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Received official notification letter in the mail today (I'm located in Kingston).

Hi all - I've been lurking on this thread for a solid two weeks now. Once I saw a few people had results I just could not wait anymore - so I emailed my graduate chair about 20 minutes ago and already got a reply! Successful application! CGS-D for three years! I am literally dumbfounded. I didn't even get forwarded by my uni last year!! Long story short - be a pest and send an email!

No, graduate students are not typically on the admissions committee. All the info above is what I've garnered from being in the department for 1.5 years (I also did my MA at Queen's) and from reports from the graduate chair on the structure of the programs in upcoming years (re: size of PhD and MA programs).

Current Queen's PhD here - Queen's first round of PhD and MA acceptances officially went out on February 26th (some PhD offers have been known to applicants since mid-February). So if you haven't heard from the department via email, it doesn't necessarily mean you are rejected. The program is taking a lot more graduate students this year (24 MA, 7 PhD) and they usually "over-offer" by a third (with the expectation that a third of the offers they send out will be rejected by the applicants in favour of other programs) and also usually give until the end of March to consider the offer, so if an applicant is ranked "lower" it might take longer to hear back this year (that's just a guess on my part though). It's still really early so I wouldn't panic yet, but if you haven't heard by March, I would email our graduate assistant - to my knowledge if you are rejected, you won't hear if that's the case until quite late in the season (late March to mid-April). If you (or anyone else considering Queen's) has other q's feel free to pm me

You go to U of T for the name recognition and the prestige, not for the funding. The most highly ranked candidates receive only $1000-2000 in funding, everyone else gets an acceptance and nothing else.

I'm actually from Vancouver - I just moonlight as an Eastern Canadian And yes, we are all winter and we should get double-doubles and build our own quinzee to drink that beer in!

I withdrew my PhD acceptance from York and accepted elsewhere. I hope you get your funding info well before their deadline in order to really consider it! They send it in the mail - I received the funding letter on THE LAST DAY of their offer deadline. Luckily I emailed the graduate assistant to get the info over email because I didn't have time to wait for snail mail. Not exactly the most well organized department, but good luck!

Queen's has sent out Economic offers already. Typically Queen's won't start sending out rejections until people accept/decline their offers and spots fill up or they need to send out another round of offers. I would email or call the department and just inquire - nothing wrong in asking.

I definitely disagree with you - Kingston has SO much to offer and is in no way "awful". Especially if you are athletic and like activities outdoors (kayaking, canoeing, biking, hiking in the summer; snowshoeing, cross country skiing in the winter etc). Plus, for a smaller city, the downtown nightlife in Kingston is great - tons of unique restaurants with great food that is comparable to downtown Vancouver food culture (where I'm from), lots of place to go drink with friends, whether you want to go to a sports bar, dive bar, or irish bar.. (there's a lot of bars). The culture here is really great as well - farmer's market, LGBT film showings, museums, The Spoken Word on Friday nights, history walking tours etc... And if you have a car and care to venture out of the Queen's campus bubble there is plenty to do on the west side of town (even if it's just going shopping or to the movies). Basically, if you are considering Queen's MPA or Queen's in any fashion, please don't let one post sway you. It's really all about what you make of Kingston, and I've come to learn that the undergrads here (I'm a graduate student) usually don't appreciate the city for what it is.

Yes! Timmies has infiltrated the south

University of Toronto (Political Science Phd (F14) Comparative) Rejected March 14 Note: "Emailed the department after seeing the posts here. Got a fully funded offer at Michigan, so I'll still be in the north! WINTER IS COMING. YOUR LOSS CANADA." As a Canadian, this made me laugh out loud. But seriously, the north IS Canada. We ARE winter

I have a few friends (three to be exact) who have received acceptance from Queen's MPA this week and last, fyi. They've been offered admission with funding to come in the mail.

My go-to: Salmon (get it frozen) brush with some olive oil, sea salt and pepper; bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees. Side? Anything in the fridge - but usually roasted veg or some sort of salad. Cheap and quick!

Yup, Queen's is my top choice! Hopefully I can decide by the end of this week

Ah thanks for the info! - I'm contemplating pulling out just because I have great offers from other schools and it's not a great fit for me (UBC doesn't even have my main field, Gender) so I was surprised I even made the wait list... Plus not sure how long I should wait to hear about an offer that may never come!