1Q84
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Congrats to all who heard good news today
Last night, I had a terrible nightmare that I got a 5/20. The letter they sent looked like one of those grade school rubrics and the committee had circled all the way down the "bad" column.
Someone put me out of my waiting misery!
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58 minutes ago, SadieLou said:
Hey, if there are any stressed-out Americans who live in urban areas, you might want to look into whether or not you are eligible for Informed Delivery from USPS. It sends you a daily mail with scans of mail to be sent to you that day.
This is enabling in all the worst ways lol... but I'm going to look into it as well
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11 minutes ago, spicytunaroll said:
some schools have stipend caps (for my university it's $32000USD), which means your internal and external stipend money cannot exceed that amount.
Just want to chip in that my situation, if I get the fellowship, will be the one you describe here.
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16 minutes ago, RailRoadToad said:
Does anyone know if Universities know the results for applicants to applied externally? I applied externally, and indicated on my application which university I intended to study at. I'm just not sure if SSHRC would have notified that University, given that I didn't apply for the SSHRC through the university. Any feedback from external applicants (or anyone who knows) would be appreciated!
No, since external applicants did not apply through any school, the school would have no way of knowing. We have to notify our universities of our success!
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4 hours ago, FakeDoctor92 said:
The program I'm entering come fall is in Toronto but for the time being I'm living in the UK. I'm a direct applicant (my application was passed on to the "national competition"), and the university I provisionally designated as my "Organization to award the degree" in my SSHRC application package (when I had yet to hear back from either of the programs I applied to) is not the one whose offer I ended up choosing. I suspect this means there's no way for me to find out whether I was successful before the post comes... which I doubt will get here before the end of the week, if that. Looks like I'll be among the last to find out!
As a side note, while I'd been reassured by a number of people that no major issues would arise in the event of my choosing a program other than the one designated on my SSHRC application--i.e. that were I successful I could take the award at the program I'd chosen--this longer-than-expected wait's given a lot of room for my anxieties to grow. I haven't counted myself out of the race, have I?
No, there should be no effect. But also, if you're a direct applicant, there'd be no way for you to find out from the department that you listed, had you gone there, before the mail comes. I think this is due to it being 2 separate streams of applications.
2 hours ago, SNS said:Hi there,
I'm a direct applicant at an American university (in NYC) and am waiting to hear back about the results of the doctoral competition. Have any other direct applicants heard back, yet? I'm also wondering HOW we will find out: via email? Snail mail? Also, do we find out through the university in which we are enrolled or does SSHRC contact us directly?
Look back in the past couple of pages, all your answers are there!
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1 hour ago, spicytunaroll said:
fellow friends who are in the states omg the next few days are gonna be PAINFUL.
I'm not going to (obsessively) check my mailbox until Thursday.
But then I looked at that CV (whatever that thing is) in my portfolio and it has my address listed wrong so maybe I won't even get my letter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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4 hours ago, rugox said:
Universities get the results before we do. Some universities will contact their students, some will just stick to the snail mail roll out of the results from SSHRC. If you really can't wait, I'd contact the awards officer for your department/graduate school to find out. I'm in the States so I have to buckle down for the letters, but I'd ask if I was in a Canadian institution.
The funny thing is nobody on here has posted that they found out from their University yet...
That's what I mean... I feel like they should at least have a systematic, coordinated notification system in Canada of all places rather than notifying departments first and then allowing them to decide whether to inform students or not, while also mailing out paper copies. Why sow so much confusion?
I'm on the US too (West coast) so now that they've announced the mailing, I'm thinking it'll be late next week.
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2 hours ago, rugox said:
That's ridiculous! They should just send out emails!!
Or even email you to tell you to login to view results like, oh I don't know, every university in North America.
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13 hours ago, spicytunaroll said:
lol i am dying. this is almost as painful as waiting to hear back from grad school
Seriously. All the people I've told at my US school have been incredulous that results are by snail mail... seems intentionally torturous.
