Rox

eh?? were you accepted or not?

Accepted to U of T's MSW program!!! My rosi must have updated sometime in the last 24 hours! Now how the hell am i supposed to pay for this...

Theory: Factor-Inwentash is abstaining from accepting anyone to their 2-year MSW who is still completing their undergrad, particularly if they're only just now completing their research methods course. Thoughts?

Heads up: I just spoke with the roommate of someone who is currently in the U of T MSW program and apparently one or two years ago, people were still finding out in JUNE?! She was clear that this was despite a "you'll hear by the end of April" schpeel. Granted, I don't know if this woman was waitlisted or flat-out accepted in a later round and I don't know if this has any bearing on this year, but I thought I'd let you all know.

EDIT: thank you B39 for clarifying. Also, I really don't have the energy to properly contribute to this conversation, but I'm incredibly disappointed in some posters' attitudes towards marginalized folks. I'm disabled. I'm mentally ill. I'm a survivor of multiple forms of violence. I'm bisexual/queer. I've accessed social work services throughout my youth. Trust me when I say that hostility toward efforts to value lived experience as real, valid knowledge will only hurt your clients/patients and your career, if social work is headed in any good direction as a profession.

Okay but I'm a current U of T student and I can't see anything on my ROSI? There's absolutely nothing about the MSW program :/ .

Hey, current u of t student applying for the 2-year MSW here who would very, very much appreciate a heads up from anyone of the Invited crowd when either (a) your SGS status changes or ( b ) you get your letter in the mail. Whichever comes first.

Not sure if this is the place to ask, but I've applied to the 2 year MSW program at U of T. We're not supposed to hear back until mid-April, so I was wondering if/how I should go about applying for funding. Is this endeavour even feasible before I've finished my undergrad classes and/or heard back from them?

I wish i could remember where I read this, but I am confident that the deadline was 11:59 on December 15th. Even after then, references can be sent to the admissions office through the administrator's email and I wouldn't be surprised if extenuating circumstances could excuse handing in the written statement and other forms as well but I digress. If the forms were received, you're fine. Call the office if you're still worried. You filled out the application form offered by both SGS and Factor-Inwentash, right? That's all there is to it.

Dear lord reading this thread has been intimidating. I'm a women/gender studies and anthropology major at U of T applying to the York U and U of T 2-year MSW programs. My cumulative GPA is a 3.26 (just shy of a B+), but I scraped together a 4.0 last year (4th year, part 1) and feel confident I can keep it up for my remaining credits this year (4th year, part 2). Experience-wise, I have (in no particular order): --a semester of co-op TA'ing in grade 11, including students with special needs (not paid) --500+ hours of child care (paid) --Between 200-300 hours as a crisis line counselor and trainer with a rape crisis center (not paid) --the head office of a major retailer consulted with me RE: books on "LGBTQIA" (their acronym, not mine) people with which to stock their stores (paid) --i wrote a three-part series on a very specific topic within sexual violence research which was published by a respectable online magazine and shared by a major feminist news source (not paid) --about 50 hours of equity consulting work with a student publication at McMaster (not paid) --about 50 hours as a peer sex educator at u of t (not paid) --Co-hosted/moderated a panel last year at a prominent conference organized by a non-profit organization (not paid) --Spoke on a panel AND gave my own talk at the same prominent conference the next year (paid) --I'm also including a work-in-progress thing where i'll have some sort of blurb on an anti-sexual violence education project i'm working on. Honestly, what are my chances?