dreamcatcher725

Hey guys, Just wondering, when you long onto the CSUF portal and click on admissions decision, does it give you "accept/decline" and "waitlist option" buttons? When I click on accept/decline, it says they're not currently accepting admissions decisions and to call if I have questions. alls I wanna know is if I have a spot...

Okay, yeah. I got the $10000 scholarship but I didn't apply on time for the book scholarship. I'm guessing they offer money to a lot of admitted students.

@kurkz if you don't mind me asking, how much did they give you for the MSW Scholarship? I'm wondering if they offer this to every applicant as well

@daisydukes hey I know it's off-topic (will delete later), but did you mail your app for CSULB on feb 9? or did you get a confirmation email on that day? I mailed mine around the same time and I don't even know if they received it :/ thanks.

@Indisputable Truth no prob. glad I could help. I'm in LA currently, so if I get into UCLA I might stay over here. I got into USC but the cost is astronomical (not far off NYU; both private). I'm currently deciding between staying on the west coast and completely starting over in NY. it's a tough choice... but I'm working on it. What about you? is it between NYU and Fordham for you?

@MSWHopefulCT I've been accepted to USC as well. I received the email saying my app was awaiting faculty review on 2/9 and received my acceptance email on 2/13. It said it would take 2-4 months to hear back in the email, but maybe they meant days lol good luck to you!

@Indisputable Honestly, I just gave myself 90 minutes to write and didn't do anything else until I had 6 full pages of info. I was like "oh, you're thirsty? write one more paragraph and you can have some water." lol, drastic times call for drastic measures. I finished my USC SOP first (it was due first), and it was a long one. After that, I based my other essays off of that one, because they all generally ask similar things. That's the best part about it. Once you have one, you'll have the others. I wrote about a personal event to start, because from what I've read, you better grab that reader before they get bored and treat you like another random name and number on a page. I went into depth about why I was applying, my diverse background (I went to one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the country, so I talked about how that helped me develop into who I am today), how my work experience applies to social work even though I technically have no social work experience, a little bit of academia and why I switched from biochemistry to psychology in undergrad, and eventually, I talked about how I'm ready for this program and how I would work hard to utilize the information I'll receive to help other people. After all, that's why we're trying to become social workers, amiright? so yeah, go off of that. show them you're a person; a person with strengths, a few faults, and a whole lot of ambition. They don't want perfection, they want you to be real and a little raw. Good luck Hope I helped.

Got it. When did you submit your app?

I'm waiting too! The portal says people can start making decisions on the 20th of this month. Somehow I'm hoping my decisions will be on there then! & I didn't even know they held interviews, tbh. Can I ask where you read that info? Thanks.

Mono, April?! Am I allowed to extend my decision until then because financial aid packages/scholarships are most likely going to make my decision for me. I heard somewhere that schools legally have to give you until mid-April to submit your intent to register. Does anyone have any clarifying info on this? Also, four weeks is not nearly enough time to decide whether or not I'm moving across the country. I definitely need more time.

Mingus, I applied on January 9th. I was very surprised to hear back so soon, but I'm thankful I did. I also got my scholarship information today. It's not as much as I had hoped. But it'll help. Did anyone else get their scholarship info?

Hi all, I got the email saying I got in to the NYU 2-year program To help, these are the emails I received. I'm not sure if everyone gets these, but someone asked, so I'll give what I have: a thank you for applying email, monitoring your app, introduction to the admissions office, the dual degree options at Sarah Lawrence, welcome from the Dean, visit the school, and finally, my decision letter. Good luck everyone! Hope to see some of you in the fall. I wonder when they'll let us know about FAFSA. Anyone have any info on that?