silas-haslam Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 minute ago, bonk said: the amount of 'umms' and 'uh' in my interview response made me cringe :<, can only pray that they don't look at this section to heavily. It's like all my interview skills went out the window lol. 3 minutes also felt ;ike a longer time than needed for the questions, but that might've just been me Omg LOL we had the exact same experience. I was actually stoked for the interview until I found out it was recorded… I’m usually pretty good face-to-face. I don’t think I’ve ever been so awkward as I was with the “tell us about yourself”… I basically just ran through what I said on my statement in 30 seconds then said a bunch of nonsense to fill the silence hahaha. I had an OK response for the current issue but I wanted to mention an article I read recently to show I was engaged with the subject matter, and I think i did it in a really forced way… I also only used like 2 mins per answer haha. That said I’m sure we did better than we think! Hopefully they don’t take too long to get back to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonk Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 14 minutes ago, silas-haslam said: Omg LOL we had the exact same experience. I was actually stoked for the interview until I found out it was recorded… I’m usually pretty good face-to-face. I don’t think I’ve ever been so awkward as I was with the “tell us about yourself”… I basically just ran through what I said on my statement in 30 seconds then said a bunch of nonsense to fill the silence hahaha. I had an OK response for the current issue but I wanted to mention an article I read recently to show I was engaged with the subject matter, and I think i did it in a really forced way… I also only used like 2 mins per answer haha. That said I’m sure we did better than we think! Hopefully they don’t take too long to get back to us yea something about watching myself talk totally threw me off, "tell us about yourself" also felt so unnecessarily awkward ... Overall, though I agree that being concise is better than trying to say something just for the sake of time and hopefully you're right about it being better than we think! From what I can tell from last years admissions cycle is that they get back to us near the end of the month so maybe 1.5 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Oooo looks like someone got accepted to UofT today, according to Gradcafe. Anyone hear anything yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plannernik Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Rejected by McGill for PhD; no explanation why.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoggyWaffles Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) okay wow i'm so glad i'm not the only person who didn't realize there were only two questions and also screwed up the first question for the UBC interview hahaha Glad a lot of us are in the same boat, yeah, hopefully it isn't as bad as we think! best of luck to everyone! Edited March 12 by SoggyWaffles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomatoesonToast Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just did mine for UBC! Hopefully everything saved, for the first question I ran out of time but it did say my recording was submitted. The second question I hit stop and save. I wonder if the questions are different for ICP since I got sent two different emails with one attempt. Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledeeee Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 26 minutes ago, TomatoesonToast said: Just did mine for UBC! Hopefully everything saved, for the first question I ran out of time but it did say my recording was submitted. The second question I hit stop and save. I wonder if the questions are different for ICP since I got sent two different emails with one attempt. Good luck everyone! did you also get "tell us about yourself" and "talk about a world trending problem and how it's related to planning" as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomatoesonToast Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I got the question, "why do I want to be a planner"... Tweedledeeee and Plancan27 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planning2Plan Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I got "tell us about yourself" and something similar to the world trending problem question others have described but worded slightly differently. Thanks to everyone who was generous enough to share their experiences. It was very helpful. Excited to hear about everyone's acceptances find out where everyone decides to go! 😁 Tweedledeeee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plannymcplanface Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Haha sounds like we all pretty much got the same questions. With the deadline to submit coming up, hopefully we'll hear back soon. Fingers crossed, good luck everyone! silas-haslam and Planning2Plan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I got into VIU!!! My first choice! Wasn't expecting anything this soon. No word about funding though. Need to double-check the portal Planning2Plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planning2Plan Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 (edited) Congratulations @silas-haslam! Me too! I figured since it said nothing about funding there probably is none for me. Is there somewhere else I should be looking? Edited March 14 by Planning2Plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 55 minutes ago, Planning2Plan said: Congratulations @silas-haslam! Me too! I figured since it said nothing about funding there probably is none for me. Is there somewhere else I should be looking? Congrats to you too! Really happy to get a yes from anywhere as I've been out of school for a while and this is my first time applying for a masters. I checked the Student Record portal just to be sure but doesn't look like there's any funding offers. Their internal awards for grad students seem to mostly revolve around conferences. Does anyone know much about the different scholarships available to planning students? Federal/provincial programs? I know professional schools typically don't give out as much so will need to start exploring my options now that I have an offer on the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoggyWaffles Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Congrats on your acceptance! 🥳 I'd definitely shoot an email to the VIU registration people. They'd know best! I know Ontario has the OGS, BC's equivalent isn't as straight-forward but there's some info on the VIU website: https://research.viu.ca/british-columbia-graduate-scholarship I've also met some alumni who worked as TA's or RA's throughout their time there: https://socialsciences.viu.ca/mcp/employment-opportunities If you do find any more, please share! silas-haslam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Rejected from SFU MRM just now. In fairness I didn't meet the stats course requirement and the program doesn't really align with my goals so I don't blame them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plancan27 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Got into McGill this afternoon, and Dalhousie last week! Good luck everyone bonk, silas-haslam, plannymcplanface and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanistar Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Hey everyone! 🙂 Has anyone heard back from UBC’s MCRP program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planning2Plan Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 15 hours ago, urbanistar said: Hey everyone! 🙂 Has anyone heard back from UBC’s MCRP program? I haven't heard anything since the interview. urbanistar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/22/2024 at 3:30 PM, urbanistar said: Hey everyone! 🙂 Has anyone heard back from UBC’s MCRP program? Still waiting here too 😃 I'm hoping to hear back in the very near future because I only have until the 4th to accept VIU. Also waiting on UofA and UofT, but I'm a lot less likely to go with either of those without considerable funding as I live in B.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonkt Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I just got my offer from UBC Planning2Plan, silas-haslam and plannymcplanface 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanistar Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) I just got my offer for SCARP as well, woohoo! They're starting to roll out admissions 😃 Edited March 27 by urbanistar plannymcplanface, leonkt and Planning2Plan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Well, I got into UofT! Still waiting on UBC… hopefully there are another few rounds of offers. Planning2Plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plancan27 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Got into U of T with funding, and UBC. Good luck to all! Planning2Plan and plannymcplanface 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas-haslam Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 minutes ago, Plancan27 said: Got into U of T with funding, and UBC. Good luck to all! Did you receive the UBC offer yesterday? Or today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonk Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 just got my offer from UBC, I heard back from Queens first week of March and no news from UofA or SFU MRM for anyone curious on deadlines. plannymcplanface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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