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This thread seems SO quiet compared to previous years!!! How's everyone feeling so far? I got everything sorted with my York application (I decided rather last minute to do it and had a bit of a panic, but everything's in and I'm just waiting on one more reference which I'm told is fine as their Dec 13th deadline actually has an additional ~2 weeks after it to get ALL supporting documents in) so now the freak outs have settled in! 
ANYWAYS. I'm going back through last years thread (wow - there's some drama, jeez... wonder if that's why there are so few of us here this year??) and looking at the first dates candidates stated getting acceptances/rejections/waitlists and figured some of you might be interested! (PLEASE NOTE applications and rejections all seem to go out in waves and make very little sense in general - not hearing by these dates doesn't mean ANYTHING! these are all just based on the people who were commenting, who knows when the applications actually start coming out. I know we are all probably beating ourselves up a bit but: what will be will be. remember: nothing good gets away. also: last year seems to have been a little later for some places and earlier for others - there are MANY factors, I just wanted to see this for my ow personal info!)
One year programs:
Windor's first acceptance, Feb 7th 2017 (and, around the same time, anecdotal evidence of a few rejections as well) these continue into the next week, and seem to be spread out over a few days Dalhousie (I believe 1 year?), recommended someone to the Dean on Feb 7th (still needed to be "approved by graduate studies" to be official acceptance, but I think that's a formality) Calgary's first acceptances (to the leadership specialization?), Feb 13th (via email) Laurier sends some waitlist emails, Feb 14th U of T's first acceptance, Feb 21st (via ROSI) quite a few this same date, seems to be the "first wave" York's first acceptance, Feb 23rd (via email) Laurier's first rejection, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) U of T's first waitlist, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) University of Montreal's first acceptance, Feb 24th York's first waitlist, Feb 24th (via email) UVic's first rejection, Feb 27th (email) Dalhousie's first (official) acceptance, Feb 28th (email) Carleton's first acceptance, March 1st York's first rejection, March 1st (via myfile) (*part time) York's second "round" of acceptances, March 2nd (*part time) King's (Western) first waitlist, March 3rd (email) King's first acceptance, March 3rd Windsor's first waitlist, March 3rd (email) UQAM's first acceptance, March 7th Waterloo's first acceptances, March 7th Ryerson's first acceptance, March 14th (via phone call) U of T's waitlist begins to move - one person acceped, May 11th another accepted off the wait list early June another accepted June 29th And, I didn't go quite as far, but from 2 year applicants:
UBC-O, waitlisted someone around the end of January York's first rejection, recorded Feb 3rd 2017 Carleton's first rejection, Feb 14th U of T's first rejection, Feb 15th Carleton's first acceptances, Feb 23rd UBC-O's first acceptance, March 1st King's (Western) first acceptance, March 6th (via email) more acceptances recorded March 9th, March 13th Western's first waitlist, March 8th (email) Western's first rejections, March 8th someone calls Windsor, are told acceptances have started rolling out, March 14th York's first acceptance, March 16th (myfile) more seem to be rolling out early April York's first waitlist, March 16th (email) U of T's first acceptances, March 23rd (via ACORN, as ROSI was down) apparently, all letters (acceptances, rejections, waitlists) were sent out on this day someone confirmed that ACORN didn't show all statuses - they received an "accepted" snail mail letter with nothing recorded on ACORN someone else confirmed their ROSI said "invited", ACORN said nothing, and they got a letter. who knows at this point! U of T's wait list letters begin to arrive, March 28th (via snail mail) Laurier's first acceptances, April 3rd (via email) Laurier's first waitlist, April 4th (via email) Windsor's first waitlist, April 12th (via myUWindsor) Windsor's first acceptance for the "working professionals" program, May 3rd U of T's waitlist begins to move - two people acceped, May 11th another person accepted off the waitlist, May 30th PHEW I feel like there's a ton of info to unpack there (I got carried away, it's fine). Some schools send out in waves, with rejections first. Some send out all at once (like Western's 2 year program). Feb 23rd was a popular date! Last name doesn't seem to matter at all, alphabetically speaking. Some schools send emails while others you need to check the online systems to get the info early (like U of T's ROSI). Often letters mean rejection/waitlist if you haven't heard anything else, but some people did seem to get acceptance letters before they saw anything on line. I definitely missed some stuff - sorry! But hopefully this is helpful to those of you already starting to worry just like me.
Either way. We still have time and there is no point to stressing too much (LOL). May the odds be ever in your favours!!!

