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Just received a call from Ryerson to let me know I've been accepted! I'm crying, so overwhelmed!! For context, they said 37 people were accepted.

Does anyone have the email for the waitlist at UofT?

UofT doesn't necessarily get priority, but for some specializations I.E., health + mental health, they have a pre-existing partnerships with programs in UHN hospitals, CAMH, etc. Because of this, they select a majority of placement students from UofT with the exception of one or two Ryerson/York students. The same could be said with existing partnerships that Ryerson/York have. It all depends on what you are looking to get into!

Ryerson has began to notify individuals of acceptance and those who have been chosen may hear sometime this week via phone, email, and snail mail. Wasn't accepted, but I have a friend who was!

After not hearing from UofT at all last week I assumed I was rejected (first time applicant) until today when I received a letter saying I've been waitlisted! I'm thrilled - which may be a weird reaction for some. I applied for the health and mental health stream, advanced standing, finishing my BSW in June with a 3.8/4.33 in my last 10 courses with an A in research. 800 hours as a public servant/policy assistant with the provincial government, 800 hours across two placements, 180 hours interning with the US gov, 150 hours Indigenous based research. The rest of my hours (300+) are majority leadership roles across multiple volunteer, youth, radical/grassroots organizations. Best of luck to all of those in the same boat. Not sure how many people are taken from the waitlist but I have my fingers crossed for all of us!

Haven't heard much about Ryerson either but according to their website applicants should hear back mid-March!

I'm at the beginning of the alphabet (D), didn't hear back. I'm wondering if advanced standing goes out in waves? I sure hope so.

Tried to look at last years forum just now but couldn't find any definitive answers. Does anyone know if UofT does more than one round of acceptances for advance standing?

You must be thrilled! Huge congrats

You receive an ACORN account through the joinID, you probably received a few emails about it - I initially thought it was just for residence. Turns out it actually gives you access to ACORN. They give you a username through their email and from there there's instructions to sign up.

Definitely means you're in!! Congrats!! You must be so thrilled, I'm so happy for you Did your status change on the SGS application portal? Anyone else's academic's section on ACORN still blank?

Exactly, but the thing is ROSI is being shut down as of tomorrow, wont be available for even current UofT students because they're transferring over to ACORN? This is what I've heard.. could just be false info. I've read in previous forums that the SGS application web page doesn't even change status even when a decision is made. This is all so confusing. I'm just hoping I get an email notification of some sort now because of this ROSI/ACORN/SGS mess lol.

It's really weird. I was able to log into ACORN less than a week ago, yesterday I was having all these troubles, and then after I posted it I was able to log into ACORN. I recieved an email from an SGS person and they said I shouldn't be able to log into ACORN anyways, which was confusing for me. They said you should only find out your acceptance through the actual SGS Admissions website. I have no idea anymore!

Unfortunately I've tried both! Used my JOINid and then tried my applicant number, then tried the student number, everything isn't letting me in. I emailed SGS Admissions, hopefully it's a glitch of some sort.

Any UofT applicants having issues logging into ACORN? Every time I log in it states "this student number is invalid or disabled." Not sure what this means.

Haven't received either, from previous years it seems like for the one year advance standing we should hear late next week or the week afterwards. I applied for health and mental health as well (no specialization). Fingers crossed for us!

Wow, practicum isn't considered experience? Wasn't aware of this. That's really surprising to me! Good to know about having the two years post BSW experience. Talked to a couple of MSW students for my application - one of them I interviewed told me she wasn't accepted straight out of school, did about 8 months of PSW work, reapplied using same application and references and got in. I have a feeling that a lot of it is based on the pool you're in and the competitiveness of applications. I could be wrong though.

Hi everyone, I've been looking through this forum ever since the summer and only now made an account. Congratulations to everyone so far! Curious to hear whether or not there's anyone here that's applying straight from their BSW. I'm from the GTA and only applied to Ryerson and UofT. I've heard it's incredibly difficult and competitive to get into your MSW straight from their BSW (I graduate this June!). I have about 2,500 relevant hrs, A- average, great references and unique experiences. I'm not expecting admission, but would love to connect or hear about other folks in a similar situation!