Adelaide9216 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Posted September 26, 2017 I have just included the references I have used in my proposal, not more than that. It has to be on one page (for master's program.)
Adelaide9216 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Posted October 5, 2017 In the Common Canadian CV website, for FRQSC, it shows "valid" now that I've entered my FRQSC info in it. Is there any more steps that I need to do for this part or am I good?
Adelaide9216 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) My first respondant sent my LOR for FRQSC but my second hasn't and I wonder how many days before the deadline should I send her a reminder. It's the only thing I am missing in my application at this point. Edited October 7, 2017 by Adelaide9216
PsychBoy Posted October 7, 2017 Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) On 10/7/2017 at 3:21 AM, Adelaide9216 said: My first respondant sent my LOR for FRQSC but my second hasn't and I wonder how many days before the deadline should I send her a reminder. It's the only thing I am missing in my application at this point. Expand Are you talking about the masters award? Isn't the deadline Oct. 11? If so, you should remind her asap. Also, she might just see your reminder on Tuesday (i.e., the day before the deadline) as this is a long weekend. Edited October 7, 2017 by PsychBoy Adelaide9216 1
Adelaide9216 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Posted November 2, 2017 She did send her LOR the day before the deadline. I was able to send my application. Phew!
Adelaide9216 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Posted November 18, 2017 I can't believe that we will hear back from them only in April. Wow.
PsychBoy Posted November 18, 2017 Posted November 18, 2017 On 11/18/2017 at 6:16 PM, Adelaide9216 said: I can't believe that we will hear back from them only in April. Wow. Expand The beauty of scholarship applications
Adelaide9216 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Posted November 24, 2017 wow. Just got an email from them saying that I am not eligible because I have not reached the A- average for my undergraduate studies. I got upset with them explaining that this summer, I have exchanged more than 10 emails with the person in charge at FRQSC and she assured me that I was eligible after looking at my transcripts and doing the calculation. I applied to FRQSC because of that email conversation I had with her in the last few months. They said they will revise my application. But that doesn't mean that I will get the scholarship. My hypothesis is that I am on the verge of the A- or they have forgotten to calculate the two external courses I have taken during my undergraduate studies, my university doesn't calculate external courses towards my GPA even if each university has produced a transcript for each course that I have taken elsewhere.
PsychBoy Posted November 25, 2017 Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/24/2017 at 11:31 PM, Adelaide9216 said: wow. Just got an email from them saying that I am not eligible because I have not reached the A- average for my undergraduate studies. I got upset with them explaining that this summer, I have exchanged more than 10 emails with the person in charge at FRQSC and she assured me that I was eligible after looking at my transcripts and doing the calculation. I applied to FRQSC because of that email conversation I had with her in the last few months. They said they will revise my application. But that doesn't mean that I will get the scholarship. My hypothesis is that I am on the verge of the A- or they have forgotten to calculate the two external courses I have taken during my undergraduate studies, my university doesn't calculate external courses towards my GPA even if each university has produced a transcript for each course that I have taken elsewhere. Expand OMG I am SO sorry!! I read that with chills in my body! All the hours you spent on the application *hug*
Adelaide9216 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Posted November 25, 2017 thanks! That's exactly what I told them, I spent a lot of hours on my application... PsychBoy 1
Adelaide9216 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Posted November 25, 2017 I'm sure I won't be eligible for this scholarship. I hate that this woman, with whom I have speaking with for many months told me I was eligible. If I'm not, it means, I need to finish my master's thesis asap. Also, do you think not having FRSQC will break my chances for applying for the major doctoral scholarships such as Trudeau and Vanier?
