submission, so I sent the OGS coordinator there an e-mail. I was told that the results will be released "late spring." I assume they're going to take awhile since it appears to be a centralized process with all current and incoming students from every program being evaluated together.

My deadline as an external applicant to UofT was mid-February, and I heard March 28th that my application was successful; however, I applied to a school where each program is in charge of choosing its own winners, so that would explain the fast turnaround. amyboo91: I'm currently in a grad program at Trent (when you mentioned less than 400 grad students, I looked down at your signature and confirmed my suspicions!), and I haven't heard anyone talking about OGS at all recently, so I'm guessing the results are still in process.

Is there anyone else on here who will be starting at UofT in September? Extra cool points if you'll be joining the iSchool!

Hi respectyourheart! If you have any questions, I can try to answer them. Which program are you starting?

Thank you both of you for your help! I received some surprising but welcome news a couple of days ago: OGS HAS in fact taken out the 10-hour restriction. I'm not sure if each school now makes this decision and mine has just decided to do so, but it makes me happy nevertheless since my program does not offer guaranteed funding or TAships; now I have more opportunity to work part-time elsewhere without them being turned off by the strict hour limit!

There is/was a restriction in place that said you could not work more than 10 hours a week while holding this award, which, if actually a strict rule, throws many wrenches into my plans for the fall. In your experience, was this enforced? Have any 2013-14 applicants heard anything about this restriction possibly being dropped since each school is basically now in charge of its own awards (if your school has stated they won't be upholding this condition, please state its name)? I'm hoping the conditions of the award are now up to each institution and that my (future) one decides to remove it!

I just went back and looked at my posts from last year, and I received my letter on May 29th. Both NSERC and SSHRC were distributed later than normal last year though, so hopefully you all find out faster!

Hello. On your offer of admission to Western, was there any indication of financial support? I know the program isn't funded, but I had heard that they at least offered small (>$5000) scholarships. I'm wondering if these come later or if they would be on the offer of admission. Thanks.

When I do apply, I'm probably only applying to U of Toronto. I have heard amazing things about UBC in general though; their combined archives/library science program sounds really cool. Are any of you applying to that? I've also heard great things about Western's program from an academic librarian at my undergraduate school. MissMoneyJenny, have you done your Toronto application yet? I'm swamped in final essays at the moment and haven't gotten a chance to glance at it yet; does it seem like it will take a long time to complete?

Hello everyone. Can anyone give me some insight on what paths an English MA will open? The idea of more schooling after this year just gives me a headache even though I would love to enter the information sciences field (MLIS needed).