NSERC C/PGSD 2020-2021

[mathissweet]

Just now, Andy50319 said:

No I had it since yesterday..... and my ranking is at an ambigious position

 

Have you tried doing the bulk download thing?

[Andy50319]

Just now, mathissweet said:

Have you tried doing the bulk download thing?

Yea I have, I still only get the feedback letter

[mathissweet]

Just now, Andy50319 said:

Yea I have, I still only get the feedback letter

Dang I'm so sorry :(. What is going on with this stuff!

[DarkNinja24]

46 minutes ago, Genes129 said:

When did you receive your results? Just wondering because no one has posted about receiving anything since earlier last night. I'm wondering if this is a technical issue they're experiencing or just slower than expected processing times. 

yesterday at 3:41pm so not recent. I didn't check until this morning. 

Edited April 17, 2020 by DarkNinja24
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[Genes129]

1 hour ago, mbb56789 said:

Pretty much feeling the same way. I'm pretty certain I've been rejected at this point, just want the actual rejection letter so I can move on with my life. This is going on the third day wasted anxiously sitting around and refreshing a page. 

I feel you, I got revisions back from my committee yesterday and I haven't been able to concentrate enough to even start working on them. I wish they would just send out an email or something to let us know whats going on. 

[mathissweet]

Heard back from my grad secretary and they don't have my results and our faculty of grad studies scholarship officer doesn't either

[Walczyka]

Just now, mathissweet said:

Heard back from my grad secretary and they don't have my results and our faculty of grad studies scholarship officer doesn't either

Same here

[AlphaBetta 12]

This sucks, I hope this technical issue/problem gets fixed.

[Eldos]

18 minutes ago, Walczyka said:

Same here

Same here too! I can't put myself together to do anything. Checking every minute ?

[Eldos]

I wish they just send an email update If they are experiencing some sort of technical difficulties or anything that is causing the delay ?

[mathissweet]

3 minutes ago, Eldos said:

I wish they just send an email update If they are experiencing some sort of technical difficulties or anything that is causing the delay ?

I know :((. Also it looks like that person that I thought might have found out today actually found out yesterday. So maybe no results are coming out today :(.

[mbb56789]

2 minutes ago, mathissweet said:

I know :((. Also it looks like that person that I thought might have found out today actually found out yesterday. So maybe no results are coming out today :(.

At this point I have zero faith that they'll sort this out today, so it's just about time to have a drink and get an early start to the weekend. See you all next week!

[Eldos]

4 minutes ago, mbb56789 said:

At this point I have zero faith that they'll sort this out today, so it's just about time to have a drink and get an early start to the weekend. See you all next week!

I like that  Have a good week and best of luck for all of us still waiting 

[TheBoxingFly]

NSERC helpdesk says that they know about the issue, and lots of people have the problem. 

[mathissweet]

Just now, TheBoxingFly said:

NSERC helpdesk says that they know about the issue, and lots of people have the problem. 

Thanks for this!! If anyone hears when they expect to post more results let us know!

[knurles]

I made an account just to comment on this. I'm also able to access my account but my folder is empty :( I'm in 187 cell & molecular bio as well. Called the helpdesk and they weren't able to do anything about it. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for posting about this - it's a little less stressful to know that others are in the same boat!

[PasserBy]

18 hours ago, Jtl said:

Hi folks. I’ve been lurking for a while but created an account to post. Does anyone else feel like their scores were really low? I have 2 first author publications, a 4.0 gpa, and I felt my proposal was fairly strong. However, I only scored 28 and 30 respectively. 

Are you stating two scores over two years, or were you able to apply to multiple committees? 

[ATP123]

Committee 187 here. Just got my results. Rank 136/227, no offer.

[Walczyka]

Commitee 187 - just in, Rank 109/227. Seems like I'm waitlisted. Anyone know what the cutoff was?

[Wilton]

Made an account just to add: committee 187, just got my results. 100/227, no offer.

[Walczyka]

Just now, Wilton said:

Made an account just to add: committee 187, just got my results. 100/227, no offer.

Did yours say you are on a waitlist? Im assuming so since you would be ahead of me!

[Wilton]

Just now, Walczyka said:

Did yours say you are on a waitlist? Im assuming so since you would be ahead of me!

Yep, it says "your application will remain on a short-list of alternates."

Just wish I knew how short!

[Walczyka]

Just now, Wilton said:

Yep, it says "your application will remain on a short-list of alternates."

Just wish I knew how short!

If enough people post their scores maybe we can find out haha

[Wallberg]

Made an account just to vent about my results.

Committee 198. 2 first author papers, a handful more non-first-author papers, a couple of research patents, 4.0 GPA, university research excellence grants (<5% acceptance rate among eligible selected applicants), multidisciplinary work that has very clear upside potential, etc. etc., I have no clue what could possibly be wrong with my application.

Both scores in the low 40's, rank not even above 120/166, far from even the waitlist.

This was my last chance, too. I'm still waiting for a provincial grant but I'm not exactly hopeful. I would like to believe the problem is how I wrote my proposal, but I got checked by a past winner who thoroughly checked and approved everything, and they're not releasing comments so it's hard to tell where the weaknesses are and how to improve them (though that's no longer an option), if that's even possible (I sent an email to request the comments as they suggested in the results letter at least).

I'm especially worried about how much it will impact future prospects (post-doc and professorship). Looking at the profiles of young professors and of random postdocs in my and similar labs, they all have in common some form of government research grant awarded during their PhD and I have heard from the people I asked that these things matter a ton. While I'm at a good school, it's no Stanford (or UofT for that matter), so competition ought to be even worse at more interesting labs. I don't know what to do and I'm wondering if it's even worth completing my degree anymore.

[rejected_ubc]

5 minutes ago, Wallberg said:

it's hard to tell where the weaknesses are and how to improve them

It's almost comical that they call that a "feedback" letter.  Though I don't think it's all that hard to find things to improve with a little introspection.  

Edited April 17, 2020 by rejected_ubc