Advocation

This is great! I got my acceptance today. I was at work, and my boss just resigned Friday. This is a major shock to everyone in the dept. and I've decided to let it all out with my co-workers and take the opportunity to take on a ton more responsibility without the pay (I'm on grant funds, so they can't pay me for work outside the scope of that project). I want, deserve and need a higher position-- especially if I'm not going to grad school, and I am going for it... I'm in the middle of all this chaos, and yet I continue to check my school's website at least once a day. Usually 10:30, just before break. Today I checked it at 9:30, then again at 10:30. Nothing. I skipped lunch. I realized that was a mistake and around 1pm I decided I should go grab something to eat. I think, hrmm, "what the heck?" I'll just check the site again for sh*ts and grins. I don't actually remember if I expanded the "status" section on the app at 9:30 or 10:30 this morning, if I did, I don't remember if I scrolled down. I think I did, but I can't be sure. However, at 1 pm, I scrolled down just to look at the list there. I scrolled down, I scrolled up, and somehow my brain caught on: "DECISION: View admissions decision." WHOA! My pulse stuttered and then got super fast, my palms sweated, I started to breathe like I was sucking in the last bit of oxygen in the room. "Blah blah blah" "Pleased to inform you" "Blah Blah blah" "Fall 2013" That was it. I printed the page and dropped it on my co-worker's (professional reference) desk. I went out and brought back popcorn and chocolates for the break room . Now I need to suck up and bow out of all these extra obligations >.>.

I know they say all regular MSW decisions will be out by April 30th (seems awfully late), but has anyone heard anything? I wonder if they are just sending the rejections that late and the admits will get notification within the next few weeks. Advance standing (deadline one month before) notifications are all finished. Why such a long time for the regulars to wait? I also would like to know what other's have experienced with KU's school of social welfare. I applied here due to the school's proximity to my home and my family obligations. I also liked the Edwards Campus and the school's macro program. Like a chump, I only applied to KU. I have limited volunteer experience and my work experience since undergrad has been administrative in an art museum. My undergrad GPA was 3.4 and slipped in the last 2 semesters. I don't know what my chances are as KU is fairly selective for a state school (63%). I'm so worried that I'm unable to eat since the week after I submitted my app.

A GPA of 3.7 is low? If that's the case I have no chance of getting in anywhere :/. I have a final gpa of 3.4 and Dean's list, honorable mention and Phi Theta Kappa. I have only very recent and little volunteer experience. I'm a late to the party and the OP may already have admissions decisions in hand, but just in case: the best I can offer is that it helps to look up profiles of recent admits (on forums like this) to the programs to which you apply. I console myself (or terrify myself) looking up the past 10 years of acceptance data for my top choice. All that info is out there in various forms- google "acceptance rates" and start there. You seem to have a lot going for you experience wise. Your GPA will likely viewed in the context of all the extra-curriculars you took on and your personal background.