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got my financial aid award and it just has direct loans on it? i was really really hoping for something more. i'm also confused; if we got awarded scholarships by the department, would they show up on our financial aid summary, or are they something else entirely? i just want to know that i actually have that money. i'm really worried that i won't be able to afford to go with juts 20,500 in stafford loans...

wait...... so if they're being awarded the first week of class, will we be able to use them for tuition? i'm confused.

has someone called in to admissions yet?

has anyone heard anything back about financial aid with university of southern california? when did people start hearing back last year? it would really be nice if i could know SOMETHING so i can start planning for this hella expensive school

yep! just requested to join!

i'm trying to find the FB page but i'm not having any luck... is there any way you could link it here?

omg THANK YOU so much @kurkz!! as someone who has committed to USC and who is looking to do macro social work, it's so gratifying to hear that they have a great infrastructure for it. SO EXCITED!!!! have you committed? what are you looking to do?

@kurkz can you tell us a little bit about your impression of the USC campus?

is it common to get work-study awards from USC? i figured i'd have to take out the PLUS loan anyway to cover the remaining cost, so i'm hoping i get some more scholarships lol

nope still waiting on my financial aid package.

im also still waiting to hear back (from the MSW program). the site says we won't hear back until it's been 6-8 weeks since our materials displayed as "complete" on the application portal, but i'm pretty sure it's been a lot longer than that since mine were updated...

many people have already received their decisions. all UMich stuff is in this thread:

got my financial aid package as well! received 11,500 for the year in scholarships, 2,000 in work study, and 21,000 in federal direct loans.

you definitely shouldn't worry about it. i got accepted by 3 different schools and i was a theatre & dance major, chinese minor in undergrad lol

yep UIC is the last school i'm waiting on. i've heard it's a little easier to get in, but they do take 1,000,000 years to get back to prospective students about admit decisions, so i'm sticking it out till april at least.

i applied for the dec 1 deadline. i don't think it would hurt to contact them, but i wouldn't worry just yet! it seems like everybody is a little late this year

I did apply for work-study, so that might be what it is. Good to know!

received my financial aid notification from UMich this morning. it's under the name "SSW MI OPPORTUNITY GRANT" and it's for $3,000 per semester (with the spring/summer of 2016 counting as one).

Just received my acceptance!! Good luck everybody

I just got the email. Denied. I'm heartbroken, honestly, but life goes on. Good luck to everyone else!

if your nearest city has a community college that offers online courses, i recommend taking that route. i also get the feeling that each program has a different standard for what credits they will accept/how well you need to do in the course. for example, i am applying for UW and Columbia and while UW only requires that you obtain a statistics credit (D for diploma basically), Columbia requires that you make a B or better. i would imagine that the same principle would apply for the types of credits that each program will count toward your requirement. i hope that helped a little bit!!!

was that for advanced standing or regular day?

haven't heard from UW seattle, but on their "new msw students" page, the entering MSW cohort FB pages have been updated to reflect the 2015-2016 school year, which is a recent change (I am WAY too observant when i'm anxious lol). i'm assuming this means we'll be hearing back very soon!!!!!

do y'all think that we'll be hearing back on friday for the dec 1 deadline? the results search for 2014 shows that a good number of people heard back on feb 28 of last year

lol it's not your fault!!! we're just a bunch of worriers