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Congrats on your acceptance!!! Can I ask you a question? When you got an email that your file was under review, was that status updated in the portal, or did it still say "submitted"? I've been experiencing portal problems and I'm worried I may be missing information 😬

Hi all! Has any domestic student heard from UBC-O's advanced standing? They emailed me saying decisions were coming out mid-March to end of April. I applied in January and was hoping that would mean I would get a reply sooner... I did have trouble with the CWL portal where they hadn't processed my application until I reached out telling them I received no notifications. I have a tiny fear that my application might have gotten lost 😬 Right now, my file says "submitted". If anybody else applied, can y'all let me know what the status on your file is? Good luck to you all!!

Hi all! I applied to advanced standing (1 year) MSW programs at UoT and UBC-O. I got my acceptance into UoT Health and Mental Health stream recently but I'm waiting to hear back from UBC-O as it's my first choice. My application still only says "submitted" but I had been having CWL portal issues. I'm crossing my fingers! For those lurking, my first bachelor's was really subpar, a degree in Psychology with a 2.9 GPA. However, I redeemed myself by completing Lakehead's HBSW program with 89%. At the time of application, I had 3600 hours of paid professional experience and 1000 hours of unpaid professional experience. My roles were community support worker serving LGBTQ refugee and immigrants, as well as community support worker serving sex workers and people who are houseless. In my applications, I emphasized my passion for community organizations and social justice. Good luck to everyone waiting to hear about applications!

CONGRATS @JMarble and ?@Lovey1115! Looking forward to meeting all of you Orillia folks ?

My letter read: "Social Work courses scheduled for the 2021 summer session of the One Year HBSW program will be delivered in an online format. Students are not required to be on campus during the months of July and August but must be available to attend and fully participate in all virtual classes. At this time, Fall and Winter courses are scheduled to be delivered on-campus. We will keep you informed of any further developments."

I got accepted into Orillia and I will be accepting. Good luck to everyone waitlisted!

Saaaame. Every day. This site says mid-April for 2021 though... https://www.lakeheadu.ca/studentcentral/applying/general-admission-requirements/admission-requirements-for-one-year-social-work

@blueeyedblonde Excellent, thank you so much!

@blueeyedblonde Hey there! If you're still around, I was just wondering how much time did you get off between the summer and fall semester? Thank you, hope you're doing well!

Hey @AlexaS looking at this forum, I've seen a lot of different anecdotal numbers "25/475" (Thunderbay), "70/500" (unspecifed), "20/500" (unspecified campus)... so I honestly have no idea. I think they really do consider the applications holistically; someone posted that they had excellent grades and references but very little experience and got in, but the majority of their cohort had a lot of volunteer/work experience. Lastly, I think a lot of people apply to the HBSW as a backup to the MSW so the waitlist moves quite a bit. I hope any of this is the slightest bit helpful but I also know there's not enough information in the world out there to soothe the anxiety from waiting. I keep on combing through this forum for some form of reassurance but it's unfortunately out of my hands. I just wish they wouldn't make us wait 2.5 months.

Saaaame. Glad to see that at the very least, I'll get to spend my pandemic summer in my home city. I think there's a real case to make here that the program should just be online since classes run for less than a year and relocation for the period of time is just destabilizing.

The waiting game is the worst ? Yeah I find the short notice ridiculous, especially during a pandemic where we rely so much on our community and relocating is more complicated. I think the summer semester will be online according to the course timetable. https://www.lakeheadu.ca/timetable/?campus=Orillia+Campus&simple=true&term=2021+Spring%2FSummer&acad_level=Undergraduate&subject[]=Social+Work&sec_name=&fac_uid=#search-form https://www.lakeheadu.ca/timetable/?campus=Thunder+Bay+Campus&simple=true&term=2021+Spring%2FSummer&acad_level=Undergraduate&subject[]=Social+Work&sec_name=&fac_uid=#search-form I doubt it'll change but who can say... As for fall/winter I have noooo idea. I received the email which stated that the majority of classes in fall would be in person but I really don't know.

I had about 15 minutes to spare, even having prepared with the prompt questions. I didn't expect there to be so many situational questions but appreciated them. I did not write two pages for all of them either but felt that I answered the questions pretty thoroughly with a good deal of nuance and didn't want to write fluff.

For Orillia, it looks as though everything was and is online: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/timetable/?campus=Orillia+Campus&simple=true&term=2020+Fall%2FWinter&acad_level=Undergraduate&subject[]=Social+Work&sec_name=&semester=&fac_uid=#search-form

Hi @JMarble I'm in the middle of applying as it's been my plan for some time.