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2 Fully-funded MSc Positions at University of Manitoba, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in immunohistochemistry, electrophysiology, behavioural assays, neural circuitry, neurodevelopment, behaviour and aging (particularly in insects).

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1380057377081335808?s=21

2 Fully-funded MSc Positions at University of Manitoba, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in immunohistochemistry, electrophysiology, behavioural assays, neural circuitry, neurodevelopment, behaviour and aging (particularly in insects).

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1380057377081335808?s=21

2 Fully-funded MSc Positions at University of Manitoba, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in immunohistochemistry, electrophysiology, behavioural assays, neural circuitry, neurodevelopment, behaviour and aging (particularly in insects).

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1380057377081335808?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at Carleton University, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (&interest) in Environmental Science, Geography, Social Ecological Research, Biology, Wildlife, Animal welfare/behaviour.

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1379076338003419139?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at Carleton University, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (&interest) in Environmental Science, Geography, Social Ecological Research, Biology, Wildlife, Animal welfare/behaviour.

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1379076338003419139?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at Carleton University, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (&interest) in Environmental Science, Geography, Social Ecological Research, Biology, Wildlife, Animal welfare/behaviour.

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1379076338003419139?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position in the lab of Dr Jessica Yue, University of Alberta, Canada.

Please Apply.

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377953734974660611?s=21

Sorry guys! McGill is out of Mastercard. Meanwhile, you can still apply to schools in Lebanon, France, South Africa & UC Berkeley.

Folks, please apply & start from somewhere- don't put all your eggs in �� basket.


https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377667279672999938?s=21

Good luck.

Fully-funded MSc Position at University of Ottawa, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in Bioinformatics, entomology, molecular techniques (e.g. DNA extractions, PCR), ecological theory, & scripting

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377151062340116480?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at University of Ottawa, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in Bioinformatics, entomology, molecular techniques (e.g. DNA extractions, PCR), ecological theory, & scripting

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377151062340116480?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at University of Ottawa, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in Bioinformatics, entomology, molecular techniques (e.g. DNA extractions, PCR), ecological theory, & scripting

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377151062340116480?s=21

Fully-funded MSc Position at University of Ottawa, Canada.

Suitable for students with background (& interest) in Bioinformatics, entomology, molecular techniques (e.g. DNA extractions, PCR), ecological theory, & scripting

Please Apply

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1377151062340116480?s=21

Coming to Canada

If you're considering Canada for your graduate studies, you should be strategic in how you email Professors. Another potential reason you don't get a response is because you're emailing Professors in High-paying tuition schools (e.g- UofT, McGill & UBC). Except they have grants to support you, incl. tuition (or you have a scholarship), they're limited in the number of International Students to accept

In this thread, I listed about 10 schools that pay the same tuition fees as locals. Please prioritize emailing Professors there.

Good luck

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1375075736470622208?s=20

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1356254615659020289?s=20

Adejoju1:
I read your writeup on twitter and also on uniosun alumni
Thank you for sharing with us

My pleasure �

Coming to Canada

If you're considering Canada for your graduate studies, you should be strategic in how you email Professors. Another potential reason you don't get a response is because you're emailing Professors in High-paying tuition schools (e.g- UofT, McGill & UBC). Except they have grants to support you, incl. tuition (or you have a scholarship), they're limited in the number of International Students to accept

In this thread, I listed about 10 schools that pay the same tuition fees as locals. Please prioritize emailing Professors there.

Good luck

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1375075736470622208?s=20

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1356254615659020289?s=20

Coming to Canada

If you're considering Canada for your graduate studies, you should be strategic in how you email Professors. Another potential reason you don't get a response is because you're emailing Professors in High-paying tuition schools (e.g- UofT, McGill & UBC). Except they have grants to support you, incl. tuition (or you have a scholarship), they're limited in the number of International Students to accept

In this thread, I listed about 10 schools that pay the same tuition fees as locals. Please prioritize emailing Professors there.

Good luck

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1375075736470622208?s=20

https://twitter.com/drhammed/status/1356254615659020289?s=20

Congratulations.

mrdynamix:
I got MCF Scholarship McGill this evening. God don finally do am for me.

God's favor to those still expecting.

Anyone living in Mississauga here? I would like to ask some questions.

portablesuzy:
montreal to be precise

Hi, you may ask questions and I'll answer as best as I can. I've been living in Montreal for close to 2yrs, so perhaps I can answer your questions.

I understand very well and quite agree with you and of course the OP. My point is that in addition to the right fit (good CGPA, GRE, etc), securing a potential Professor to support your application is one of the MAIN criteria for evaluation (especially Ph.D. admission). This is necessary because not all Profs admit students yearly for some reason (the lab is full, no funding, retiring soon, etc) as such if you apply, they won't review it. It's highly important to establish contact prior to application. Although this depends on each school and such information (securing prior or not) will be stated on the departmental website. But in most cases, you need at least ONE. Some schools will even state explicitly that "they won't review the documents of students without the support of a potential Prof".

fairheart:
I think what sultanfortune was saying is that his application was not competitive enough! While securing a supervisor is usually encouraged, not able to secure one prior admission doesn't mean application is automatically rejected. I can tell you based on experience that the applicant was not accepted into the program because of the quality of his application. The guy in question applied to schools well within top 50 schools in the US. Norte Dome for example, is ranked very high. Your GRE, SOP, etc, couple with experience must be competitive. A potential supervisor will evaluate you before he say go ahead! Note that a top 20 school will be looking for top 10 to top 20 students in GRE, GPA, etc. [/b]In this case, you can't get in if your application is not strong; in fact, no supervisor will give you attention, because you are well below the standard they are looking for. I learn this from Pepperdine! Haven't you contact a graduate school for inquery and when they see your GPA, GRE, and work experience, they tell you: [b]"You are a very strong student; while I cannot personally promise you admission, there is high chance you will get into our program. We look for students like you" More so, these top schools handpick applicants; they don't just ditch admission out. If he has highly competitive application, I can tell you he would have been accepted and then recommend him to a potential supervisor.

