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I applied to 2 programs at UofT (fifsw and dalla lana) using very similar essays. I received admission into both, so neither of them seemed to care too much. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

I actually shared mine a few pages earlier, but here it is again: I'll go through the 5 categories that they claim to use to access applications. 1. Academic grades The average of my last 10 senior level courses is a high 80, although my cumulative for my entire undergrad is much lower. 2. Social science background I come from a social science and social work background. 3. A statement of intent I think that my statement was decent. I really made an effort to look up what they were looking for and talk about how my experience fit that. (For example, talk about how I my work involves social determinants of health.) I'm also hoping to do the health research route, so I spoke specifically about my vision for public health and the kind of research I want to do. 4. Experience As I mentioned above, I'm in social work, so it's quite easy to relate my work to social justice and health inequities. I work full-time at a mental health treatment centre. I've worked one year working with high school students in low-income neighbourhoods -- this was case management, helping them use education to break out of poverty. Also have 1.5 years volunteering at homeless shelters, community centres, schools for children with special needs, etc. I'm also currently working on publishing my first journal article in the field of public health. 5. Two letters of reference I honestly think this was the best part of my application. I had 1 academic, and 1 work reference. Great relationships with both of them.

I got the acceptance email for UofT health promotion too!! The email says "We have received 500 applications and are accepting 42 students for September 2018". I wonder if that means they sent out 42 acceptances, or a lot more than 42 to get to the desired cohort size of 42.

Hey guys, I just wanted to pipe and and say that I second this. There have been a lot of questions on here about the size of uoft's waitlist, and the chance of getting in. I wanted to share what I've seen over the years. Over the years I've see A LOT of my friends, classmates, co-workers, acquaintances, colleagues, whatever apply for the MSW at uoft (around 30 if you count applications and not applicants). All I can say are that from what I've seen, rejections are far and few (especially for the advanced standing), and that most of the non-acceptances are waitlists. Although I will never definitively know if this is true, it seems that a waitlist result is almost synonymous to a rejection. I wasn't going to share this conjecture of mine because I didn't want to bring down people's hopes. But I do think that it's important for those on the waitlist not to obsess (it's not good for your health). I think that you should think of getting off the waitlist as an happy surprise. If you don't get off, that doesn't mean that you're not good enough, but know that the odds really are against you. Again, I wasn't really going to post this because I didn't want to bring anyone down. But I think it's important to be able to move on and take up other opportunities.

Sure I'll share mine. I'll go through the 5 categories that they claim to use to access applications. 1. Academic grades The average of my last 10 senior level courses is a high 80, although my cumulative for my entire undergrad is much lower. 2. Social science background I come from a social science and social work background. 3. A statement of intent outlining your vision of health promotion and your reasons for wishing to enter the program I think that my statement was decent. I really made an effort to look up what they were looking for and talk about how my experience fit that. (For example, talk about how I my work involves social determinants of health.) I'm also hoping to do the health research route, so I spoke specifically about my vision for public health and the kind of research I want to do. 4. Experience in paid or volunteer capacities, addressing determinants of health (e.g., social justice and health inequities) As I mentioned above, I'm in social work, so it's quite easy to relate my work to social justice and health inequities. I work full-time at a mental health treatment centre. I've worked one year working with high school students in low-income neighbourhoods -- this was case management, helping them use education to break out of poverty. Also have 1.5 years volunteering at homeless shelters, community centres, schools for children with special needs, etc. I'm also currently working on publishing my first journal article in the field of public health. 5. Two letters of reference from persons familiar with applicants’ academic and/or paid/volunteer work performance I honestly think this was the best part of my application. I had 1 academic, and 1 work reference. Great relationships with both of them. All in all, I'm leaning towards accepting an offer for my masters of social work anyways. But I'm still looking forward to seeing the result of my application. What's your profile look like? All the best to you as well

I've actually heard of 2 people who got in now. I asked and one of them said found out via email, and the other said it was the online status.

I didn't ask her explicitly, but she eluded to the fact that it was online.

