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Fingers crossed everyone for tomorrow! I really hope we get good news. It would be so nice knowing that we are in somewhere before the weekend hits and we have to wait all over again. REMEMBER: Everyone post tomorrow by 6pm whether you did or did not hear anything from U of T !!!! Thanks Good luck everyone
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Lots of good points made here. I agree that since social work is a professional designation, one does not need to have experienced the situations they are dealing with, as long as you are qualified. I myself volunteer for the Childrens Aid Society and lots of social workers do not have children yet work in child welfare. Having said that, I do beleive that certain groups have been excluded from higher education historically such as racialized individuals for instance. For this reason, there may be structural and systemic level issues still at play, preventing them from getting a higher education. These inequities still exist and have real consequences today. I do wonder if perhaps having "equity seats" reserved to certain people rather than the most qualified is beneficial.... I have grown up as a wealthy white girl from the suburbs, yet volunteer with people in poverty in the Toronto Jane and Finch area..... I have no personal experience with the population I am working with, yet social work is a profession that links clients with resources. My ability to do that is not based on my personal life experience, but rather my professional expertise. I do not have a strong opinion on this issue but thought I would put in my two cents worth.
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Here is my opinion.... not sure if any of you agree or not but here goes (its about U of T - 2 year). So I was the one that Angela told me I could submit an updated resume/CV because they havent reviewed my file yet and are in the organizing stage. 2 days later people start getting acceptances.... My friend at a grad program at U of T explained this and I agree with her. They look through the applications one at a time, and decide if they are a yes, a no, or a maybe. If it is a for sure yes then they get accepted. Otherwise it gets put in a pile to review again later. They may accept people without having read everyones application because they do it as a "rolling admission". Since they are a pro at reading applications and knowing if they are good enough, they can accept people "as they go". What do you all think? Also I was told they often send out admissions on Fridays ... so perhaps the next round of admissions and files they reviewed since then will hear on Friday.
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York is very well known for their Masters of social work program. They offer amazing funding! One thing is that it is NOT a clinical program. They are more focussed on advocacy, community outreach etc. They also said they will not gaurantee a clinical placement.. Pros and Cons for every school so i guess it depends what your looking for