No school will overlook a student with GPA of 3.75 and above, 320-above in GRE, strong SOP, undergraduate education from top school in the US, Europe or Asia over someone with 310 from Nigeria. Remember, they are doing business, and it is required that they pick only highly qualified students that will contribute to the high standard of the department and the entire school profile. Anything short of this na waste of money--even if you have a supervisor that is ready, they would still not offer admission. That is my take, based on experiences with my students!

.

I beg to disagree with you a bit on this. For Ph.D. application (at least sciences, engineering) and in USA/Canada, you STRONGLY need an appraisal of a supervisor. Most schools will even state this categorically that "applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a potential PI". Of course, this is not universally through and some department allows you to apply and mention the name(s) of Profs you would like to work with (I must tell you this is tricky and your chances of gaining admission is way below 50% if you had not secured a PI already). Your narratives may be true if it's M.Sc application (most M.Sc thesis even requires you to secure PI 1st), but for a Ph.D., (and in 85% of schools that I have visited their website) you STRONGLY need the support of a Professor.

sultanfortune:
This is not true in most cases. Yes someone can contact a professor to be his/her supervisor but that does not mean that those who did not contact any professor will not get in.

The admission process is not biased against anyone regardless of contacting a professor or not.

Usually the admission committee meets and review application file of the individuals that applied into a certain program. They take a holistic review of the application file ranging from the GPA, GRE, statement of purpose, LOR, Resume and in some cases quality of ones writing sample.

That he has a fairly decent GRE score and GPA does not mean that he is automatically qualified to be given admission if the other parts of his application file is deficient in one way or the other. Another thing to look at is the quality of the applicants pool in the program he applied to, maybe the other people are strong in areas he may be deficient. A lot of people apply for PhD positions in schools and get in without contacting any professor or whatever the case may be.

My own take is, don’t make him believe he didn’t get in because he did not contact potential supervisor(s), admission decisions (reject/accept) is not hinged on contacting professors.

kayzee2374:
Same to you boss.. it been long you check here ooo..anyways thanks for the post boss. dont forget us oo, at least a message here still shows you won't ;

All the best bro. We shall celebrate you soon �

Happy New Month. All the best to everyone awaiting MCF decision.

atutupoyoyo2211:
I think someone just clarified it. Permanent residents get 10 years. My wife was denied US visa twice in 2018 when I was applying for her canadian PR. Once she landed in Canada middle of 2018, she applied for US visa after 2 weeks and got 10 year visa too. Nigerians have really suffered in Nigeria.

Lol. That's great.

sweetrie:
Permanent residents usually get 10years

Oh. Sounds good. If there's any link stating that on the embassy page, I'd appreciate if you can share.
Thanks.

atutupoyoyo2211:
This was when I crossed the border to the US. I have a 10 year US visa, which I hadn't used yet, so I just thought I cross over, have dinner and come back into Canada.

Sorry to ask bro,

Are you still using Nigerian passport? I mean you applied for US visa with Nigerian passport and got 10yrs Visa. Or is it another visa type and not B1/B2?. My opinion is that, US only grants 2yrs visa (B1/B2 category) for Nigerians (atleast that's what I and friends that I know have) even though I applied and got it in Canada.

PS: I'm not here to say you're lying or sort of. I just want to learn from that and perhaps I can pick something from it.

vikky47:
Prospective Mining and Materials Engineering applicants at McGill, should we apply to the department first or wait for Mastercard's update about the change of arrangement by the department?

Wait for departmental nomination. This is also good so you won't have to pay application fee.

maestro09:
Please the reference letters, who should it be addressed to?

For school or Mastercard?

If it's school, I would address it to Graduate program director or admission committee. If Mastercard, the MasterCard Selection Committee.

E.g:

To,
The MasterCard Scholarship Selection Committee,
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program,
University of ABC.
XYZ road, Lagos, Nigeria.

Or

To,

The Graduate Program Director,
Department of ABC,
University of XYZ.

I hope that helps, atleast for a start.

Apply and Goodluck

iamElgee:
thanks for the info boss. and yes my present cgpa is strong enough to get me nominated.

Although they may not be mutually exclusive, but the point from the man (Which to greater extent, TRUE) is that we should work when we're supposed to, and PRAY as needed. He didn't say you should stop prayers, but using that to justify what's not is the ish.

thesicilian:
Praying and going to work are not exclusive of each other. Only a man who doesn't really believe in God will tell you to "stop praying and go to work", since praying does not prevent you from going to work and vice versa.