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OMG! I've just been accepted to McGill's QY!! I feel like my heart is going to beat out of my chest, wow! Good luck to the other McGill applicants!

So I've heard. The only thing that makes me nervous about the Qualifying Year is that I've heard of other applicants who got the minimum required GPA to be recommended to the MSW by the end of their QY, and still didn't make it. That seems like a cruel waste of tuition money/hopes. In any case, French is not a problem for me personally. I've lived my whole life in Montreal.

Fluency in French is still a requirement (or at least very heavily weighed as they say their placement opportunities for non-French speakers is very 'limiited'); it makes sense when you think about it since you have to be bilingual to work in most places in Montreal, especially in the public sector. I also applied to McGill's qualifying year with a BA as my first choice, and I was told by their admissions person that all answers for the QY were going to be forwarded by the end of this week. (faints) I think I mentioned on the first page of this thread that I was worried about my hours not making the cut, but felt pretty secure about my academic credentials.

Isn't it amazing how everyone else's stats sound exceptional, yet we always doubt ourselves? Good luck to everyone. I'm coming from a non-BSW background (English/Women's Studies), and I have to complete a qualifying year regardless of where I am applying to. My undergraduate GPA is 4.05/4.3 (top 1% of my department). I have worked as a Research Assistant, and written an Honours Thesis during my undergrad. I have been working as a crisis counsellor for victims of sexual assault for almost 2 years, and have even begun supervising the other volunteers. However, I have not been able to accumulate a ton of hours due to the number of volunteers/workers, and the rotation system at this organization. My number of hours is my main weak spot I believe. McGill's QY into Social Work requires roughly 1700 hours, and I will be lucky if I can get to 1000. Like agentofoscialization, I wonder if McGill values GPA more strongly than experience. I am feeling the heat at this point!