BlessMeWithSnow Posted December 25, 2017 Posted December 25, 2017 Hey! I just finished applying to UBT UoT and McGill university. I know most people here are submitting to American schools but are there any applicants for Canada? Or people who already study there? I'm an international student and didn't have the time to do the GRE Any luck for past applicants that know anything about the process?
CanadianEnglish Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 I applied to Canadian schools as well! (Although all different from yours) I applied for the MA program at U of Manitoba, UBC and Carleton. I'm a Canadian with a US BA. Have you heard anything from your programs so far?
la_mod Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 I am! But I know nothing about it, ha. Last year I applied to Toronto and received a postal rejection in mid-March. Not sure if paper is typical or if that info is remotely helpful! I’m an American with an American BA. Oh! Also, for non-Canadians: Toronto received ~200 MA applications last year, had a class of somewhere between 30-45, and only accepted ONE non-Canadian.
BlessMeWithSnow Posted January 30, 2018 Author Posted January 30, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 4:49 PM, la_mod said: Oh! Also, for non-Canadians: Toronto received ~200 MA applications last year, had a class of somewhere between 30-45, and only accepted ONE non-Canadian. Expand Wow that's insane! I'm an American with a non American BA in English (currently in my final year). I have yet to hear from any program, from what I understand that send them out much later than American schools. Good luck to you all! What areas of focus are you all in? I'm aiming for Early Modern Drama (Ford, Webster, Shakespeare)
CanadianEnglish Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 2:17 PM, BlessMeWithSnow said: I have yet to hear from any program, from what I understand that send them out much later than American schools. Expand I think UBC tends to announce around the same time as American schools but that's all I know. I'm interested in postcolonial theory, and indigenous lit
la_mod Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 2:17 PM, BlessMeWithSnow said: Wow that's insane! I'm an American with a non American BA in English (currently in my final year). I have yet to hear from any program, from what I understand that send them out much later than American schools. Good luck to you all! What areas of focus are you all in? I'm aiming for Early Modern Drama (Ford, Webster, Shakespeare) Expand I’m C20 British! Mostly Modernism.
CanadianEnglish Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 Just heard from U of Manitoba! Accepted! WhatIsSleep and BlessMeWithSnow 2
la_mod Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 11:30 PM, canadianchart said: Just heard from U of Manitoba! Accepted! Expand I was hoping that was you! Congrats!
BlessMeWithSnow Posted January 31, 2018 Author Posted January 31, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 11:30 PM, canadianchart said: Just heard from U of Manitoba! Accepted! Expand Congrats!!!!
BlessMeWithSnow Posted January 31, 2018 Author Posted January 31, 2018 I saw that someone mentioned yesterday on the postings that McGill should be sending out PhD decisions soon in case anyone applied!
writethebeats Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Bless this Canadian thread. I have been scanning all other threads and am overwhelmed seeing all the American acceptances already! I am currently finishing up my English Honours undergrad (Canadian university) right now and have applied to UBC and McGill for the MA in English. Question: on your grad application portal, what is your "application status"? My applications were fully submitted by the first week of January (reference letters included), yet my status still says "Submitted". Shouldn't it be "Under Review" by this point? My friend who applied to similar schools for her MA in History has the same situation/question. Best of luck to all Edited February 5, 2018 by writethebeats
BlessMeWithSnow Posted February 5, 2018 Author Posted February 5, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 6:37 AM, writethebeats said: Bless this Canadian thread. I have been scanning all other threads and am overwhelmed seeing all the American acceptances already! I am currently finishing up my English Honours undergrad (Canadian university) right now and have applied to UBC and McGill for the MA in English. Question: on your grad application portal, what is your "application status"? My applications were fully submitted by the first week of January (reference letters included), yet my status still says "Submitted". Shouldn't it be "Under Review" by this point? My friend who applied to similar schools for her MA in History has the same situation/question. Best of luck to all Expand Hey, good luck! My status on both portals (McGill and UBC) is "Submitted" too. Only UofT has mine written as "Under Review"
CanadianEnglish Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 6:37 AM, writethebeats said: Bless this Canadian thread. I have been scanning all other threads and am overwhelmed seeing all the American acceptances already! I am currently finishing up my English Honours undergrad (Canadian university) right now and have applied to UBC and McGill for the MA in English. Question: on your grad application portal, what is your "application status"? My applications were fully submitted by the first week of January (reference letters included), yet my status still says "Submitted". Shouldn't it be "Under Review" by this point? My friend who applied to similar schools for her MA in History has the same situation/question. Best of luck to all Expand My UBC portal says "Submitted" at first, and then when I click "Manage" it shows that my status is "In Progress". Sometimes you kind of have to dig around the application portal to find another status other than submitted! BlessMeWithSnow 1
BlessMeWithSnow Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 9:51 PM, canadianchart said: My UBC portal says "Submitted" at first, and then when I click "Manage" it shows that my status is "In Progress". Sometimes you kind of have to dig around the application portal to find another status other than submitted! Expand Same thing
BlessMeWithSnow Posted February 8, 2018 Author Posted February 8, 2018 I know it’s still early, but there haven’t been many posters in the past couple of years - anyone heard anything yet?
