[UC Berkeley MSW Fall 2017]

On May 24, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Southerngrl42 said:

I have learned so much just from this post! I had been waiting anxiously to hear back from SFSU, and it got to the point that I called them last week asking for notification of my admission. They seemed surprised that I hadn't heard anything, and informed me that I scored really high but I'm currently waitlisted. I had no clue the program was so small (25 people!), but the lady I spoke to stated that they tend to "exhaust the waitlist", and I'm one of 70 people on the waitlist. She told me to contact her mid-June for any updates on the waitlist. You wouldn't happen to know anything regarding probabilities of people getting accepted into SFSU from the waitlist?? I got rejected from Cal, and I haven't heard anything from CSU East Bay, so I feel like SF is my only hope! Any info people have heard about the program would be so helpful. 

I don't happen to know that one unfortunately.

[UC Berkeley MSW Fall 2017]

1 hour ago, Paola said:

Congrats! Have you decided of cal or sfsu or another school? 

 

And if so, may I ask why? I'm still trying to weight out all my own options so any additional things to add to my list would help 

I accepted SFSU. They have an excellent reputation in the Bay Area. I've been working in the field for over four years now and word of mouth among service providers here is that SFSU is better for those pursuing clinical and direct service tracks and Cal is better for those interested in policy, research and academic tracks. Both are excellent programs (the first and second most competitive MSW programs in the country respectively), I just happen to be more interested in a clinical track and so SFSU was my first choice.

I was also offered a full tuition grant by SFSU this year. Even if I hadn't, the price difference is staggering between Cal and SFSU! I could not wrap my head around paying $28,000 a year for an education that was no better (and possibly inferior given my interests) than an education that is $7,000 a year.

I also applied to Cal State East Bay. This was my third choice after SFSU and Cal. I have heard that they have a pretty good program and a really diverse student population, which I value a lot. The one thing I'll say is that I learned that they are reconfiguring their MSW curriculum starting in 2018/ 2019 school year and I was really put off by the potential upheaval this would cause.

I hope that helps! 

[Cal State Universities MSW Applicants Thread]

On April 3, 2017 at 11:07 AM, shelbys said:

 Congrats!!! I'm anxiously waiting to hear back from SFSU. Do you mind sharing when you applied? 

I applied pretty close to the deadline in December, maybe a week prior.

[UC Berkeley MSW Fall 2017]

13 hours ago, Paola said:

Really?! I haven't gotten anything :/ did anything change on your student central for sfsu?

Yeah. I had the option to accept or decline  the offer under pending applications.

[Cal State Universities MSW Applicants Thread]

On March 31, 2017 at 3:16 PM, fanzzublay said:

Anyone hear anything from SJSU or SFSU? I keep getting emails from SFSU about financial aid and a grad program preview event or something but nothing about whether I actually got in. 

I got an email from SFSU with my offer for admission on April 1st. What a day to get it ?. Pretty elaborate if it was indeed a prank. Logged into my SFSU account and accepted the offer!

[UC Berkeley MSW Fall 2017]

On March 23, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Paola said:

Has anyone heard from SFSU yet?

I got an email with my offer of admission on April 1st.