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I just got accepted yesterday off the U of T 2 year MSW wait list - this was my second year waitlisted. I shook for like an hour afterwards!
I guess talking to Andrea last year after not getting off the wait list worked. My advice for those waitlisted is to ask for advice on your application and then take it no matter how small it sounds. Last year Andrea told me I had a very nice application, but it would be good both my work references to be Social Work related (at that time I only had 1, the other reference was in business) she told me my grades were good (B+) and my experience was good, but I could have more (I had about 150 hours - I was volunteering with Hospice Toronto and had volunteered in a Candian Development Fund International Development program years ago I also had expeirence as primary care giver for my mom while she was dying - I didn't include these hours in my original resume in 2013 and 2014 but sent it in after I was waitlisted this year - I estimated down by way more then 1/2 on these hours and it still got to 1,700 hours).
I took her advice and got a reference from Toronto Hospice (I'd been there a year) and applied to volunteer as a grief support group facilitator for Bereaved Families of Ontario and improved my hours to ~400 and added my care for my mother to my resume and after 3 months of waitlist I finally got off.
Good Luck to all of you on the wait list!
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That sounds cool, how exactly did you get feedback on your application? Did you call Angela in the fall and ask to speak with someone?
I sent Angela an email and she set me up with the director of admissions...whose name absolutely escapes me, but I'm sure it will be the same person. She took a look at my application and then called me with her comments. She did give me a lot of hope, but the competition is so steep. Not sure what more I can do but quit my job and volunteer full time.
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Congratulations!! I look forward to meeting you in September!
C
And I literally just got a call from Angela. And I could barely say yes through my tears.
Is she monitoring this board? haha
wow... in shock
Congratulations!!! sounds like you deserve it.
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Gah. Feeling deflated. I guess I should of applied to more than one school.
I thought I was a shoo-in with the amount of experience I have, even though I only have a B+ average. But I guess U of T places more weight on grades/research.
Maybe my resume/ written statement wasn't articulated well enough either.
I'm wondering if my undergraduate degree is hurting me too, I have a combined degree in English Literature and Women's Studies.
Only thing I can improve on is my written statement and resume for next year. And I'll be applying to more schools.
I hear you. I have a B+ (but more recently I took some 200 level courses with A's) and an undergrad in Business (absoluntely not relevent) and some volunteering and more relevent personal experience. I recommend contacting Angela and asking if you can speak with someone about your applicaton, though typically they make you wait until after classes start in the fall. I did get to talk on the phone with someone who told me I had a good application, my grades were good and the only way she would improve it is to change one of my references and get a bit more volunteering. So I thought I was a shoe in this year, as I am now facilitating peer support groups at BFO as well continuing my work with Hospice Toronto. But now I am sitting here wait listed again. What can you do, but refocus and apply again next year.
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I know the odds are better for the advanced standing, but if I were you I would commit to the contract. At the end of the day you can go to your employer and explain that there was no way for you to know that you would get off the list. I'm sure they will understand in the end if you give them enough notice. That is what I have done. You have to cover all your bases. Just my advice take it or leave it.
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Anyone heard of any admissions for UofT advanced standing? Any friends of friends heard anything? My work contract is ending and I don't want to make a commitment to a job I won't be around for...
Going so crazy!
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I think odds are low at this point. I am going to try to move forward as I don't want it to ruin my summer like last year.
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Are people still holding out on UofT 2 year? Or is it a general consensus that it's super unlikely after this point?
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In my experience of bureaucracy meeting "this week" means the middle of next week, but I'll hold out hope.
Thank you so much for checking! My slight insanity in this waiting will have to go on, but at least we have some info. Do you know if she was walking about for the advanced standing or 2 year program?
I'm also happy to have this forum, we can all commiserate
It was the 2 year program I asked about, but from the sounds of it the advanced standing is a similar timeline.
Fingers crossed.
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One person has posted in the results section that they were accepted by phone at U of T on May 27th.
It seems a lot less applicants are getting off the wait list this year.
I just called Angela - can I say she is so lovely - and she told me that the selection committee is meeting this week and as people are selected they will be contacted. So there is no hard firm date (boo) and it looks like if people are selected it may even be next week. I also asked how many people are on the wait list and she said they will not disclose that.
Personally I am moving my "I am not holdng to hope" date until the end of next week - last year the wait list bearly budged after June. But after that I have to let this go and move on...even though I don't like the situation I am moving on to.
I'm so happy to have this forum.
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Just spoke to Angela at the MSW office for U of T and they haven't started sending out Wait List notifications yet...they're hoping in the next week or two if there are any openings from the initial offers for the 2 year program....urgh..but at least that means there's still a chance!
THANK YOU so much for updating us. I've been slowly going crazy this week despite the fact that I've been trying to be cool with it. Oh well another week or 2 it is. If there are any openings...you'd think they would know that by now...deep breath. This process is teaching me a lot about patience.
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It's gotta be this week that people start hearing. I'm feeling impatient today, even though I know I shouldn't be expecting to hear anything. Just hopeful.
I'm also feeling very impatient today, though I know the odds aren't great with such a large wait list. Last year it looks like some poeple got the call on the 23rd, not that that means anything for this year.
Fingers crossed.
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I agree that 2 years is too long for a post grad BSW. That's why Lakehead's 12 month program is a great option. There is also a 15 month program in New Brunswick (I can't seem to remember the name of the school at the moment however). Apparently U of Waterloo offers a 12 month program too.
Waterloo works only if you have 10 pre-requisit courses...so if you don't have the courses that's a 2 year program. If you do then that works.
All the best.