la_mod Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 5:47 PM, BlessMeWithSnow said: I know it’s still early, but there haven’t been many posters in the past couple of years - anyone heard anything yet? Expand Nope! Been checking results for the past few years for all the schools I applied to, and it's all over the place. Zero consistency from one year to the next, ha. BlessMeWithSnow 1
BlessMeWithSnow Posted February 8, 2018 Author Posted February 8, 2018 Yup, some years it’s been first week of February, second weeks, others were the middle of March
RainDays Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 I applied for the phd in english at Mcgill and my application status still says "submitted" and not "under review" !!! I am freaking out - anyone have this same situation? I'm tempted to email the department and query, although I know this is not something I should do!
writethebeats Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 2:37 AM, RainDays said: I applied for the phd in english at Mcgill and my application status still says "submitted" and not "under review" !!! I am freaking out - anyone have this same situation? I'm tempted to email the department and query, although I know this is not something I should do! Expand While mine is for the Masters program, my application says the same thing. I am stressed.
RainDays Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 It's really strange. Especially because historically, from what I can see on the results pages here, McGill notifies successful applicants relatively early on (at least for PhD, and a few MAs). I think the only explanation is that they literally haven't opened/begun reviewing ours yet. That has to be it? Unless they have begun reviewing ours but have just neglected to change the statuses. I admit I called IT services at McGill and they told me they couldn't tell if my application had been opened or not by the department. No reassurance to be had.
writethebeats Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 5:07 AM, RainDays said: It's really strange. Especially because historically, from what I can see on the results pages here, McGill notifies successful applicants relatively early on (at least for PhD, and a few MAs). I think the only explanation is that they literally haven't opened/begun reviewing ours yet. That has to be it? Unless they have begun reviewing ours but have just neglected to change the statuses. Expand That's so frustrating. I was hoping for notification by early March, but now I'm not so sure that will transpire. My general impression is that most of the Canadian universities are way behind on review times. I saw a few acceptances for other Humanities programs (History, French Lit), so hopefully that means that English will be on the docket soon.
BlessMeWithSnow Posted February 9, 2018 Author Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 5:01 AM, writethebeats said: While mine is for the Masters program, my application says the same thing. I am stressed. Expand Mine says the same thing and I've also applied for the Masters program. Congrats for the acceptance into Teaching though! On 2/9/2018 at 5:07 AM, RainDays said: It's really strange. Especially because historically, from what I can see on the results pages here, McGill notifies successful applicants relatively early on (at least for PhD, and a few MAs). I think the only explanation is that they literally haven't opened/begun reviewing ours yet. That has to be it? Unless they have begun reviewing ours but have just neglected to change the statuses. I admit I called IT services at McGill and they told me they couldn't tell if my application had been opened or not by the department. No reassurance to be had. Expand I'm not sure that the 'submitted' is even going to change before it turns to 'Decision Made.' Hopefully they'll start sending out answers by the end of Feburary. Fingers crossed for all of us!
shandy, gentleman Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 2:37 AM, RainDays said: I applied for the phd in english at Mcgill and my application status still says "submitted" and not "under review" Expand Same here.
writethebeats Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 Soooooo when exactly is it too early to contact the DGS? *nervous laughter* BlessMeWithSnow 1
RainDays Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 Hahah yeah, my question exactly. I emailed the graduate coordinator at McGill twice and she never responded. Anyone hear of any acceptances of rejections from McGill for English? MA/PhD? This is crazy! On 2/13/2018 at 5:01 AM, writethebeats said: Soooooo when exactly is it too early to contact the DGS? *nervous laughter* Expand
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