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I heard that Laurier has issued a first round offer for advanced standing. Is that true?

I just felt that no matter what degree you are pursuing, you have to continue taking courses and acquiring certificates/licenses of practice if you want to focus on private clinical practice.

Thanks and finger-crossed for you too!

Just received an email from UBC Vancouver offering admission to advanced standing! Yet the deadline replying is short that I have to reply before 31 Mar.

I am not sure if this piece of information is helpful but I just received an email from Laurier, saying that they need me to explain some special situation in my transcript yet they added that they are in their final review of the application process. I think we will hear responses from Laurier anytime soon.

Yes, especially while King’s is one of the more expensive schools in terms of international tuition fees (similar to U of T). Sometimes I wondered why the fees can be so different among schools! Finger-crossed for you and I hope that your waiting would not be long and end with greatness!

Thanks! I am planning on accepting the U of T offer but if other schools offer scholarships/funding, I might need a bit of consideration. However it looks like offering scholarships for an international students of MSW are not very common, esp from Kings?

I also received an e-mail from Kings saying that I am waitlisted. But it is interesting as they said that my profile was highly competitive yet they cannot offer me places due to lack of places. Not sure if this is just a polite way to waitlist an applicant lol.

I would love to join the group too!

It is sad to have been rejected on your application, and I can imagine how frustrated it is while it happens for years, while you have a really strong portfolio. Yet as a person who once was a referee of a person apply for degree programs I do want to share that it is difficult for a referee to write the reference letter without detailed information about the application. As some of you also added that an excellent application needs a good story from you, this cannot be told without detailed discussion between the applicant and myself. Or at least, a personal statement and CV to let me know the applicant’s strategy I guess? We all know that it is critical to have referees who are willing and Eager to help. However, Sometimes the referees are eager to help but they are not sure if they are writing something helpful. For instance in your statement you focused on your care to the community, then it will be absurd if my referee report explains only on your clinical skills. Of course, writing the entire referee report by applicant is not something to be encouraged. Not sure if my experiences being a referee helps, but finger crossed for your application!

Thanks! My last name starts with C. Maybe sharing a bit of my background might be helpful I guess? I am an international student from Hong Kong and worked as social workers for 10 years+ (had a really hard time calculating the hours as my country did not work this way, but it looks like I had 20000 hours+). I had experiences in school social work, support service with ethnic minorities and gambling addictions services. I was afraid of not getting an offer as I am just having a GPA of 83%-ish for my BSW (comparing to most of you getting at least A in your average) yet I have a masters degree in counselling as well.

Thanks! I selected Health and Mental Health.

I just received an email from U of T indicating an update to my application status, and received my offer to advanced standing!!! So thrilled!!! And finger-crossed for all of you waiting!

Same here, and my last name starts with C. Not sure if it is different since I’m an international student applying full time admission for advanced standing.

Congratulations! I am still waiting for the result of the UBC application and it is still "in progress". So the waiting game continues...