T.O.hopeful

Hi everyone! Good luck to those who have applied to an MSW program! Just wanted to send this message as I was in your boat last year and was fortunate enough to be accepted into UofT's 2-year MSW program (started Sept 2022). For some context, I'm interested in counselling/therapy and after doing some research realized this program could help me achieve that career path (also applied to clin psych and counselling psych programs but didn't get in). I've just started my 1st year placement at a private practice clinic. If anyone has any questions about the program or placement options, feel free to send me a message

Wow super shocked since it's August but I just got off the alternate list at UofT and received an offer!! So, if anyone is still listed as an alternate, take this as proof that you may still have a chance

Not American so curious, does it make a difference what school you went to once you graduate/are registered? I'm just wondering if the earning potential post graduation would be worth having to deal with paying off a 40-50K loan for a 2 year program?

Hey there! First, until you hear from Laurier, you still have a chance to be accepted, so fingers crossed you hear some good news! I've heard that volunteering for a crisis center/line, like Kid's Help Phone, is really good experience on someone's CV if interested in counselling. You could also take a look at some community outreach jobs as the experience required is sometimes a bit flexible and you could structure your cv in a way to make it work. In terms of schools/programs, if you're able to relocate then i would definitely suggest applying to more MSW programs next year. I know UofT and Laurier are fairly popular programs, so it may be harder harder get into. Also, have you looked at the fast track BSW degrees? I know Lakehead has a program and likely there are other schools that have it. It's shorter than a 4-year BSW and is for people with a bachelors already. The good thing with those programs is not only would you likely get social work practical experience for your CV but you could also apply to advanced standing MSW programs after, and not the 2 year MSWs.

Sounds like all the rejections are being sent at once lol. Got the email to check the portal and also saw a rejection. Good luck to everyone else still waiting and congratulations to those who will receive an acceptance!!

As an FYI, it took 5 days from when I saw invited on Acorn (mar 23) to me receiving the official email/update to my SGS file for the MSW program (mar 28). So if there's no way for you to access Acorn, don't worry, you will receive an email in a few days with the official information (if your Acorn status has changed)

Yes, congratulations, that basically means an acceptance into the program!!

My last name also starts with A and I haven't heard anything. Maybe we're just convincing ourselves it's not alphabetical so we don't feel bad ?

I applied to the MSW program this year and the results were released a bit differently this year. It happened over several days and the people saying their last names were all over the place in terms of letters lol. So, I think it's too hard to predict what system OISE will use to release results

People have called the department today and apparently acceptances have gone out already but not all. Supposedly, there's a backlog and they'll continue to send out acceptances over the next few weeks

Fair enough, the Yorkville tuition was also the concern for me. Apparently Athabasca University's online program is cheaper so that's another option you could look into. But fingers crossed you get good news from OISE this month!

I think there's technically still time to apply for Yorkville for this September if you didn't want to wait another year (below quote is what I was told by them). So you could still try applying. For Social Work, you'd register with OCSWSSW. I don't see how you could register with CRPO as it's not a Counselling or Psychotherapy graduate program. But perhaps i could be wrong. "The latest I want to submit applications for Fall 2022 is end of May, however, the sooner we submit, the sooner we would receive a decision of admission."

So, it's not that unusual for rejections to be sent out first. Often if someone doesn't meet the minimum criteria/cutoff, schools will send out rejections to those people first before acceptances/waitlists. I don't necessarily know if that's what is happening now but I do know of other programs during this admissions cycle that sent out rejections first for those reasons.

It's a good plan and was going to be my backup as well! Don't let anyone make you doubt that program, my therapist last year was a Yorkville grad lol

It will look like this when there's an update to your file. So you won't be able to miss it!