sleepyphd

I was also successful, but will be turning down OGS as I received a doctoral SSHRC! Another move up in the waitlist! Congrats to all who were successful!

One of the later letter recipients in the GTA. I was successful :-) 19.1/30 No pubs and no conferences. All in the grades (many awards for these), references, and the proposal!

Same here... not feeling so hot right about now. Seems other GTA-ers are getting their letters... really wish I had mine too so that I can relax... whatever the outcome.

Mail went by in west end of Toronto... no letter Anybody else in GTA have anything to report?

Way to go to our first results poster! Nice to kick it all off with good news! Anybody in GTA already get their mail? Im wondering if I'm wasting my time staring out the window for the mailman today. Arhghg

Exactly the words out of my mouth!

Thank you for posting this! I thought it was helpful to get advice "in the first person". And even if we cant change the application this time around, these things are always helpful if we have to try again (gulp).

Exactly. Thank you. I wanted to share the info, but had I not mentioned that I myself received a result, people would have been asking "how" I know committees were starting to find out. Andsowego's self-righteousness is uncalled for... this is just about letting fellow gradstudents in on something. Good luck with SSHRC and OGS... Im waiting to hear on the SSHRC!

Common sense indeed: its a government body... they are notoriously slow (they prepare for one mass distribution, and this takes time). And again, its unlikely that ALL departments know at the same time, so in the interest of "fairness", they dont allow results to be distributed by the schools themselves.

Still NOT the point. Not everything is so "official", as you seem to think they must be. The purpose of my initial posts were to inform you all that committees already know... simple as that. NOT that OGS granted my department early notification permission -- if this were the case, I would have said that. OGS wasn't part of the department's decision to reveal results to some who were trying to make admission/job decisions with early April deadlines (this is all i meant by unique, because some were in this boat while others were not); my post implied that the department wasn't following dumb OGS protocol, obviously (hence my rant about calling it unprofessional all you want, bla bla). I was merely pointing out that rather than jump all over the department for doing this (or the messenger posting that they do in fact already know), we should be blaming OGS for making departments remain hush while they take their sweet time to notify students 1.5 months after decision is made.

Yes... I already shared this type of info a while back but people either didnt believe me or got upset that I had some of this very insider info you speak of now. Whoever it is that makes up the funding committee in your department likely already knows (at least mine do, and I have a friend in another department where this is also the case). Go a couple pages back and you'll see my post (along with people's responses to my post). In a forum where people are looking for others to pass along info they've been privy to, I thought perhaps people would have been appreciative of my post. Guess not... but hey, I tried to share what I knew. Call it "a lack of integrity" on behalf of the department, or "unprofessional" all you want, but post after post in this "in the bank" forum has people wishing they knew about funding earlier in order to make tough decisions about admission and job offers a little easier... but when departments try to alleviate some of these difficulties by sharing info to help certain students in unique circumstances - who for some stupid bureacratic reason wouldnt otherwise be told until over a month later - suddenly this is bad. YES its not fair that all students arent told right away, YES its unfair that we have to wait to be told something that has already been decided on a month ago. But to jump all over the department who tries to help certain students make crucial choices rather than sitting on info that this student will EVENTUALLY find out anyway while watching them squirm to make those admission or job decisions is also unfair. Instead of condemning them, condemn the system that is currently in place... to expect students to respond to admission offers, TA contracts, RA contracts etc BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN TOLD IF THEY WILL BE FUNDED is simply ridiculous. We submit these applications in Oct... I dont think its too much to ask that results be released by end of March to ensure that Ontario's students can make the best decisions for themselves. I really wish the best of luck to everyone in the competition, and I look forward to seeing people announce their good news on the forum!

The date is officially APRIL... getting anxious! Does everyone think we'll be waiting until May like many previous years?

Yes I know my result for 2012-2013... that I will be receiving one in Sept 2012. Basically, the grad coordinator of your department would have already been notified of who within their unit received an OGS. However, it is usually the case that they are not supposed to release the info until closer to when results are shared with the actual applicants. This might be because they release more as people dont accept the OGS because they received a SSHRC or some other funding.

Your supervisors and administrators already know the results. Just depends on how long they take to email out the results. Last year I found out first week of May. Found out I have received a second OGS for 2012-2013 Once you have one you're likely to get another provided you've improved from the year before.

Hello! I am at U of T and I have heard some undergrad crim students say they got in ... seems you should hear soon. Good luck to you both!