Application timing for Canadian Universities?

[eltoro89]

I am an applicant from the US interested in applying for MA programs in Canada.

I am having a little worries about the application deadlines that I'm seeing.

It seems at all the universities that offer my program, most of them only accept students for the Fall (Winter) semester. These applications are usually due between January-March. That would be no problem, except my intention was to apply to grad school for the Fall, and I'm just about to start my final semester. I graduate this May, which is past the date for application. It seems that these universities want completed applications AND supporting documents by that time period or else an applicant will not be considered.

By this reasoning, I'd graduate this Spring and would have to wait out the Fall semester of 2012 and apply in the Spring of 2013 for admission into the Fall semester of 2013, which puts me a year out of the way. There's only one university that I am considering that has entry into the Spring semester with applications due in July. This would only put me off at six months, but if I'm not accepted to that one program, I'm put behind.

Is this common practice in Canada or indeed of grad school in general? Should I explain the situations to the schools and see if they will hold my applications until the receipt of my final transcripts?

I'm moving to Canada regardless because my fiancee is from there and we're getting married and going through the whole me getting permanent residency thing. That's why everything's been a tad last minute with admissions, we've been deliberating on whether staying here was the best course and decided that we would prefer Canada.

[wheatGrass]

This is normal. Schools will accept you on the condition that you maintain your gpa. You'll need to send in your final transcript after your courses are finished.

[eltoro89]

Thanks! The schools just confirmed this as well. I guess I mistakingly assumed that a transcript was a supporting document!

[ktel]

You should be able to send a transcript which has your studies to date. It doesn't need to have your final semester, although they will request that before you can start

[DustSNK]

I am an applicant from the US interested in applying for MA programs in Canada.

I am having a little worries about the application deadlines that I'm seeing.

It seems at all the universities that offer my program, most of them only accept students for the Fall (Winter) semester. These applications are usually due between January-March. That would be no problem, except my intention was to apply to grad school for the Fall, and I'm just about to start my final semester. I graduate this May, which is past the date for application. It seems that these universities want completed applications AND supporting documents by that time period or else an applicant will not be considered.

By this reasoning, I'd graduate this Spring and would have to wait out the Fall semester of 2012 and apply in the Spring of 2013 for admission into the Fall semester of 2013, which puts me a year out of the way. There's only one university that I am considering that has entry into the Spring semester with applications due in July. This would only put me off at six months, but if I'm not accepted to that one program, I'm put behind.

Is this common practice in Canada or indeed of grad school in general? Should I explain the situations to the schools and see if they will hold my applications until the receipt of my final transcripts?

I'm moving to Canada regardless because my fiancee is from there and we're getting married and going through the whole me getting permanent residency thing. That's why everything's been a tad last minute with admissions, we've been deliberating on whether staying here was the best course and decided that we would prefer Canada.

Same boat here to the T. You need to research getting your PR in connection to having a study permit and vise versa. Not trying to scare you, but if you already have an app for PR you gotta check to see if you can apply for a study permit also. Or if you have a study permit, can you apply for PR without thinks going haywire. I don't wanna relate a situation I don't know enough about, but I know someone who was in CAN for 10 years on a work.study permit, got married, and is having trouble with the PR application because of past study permit stuff. All in all, really look into what you can/cant do. But go to Canada it's better there