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I work for Seneca Family of Agencies, http://www.senecacenter.org/flash3.cfm I will (hopefully) be volunteering at SFWAR: http://www.sfwar.org/about.html

Thank you for your feedback! I will definitely take your advice Good luck to those of you who are still waiting for admission!

You can make it work, just keep pushing forward and you will succeed - that's the only result to perseverance! And your daughter will be very proud of her mom Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Denis Waitley

The only thing I can think of is research interests - do they align with the faculty at that school? Maybe connect with some professors and as specific questions about their research.

@nightwolf1129- Wow. Thank you. Once again, I am blown away by the thoughtful support I have received from being a member of this forum - thank you, thank you, thank you! Although my ego is bruised, I know that I am a good candidate for graduate school and I will be taking the next year to do the very things you suggest - especially revising my SOP. Having gone through the application process, my goals are a lot clearer and I know just what I want to achieve with a MSW and in going to grad school - I think the admissions committee could sense that I was still working to make a clear goal in mind. I currently work for HSA in SF - where I work to find long-term family connections for children who have entered the child welfare system. My work is great, but I don't have much direct care experience so I've decided to apply to intern at SFWAR (SF Women Against Rape) to provide crisis intervention and counseling to sexual assault victims. I hope that my continued work and this additional internship will not only expand my ability to provide support for others, but make my application shine. I ultimately want to apply for the Children and Family Services concentration at UC Berkeley, UCLA and SF State - to have a shot at the Title IV Stipend. Any thoughts or recommendations on how I can achieve this goal?? You guys are great...

Thank you for the advice, Lifesaver! I think it's golden!

Such a great response - I completely agree with everything you wrote and will take the next steps to make myself a better applicant - and CONGRATS to your successes!

What things do you think you will change? I'm thinking of doing some volunteer work (Crisis intervention for sexual assault victims) and just adding a year of experience to my resume (currently working for a nonprofit that provides services for foster youth - working on finding family members of children whom were removed to foster life-long family connection for these children) My GRE's weren't so great so I will be retaking them. And I will be rewriting my essays - I suspect that's where I messed up - possibly got too personal.

So I wasn't accepted into either school I applied for (UCB and UCLA). I will have to reapply. Anyone else going to reapply? What do you think you will change? What do you think you will do differently?

Rejected as well.. this was my last chance - looks like I will be working another year and reapplying! Good luck to everyone else!

GOOD LUCK!

Hear via mail or via phone?

Still waiting.. What's worse is my email has been down since yesterday - I really hope the long wait doesn't mean rejection :/

I just searched "UCLA" under the "Results Search" tab and found that some people were admitted via an email that prompted them to check the website.

So, according to the results page, people are getting emails now to check the UCLA website - and it has showed that they've been accepted? I am still waiting and hoping so much that no news so far is good news... are a lot of people still waiting??

I haven't heard anything and I submitted my application on December 16th! BUT I am thanking my lucky stars that I didn't wake up to the kiss of death email. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

I am waiting too.. so hard.. I wish all of you the best of luck! <3

I think you will always regret if you don't push through and get your degree

Iber, did you get the email today? Oh my gosh, I'm so nervous!

wow. rude. arg. dangit!

I just think that a grad school program requiring a vehicle is systematically filtering out students who may not have that resource - something that speaks against the core belief in social welfare - that people without possessions are just as valuable as those with them. I would hope that they would want to break down these kinds of barriers for students... Does UCLA specifically state anywhere that a vehicle is required? Or is it just implied since it is LA?

I am not sure if I will get accepted to UCLA MSW program but if I do, I'm not planning on having a car. I don't think it's fair to expect someone to have a car - aren't there people who have been able to survive without one?

How many people have been accepted? I didn't feel like it was a whole lot ...

I think most people haven't gotten their acceptance/rejection letter - I think it was a few early decision/fellowship people who were accepted ... yeah? I think the large number of admission decision are yet to be delivered... CAN'T WAIT.. UCLA is my last opportunity after being rejected by UCB.