Hi everyone!
I'm karisma & I'm applying to the 2 year MSW program at uoft and york as well as lakehead orillia/thunderbay, york, and mcmaster for their post degree bsw programs.
Since I have an undergrad in business (a specialization in human resources), I was explicitly told by the York grad admin that I have 0 chances of getting in since they prefer students from the social sciences and humanities (its also a fully funded program hence the competitiveness).
I had a few questions for you all:
1) Is anyone still in the process of completing their research methods requirement? I took a couple of statistics courses during my undergrad but did very poor in them because I took them in my first year. I'm currently getting an A+ in the research methods course, however, I'll have it completed by the end of February and I heard that mid march is when decisions come out.
At this point I feel very discouraged to even get into the program since I don't have this portion completed yet...I suffer from anxiety and I'm really trying my best right now
However my GPA in my last year is a 3.95 on a 4.33 scale, and I have numerous volunteer and work experiences [working with populations such as newcomers with mental health, a peer support group volunteer, volunteering internationally in africa (jump starting a women's microfinance program to promote empowerment , independence, and entrepreneurship) and pakistan as a special needs assistant at local schools, volunteering at ethnic community centres, and the list can go on]. I also was a research associate for a diversity, equity and inclusion firm for 10 months and got my supervisor to write me a reference- all 3 of my references reassured me how they wrote terrific things about my work ethic, my critical thinking, and ability to understand diverse and marginalized populations
2) My research course is taking place online with Athabasca University...any of you completed it there as well?
3) Has anyone else applied to the post degree programs at the schools I mentioned above? Or has a post degree BSW at the moment? As I mentioned above, my GPA from my last year (5 full credits) is a 3.95/4.33, but my overall CGPA is a B (because of family situations and personal mental health situations which really made it hard to focus during my 1st/2nd year of uni- but I soared with flying colours through years 3-5).
I'm really leaning towards York's post degree BSW (that has a minimum B overall GPA requirement)- it has an awesome AOP framework and such diverse courses. did any of you get in with the minimum B component?
Also waiting to write the Social work admissions test for mcmaster in March! I
I know there isn't a thread for the post degree program but for those of you who currently possess it, do you have any advice for someone who is stressing over this such as myself?
