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Hoping you hear back from SFSU soon!! They are an amazing program and the couple of folks that I talked to that are currently in the program said amazing things I am going to be attending Berkeley but SFSU was another great option. Sending you all the good vibes and good luck!!

Wow those are both amazing options!!! So many fun things to come this month haha. My deadline is also March 4! to be quite honest I’m not sure how I feel about the 2 year commitment. I currently work for a non profit in child welfare and deal with local counties and CPS agencies and it doesn’t seem like the focus I want to do long term (mental health). However, I’m a big believer in understand how systems work in order to best serve the folx navigating those systems, so overall I would say I think that would be an invaluable experience that I wouldn’t seek otherwise. 2 years is a long time, but also it’s not a long time, which has me conflicted since my ultimate goal is to get licensed and move on to many other things. I’m not sure if that answers your question, but it sounds like we both have a big decision to make but no matter what we’ll make the right one :)

Congrats on your acceptance as well!! I haven't sent a response to SFSU yet but I am very much leaning to SF anyways over Berkeley. Having that stipend is really important to me, and I would love to avoid student loans if possible so that's a very big influential factor. The other being the community that SF has in terms of social justice/DEI that the school seems to really embody through its actions. I have friends that have done various Master's programs at SFSU and all have said it was a great experience. My experiences in the Zoom info sessions for the program were also a lot more positive for SFSU over Berkeley (and Jerry from SFSU seemed very knowledgeable and kind). I would be thrilled to go to either school, and I know at the end of the day it's more important to have the degree/get the experience over picking the most prestigious school. Trying to practice more gratitude for this experience rather than beating myself up over which school to choose/which one to wait for a lot easier said than done haha. Good luck to you and please let me know when you hear back from Berkeley! Maybe we'll end up being classmates!

Thank you! I had a 3.0 in my last two years of undergrad, and I've worked in mental health/non-public school counseling for the past 5 years. I heard back from them on Friday 2/18 and they gave me a couple of weeks to decide. When I talked to the admissions folks about being admitted in to the IFG concentration they were saying early-mid march is when folx will hear back. Hope you hear back soon!!! Still waiting to hear back from UC Berkeley and according to @bananamuffin Berkeley should be notifying students by end of week but I've also seen March 15th on another section of the UCB msw site.

Hey y'all, just made an account to post on here lol. I was checking at the UCB MSW page and they are saying applicants should be notified by March 15th. I did receive my acceptance for SFSU under the Title IV-E program and will more than likely be going there! Good luck y'all!