Hi all! Good luck on your applications. Just wanted to drop a line and say if you have questions about the York 1 year program, I’ve just started and am happy to try to answer them. 
I can also talk about St Thomas’s 15 month BSW!
Let me know and good luck. I know how much of a nightmare this process can be (holy shiiiiit) but remember that an acceptance or a rejection does not determine who you ARE, nor how good you could be as a social worker. Most of the time it’s a shitty numbers game. I know that isn’t that helpful, but you have many months of stress left to go - try not to burn out on it too early!!

Hi all! Good luck on your applications. Just wanted to drop a line and say if you have questions about the York 1 year program, I’ve just started and am happy to try to answer them. 
I can also talk about St Thomas’s 15 month BSW!
Let me know and good luck. I know how much of a nightmare this process can be (holy shiiiiit) but remember that an acceptance or a rejection does not determine who you ARE, nor how good you could be as a social worker. Most of the time it’s a shitty numbers game. I know that isn’t that helpful, but you have many months of stress left to go - try not to burn out on it too early!!

Hi all - long time no talk!!
I just got off the York waitlist for the 1 year MSW!!!!!
Got an email - I don’t have any more information yet but will keep you all updated. My myfile has changed to “admitted” as well!!!
❤️ Thanks for all of your support and good luck to everyone else waiting too!

Hi all - long time no talk!!
I just got off the York waitlist for the 1 year MSW!!!!!
Got an email - I don’t have any more information yet but will keep you all updated. My myfile has changed to “admitted” as well!!!
❤️ Thanks for all of your support and good luck to everyone else waiting too!

Hi all,
A couple quick updates re: York and Carleton, for 1 year students looking for more insight!
So, I got accepted off the York waitlist yesterday and was immediately able to view my offer in the myfile "decision centre". It looks like it comes with about $16,000 funding which is incredible - I believe $10,000 of that everyone gets and then there's another $6,000 scholarship for good grades (I finished my BSW with an A average, I believe). The grad assistant explained that this does NOT come with the need to TA, in fact they recommend MSW students do not so they can focus on their studies. Pretty good deal if you ask me!
I emailed Carleton as well just in case they know of any movement on the 1 year program waitlist. It doesn't look good - the response I got from Stephanie (the graduate administrator) says:
"There is no movement on the waitlist as we have are above our target.  If we move to the waitlist at all, it would most likely be in August.
I am sorry I do not have better news for you."
So, that's not ideal news... If you're waiting on Carleton I would suggest making other plans. I'm not sure how much more movement York will see but hopefully this means they're moving on the waitlist now so maybe some more of you will hear!
Anyways - just thought I'd let everyone know in case other people were confused about the funding (it was written very weirdly) or still waiting on Carleton.
Good luck all!

Hi all - long time no talk!!
I just got off the York waitlist for the 1 year MSW!!!!!
Got an email - I don’t have any more information yet but will keep you all updated. My myfile has changed to “admitted” as well!!!
❤️ Thanks for all of your support and good luck to everyone else waiting too!

Hi all - long time no talk!!
I just got off the York waitlist for the 1 year MSW!!!!!
Got an email - I don’t have any more information yet but will keep you all updated. My myfile has changed to “admitted” as well!!!
❤️ Thanks for all of your support and good luck to everyone else waiting too!

Hi all - long time no talk!!
I just got off the York waitlist for the 1 year MSW!!!!!
Got an email - I don’t have any more information yet but will keep you all updated. My myfile has changed to “admitted” as well!!!
❤️ Thanks for all of your support and good luck to everyone else waiting too!

congrats! see you in september!

