DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 My friend just informed me that he received the following e-mail from SSHRC: "The doctoral awards competition is still in process. The results of the competition will be in mail by the beginning of next week. If your mailing address has changed, please inform us as soon as possible so that we may keep your file up to date" So it looks as though SSHRC is sticking to their original claim to have the results in the mail by late April. Now here's to hoping that someone in the grad studies department will have mercy on me and e-mail me the results before the letter arrives by snail mail! When did he get that email? Last week or today? I am hoping it was last week!!
avsilver Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 When did he get that email? Last week or today? I am hoping it was last week!! No, sorry... it was today. About an hour ago.
Compoe Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 My friend just informed me that he received the following e-mail from SSHRC: "The doctoral awards competition is still in process. The results of the competition will be in mail by the beginning of next week. If your mailing address has changed, please inform us as soon as possible so that we may keep your file up to date" So it looks as though SSHRC is sticking to their original claim to have the results in the mail by late April. Now here's to hoping that someone in the grad studies department will have mercy on me and e-mail me the results before the letter arrives by snail mail! Still in progress? Sigh. So frustrating. Just put us out of our collective misery, SSHRC! I beg of you!
cathaea Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Okay, on the bright side friends, this means that we will probably get the results by the end of next week. That's at least a pretty firm time-frame that we can plan around. Ugh, so anxious!
avsilver Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Okay, on the bright side friends, this means that we will probably get the results by the end of next week. That's at least a pretty firm time-frame that we can plan around. Ugh, so anxious! Yes, exactly. Sooner, if your grad studies department releases the results of the competition by e-mail. I know that last year I was informed of the results of my MA-SSHRC application by e-mail days before I got the letter in the mail.
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 hello hello...I emailed SSHRC yesterday about change of address, did not ask ANYTHING about the release of the results. They were nice enough to write back and inform me that ''The results of the Doctoral competition will be mailed out next week at the end of April 2012.'' Somehow I do not have the feeling that this waiting will extend into MAy....so..I think, 2 more weeks of waiting, max. For ppl on both sides of the Atlantic. Good luck!! This was posted last week though.... so I am a bit confused now! Last week they said this week!!
ducon_lajoie Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 (new member here, been lurking around since last week after being put on waiting list for FQRSC and biting my nails for SSHRC...). Haven't heard anything from anybody yet neither around here. In the meantime I'll keep on working on that ulcer ;-) Good luck to all by the way (I know this is a competition but still...).
Dakon Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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.
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) 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. I think the decisions have been made.. it just takes awhile for them to write out and print off all the letters! That's my guess. Edited April 23, 2012 by DMMS18
ducon_lajoie Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 I would agree with you DMMS18. I think it's just bureaucracy at that point. Decisions have probably been made a few weeks ago imho. Now it's about printing letters, labels, sending them etc. From their perspective it doesn't really matter whether people wait an extra week or not ;-)
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 I would agree with you DMMS18. I think it's just bureaucracy at that point. Decisions have probably been made a few weeks ago imho. Now it's about printing letters, labels, sending them etc. From their perspective it doesn't really matter whether people wait an extra week or not ;-) Ducon, what committee were you on for FQRSC? I am also on the waitlist for my committee (1st).. I am just hoping if I do not get SSHRC that someone on my committee does (one of 8 people)!
avsilver Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Judging by the rapid uptake in responses to this thread, I suspect that people's tensions/anxiety may have reached the boiling point. Gah!! As was said earlier, I realize that this is a competition, but best of luck to all of you. Andsowego 1
cathaea Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 This was posted last week though.... so I am a bit confused now! Last week they said this week!! To be fair, the first email that said they would be "mailed next week at the end of April" could very well have been meant to mean this Friday -- in which case, the newest email that they'll be mailed at the beginning of next week would only be 2-3 days after the deadline proposed by that first email response. So the deadline's creeping a bit but it still seems like a good shot that they'll be mailed end of this week/early next.
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Judging by the rapid uptake in responses to this thread, I suspect that people's tensions/anxiety may have reached the boiling point. Gah!! As was said earlier, I realize that this is a competition, but best of luck to all of you. Absolutely....I need to finish grading exams for the class that I TA...and it is not getting done.. I seem to have developed extreme symptoms of ADHD.
checkeredBlanket Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 ughhh.,..the closer it gets the less confident I become in getting anything..somehow* now it seems I did everything wrong, could have done 1001 rthtings differently.....think I need some holidays after all this stressful waiting, sigh
Dakon Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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.
cathaea Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) ughhh.,..the closer it gets the less confident I become in getting anything..somehow* now it seems I did everything wrong, could have done 1001 rthtings differently.....think I need some holidays after all this stressful waiting, sigh 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. This is precisely how I feel. The suspense is making it impossible to work even though I've resigned myself to not getting anything. Edited April 23, 2012 by cathaea
avsilver Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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. Same. My MS Word file is blinking at me accusingly, but I just minimize and refresh GradCafe and my e-mail. Rinse and repeat x1000. I wish I could be productive under this level of anxiety!
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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. I need to work on my thesis but know I will only be able to once the results are finally here!!! hopefully this is soon so I do not fall too far behind.. SSHRC, look @ what you are doing to us
Dakon Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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!
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 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! AHH true.. if I don't get SSHRC, I will need to wait until June to hear back from FQRSC...this sounds dreadful....my supervisor wants to see a final draft of my thesis by June 20..... :S
checkeredBlanket Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 the money would be so great to get.....have any of you framed your topic as a continuation of your MA? or is an entireylly different topic? Apparently they don't like the same topics fot both MA and Phd..is that true?
DMMS18 Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 the money would be so great to get.....have any of you framed your topic as a continuation of your MA? or is an entireylly different topic? Apparently they don't like the same topics fot both MA and Phd..is that true? my topics are really different..i have heard stories on both sides of that argument. i have heard that they do not like it when they are too close though!
sugarcoatedsour Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 My scholarship officer informed of this: "I've checked the SSHRC secure site for university Scholarship Liaison Officers and they are no results listed there. A SSHRC Rep informed us a couple weeks ago that the Doctoral results will likely not be released until the end of April...and the Master's results will not be confirmed until early May."
checkeredBlanket Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 my topics are really different..i have heard stories on both sides of that argument. i have heard that they do not like it when they are too close though! well then I guess there goes my chance of getting anything...weep..weep..weep ***********
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