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I was waitlisted as well. I would have been crushed if I was rejected as I was waitlisted last year with about half the experience. So here we go again. Last year all the movement off the waitlist was in the spring with almost no movement over the summer...it made for a very stressful end of the summer as I held on to hope until the very last day (the Friday before first day of school).
For myself I am going to move on with my life, but maintain home until the end of May and then try with all my might to consider it a lost cause.
Good luck for everyone wait-listed it is a very stressful thing, but I was told last year that if you are wait listed you are eligible for the program, it's just a competitive program.
Not sure how many people are on the waitlist...anyone know that?
Congrats to all that were accepted!!!
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Did anyone that was accepted already have a ROSI account and Student number?
Congrats to everyone who was accepted.
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I feel you, I_c, there is no change on mine either so I'm presuming this means rejection. I really want to get the letter so I can just accept it, officially. I am still mentally coming up with 100 alternatives for why it hasn't changed though lol.
Congrats to everyone who was accepted!
No change for me either, though was a student and still get my old registration page. I am going to wait to look again tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
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Hi everyone!
I have been following this thread and others similar to it for the past couple of years, but this is my first post. This is my third year applying to 2-year MSW programs. For the past two rounds, I applied to U of T, McGill (where I received my undergrad), Laurier, Carleton, and York. All 10 school applications ended in letters of rejection, no wait list. The process was extremely discouraging, and I almost did not make another round of applications. This year, I decided to really be in the field, and I am now working in Northern Quebec in the Cree community of Nemaska with youth programming as a Leadership and Healthy Lifestyle Coordinator. I have to say that although the process was discouraging, each time I failed, I would get up, dust myself off, and expand my experience. Thus I feel like where I am now, and my understanding of what the Social Work profession entails, failing the past two years has made will make me a much better social worker, and has allowed me to expand my understanding of marginalization and oppression further.
This year, I have applied to the 2-year MSW program at U of T (my hopes are not very high, but I still went for it), and the one-year HBSW at Lakehead. I was recently admitted to Lakehead at Thunder Bay with no conditions, which feels so good! I feel as though my relatively vast experience in different fields has brought me here. Essentially, what I am trying to say is the process may seem discouraging, but don't give up! Use each year to make you a better candidate, and ultimately a better Social Worker. That's what the process is about. 10 rejection letters with no wait-list was rough for me, as I feel I am a strong candidate. But I really made the time worth-while, and now I am gaining experience that I never thought I would have had the time to do before.
Congratulations to everyone who has been admitted and/or wait-listed to various schools! And to those of us still waiting, everything will work out like it is supposed to!
(Though dannika_star's post now has me a little nervous about the workload at Lakehead)
Thanks for this post KatRousi! If I don't get in this year (my second year applying) I definitely will have to do something drastic to get next year and your post confirms this.
Congratulations on Lakehead! Looks like we will know U of T in just over a week.
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I wouldn't start calling for an update yet because the website says you will know by mid-April and it is only March 31. Personally I would wait at least another week before I would start looking for updates. Hopefully they get the responses out early like they did for the advanced standing!
Good point. Waiting is making me lose my common sense
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Congrats about York. Has anyone heard anything from Angela about U of T. I've called a couple of times, but no answer.
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just so you know Sonya emailed again and decisions have been made and they are being posted now but they could take a day or two to show up on your account good luck
I got my response for Lakehead HBSW I was refused admission. I'm not sure how upset to be by this news as the U of T MSW is my first choice. This is going to make it even harder to wait for the U of T decision.
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Congratulations to all who have been accepted. So good to hear the good news!
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Thanks for the info! Also, that's kind of the worst, and I can understand that last summer would have been rough waiting. I was hoping U of T took an approach similar to Laurier, which someone mentioned above. A nice, civilized date at the end of July, so we're not all biting our nails right down to it and can move on/make plans!
Good luck with your application this year! I'm thinking positive thoughts for you and all of us :-)
Thanks and good luck to you as well and everyone! This is definitely a learning expereince. I feel like I've been waiting for the past 6 months.
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Does anyone happen to know what date the U of T 2 year MSW waiting list closes, or when it's typically closed in previous years?
I know that the decisions aren't expected for a few weeks, but this would be helpful info for me as I decide what my next steps will be. I'm not losing all hope, but I'm realistically looking at this year as a likely rejection or wait list situation, and trying to plan my moves from that. (Also, it's giving me something to do while I'm waiting, other than obsessively reloading ROSI despite the fact that it won't have anything on it for another two weeks.)
And congratulations to everyone receiving their acceptances!
The wait list closed the day before the first day of class. At least that is what happened last year. I got a letter a couple of days later with the official notice that the list closed. Last summer was rough as the list barely moved all summer, though it looks like it moved in the spring.
Congrats to everyone who knows...fingers crossed for the rest of us.
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Ack, I'm also freaking out, and wishing I had applied more places! Realistically, I'm trying to imagine that U of T wait listed will be my best case scenario, and hopefully I won't be devastated if I get declined outright. I'm also away for a weekend in mid-April, if I don't know by then, it's going to be hard to have a good time. (Maybe I can get a friend to check my mail?)
And b39, I'm hoping the same thing. Maybe if I have any luck, they'll be a week ahead with our decisions too. I'm trying to come up with a plan in case I get rejected too - I'm thinking continue to volunteer, ask for feedback, and work on my application for next year. Does anyone know if U of T automatically sends feedback, or would I have to ask for a meeting?
It's really helpful to have this forum - it's a great, supportive place, and I appreciate all of the encouraging words!
You have to ask for a meeting...and I had to offer a number of gentle reminders to get it. I agree it's so great to have this forum.
FYI last year answers came out mid-Aug. I looked at the 2012 results people got answers early April. Fingers crossed.
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Thanks Kath! I am sooo excited.