This thread seems SO quiet compared to previous years!!! How's everyone feeling so far? I got everything sorted with my York application (I decided rather last minute to do it and had a bit of a panic, but everything's in and I'm just waiting on one more reference which I'm told is fine as their Dec 13th deadline actually has an additional ~2 weeks after it to get ALL supporting documents in) so now the freak outs have settled in! 
ANYWAYS. I'm going back through last years thread (wow - there's some drama, jeez... wonder if that's why there are so few of us here this year??) and looking at the first dates candidates stated getting acceptances/rejections/waitlists and figured some of you might be interested! (PLEASE NOTE applications and rejections all seem to go out in waves and make very little sense in general - not hearing by these dates doesn't mean ANYTHING! these are all just based on the people who were commenting, who knows when the applications actually start coming out. I know we are all probably beating ourselves up a bit but: what will be will be. remember: nothing good gets away. also: last year seems to have been a little later for some places and earlier for others - there are MANY factors, I just wanted to see this for my ow personal info!)
One year programs:
Windor's first acceptance, Feb 7th 2017 (and, around the same time, anecdotal evidence of a few rejections as well) these continue into the next week, and seem to be spread out over a few days Dalhousie (I believe 1 year?), recommended someone to the Dean on Feb 7th (still needed to be "approved by graduate studies" to be official acceptance, but I think that's a formality) Calgary's first acceptances (to the leadership specialization?), Feb 13th (via email) Laurier sends some waitlist emails, Feb 14th U of T's first acceptance, Feb 21st (via ROSI) quite a few this same date, seems to be the "first wave" York's first acceptance, Feb 23rd (via email) Laurier's first rejection, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) U of T's first waitlist, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) University of Montreal's first acceptance, Feb 24th York's first waitlist, Feb 24th (via email) UVic's first rejection, Feb 27th (email) Dalhousie's first (official) acceptance, Feb 28th (email) Carleton's first acceptance, March 1st York's first rejection, March 1st (via myfile) (*part time) York's second "round" of acceptances, March 2nd (*part time) King's (Western) first waitlist, March 3rd (email) King's first acceptance, March 3rd Windsor's first waitlist, March 3rd (email) UQAM's first acceptance, March 7th Waterloo's first acceptances, March 7th Ryerson's first acceptance, March 14th (via phone call) U of T's waitlist begins to move - one person acceped, May 11th another accepted off the wait list early June another accepted June 29th And, I didn't go quite as far, but from 2 year applicants:
UBC-O, waitlisted someone around the end of January York's first rejection, recorded Feb 3rd 2017 Carleton's first rejection, Feb 14th U of T's first rejection, Feb 15th Carleton's first acceptances, Feb 23rd UBC-O's first acceptance, March 1st King's (Western) first acceptance, March 6th (via email) more acceptances recorded March 9th, March 13th Western's first waitlist, March 8th (email) Western's first rejections, March 8th someone calls Windsor, are told acceptances have started rolling out, March 14th York's first acceptance, March 16th (myfile) more seem to be rolling out early April York's first waitlist, March 16th (email) U of T's first acceptances, March 23rd (via ACORN, as ROSI was down) apparently, all letters (acceptances, rejections, waitlists) were sent out on this day someone confirmed that ACORN didn't show all statuses - they received an "accepted" snail mail letter with nothing recorded on ACORN someone else confirmed their ROSI said "invited", ACORN said nothing, and they got a letter. who knows at this point! U of T's wait list letters begin to arrive, March 28th (via snail mail) Laurier's first acceptances, April 3rd (via email) Laurier's first waitlist, April 4th (via email) Windsor's first waitlist, April 12th (via myUWindsor) Windsor's first acceptance for the "working professionals" program, May 3rd U of T's waitlist begins to move - two people acceped, May 11th another person accepted off the waitlist, May 30th PHEW I feel like there's a ton of info to unpack there (I got carried away, it's fine). Some schools send out in waves, with rejections first. Some send out all at once (like Western's 2 year program). Feb 23rd was a popular date! Last name doesn't seem to matter at all, alphabetically speaking. Some schools send emails while others you need to check the online systems to get the info early (like U of T's ROSI). Often letters mean rejection/waitlist if you haven't heard anything else, but some people did seem to get acceptance letters before they saw anything on line. I definitely missed some stuff - sorry! But hopefully this is helpful to those of you already starting to worry just like me.
Either way. We still have time and there is no point to stressing too much (LOL). May the odds be ever in your favours!!!

