NSERC PGS/CGS - D Waitlist numbers

[liammo29]

Was put on a waitlist but was never told where on the waitlist I am. I am in the mechanical engineering section and they said that they typically offer lots of people the award from the wait list. I am curious of the 70 applicants in that section (section 201), how many are typically offered an NSERC and how many are on the waitlist. Thanks!

[ragequit101]

This year NSERC started mailing out your rankings. I know I got mine, I was in the high 20's out of 192 applicants in the Cellular and Molecular Biology division and I was awarded the CGS-D. Did you not get a letter some time towards the end of March? From there you could do a little bit of guess work by looking at the # of awards handed out (roughly 45% of applicants in each division are winners). Without that it'll be real hard to tell. 

[liammo29]

Thanks for the response, I was number 33 of 70! So maybe I do have a decent chance

Edited April 7, 2017 by liammo29

[liammo29]

was speaking with NSERC and they said roughly 10% make alternate. If its true that almost half get awarded and I am 34/70 I may have a chance!

[namastayingalive]

I had no idea so many people got offers from the waiting list. I'm an alternate, but haven't received anything by mail. I've applied to CGS-M. Did people have any success with directly emailing NSERC?

[MathCat]

1 hour ago, namastayingalive said:

I had no idea so many people got offers from the waiting list. I'm an alternate, but haven't received anything by mail. I've applied to CGS-M. Did people have any success with directly emailing NSERC?

CGS-M process is quite different from the PGS-D/CGS-D process. CGS-M is institution specific - they are the ones who will know how the waitlist is organized.

[namastayingalive]

Yay! I got an offer for CGS-M  No details on comments from the reviewers though.

Thanks for the info! Maybe one day I'll be applying for PGS