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Whoops, I should have specified. I was accepted in 2013 (and I was not advanced standing), so the year they sent out decisions for my cohort we received emails first (at least I did). Not sure how its going to be this year, but I would assume you'd be seeing an email. Good luck!

I received my acceptance via email (they might have also sent a letter...but the email definitely came first).

In 2013, those of us who applied for early decision heard on 3/1. I'm not sure about last year as I wasn't on the boards as often, but I imagine folks also heard from admissions around March/April. The waiting is the worst!

I had social work experience, just not 2-3 years of full time experience. I spoke about my experience working for a youth emergency shelter part time since 2011, my social justice work at my undergrad, and my experience as a research assistant for the psychology department for two years. Even though I couldn't say that I had been in the social work field for a few years working full time, I did my best to "sell" any work that I thought was relevant and talked about the social work skills that I learned from those experiences.

If it makes you feel any better, I applied straight out of undergrad (I was also 21 at the time) with only part time social work experience and was accepted to UCLA and USC.

It might be easier for the admissions folks to read if you follow the order they have presented. But I think what really matters is whether or not you hit every prompt and answer those to the best of your ability.

I'm happy to try and read statements. Just message me

I was accepted to UW in spring 2013 (I had applied that December), and during orientation for Autumn quarter folks from the admissions office told my cohort that approximately 600 individuals applied to the program and that UW only accepted around 110-125 people (I can't remember exactly how many people are in my cohort). So it came out to around a 25% acceptance rate. I can't speak to last year's admissions, however.

Hey all, I will be a second year MSW candidate at the University of Washington starting this fall. I am concentrating in Mental Health Practice and will be interning as a Child and Family Therapist at the Community Psychiatric Clinic in North Seattle for my advanced practicum. I am happy to read personal statements and offer feedback to those who want it. Shoot me a message if you're interested!

I am a first year MSW at UW, and my program does require a course in human biology (as I'm sure other schools do as well). During undergrad, I took intro to Biology, but UW didn't give me credit for it because it wasn't "human oriented enough" (i.e. my course spent too much time talking about plants...). If you're concerned that a Bio course would mess with your GPA, I would go ahead an skip taking it in undergrad. I only say this because there are a ton of online biology classes you can take that schools might accept as credit. With me, since my Bio course wasn't accepted, I took a human anatomy class online over the summer through Texas State University San Marcos (per UW's suggestion) and it was only $150 as opposed to the $350 something UW was asking for the Biology course they offered in the summer. One other piece of advice, often schools will post the pre requisites that are required for their MSW programs. Usually its Biology and Statistics. Hope that helps!

Congrats, pamaya!! Go Dawgs!! And good luck to others who are still waiting!

From my experience, USC and Denver weren't all that hard to get into. I wouldn't, however, say that no school is terribly difficult to get into. For instance, the UW admissions folks came and spoke with my cohort during orientation and they said over 600 people applied for the full-time program and only 100-150 (I can't exactly remember how many but I think 110 are in my cohort) were admitted, which is less than 25 percent give or take. Good luck!

I heard back from UW around 1:30am on March 1st It was a stressful day... A really awesome person from this board offered to read my statements before I submitted them and I found it to be so invaluable. I'd like to pass that same gesture along. If you would like a fresh pair of eyes to look over your statement feel free to PM me. I'll be pretty busy until Dec. 10 because the quarter is coming to an end, but I'll see what I can do Good luck everyone!

Last year a bunch of us heard back on March 1st.

Hey SuburbanLite, I will be at UW this fall and, as citychild suggested, feel free to PM me if you have questions about UW specifically. Regarding your credentials, I feel like you have absolutely nothing to worry about when it comes to academics. As for social work related experience, I feel like your experience is comparable to mine (I was stronger academic/research wise with only part-time social work experience). It sounds like you are on the right track, but I would encourage you to keep pursuing as much "direct social work" experience as you can. Honestly, I feel like applications are a crapshoot. It all depends on who/what the programs are looking for when you apply. I applied to PSU as a safety net, thinking for sure I would get in, but was denied. On the other hand, I was accepted into UW and UCLA, both very credible programs. I would suggest approaching your applications/school choices with these three things in mind: 1. location location location! 2. tuition. 3. field placement opportunities/networking. good luck!

Here is a link that includes past estimated budgets for UW grad students. http://www.washington.edu/students/osfa/graduate/past.budgets.html Link for the 2013-2014 academic year: http://www.washington.edu/students/osfa/graduate/grad.costs.html This one is pretty accurate except my tuition is $2000 more.

Mine is per year. The only other school I received financial info for was DU, but I no longer have access to my login (since I turned down my acceptance) so I can't remember the exact numbers. I believe it was around 25k? I'm not sure if that included cost of living.

I'll be at UW this fall. As an in-state resident who will be "living with parents" tuition will cost me around $17,500. Cost of living/personal expenses/books/fees/etc...bring it to around $26,000.

Has anyone heard about/had experience with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness plan? http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/charts/public-service I'm exploring repayment options and would appreciate any thoughts!

Awesome, we're in the same concentration! I look forward to meeting you Are you in the Day program or EDP?

They also have a checklist sort of thing on their website for newly admitted students. That is what I have been referencing. Ah I forgot about the immunizations! I'll have to do that as soon as I get back to WA. Yeah when I met with Juanita she told me that the SSW basically picks our classes for us during the foundation year since everyone is required to get the same groundwork-- so I'm sure I will be seeing you!

I will be joining you in the Fall! I'm from Redmond, WA so about 20 minutes East of Seattle and will be living with my parents until I save up enough money to move out. I applied to the Mental Health Practice concentration, I can't wait!! Can I ask what forms you are referring to? The deposit, background check, and financial aid, right? Am I missing other things?

I was denied as well, IFG concentration.

I received that email earlier today as well.

Barley, its nice to see you back! Did you hear from UW? I will also be graduating with around 80k (undergrad plus grad). Even as a resident, UW is NOT cheap. I was pretty disappointed with my financial aid . I talked to my mom about it though and 80k might seem like a lot, but it is definitely doable since most of my loans give me up to 20 years to pay off. Is it annoying that I'm already incredibly in debt? Yes. But school is expensive and that's just how its going to be.