Congrats, Erica!!  That must be an incredible feeling!
Has anyone else heard back from York? I'm killing myself trying to figure out if York called everyone admitted the same day or what... haha (York is my first choice of schools)

Has anyone heard back from York yet? I know someone had mentioned earlier in the thread that advanced standing applicants are supposed to hear this week and 2 year applicants next week. Does anyone know from previous years whether they send out offers, rejections and waitlists all in the same couple weeks?

I called York's school of social work- they said it won't be impacting admissions at all!

I did the exact same thing!!! Waitlisted at U of T and rejected at Laurier in 2015, I did the 15 month post-degree BSW at St Thomas in NB. Honestly, I was broken hearted about it all - it meant another almost two years of long distance in my relationship, a perceived huge delay to my future career, and I considered it unnecessary, which was honestly probably just my ego talking.
I'm on the other side of it now. I graduated just over a year ago (December 2016) and decided not to apply to an MSW right away. I've been working food service for the last basically year and although a lot of that was disheartening, it has been a really good experience. I was not ready to do my MSW, honestly. Just because I had a gender studies minor didn't mean I knew much about social work. I didn't love my program BUT I learned a LOT about what I want to do and what I don't, and what I'm WILLING to do (and able to, for my own mental health). I met some incredible people and ultimately feel way more prepared and ready - even answering the personal statements this time around felt much more... cohesive? I just know more about what I want. And ultimately, I was right three years ago: what I want to do requires a masters degree, and with the state of clinical social work right now I'm safer for myself not in it. I'm sad about it, for sure. I'd rather be using my degree! But, I also have colleagues who rushed through our program (which honestly was a LOT of work - I can't imagine condensing it AND more into just one "foundational" year!) and are now, a year later, burnt out and exhausted. I'm a little frustrated, but in SUCH a better place and am now really excited to actually get into this in the right way for me.
ANYWAYS. It felt shitty and like a huge misstep for me, but in the end it was worth it. AND we had people of all ages and walks of life in our class as well. And you're right, honestly, what's one more year? THAT SAID- I'll still send some positive vibes your way and hope you get some good news!

Thank you! Mine also says "no decision yet"
I did speak with the department much earlier this month and he said "You'll hear by the end of the month"... not even an indefinite "should". And it's the 26th  But I feel like it might be longer than that based on what I've seen people say in the forum. 

Haha. Indeed (you said it, though – I didn't ). But seriously, though, the system even thinks so: I was just prevented from liking your post because I've "reacted" too many times today (way harsh, Tai).

I'm hearing a few conflicting things from their admissions department. When I spoke to Stephanie on the phone last week she said all decisions including waitlists, rejections and offers had already been sent out. I'm confused 

@GradMSW I think that advanced standing applicants miiiight hear a bit sooner than mid March. 

I feel you! I've already bugged her a couple times. I'm not sure she's sharing any information about how many people get on the waitlist but if Carleton is anything like other schools, their waitlist is likely half the number of those who get admitted (25). It doesn't hurt to ask, you may just get more information further down the line. Those who were accepted have 21 days to accept their offers so we can rest easy knowing that we'll hear nothing at least until end of March. Sucks but I have the same hope as you! It seems like Carleton is the first choice of few so we may get lucky 

I noticed that, too. Mine hasn't changed from "review in progress by department" even though I was told I got waitlisted yesterday. Maybe just a glitch in the system.. or by some miracle they accidentally sent me a waitlist email haha. 