PSA: Laurier one-year acceptances are coming! I didn't apply but I have a friend that just got in.

I think this applies to everyone reading this forum haha!

Unless their policy changed from last year, you won't be able to inquire any information about the waitlist. When you receive the waitlist letter, they ask you to submit a form to indicate whether you want to stay on the waitlist. If you do, you're welcome to submit updated documents/transcripts/practicum evaluations/etc. But they never reveal how many are on the waitlist, or what the ranking is. It's a frustrating experience for sure. At the time, I personally knew about 10 people on the waitlist, and none of us got in. This is not to say that no one gets off the waitlist because people on grad cafe have said that they've received offers from the waitlist though. Best of luck!

It says on acorn at the dashboard page, under the academics section in orange font. No I'm not a current UofT student. There are some screenshots a few pages back on this forum. Good luck!

That's so exciting! Everything seems to be happening on schedule because last year I got my waitlist letter on February 23rd, haha! For those who applied, I know that last year they sent out acceptance, waitlist, and rejection letters all around the same time. (Not sure if everyone got one at the same time though. I just know that some acceptance, some waitlist, and some rejections all came out this time last year.)

There are some screen shots a few pages back in this forum.

Hey, that's a good question, and it seems like a lot of BSW students wonder how much experience you need to get into an MSW program. I found out that my acorn said "invited" earlier this morning to the advanced standing health and mental health stream. I have about 1.5 years of volunteering on the side during my undergrad, < 1 year of BSW placement, 6 months of working full-time (as of this month), and a research project that I've been doing on the side for a few months. I wanted to share my experience of getting from a BSW to MSW. During my BSW, I applied to a few MSW programs but didn't get in anywhere. But this is what I noticed -- Of the people in my BSW program, the only people who got into an MSW right away were those who had more than one year of full-time experience in the field prior to their BSW. It became very evident that the schools wanted more experience, and it was difficult to get into an MSW without any full time experience. So although I didn't get in anywhere at that time, I still learned what I could do significantly improve my chances of admission -- gain more experience! After graduating, I put all my effort into getting full-time employment and finding related side-projects/volunteer opportunities. This was my experience, and you as a BSW student may very well get into an MSW program this year! I just wanted to share my experience. Know that if you don't get in this year, not all is lost, and don't give up!

Yeah it seems like results go on acorn first. When I applied last year, I got the letter in the mail before my sgs changed to decision made

I got my result on acorn earlier this morning, and my last name starts with a P

AHHHHHH I got into UofT as well!! My acorn says invited!

I haven't heard back yet. Last year, people didn't get results back until mid-April to late May. SGS won't tell you the result of your application but it will tell you "Decision Made" when the results are out. I believe you will get an email with your result, followed by a letter in the mail.

For the 2 year program? That's quite unexpected because the 2 year program normally doesn't get results until March, after the 1 year program results. Has anyone seen their status change on SGS?

I did my placement at an organization that works with high school students in low-income neighbourhoods. Essentially it was case management to help the students transition into the workplace or post-secondary education. UofT is the only MSW that I applied to, but I did also apply to a masters of public health program.

Congrats! That's great news! I did my BSW at Waterloo and I also applied for the health and mental health stream at UofT.

Didn't hear anything from UofT. But judging by last year, I would guess that UofT advanced standing results will start coming out next week. Fingers crossed!

As far as I know (which mind you is not very much..) I don't think Acorn can tell you the result of your application. At least I've never seen anything on Acorn about it. SGS has only ever told me when the decision is made, but not what the decision is. Which MAY mean that we won't be able to find the result on their website, and will have to wait for something like an email or letter???

On the Rosi log in page, it says that on Febuary 15 (ie. tomorrow) that Acorn is going to be replacing Rosi. That's why I've been trying to get into Acorn.

I didn't know that the SGS Admissions site would give you the result. I thought that it would just tell you whether the decision was made yet, as you wait for the letter in the mail LOL. Oh that's interesting, maybe I'll give that a try and see if that works.