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Can anyone explain how UofT calculates their admission GPA? For example one semester I took one class--summer term, then the semester before that I took 3 classes. Do they add those together to give 4 classes aka a full course term? None of the classes I needed were offered at that time, so I only took 3. They make it seem like they don't look at the GPA if it wasn't on at least 4 classes that you took all at once. Thanks!

Hello all Looking for feedback if anyone has any ideas. I have a BSW and I worked my butt off to get roughly an A GPA (its from UVic, so a 7.75 on their scale) After 3 years working I am feeling ready to go back and do a MSW. I would like to focus on mental health and specifically infant mental health. I was thinking U of Calg. I would also really want to get back to the Maritimes and go to Dal. So my dilemma is the GPA calculation.. My Uvic gpa was calculated over 14 classes (not including practicums). However, I must be the dumbest person ever because I am finding out that quite a few schools calculate their GPA over 20 classes (last 2 years). Unfortunately for me, if I go back to my previous degree, that drags my average way way down--I did a degree in English and it really was not my passion. I ended up with a GPA of 2.7 on that degree. I guess my question is what suggestions to folks have if you don't mind helping me out. I feel so frustrated that a degree I did as a 21 year old would have such an impact on my future now. I can barely afford doing make up classes (if this would even work--I don't know if the classes have to be FT or not to count).

Literally as I wrote this I got admitted off the waitlist!! So relieved!! Thanks for the support!! Now, on to applying for loans and moving across the country in August!!

What's the protocol on asking for waitlist updates? Should I ask again and have my hopes shattered or stay in my semi-hopeful state? Haha. I am overthinking this. I just got no info other than admissions telling me I had a really good chance which was 2wks ago and now I am really beginning to panic. Geez.

Well, I am STILL on a waiting list for a BSW (only one I applied to, dummmbbb) inching slower and slower to the top. I need it to move 2 spots before I can get in, and this waiting is driving me crazy (doesn't help I had to move back with my parents)....I am trying to stay positive but it's not easy! I just wish they would not string me along and say things like I have a good chance, because that hope makes it so much worse!

Thanks a lot for the encouragement!! I am definitely trying to stay positive, especially since admissions told me I have a very good chance. It's just so agonizing to be so close yet so far! I hope I find out one way or another very soon, so at least I can plan for the fall. Waitlists are painful!!

I'm still waitlisted for my BSW program. I was told I the waitlist moved so I am now at #2 and I have good chances but I am really stressed out about it. It would be terrible to be cut off at number 1 or 2. I don't really have much of a plan B either. Does anyone have info on Uvic's BSW program? I feel like I am alone in the whole Internet world (this site seems to be only MSW people from Ontario).

Hey everyone Sorry if this is the wrong place but I am kind of going crazy. Does anyone know anything about the Uvic BSW waitlist?! I was told about a month ago I was on it, and I am in the top 5. But I haven't heard anything yet about it moving. I got accepted to a Social Work Diploma in Alberta but I would rather the BSW and Victoria but I need to apply for funding soon and I am losing hope. Does anyone know if the BSW Uvic waitlist is moving? Or better, someone who rejected their offer?!

No, sorry. But just wanted to say good luck! I've been waitlisted as well and it is agonizing! Can you find out your rank, and how many people are on it? It may ease your mind. Other than that, look on the bright side--at least it wasn't a rejection. So many people I know got waitlisted.

Well I found out I was waitlisted...does anyone know how big the waitlist is, and what are my chances? Waitlisted is so awful.....Now I have a little bit of hope but also don't want to get my hopes up!!

Congrats! Did you apply for on campus or online? I really wish they would just reject me already. I'm pretty sure I' m not in, but the little chance I could be is really stressing me out.

Yeah. It's really stressing me out! Also, my status says "file forwarded to department" wonder if that's different from your "forwarded for review" cuz mine did change from that one. I started off really happy with how quick they processed my application now its just waiting waiting waiting. ugh. i'm trying to stay calm...

I'm still waiting on them too. I really hope I get in, its the only BSW program I applied to but I thought it was a really good match for me. And I love Victoria. I just feel that my marks were kind of low.....so I don't know. And also, how are they letting us know? Email? Mail? Ugh, so stressful. I wish they would just reject and get it over with.

Thanks to both for the advice! I am going to try and make my personal statement reflect my experiences. I am just afraid of sounding too much like I am trying to change all these problems FOR these countries. Good thing I have a few months to work on my statement. I wish I could do an MSW, as it would save me time and money, but I really do not think I am competitve enough. I am applying to schools in Canada and they are all super hard to get into. I have a pretty crappy GPA and I think I am barely competitive for a BSW, let alone MSW!

Hey everyone! I know this is technically the wrong forum--I'm not going for an MSW. I have decided to apply for a BSW...but there is no forum for BSW applicants. So, unfortunately, I did poorly in my undergrad degree--I got about a 2.9/4.0 gpa which was in English, back in 2008. Which sucks. I am aware. I was immature, lazy, distracted, but most of all uninterested in the subject. I have since re-evaluated and decided that social work is the career for me. I have spent the last few years both volunteering as an ESL teacher in SE Asia and Eastern Europe, and I currently have a paid position as a teacher's assistant here in Canada. 1. Does this kind of experience count as social service..so many schools want to see this experience. I realize I am not working in a group home or something like a lot of applicants, but the countries I worked in are poor/developing and one of the schools I am applying to has an international social work program. I really learned so much and saw so much poverty and I want to do something about it. 2. Crappy GPA--I took the required SW courses and did really well in them, I am also planning on taking women's studies courses to raise my GPA even more--good plan, or save my money? I think I barely have a "competitive" GPA as it stands. How much do you think GPA matters? If anyone is feeling REALLY helpful--can you give me some ideas of how I can translate my seeing child prostitutes, child beggars, terrible pensions plans abroad a to wanting to apply to be a social worker? I do not want to say something like "I want to save the world" because that's really not what social work is about, nor do I want to come off as the foreigner who tries to save a different country--but it is how I felt when I saw these things. But I am really at a loss of how to explain this so it doesn't sound all hippy dippy optimistic. Thank you to anyone who responds!!