Canadian Universities - Economics

[Dude.ImSoHayek]

Haven't been able to find a Waiting it Out thread on economics programs in Canada. Thought I'd get the ball rolling and see where it goes.

 

So far I have received offers from:

York, Calgary, Waterloo

 

Waiting to hear back from:

SFU, McGill
 

Anyone hear anything from these two?

[asli]

I am also still waiting to hear back from McGill.

[Kingace]

I've heard from SFU a few weeks ago and McGill last week. I'm still waiting to hear back from UBC. Has anyone heard from them?

Also, does anyone know if I could, or should, use my SFU funding offer to negotiate for more funding at McGill. They're probably not very far from each other if accounting for the cost of living in both areas, but I'd still like to get a bit more from McGill if I can. Should I try to leverage my SFU offer?

Edited March 15, 2016 by Kingace

[Dude.ImSoHayek]

23 hours ago, asli said:

I am also still waiting to hear back from McGill.

Hi, Asli

I received an offer from McGill today, so hopefully you hear back soon!

[Dude.ImSoHayek]

23 hours ago, Kingace said:

I've heard from SFU a few weeks ago and McGill last week. I'm still waiting to hear back from UBC. Has anyone heard from them?

Also, does anyone know if I could, or should, use my SFU funding offer to negotiate for more funding at McGill. They're probably not very far from each other if accounting for the cost of living in both areas, but I'd still like to get a bit more from McGill if I can. Should I try to leverage my SFU offer?

I'd definitely give it a shot. I stumbled across the following post by user booksnlooks a bit ago when I was wrestling with the same question. Let me know how it works out. Depending on how my budget looks, I might have to leverage other offers to make the same request myself.

 

[Kingace]

8 minutes ago, Dude.ImSoHayek said:

Hi, Asli

I received an offer from McGill today, so hopefully you hear back soon!

I just received an offer from Queens as well, today, and it is also better than McGill's. I will most likely use those to try and leverage a better one from McGill if I decide to go for McGill. I am still waiting on UBC, I don't know what's taking so long. Have you applied to UBC as well?

[Dude.ImSoHayek]

38 minutes ago, Kingace said:

I just received an offer from Queens as well, today, and it is also better than McGill's. I will most likely use those to try and leverage a better one from McGill if I decide to go for McGill. I am still waiting on UBC, I don't know what's taking so long. Have you applied to UBC as well?

No, I didn't

But I see in the Results page that some folks have received offers. It appears they are running a bit late this cycle. I would shoot them an e-mail inquiring as to results. It seems at least one person is sitting on the waitlist

[Kingace]

30 minutes ago, Dude.ImSoHayek said:

No, I didn't

But I see in the Results page that some folks have received offers. It appears they are running a bit late this cycle. I would shoot them an e-mail inquiring as to results. It seems at least one person is sitting on the waitlist

Well, thanks, I didn't know about this feature. I went and looked through the list, and they all appear to be Ph.D. offers as far as Economics goes, I couldn't find a single result for the MA in Economics, reassuring I guess.

[Dude.ImSoHayek]

Haha, of course! Silly me. Well just keep an eye on that list, then. Good luck,

Let me know how things work out

Edited March 17, 2016 by Dude.ImSoHayek

[Kingace]

I just got an offer with funding from UBC, I will be accepting and declining my other offers. Good luck to those on the waiting lists.

[d1an]

On 3/20/2016 at 8:39 AM, Kingace said:

I just got an offer with funding from UBC, I will be accepting and declining my other offers. Good luck to those on the waiting lists.

@Kingace, do you receive funding for your MA or PhD? From UBC itself?