jasminetea Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Not to be a buzz kill but you can be an alternate for MONTHS. However, if you made it on the alternate list, there's a high chance you got OGS. I was an alternate last year for NSERC but ended up getting OGS. Not sure how it works if you're not studying in Ontario
booksandtea Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Now I got an email saying I will be offered it at the school I was an alternate for... is he just misinformed or did somebody decline theirs already?! Not the same group as you, but I immediately accepted one offer/declined the other at about 12:15 in the morning. I already had decided where I would go based on the different possibilities with SSHRC, so I didn't have to think about it. It's probable that others had the same immediate reaction, especially if (as some other posters have noted) they didn't actually apply to the schools they sent CGS apps to. Congrats, YOU GOT THE MONEY (and the pride)! Now I'm off to finally send break up emails to the grad admins I've been begging for more time to decide for the past month and a half. Congrats everybody! Don't lose hope if you're an alternate: remember there are only 2500 of these spread over a country with (by my semi-educated guess) over 100000 Masters students, the fact that we're among this group is an amazing accomplishment.
nakuu Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Wow, mine just changed from alternate to offer as well! I guess people are already declining their offers to u of t?
SocialScientist Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Offered at Ryerson, Lakehead, and U of Regina. Will be accepting at Ryerson because that's where I am going :) Congratulations! Me too!
SocialScientist Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Congratulations to everyone! I know it can feel discouraging to find out your an alternate but books and tea ^^ is right, its an amazing accomplishment to be apart of that group!
MathCat Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Heard from all programs now. One offer, one alternate that already became an offer, and another alternate. The third surprised me, as that department repeatedly assured me it was a near-guarantee, but I guess they don't get to decide, so they probably shouldn't have said this. Still, that one's a bit disappointing.
strange_quark Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Does anyone know how one might find out the ranking if you're on the waitlist?
ParisGeller Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Does anyone know how you receive this money if you are awarded it? I accepted for September so will I receive a cheque? Does it happen in installments? Good luck to everyone on the alternate lists!!
derbderb Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Does anyone know how one might find out the ranking if you're on the waitlist? Email the department through which you applied! I did this morning and found out where I sit on the overall wait list. What I think would be especially valuable is a breakdown of your evaluation/scorecard but I haven't heard back yet on how/whether they will make this available.
happy little pill Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know how you receive this money if you are awarded it? I accepted for September so will I receive a cheque? Does it happen in installments? Good luck to everyone on the alternate lists!! It's administered through your institution and follows your institutional pay schedule (I am due to receive my last three MA payments this month). At Concordia, I get it with my TA/RA paycheck every two weeks, but if I were to hold it at York, where I'm headed, for example, it would be paid out to me in monthly instalments on the 25th of each month. So you'll have to check with the specifics of how people are paid at your uni. Congratulations to everyone who has received an award! I know the feeling and you should be proud - and to the alternates, don't be discouraged! I'm sure that a lot of people will be rejecting offers as we've seen in this thread and good things will come your way! Edited April 1, 2015 by happy little pill
Abyss21 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Not to be a buzz kill but you can be an alternate for MONTHS. However, if you made it on the alternate list, there's a high chance you got OGS. I was an alternate last year for NSERC but ended up getting OGS. Not sure how it works if you're not studying in Ontario That's very true! I'm an alternate for CGS but I just found out today that I got an OGF (Ontario Graduate Fellowship) so there actually is hope for alternates in Ontario.
strange_quark Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Email the department through which you applied! I did this morning and found out where I sit on the overall wait list. What I think would be especially valuable is a breakdown of your evaluation/scorecard but I haven't heard back yet on how/whether they will make this available. I did! And they declined to tell me. Did they tell you how many people are on the waitlist at your university? As a percentage of number of awards given out?
matt79156 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I assume no one has heard from SHHRC CGS M at UBC? I'm suprised they would not announce on the first day to remain competitive with other offers.
victorydance Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I assume no one has heard from SHHRC CGS M at UBC? I'm suprised they would not announce on the first day to remain competitive with other offers. I did. I'm an alternate. I already declined their offer of acceptance though.
lore Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I assume no one has heard from SHHRC CGS M at UBC? I'm suprised they would not announce on the first day to remain competitive with other offers. I received an offer and declined.
ParisGeller Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Regarding UBC SSHRC - My friend received an offer for them (she will be declining to go to a different institution) Edited April 1, 2015 by ParisGeller
blueivy Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I assume no one has heard from SHHRC CGS M at UBC? I'm suprised they would not announce on the first day to remain competitive with other offers. I received an offer from UBC and one from Queen's (alternate for Toronto). I'm going to reject at least one of those though so at least one Queen's or UBC CGS will open up
matt79156 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) I'm suprised to hear of these UBC decisions. I'm still listed as "Received by Administrator." I did hear from 3 other schools. Edited April 1, 2015 by matt79156
?Questions? Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I am currently a first year master's student and received the CGS-M this year. Does anyone know what will happen If I accept for September 2015 and I graduate in June 2016? Will I still get the full amount even though it is not a full year? Thank you
nakuu Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) I am currently a first year master's student and received the CGS-M this year. Does anyone know what will happen If I accept for September 2015 and I graduate in June 2016? Will I still get the full amount even though it is not a full year? Thank you I asked my advisor the same question as I am in the same situation. You will only receive 2/3 of SSHRC funding if you graduate in June. If your university allows it, you will have to graduate in November 2016 in order to receive the full award. I'm assuming you currently hold some other award which prevents you from starting the award in May 2015. Edited April 1, 2015 by nakuu
strange_quark Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Anyone know approximately how many alternatives a school typically keeps for each NSERC CGSM award given out?
?Questions? Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 I asked my advisor the same question as I am in the same situation. You will only receive 2/3 of SSHRC funding if you graduate in June. If your university allows it, you will have to graduate in November 2016 in order to receive the full award. I'm assuming you currently hold some other award which prevents you from starting the award in May 2015. Thank you!
WhatIsThisLife? Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 As a heads up to Alternates - my department was asked about the wait list (last year and again today) and they responded that they were not given that information. According to them, the only info they have is how many students applied and who was awarded. From this they can then deduce the rest but are unable to make a distinction between alternates and rejections: Concordia Soci/Anth department 11 students applied 5 awarded.
strange_quark Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 As a heads up to Alternates - my department was asked about the wait list (last year and again today) and they responded that they were not given that information. According to them, the only info they have is how many students applied and who was awarded. From this they can then deduce the rest but are unable to make a distinction between alternates and rejections: Concordia Soci/Anth department 11 students applied 5 awarded. Thanks for the info. I think this might vary a lot from school to school, then. Conceivably the high ranked schools will have much fewer people rejecting their NSERC offer, unless they're going for even higher ranked schools (eg in the US). Darn. grad_stud and strange_quark 2
grad_stud Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Got an alternate at UofC for my CGSM CIHR app. Happy its not an outright rejection but it could've been a better outcome. Luckily I have an Alberta graduate scholarship offer in case this doesn't work out. Good luck to everyone on the alternate list, pray for some declines so the money trickles down to us. Also pleased about finding grad cafe and this thread in particular, it's reassuring knowing whats happening with other graduate students just because of the certain dissonance that exists with these kinds of things. Edited April 2, 2015 by grad_stud
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