This thread seems SO quiet compared to previous years!!! How's everyone feeling so far? I got everything sorted with my York application (I decided rather last minute to do it and had a bit of a panic, but everything's in and I'm just waiting on one more reference which I'm told is fine as their Dec 13th deadline actually has an additional ~2 weeks after it to get ALL supporting documents in) so now the freak outs have settled in! 
ANYWAYS. I'm going back through last years thread (wow - there's some drama, jeez... wonder if that's why there are so few of us here this year??) and looking at the first dates candidates stated getting acceptances/rejections/waitlists and figured some of you might be interested! (PLEASE NOTE applications and rejections all seem to go out in waves and make very little sense in general - not hearing by these dates doesn't mean ANYTHING! these are all just based on the people who were commenting, who knows when the applications actually start coming out. I know we are all probably beating ourselves up a bit but: what will be will be. remember: nothing good gets away. also: last year seems to have been a little later for some places and earlier for others - there are MANY factors, I just wanted to see this for my ow personal info!)
One year programs:
Windor's first acceptance, Feb 7th 2017 (and, around the same time, anecdotal evidence of a few rejections as well) these continue into the next week, and seem to be spread out over a few days Dalhousie (I believe 1 year?), recommended someone to the Dean on Feb 7th (still needed to be "approved by graduate studies" to be official acceptance, but I think that's a formality) Calgary's first acceptances (to the leadership specialization?), Feb 13th (via email) Laurier sends some waitlist emails, Feb 14th U of T's first acceptance, Feb 21st (via ROSI) quite a few this same date, seems to be the "first wave" York's first acceptance, Feb 23rd (via email) Laurier's first rejection, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) U of T's first waitlist, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) University of Montreal's first acceptance, Feb 24th York's first waitlist, Feb 24th (via email) UVic's first rejection, Feb 27th (email) Dalhousie's first (official) acceptance, Feb 28th (email) Carleton's first acceptance, March 1st York's first rejection, March 1st (via myfile) (*part time) York's second "round" of acceptances, March 2nd (*part time) King's (Western) first waitlist, March 3rd (email) King's first acceptance, March 3rd Windsor's first waitlist, March 3rd (email) UQAM's first acceptance, March 7th Waterloo's first acceptances, March 7th Ryerson's first acceptance, March 14th (via phone call) U of T's waitlist begins to move - one person acceped, May 11th another accepted off the wait list early June another accepted June 29th And, I didn't go quite as far, but from 2 year applicants:
UBC-O, waitlisted someone around the end of January York's first rejection, recorded Feb 3rd 2017 Carleton's first rejection, Feb 14th U of T's first rejection, Feb 15th Carleton's first acceptances, Feb 23rd UBC-O's first acceptance, March 1st King's (Western) first acceptance, March 6th (via email) more acceptances recorded March 9th, March 13th Western's first waitlist, March 8th (email) Western's first rejections, March 8th someone calls Windsor, are told acceptances have started rolling out, March 14th York's first acceptance, March 16th (myfile) more seem to be rolling out early April York's first waitlist, March 16th (email) U of T's first acceptances, March 23rd (via ACORN, as ROSI was down) apparently, all letters (acceptances, rejections, waitlists) were sent out on this day someone confirmed that ACORN didn't show all statuses - they received an "accepted" snail mail letter with nothing recorded on ACORN someone else confirmed their ROSI said "invited", ACORN said nothing, and they got a letter. who knows at this point! U of T's wait list letters begin to arrive, March 28th (via snail mail) Laurier's first acceptances, April 3rd (via email) Laurier's first waitlist, April 4th (via email) Windsor's first waitlist, April 12th (via myUWindsor) Windsor's first acceptance for the "working professionals" program, May 3rd U of T's waitlist begins to move - two people acceped, May 11th another person accepted off the waitlist, May 30th PHEW I feel like there's a ton of info to unpack there (I got carried away, it's fine). Some schools send out in waves, with rejections first. Some send out all at once (like Western's 2 year program). Feb 23rd was a popular date! Last name doesn't seem to matter at all, alphabetically speaking. Some schools send emails while others you need to check the online systems to get the info early (like U of T's ROSI). Often letters mean rejection/waitlist if you haven't heard anything else, but some people did seem to get acceptance letters before they saw anything on line. I definitely missed some stuff - sorry! But hopefully this is helpful to those of you already starting to worry just like me.
Either way. We still have time and there is no point to stressing too much (LOL). May the odds be ever in your favours!!!