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Mailed on the 26th and a 1-2 week wait?! Blatant false advertising... notice of second round selection totally said notification in April.
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Wait what portal is everyone talking about?
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On 4/3/2017 at 9:36 AM, apoc19 said:
Emailed SSHRC -- results won't be sent till mid to end April
Thanks for doing that and letting us know! I had it marked in my calendar as April 1 since the letter said we'll be informed April 2017... so naive.
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When you just wish Rihanna were in charge of your fellowship decisions
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On 3/3/2017 at 6:33 AM, rugox said:
You'll only stress yourself out more by trying to figure this out. It's about 15-20% chance for foreign applicants and yes, the pool is the count for direct applicants and does not include applicants applying through Canadian institutions. Best to just forget about this and keep yourself engaged with other things until April.
Ha I know... I had set it aside in my mind until April but this recent letter took me by surprise and upset my careful compartmentalization. I definitely have many things to keep me busy until the actual announcement!
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On 2/22/2017 at 5:13 PM, FacelessMage said:
Update: not passed on to the national competition. I'm really bummed about it since I won the CGS last year (had to decline because I wasn't accepted anywhere). My application had even improved from last year too. It's just such a dejecting and random process...
Sorry to hear this
Can you still apply again next year? I remember reading the last year is I think the 3rd year of a Ph.D. program? I'm applying in my 2nd right now.
On 2/21/2017 at 2:06 PM, RailRoadToad said:Admittedly, I've been stalking the mailman through my window for the past half hour. As soon as he left my doorstep, I grabbed the letter from SSHRC. Looks like mine will be forwarded too! In the letter, it stated that this year, there were 534 direct applicants, and 251 applications were forwarded to the national committee. Best of luck to everyone!
I was wondering about this too. My letter doesn't say 534 "direct" applicants, it just says "among the 534 applications reviewed...". Have been trying to figure out how these numbers work. Does the 251 recommended apps include only foreign ones? Because last year they gave out a total of 450 awards, Canadian and foreign. The total foreign awards given last year was 43 awards and 10 "unknown" (what?)
I'm busy trying to figure out what the hell kind of chances I have based on these stats.
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Resurrecting this: does the Canadian government really offer no overseas graduate level language training funding?
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For those who stumble upon this in the future: I heard back from someone at SSHRC and sending them directly from the institution is fine. Phew.
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Okay, I know it's due tomorrow but it just occurred to me: I'm applying from a university outside of Canada. Was I supposed to attach the transcripts to my application? I did it gradapp style and sent the transcripts directly from my institutions to SSHRC HQ.
Did I just screw myself?
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I'm wondering if anyone here knows: is there a Fulbright for Canadians currently studying in the US? I know that the Canadian Fulbright can be used to fund study in the US but I'm wondering if I can apply and use it to study outside of North America.
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I'm currently in a Ph.D. program in the US but I'm a Canadian citizen. That means unfortunately that I'm ineligible for FLAS (US citizens only). The only thing I saw from the Canadian government requires the student to be residing in Canada and attending a Canadian school.
Anyone know of institutes, programs, or fellowships that fund Canadians studying abroad (or, a US program that doesn't require citizenship?) I'm most interested in going to Taiwan or Hong Kong.
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The only time I've used that option on Priceline, I received a 6am flight. Be ready to get a really, really bad flight time.
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On March 2, 2016 at 11:16 AM, hellatrangsty said:
super late to actually posting on the forums, my bad.
i was one of the wait listers for USC american studies & ethnciity
anyone accepted going for the visit? are the other wait listers on here?
Another Ontarioan! I'm an admit to the program. PM me if you want to talk!
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship/CGS Doctoral Scholarship 2017/2018
in The Bank
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Oooh congrats! I'm surprised you did Committee 1 since you said your new work is so interdisciplinary! Still mostly literature based?