PsychBoy Posted November 25, 2017 Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 6:16 PM, Adelaide9216 said: I'm sure I won't be eligible for this scholarship. I hate that this woman, with whom I have speaking with for many months told me I was eligible. If I'm not, it means, I need to finish my master's thesis asap. Also, do you think not having FRSQC will break my chances for applying for the major doctoral scholarships such as Trudeau and Vanier? Expand I don't think not having FRQSC will break your chances of having another scholarship...This is gonna sound very harsh but if you are not eligible for a FRQSC because of your grades (according to THEM...I am legit just repeating), perhaps it could be the same for a Vanier/Trudeau (which are extremely competitive)? Hopefully I'm wrong!!
Adelaide9216 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 10:20 PM, PsychBoy said: I don't think not having FRQSC will break your chances of having another scholarship...This is gonna sound very harsh but if you are not eligible for a FRQSC because of your grades (according to THEM...I am legit just repeating), perhaps it could be the same for a Vanier/Trudeau (which are extremely competitive)? Hopefully I'm wrong!! Expand I got SSHRC for this academic year. And I have a lot of relevant work and volunteer experience. I also got a lot of smaller scholarships prior to SSHRC. I hope I will make the cut for FRSQC, because my grades are good as a undergrad, but I must be right on the A- in my opinion (and now I'm a master student, I have a perfect average so far).
Adelaide9216 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Posted November 25, 2017 I was also told that SSHRC is more prestigious than FRQSC, so I find it strange that I am struggling to get FRQSC now...
PsychBoy Posted November 25, 2017 Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 10:36 PM, Adelaide9216 said: I got SSHRC for this academic year. And I have a lot of relevant work and volunteer experience. I also got a lot of smaller scholarships prior to SSHRC. I hope I will make the cut for FRSQC, because my grades are good as a undergrad, but I must be right on the A- in my opinion (and now I'm a master student, I have a perfect average so far). Expand yeah that's super odd...of course you should still apply for Vanier/Trudeau...especially if you have perfect average now... and yeah SSHRC is more prestigious because it's a federal scholarship but my understanding is that there are more SSHRC than FRQSC so that's probably why
Adelaide9216 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Posted November 26, 2017 It's my fault. I just took another look at my files to make sure that I have not made a mistake on my side. I wrote the wrong GPA in my file for FRQSC, two points under my real GPA (but the right one appears in the PDF of my transcript). I hope I won't be penalized for this. I wrote to them and told them about it.
PsychBoy Posted November 26, 2017 Posted November 26, 2017 On 11/26/2017 at 6:43 PM, Adelaide9216 said: It's my fault. I just took another look at my files to make sure that I have not made a mistake on my side. I wrote the wrong GPA in my file for FRQSC, two points under my real GPA (but the right one appears in the PDF of my transcript). I hope I won't be penalized for this. I wrote to them and told them about it. Expand yeah I was just gonna say write to them and explain the situation...especially because the PDF says the real one let us know what they say! good luck!
Adelaide9216 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Posted November 26, 2017 This is so stressful. I feel both relieved (for realizing the mistake) and anxious (because I might still not be eligible or they may not being able to give me a chance for this typo). Wow. PsychBoy 1
Adelaide9216 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Posted November 30, 2017 Still no news from them. So nervous...
PsychBoy Posted December 1, 2017 Posted December 1, 2017 On 11/30/2017 at 6:45 PM, Adelaide9216 said: Still no news from them. So nervous... Expand follow-up?
Adelaide9216 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Posted December 1, 2017 They told me last week they would follow up with me after the revision of my application. So I guess I just have to wait. PsychBoy 1
Adelaide9216 Posted December 11, 2017 Author Posted December 11, 2017 Still no news. It's been two weeks.
PsychBoy Posted December 11, 2017 Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) On 12/11/2017 at 12:11 AM, Adelaide9216 said: Still no news. It's been two weeks. Expand email them! soon they will be on vacation and it's going to be even harder/impossible to reach them... Edited December 11, 2017 by PsychBoy Adelaide9216 1
Adelaide9216 Posted December 11, 2017 Author Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/11/2017 at 3:45 AM, PsychBoy said: email them! soon they will be on vacation and it's going to be even harder/impossible to reach them... Expand Done. I hope I will be happy with their answer...
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