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I've also asked about a Facebook group but no one has made one yet. In terms of a thesis, I am also interested in doing one, but I've heard that it's difficult to get approval through the FSW. Not many professors want to oversee a student taking on a thesis, so try to strengthen your ideas and really show your passion. Hopefully you can do one!

A professor once told me: "normal people don't go into social work. Normal people don't feel drawn to a life of so much giving." Go with your gut, you're facing this choice and challenge for a reason :).

Has anyone made a Laurier MSW Advanced Standing Facebook group yet? I've seen that the 2-yr full time cohort has been made... I'm really excited to meet the rest of my future classmates!

Send me a message any time!

Not a part of this conversation but I finished my BSW at Waterloo this passing summer. It was one of the best things I'd done to advance my SW career. It was intense, I worked part time on top of the full time courseload and practicum. I highly recommend the Indigenous Perspectives elective. My other piece of advice is to be firm about what placement you want and what you want from your practicum experience. Practicums were competitive for Micro experiences and some students felt that they were placed in certain agencies out of convenience to the school-ie Renison has great relationships with some local agencies. Feel free to connect with me any time about the program.

Any Laurier acceptances received their letters in the mail yet? Last year when i was rejected, I got the letter the same day that Loris updated. I'm being irrational and wondering if it's an email glitch and I've not been accepted at all haha.

Hey! I applied in January but had been writing my statement since October. I think every 2 years they open the part time streams.

I was just accepted to Laurier's part-time MSW!!!

Thanks! Still no e-mail and no letter... How ominous!

For anyone who was accepted/rejected to Laurier, how did it happen? Was Loris updated, e-mail received, and then a letter? If anyone applied last year, there was a system glitch before the information was officially released, so I was able to view my rejection almost 2 weeks before the letter went out. I can't remember if I got an e-mail or anything else though.

Not sure about Laurier's funding, but I don't think they have a lot. York, however, was advertised quite widely in our BSW program as "the school with a lot of funding." If I could afford to live in Toronto, I'd choose York because of the anti-oppressive framework.

Someone I know is currently in that program and absolutely loving it! There's also quite a bit of funding available for students.

Definitely not because you were accepted into another program! It's great that you have another plan now. I knew many people who had all the right experience who were waitlisted or rejected due to the sheer number of applicants. Sorry this is not the news we hoped for you What was the other program you were accepted in though? I'm going over my plan B as well.

Breath, and try to get your mind off of it for a while :). Laurier will update the "Applicant Summary" portion of your loris account homepage first, to show whether you've been accepted or not. If they are still showing your references, it means that no decision has been made yet.

Whatever people say, Windsor is a beautiful city and there's a nice bike/jogging path beside the river!