jewellerytears Posted April 5, 2016 Posted April 5, 2016 I found out that I am #10 on the alternate list for University of Victoria.
Arkel_angel Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 23 minutes ago, jewellerytears said: I found out that I am #10 on the alternate list for University of Victoria. Good luck! 10 isnt too far! I am 70 overall (we only take 41 though, so I have 30 people ahead of me). You have good chances I spoke to my program and they said if you are top 20 after those already selected, you have a high chance
time_consume_me Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Arkel_angel said: Good luck! 10 isnt too far! I am 70 overall (we only take 41 though, so I have 30 people ahead of me). You have good chances I spoke to my program and they said if you are top 20 after those already selected, you have a high chance One thing I never really understood - that is 41 institution wide, right? Does that mean everyone is ranked within the institution on a single 'list.' I always thought that the departments themselves doled them out ... Anyone got any clues? ex: A PoliSci applicant is offered and declines. Does someone waitlisted in EngLit move up one or does a waitlisted PoliSci application move ...? Edited April 6, 2016 by hojoojoh clarification
cicadid Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Today I received a status change email and my status had changed from 'not offered' to 'alternate'. As far as I know, this is impossible!? Was there maybe a glitch and I was on the alternate list all along, or perhaps the entire offered and alternate list declined? Has anyone heard of this occurring before?
rushistory Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 14 hours ago, hojoojoh said: One thing I never really understood - that is 41 institution wide, right? Does that mean everyone is ranked within the institution on a single 'list.' I always thought that the departments themselves doled them out ... Anyone got any clues? ex: A PoliSci applicant is offered and declines. Does someone waitlisted in EngLit move up one or does a waitlisted PoliSci application move ...? From my understanding our applications are ranked at a departmental level. HOWEVER, this ranking is just a suggestion. The SGS then "re-scores" and "re-ranks" all the applicants from all departments. Depending on the school the SGS may or may not inform the department how their applicants ranked on the school-wide level (I know this because Toronto told me I had ranked highly at the departmental level and the SGS told them I had also been well ranked in the school-wide competition. However, at Carleton the department told me they had no information regarding how I ranked school-wide). From what I understand there are no quotas per department, applicants are given an individual score and then ranked based on the score. So if a PoliSci person is offered and declines, the next person on this list is offered, regardless of what department they are in. Hope this makes sense... Arkel_angel 1
namastayinalive Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 Not offered at UBC Looks like statuses will start to be updated soon. Good luck everyone!
Arkel_angel Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 1 hour ago, namastayinalive said: Not offered at UBC Looks like statuses will start to be updated soon. Good luck everyone! I'm really sorry . That sucks! Status might change, however they can keep offering to alternates until January... It will depend on whether all awards have been accepted. Therefore it's until all awards are accepted, or January. Whichever comes first.
namastayinalive Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Arkel_angel said: I'm really sorry . That sucks! Status might change, however they can keep offering to alternates until January... It will depend on whether all awards have been accepted. Therefore it's until all awards are accepted, or January. Whichever comes first. Thanks, I didn't know that!
Arkel_angel Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 So.... Anyone think I still have a chance for a SSHRC? I'm 70 and we only take 44.... Concordia University. I keep trying to math out the different probabilities.... time_consume_me 1
zitaltw Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 On 4/9/2016 at 6:59 PM, Arkel_angel said: So.... Anyone think I still have a chance for a SSHRC? I'm 70 and we only take 44.... Concordia University. I keep trying to math out the different probabilities.... I didn't check my ranking but I just got my offer for SSHRC from Western yesterday! There are definitely still chances that you could get it so good luck!
Arkel_angel Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 2 hours ago, zitaltw said: I didn't check my ranking but I just got my offer for SSHRC from Western yesterday! There are definitely still chances that you could get it so good luck! hey thanks! Did you only apply to Western or were you also offered at another school too? Maybe I should have applied to more than one school!
benosimo Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Anyone else out there going nuts on the alternate list and just hoping to find out one way or the other in the next couple days??
jewellerytears Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 33 minutes ago, benosimo said: Anyone else out there going nuts on the alternate list and just hoping to find out one way or the other in the next couple days?? Definitely benosimo 1
benosimo Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 There's a little comfort in knowing that I'm not alone, even if rationally I musn't be alone
CruelOptimism Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 Being an alternate sucks. But I suppose this is the way of the road in academia... It only gets worse as we get higher up, too. SSHRC, historically, has mostly funded white folks who are not in financial need. So perhaps there is some solidarity in not getting SSHRC? Going to be a massive killjoy here, but: Congrats to all the people who got SSHRC who are not rich, white, straight, cis men!
benosimo Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 I'm actually an alternate for CIHR, which may be the worst of the bunch. Only 15 offered at my university As for your last comment (which is a little surprising, but definitely not shocking) - I'm definitely not rich... Also, one of my good buddies just got a SSHRC and from that list he would only be able to tick off man. So hopefully that's a sign of progress; but with an n of 1 who can say!
Arkel_angel Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Today is the 21st. For schools who gave out result april 1st, the first batch of people who got SSHRC will have to decide today.
noadlersahob Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 I got my offer off the alternate list this morning (UBC)! Glad to not be in limbo anymore.
Arkel_angel Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 1 hour ago, noadlersahob said: I got my offer off the alternate list this morning (UBC)! Glad to not be in limbo anymore. Omg!! Congratulations Did you apply for other schools too? Arg, what i would hate the most is when either: 1) you get the award, but not for the school your really want (alternate for that one) and have to wait and hope you get it before the 21 days are over. Or 2) you only applied to one school and keep your fingers crossed you'll be next
noadlersahob Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Only to one school! It will be for my second year of my MA as I didn't apply last year. Arkel_angel 1
Arkel_angel Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 All awards at Concordia have been accepted. Emails will be sent shortly (says my school)
benosimo Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 Western apparently has 1 of 15 CIHR allocated CGS-M's left - not sure for the other 2 councils at this point.
Sundaythecat Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 On 2016-04-05 at 8:34 PM, cicadid said: Today I received a status change email and my status had changed from 'not offered' to 'alternate'. As far as I know, this is impossible!? Was there maybe a glitch and I was on the alternate list all along, or perhaps the entire offered and alternate list declined? Has anyone heard of this occurring before? This happened to me as well... did you ever figure out why it happened? Did you end up being offered?
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