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University of Wisconsin-Madison gives a special fellowship to MSW students that is full funded (tuition+stipend) but the only give it to like two students a year

I am thinking about living in the Eagle Heights apartment- what do they look like on the inside? The website doesn't provide any pictures or floor designs... Is it really worth it?

FSIA, heard anything yet? all is silent on my front still :-(

ugh i totally agree! my boyfriend rolls his eyes every time he looks over my shoulders and sees that i'm on this site. for the past couple of weeks i've cried almost everyday thinking about how i am probably not going to get into my number one school. and on that note, this is all i've been talking about in my therapy sessions with my shrink. i am super tired of talking to friends about it because they just don't get it. :-(

jesus christ, who's gotten into 6 schools? i need to start hanging out with you guys and learn a few things...

if you are talking acolumbia, do not fear- you are not alone. they have been point blank ignoring me for a long time now. it's so much more crueler than just ignoring me.

don't give up hope yet. you still have to hear from a lot more schools. but...that being said, have you been networking? reading up on your area of interest? what about your statement of purpose? Do you think you could improve that? never underestimate the importance of brown-nosing and sucking up to a professor way before applying.

thanks guys for your optimism- it does help!

no news on columbia yet. and whenever i ask, they are increasingly vague. it went from "you'll hear soon" to "you'll hear in march" to "you'll hear in the next couple of weeks" to "you'll hear in a few weeks (today)" I mean, i'm not harassing them because my friend has also applied and she's been inquiring as well.

2 rejections in two weeks. i am bitter, is anyone else bitter?

i totally agree with you girl. this has been one of the hardest experiences for my self esteem. it's tearing my boyfriend and i apart and i am deeply depressed about the whole situation.

waiting on brandeis, and haven't heard anything from them. i've heard brandeis likes to take their sweet time

FSIA, I will let you know if I hear anything from them... so far...not a peep. :-(

i am already starting to seriously consider my plan b school... it looks more and more appealing every day as the waiting continues

but why would they host a reception so early if they haven't finalized their incoming class? i guess they really want to court those "must-haves" huh? :-( right now i feel like the girl all the cute guys don't want to dance with and i'm waiting by the wall for someone to come ask me to dance...

haha, yeah they've always been a little weird i hear...

Ok, so there've already been some posts about signs that you're about to or have already been rejected. For example, you coming onto here and seeing like seven other people have posted they've been accepted...yet you haven't heard anything. So I heard that one of my schools is hosting an "acceptance reception" for people who have already been accepted in about two weeks. Does that mean they've already sent out the acceptances and, since I didnt' get anything yet, that I've probably been rejected?

I got my first rejection today too... and although it was from a school i wasn't planning on going to anyways, it still stung... anyways, i dealt with it by eating a huge piece of lemon cake and had a glass a wine- followed by watching the bachelor finale. what can you do at this point, eh?

oh you're smart for not starting a relationship at least you're not doing with that mess right now! all my school work right now is on pause, and that's kind of dangerous considering midterms are next week for me and i'm soooooooooooooo behind.

ugh i hate that crap!

Hi ielah, I moved from Madison, WI to NYC, and it was a really hard transition for me at first. I tend to take longer than other people to adjust to new environments, so for the first like...6 months I was pretty miserable. But very quickly after that, I fell in love with NYC and now I don't want to leave. The neighborhood CUSSW is in [specifically Morningside Heights] is really cute. Financial aid is a sore point with me. I got full fellowships to get MSWs at other schools, but I turned them down because I wanted the NYC experience and the Columbia name. I took on a SHIT LOAD of loans, the max amount to live and go to school in NYC at CUSSW- sometimes I really regret it when I think about how I have almost $xx,000 in loans now thanks to CUSSW. But then again, I think about the experiences I've had in NYC and somehow in the grand scheme of things it makes sense... To be honest, if I were in it ONLY for the MSW and I wanted to be a practicing social worker, I should have gone to a different program. I honestly don't think MSW programs are that different across the board. The Council on Social Work Education kind of ensure a universal curriculum. But I knew I wanted to go on and get a PhD, so I needed a program with research productive professors and enough of a policy emphasis. I also wanted the option to explore international social work, which some schools really cannot offer. The classes are excellent, the professors are excellent. The administration is a pain, like any bureaucratic institution things happen slowly. sometimes you wait forever to find out if your financial aid has gone through (such a pain that i did not experience at other schools). CUSSW is one of the largest MSW programs, and that's something I feel like people don't really advertise. My class is like 200+ people, whereas other schools have significantly smaller classes. It didn't bother me though. I did know people who were already at CUSSW and so that really helped with the transition. But it's also very easy to make friends quickly and CUSSW provides a lot of social activities that, if you attend, will help you make friends. I can't really tell you more about the curriculum without knowing what you want to study- i can only speak about the concentration track i was on. But for a lot of people the field experience is really key and people often complain about that...but from my experience that seems to be something MSW students are generally unhappy with across the board. Anyways, that's my open and honest opinion! Hope it helps. In general, I am glad I went to Columbia, but everything has it's pros and cons. I know a lot of people who were extremely unhappy with CUSSW and a lot of people who really liked it. I tend to fall in to the more "liking it" side.

i would check the "results search" and put in MSW and a whole buncha people have posted the schools they've gotten into. hope that helps!

sorry, just ignore me or tell me if i am prying too much... but which professor are you hoping to work with? there are some really great ones in social admin., it's a really popular track. Also, why did they contact you in February and what did they ask about? Anyways thanks for sharing! I don't know why I am so nervous...even though I am getting my masters here I don't think it really matters...it's almost like they know me too well- therefore they know my flaws and my weaknesses, so maybe it might hurt me...

ugh yay! thank god, someone else in my shoes. why do you think they are taking so damn long? i'm so afraid that because they are taking so long it means i'm about to be rejected...i heard that people get accepted in february and then they reject people in march... what do you think your chances are of getting in? is it one of your top choicse?

research and teach. columbia is great, let me know if you have any questions about the program, would be happy to answer them!