absTerrified Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Does UoT accept only two internationals? on their website How many applications do you receive?For our PhD program, we receive around 70 applications from domestic students and 150 applications from international students. Each year, we admit around 15 domestic students and 2 international students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncompromisable Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Wow, Wisconsin-Madison gets like 500 applications while UofT only gets 220? I guess people know about this bias. 15 admitted from 70 Canadian applicants really bites them in the ***. I knew some lackluster people who got off the waitlist cause they ran short on applicants and their first offers got rejected. Those dudes dropped out after the first year, total waste. They've had rather impressive placements in recent years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I've been told Queens favors people with Canadian degrees. UBC seems to have a decent amount of international students in their PhD program, not so many in their MA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronk17 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hey guys, Was offered admission to Westerns MA-PhD program this morning. I am quite ecstatic and wish everyone else luck as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absTerrified Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I've been told Queens favors people with Canadian degrees. UBC seems to have a decent amount of international students in their PhD program, not so many in their MA. Thanks for the info! Wish Canadian uni's showed the same love to us Commonwealth kids, we are part of the family too! Congrats Gronk17! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aascd Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hey guys, Was offered admission to Westerns MA-PhD program this morning. I am quite ecstatic and wish everyone else luck as well!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Was offered admission to Western's MFE! going to accept the offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronk17 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Was offered admission to Western's MFE! going to accept the offer. Fantastic news and congratulations. As a side, do you have any/in the process of gaining any qualifications like CFA, FRM, etc? I'm in the middle of studying for the FRM and it's actually made me feel like the U of T MFE (applied, haven't heard back) won't be for me (if I get in). It's just not quite as interesting to me as economics, even though the employment prospects look so good....ugh Would love to hear why Western's MFE is your personal top choice! Now that I have Western's MA-PhD offer in hand, i'm spending alot of time thinking about the decision haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I have multiple reasons for the MFE being my top choice. But the main is that I have zero intention of doing a PhD, and an MFE provides much better employment prospects, especially in the financial industry. I will sit for my CFA exams in the future but am not currently in either the CFA/FRM. The program director did mention many students end up in risk management though. Let me know if you end up coming to Western also, we will probably see each other around a lot. Gronk--Feel free to PM me if you want to know a little bit more behind my decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronk17 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I got accepted to Western MA. So excited! Would probably attend, although I am still waiting for UofT UBC and Queens. I think MA at UWO dominates the other 3 programs. Any thoughts? Congrats! Perhaps will see you next year at UWO. If you’re goal is to enter the PhD then I’d say UWO has a leg up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I got accepted to Western MA. So excited! Would probably attend, although I am still waiting for UofT UBC and Queens. I think MA at UWO dominates the other 3 programs. Any thoughts? Congrats, and I agree with Gronk, if you want to do a PhD Western is a good choice because its a PhD stream MA. if you dont want to do a PhD i wouldn consider Queens or U of T if you get offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aascd Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Just heard back from U of T! Accepted to MA Economics with pre-approval for PhD stream. $5000 funding + 6600 TAship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Just heard back from U of T! Accepted to MA Economics with pre-approval for PhD stream. $5000 funding + 6600 TAship Congrats dude, you thinking you will likely accept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aascd Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yes, I think so. I’m still waiting to hear back from the LSE, so I would consider that, although the cost is fairly extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianEcon Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yes, I think so. I’m still waiting to hear back from the LSE, so I would consider that, although the cost is fairly extreme. M.Sc. Econ?? would be a great experience, but yes, those international fees are expensive. Not even considering living costs. I was going to apply to LSE Financial econ but never got around to the GRE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absTerrified Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 There's a UBC acceptance on GC. Is this real? Anyone know if UBC trickle or batch offers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EconCO Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 There's a UBC acceptance on GC. Is this real? Anyone know if UBC trickle or batch offers? I'm having the same question. From last years I've seen they send like two waves of acceptances. However only one acceptance seems weird, and around a week early compared to previous years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adeline Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Can confirm at least two personalized emails from UBC last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad1try Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Can confirm at least two personalized emails from UBC last night. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absTerrified Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Can confirm at least two personalized emails from UBC last night. Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EconCO Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Congratulations!! May I ask about the conditions? There’s a post on gradcafe apparently worried about the stipend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adeline Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Good luck everyone. They say funding information will come with the formal offers one to two weeks from now. In the past, funding was 20k (Canadian). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aascd Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Got a queens acceptance on Friday as well- good results so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad1try Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Anyone hear back from McGill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straw126 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi there. Just received my acceptance to PhD in Economics from McGill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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