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Hi! I was in psych so I had a bit of counselling experience and a 84% average in my last year. I think thats all they looked at for grades but I'm not sure. I wrote a thesis and presented at a couple conferences so that helped. I've worked in four psychology research labs during my undergrad as well! I had maybe 1000-1500 hrs of "relevant" experience depending on what each school counted. this was a mix of things like working as a camp counselor, volunteering in pride organizations & counselling positions, and a few community based jobs I've had. Honestly I had really low confidence when I applied as I had been rejected from psych grad programs twice so its hard to say for sure what was different now! Good luck with your applications!

I just got accepted to u of t 2 year! Last name starts with B so I do think its alphabetical! Just crying at work casually lol

Alright everyone who gets in at U of T has to promise to talk to the admissions committee abt how long this takes ?? I'm mostly joking but I only have a couple weeks left to figure out a housing situation so it would be nice if they answered

Straight acceptance!

I forgot to post on here, but I was accepted into Windsor's 2 year MSW earlier this week! Still haven't heard anything from U of T, Laurier, or York. Starting to get anxious cause I need to figure out where I'm going to be living some time in the next couple weeks. Landlords are the worst ?

Hey everyone! I could definitely use some advice if anyone can help. I have a honours thesis undergrad in psychology and was originally planning to do clinical psych but after being rejected twice, I'm exploring MSW as an option. The schools I am looking at are U of T, York, Windsor, and Laurier. Ideally I want to go somewhere that allows me to focus on mental health and possibility write a thesis, but I'm flexible. I have some thoughts and questions I would love to talk out with people: 1) Work experience - I was told by a friend with a MSW that pretty much any job where you work with people counts towards getting you in. Is this true? Initially I thought I only had about 3000 hours of work and volunteer experience that was relevant, but if they will count my hours from fast food/government/on campus/museum jobs, it would be closer to probably 7 or 8000 (havent done the exact math). I'm also wondering if this is considered a competitive amount of hours? 2) My GPA for upper year courses is 83% and for my entire degree is 85%. Is this generally competitive? How much is GPA usually taken into account? I've also taken 3 research methods courses but none of them have particular good grades, my highest is a 72%. That being said, I've written a research thesis and have about 300 additional hours of research experience on top of that, so I'm hoping that makes up for my low grades in those classes. 3) I've heard people say that MSW personal statements are less formal/academic than the ones we would submit for psychology. Does anyone know where I can get ideas for how to write a good statement for this program? 4) People who have been rejected/accepted from MSW, any particular advice? 5) Anyone have any clue whats going on with information sessions during this pandemic? I found an old one online for U of T but nothing else for the other schools.