This thread seems SO quiet compared to previous years!!! How's everyone feeling so far? I got everything sorted with my York application (I decided rather last minute to do it and had a bit of a panic, but everything's in and I'm just waiting on one more reference which I'm told is fine as their Dec 13th deadline actually has an additional ~2 weeks after it to get ALL supporting documents in) so now the freak outs have settled in! 
ANYWAYS. I'm going back through last years thread (wow - there's some drama, jeez... wonder if that's why there are so few of us here this year??) and looking at the first dates candidates stated getting acceptances/rejections/waitlists and figured some of you might be interested! (PLEASE NOTE applications and rejections all seem to go out in waves and make very little sense in general - not hearing by these dates doesn't mean ANYTHING! these are all just based on the people who were commenting, who knows when the applications actually start coming out. I know we are all probably beating ourselves up a bit but: what will be will be. remember: nothing good gets away. also: last year seems to have been a little later for some places and earlier for others - there are MANY factors, I just wanted to see this for my ow personal info!)
One year programs:
Windor's first acceptance, Feb 7th 2017 (and, around the same time, anecdotal evidence of a few rejections as well) these continue into the next week, and seem to be spread out over a few days Dalhousie (I believe 1 year?), recommended someone to the Dean on Feb 7th (still needed to be "approved by graduate studies" to be official acceptance, but I think that's a formality) Calgary's first acceptances (to the leadership specialization?), Feb 13th (via email) Laurier sends some waitlist emails, Feb 14th U of T's first acceptance, Feb 21st (via ROSI) quite a few this same date, seems to be the "first wave" York's first acceptance, Feb 23rd (via email) Laurier's first rejection, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) U of T's first waitlist, Feb 23rd (via snail mail) University of Montreal's first acceptance, Feb 24th York's first waitlist, Feb 24th (via email) UVic's first rejection, Feb 27th (email) Dalhousie's first (official) acceptance, Feb 28th (email) Carleton's first acceptance, March 1st York's first rejection, March 1st (via myfile) (*part time) York's second "round" of acceptances, March 2nd (*part time) King's (Western) first waitlist, March 3rd (email) King's first acceptance, March 3rd Windsor's first waitlist, March 3rd (email) UQAM's first acceptance, March 7th Waterloo's first acceptances, March 7th Ryerson's first acceptance, March 14th (via phone call) U of T's waitlist begins to move - one person acceped, May 11th another accepted off the wait list early June another accepted June 29th And, I didn't go quite as far, but from 2 year applicants:
UBC-O, waitlisted someone around the end of January York's first rejection, recorded Feb 3rd 2017 Carleton's first rejection, Feb 14th U of T's first rejection, Feb 15th Carleton's first acceptances, Feb 23rd UBC-O's first acceptance, March 1st King's (Western) first acceptance, March 6th (via email) more acceptances recorded March 9th, March 13th Western's first waitlist, March 8th (email) Western's first rejections, March 8th someone calls Windsor, are told acceptances have started rolling out, March 14th York's first acceptance, March 16th (myfile) more seem to be rolling out early April York's first waitlist, March 16th (email) U of T's first acceptances, March 23rd (via ACORN, as ROSI was down) apparently, all letters (acceptances, rejections, waitlists) were sent out on this day someone confirmed that ACORN didn't show all statuses - they received an "accepted" snail mail letter with nothing recorded on ACORN someone else confirmed their ROSI said "invited", ACORN said nothing, and they got a letter. who knows at this point! U of T's wait list letters begin to arrive, March 28th (via snail mail) Laurier's first acceptances, April 3rd (via email) Laurier's first waitlist, April 4th (via email) Windsor's first waitlist, April 12th (via myUWindsor) Windsor's first acceptance for the "working professionals" program, May 3rd U of T's waitlist begins to move - two people acceped, May 11th another person accepted off the waitlist, May 30th PHEW I feel like there's a ton of info to unpack there (I got carried away, it's fine). Some schools send out in waves, with rejections first. Some send out all at once (like Western's 2 year program). Feb 23rd was a popular date! Last name doesn't seem to matter at all, alphabetically speaking. Some schools send emails while others you need to check the online systems to get the info early (like U of T's ROSI). Often letters mean rejection/waitlist if you haven't heard anything else, but some people did seem to get acceptance letters before they saw anything on line. I definitely missed some stuff - sorry! But hopefully this is helpful to those of you already starting to worry just like me.
Either way. We still have time and there is no point to stressing too much (LOL). May the odds be ever in your favours!!!

Is anyone else still checking all the portals even though it’s a long weekend and nothing is going to happen??? I can’t help myself, hahaha. 

Is anyone else still checking all the portals even though it’s a long weekend and nothing is going to happen??? I can’t help myself, hahaha.