teaandSW21

UofT office is open 9am-5pm so nothing before 9am or after 5pm.. I am only allowing myself to check at 12pm and 5pm now (instead of literally every hour). I almost feel like it'll be next week tbh

yeah i'm not checking this weekend.. thinking maybe it'll be tuesday at the earliest...

From what i've been told by my therapist (MSW/RSW) who graduated the UofT 2 year(ironically) and said that in psychotherapy you get paid WAY less and you aren't as valued in the clinical field (pls don't take offence to this people her words not mine). I did some research bc I was trying to decide between SW and psychotherapy.. basically with psychotherapy you have to write an exam to become registered in Ontario and you have to have a whole bunch of additional supervised hours which a majority of the time placements don't cover. With an MSW you graduate your MSW and can immediately register and be on your way! This being said, for me personally I want to go into private practice which is very clinical. I was told I wouldn't get hired at a psychologists office where therapists do private practice having a psychotherapy masters (majority of the time they hire people with masters in Psych or social work only) there is one psychotherapist that works at that clinic and she gets paid less even though she has way more experience (and is about 20 years older than my social worker). The other side with this is that a lot of insurance providers don't cover psychotherapists but they do for social workers or psychologists (my provider is like this). Not trying to scare you away just have done my research and giving you a very honest answer... I also have seen jobs that basically require that you are registered with an appropriate college of practice (could be social work, psychotherapy etc) but the process overall to register as a psychotherapist is more complex.

Ahh another day of not knowing for UofT 2 year I've actually felt a little better as the week has gone on just kinda putting myself into the mindset that I won't hear anything until mid April (aka April 10 at the earliest is what I'm telling myself). I don't work as i'm currently writing a big literature review (similar to a thesis) as part of my final year and it's my week off so i'm trying to grab at anything to find something productive to do with my time. I know someone in their final year of the 2 year program and they got waitlisted in April then got accepted June 14, so you just never know.. pretty much we're just waiting to hear if it'll be more waiting..

Hi All! Long time viewer- first time posting I applied to the two year MSW program at UofT so I FEEL your pain (I used to live right around the corner from the SW building so I'd wave to it and just manifest my energy haha). I don't have a degree in SW but i'm in my last year studying a related field. I also applied to yorkville for the MACP program but judging by how much money it is i'm not really interested in moving forward with that.. so all my eggs are in one basket- it's a lot less selection not having a BSW background. Fingers crossed for us all! you have all been making me smile the last few days I feel like we're all in this together. To pass the time, I have been going on trail walks and baking lots. I feel stressed out and on edge ALL the time.. I had hope thinking that we'd here about the 2 year program a couple days ago.. fingers crossed for this week, no news is good news since no one has heard! hang in there folks