ULSW123 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, AlexaS said: Hi there, thanks for sharing this! I was wondering how much experience majority of the people in the program have? I applied this year for the program and am waiting to hear back! hey! Honestly, some people had no experience! It definitely is better to have at least some experience. Personally, I tried to get a lot of volunteer experience in the field, and I had one job in the field as well. I don't think you need too much experience, but having some will make your application stand out more! good luck, hope you hear back soon! AlexaS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCCPHopeful Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 U of T 2 year applicant here. Still no change on my ACORN or SGS. Fingers crossed we start to see "invited" in ACORN tomorrow/Fri or early next week. MacaroniGirl, YouBetterSocialWerk, BingBongBingBong and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa2021 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 year applicant (Canadian). Still nothing for me also. Hopefully that's a good sign! patientlywaitinggg and SCCPHopeful 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSW2020lm Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 No Acorn/SGS updates (Thursday morning) SCCPHopeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjo Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Hi Folks! There are a lot of questions on this platform around what the msw programs are looking for and a lot of stat sharing. I just want to give an overview on my experience applying this round for the msw advanced stream. Waterloo: Waitlisted Toronto: Waitlisted Laurier: Declined (got the e-mail this morning) Ryerson: Accepted McMaster: Accepted York: No fucking clue yet ?!!! Honestly, I applied to as many schools as possible because I just wanted to be accepted into ONE but Ryerson, McMaster and York are the social work schools that align most with my values and the schools where I was waitlisted/rejected are more clinical focused. I was whole heartedly myself throughout all the letters and my insight around my experience during all of this is that it really depends on the school's ideology and how that align's with your own views. I don't know if this is helpful at all, but I guess my point is that I hope everyone get's into the school that most speaks to their heart ❤️. This process is gruelling and inaccessible to so many phenomenal candidates so I feel incredibly grateful. I hope we are all taking care of ourselves in whatever capacity fits best, and maybe I'll be meeting some of you in the classroom in September! Edited March 25, 2021 by tjo FingerCrossedMSW2022, MSW_20211996, Lulu21 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE_Shenanigans Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 For the folks waiting for UofT: I was waitlisted for the 2 year MSW program last year and I was notifed on April 1st 2020 (I went back and found the document so I thought I'd share here too) I hope the acceptances start to roll out soon, very stressful time for sure! I hope this helps as I know other schools are needing a response back soon. Good luck to everyone MSW2020lm and Lulu21 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal008 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, CE_Shenanigans said: For the folks waiting for UofT: I was waitlisted for the 2 year MSW program last year and I was notifed on April 1st 2020 (I went back and found the document so I thought I'd share here too) I hope the acceptances start to roll out soon, very stressful time for sure! I hope this helps as I know other schools are needing a response back soon. Good luck to everyone I just checked and I was waitlisted on April 2nd last year. Just for anyone wondering if they send them all out in one day MSW2020lm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu21 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 18 hours ago, ULSW123 said: hey! Honestly, some people had no experience! It definitely is better to have at least some experience. Personally, I tried to get a lot of volunteer experience in the field, and I had one job in the field as well. I don't think you need too much experience, but having some will make your application stand out more! good luck, hope you hear back soon! I know a few people who got accepted into MSW with little to no work or volunteer experience. It really depends on the grades and the overall application. Impatiently waiting for York’s response. I was accepted into Ryerson’s MSW but still want to hear from York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amesyall Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Hi folks! I've been chatting with a few folks who received their U of T two-year decisions in different ways last year. For some Acorn changed first, and for others SGS changed first. I'd recommend checking both daily just in case! 1097 and SCCPHopeful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDip Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Waiting sucks lol Decaf22, DD2021, MSW2020lm and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacaroniGirl Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ChipDip said: Waiting sucks lol It really does! I hope we hear tomorrow! Edited March 25, 2021 by MacaroniGirl SCCPHopeful, thatcoffeelover and ChipDip 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCCPHopeful Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, MacaroniGirl said: It really does! I hope we hear tomorrow! At this point I'm thinking earliest we will see a change may be Sunday and into early next week. But fingers are still crossed for sooner. MacaroniGirl and ChipDip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSW2020lm Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, ChipDip said: Waiting sucks lol ugh this is the worst. Anyone? anyone? ChipDip and YouBetterSocialWerk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBMSW Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, MSW2020lm said: ugh this is the worst. Anyone? anyone? Still nothing, my status is under review! DD2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess12345 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Has anyone heard back from the UBCO 2 year program? I’m a domestic applicant and have yet to hear anything ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw26 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 hours ago, CE_Shenanigans said: For the folks waiting for UofT: I was waitlisted for the 2 year MSW program last year and I was notifed on April 1st 2020 (I went back and found the document so I thought I'd share here too) I hope the acceptances start to roll out soon, very stressful time for sure! I hope this helps as I know other schools are needing a response back soon. Good luck to everyone I find it interesting that last year's letter included the # of applicants and # of spots available. I applied to the advanced standing program this year and there were no such figures on my wait-list letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBongBingBong Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, msw26 said: I find it interesting that last year's letter included the # of applicants and # of spots available. I applied to the advanced standing program this year and there were no such figures on my wait-list letter. That's interesting. I am really curious to the # of applicants and I wonder why the change to hiding it. cathySW and msw26 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empathymatters Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Has anyone on this forum applied to a MSW last year and was able to defer their acceptance to start this coming September? I wonder if the universities are allowed to do that and if they cap it to a certain amount? If so, then would it affect the amount of students that are admitted that have applied for this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex24 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 6:32 PM, StressedToTheMax said: Yes, 3 of them! 2 yesterday, 1 today! I have one other who is also still waiting. On 3/23/2021 at 1:16 PM, S.B.S said: Hi everyone! I also just received an acceptance to advanced standing Laurier! My last name starts with an S! Seems like this is the week. Congrats to anyone else also accepted! Wondering if either of you could share details about the accepted applications? Gpa / experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StressedToTheMax Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Alex24 said: Wondering if either of you could share details about the accepted applications? Gpa / experience? Tbh, I had a higher GPA than my friends but was placed on the waitlist. I plan to ask them what about my application didn't grant me admission depending on whether I get in or not. Lulu21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex24 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just now, StressedToTheMax said: Tbh, I had a higher GPA than my friends but was placed on the waitlist. I plan to ask them what about my application didn't grant me admission depending on whether I get in or not. Ive heard they look for a lot of experience so maybe there was a difference there? ? That’s a good idea though and I hope you end up getting accepted!! Lulu21 and Melissa2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw26 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Empathymatters said: Has anyone on this forum applied to a MSW last year and was able to defer their acceptance to start this coming September? I wonder if the universities are allowed to do that and if they cap it to a certain amount? If so, then would it affect the amount of students that are admitted that have applied for this year? I didn't apply last year but I attended one of U of T's info sessions for advanced standing in the summer and they said that a number of people deferred last year because of covid. They weren't sure if they'd let people defer like that again this upcoming year. I'm not sure if they're taking less students on this year because of all of the deferrals or how that's working out. My understanding is that Waterloo doesn't let you defer. Not sure about other schools. Melissa2021 and Empathymatters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afk612 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Anyone else heard back from UBC Vancouver yet for the advanced standing MSW program??? The suspense is killing me, especially after someone posted over a week ago on here saying they were admitted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plantlady23 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) Hi everyone, I have been doing a lot of soul searching recently and have realized that corporate is not for me and I really want to go back to school to get my MSW. I was feeling great about that decision until reading this blog to realize how competitive the programs are (and how amazing all of you are!) I was hoping for your perspectives on how realistic it might be for me to apply for a MSW in 2022. I went to school for business, have worked in Marketing, Analytics and now HR for a couple of years. My grades are okay (avg ~80%), I've been volunteering with Kids HelpPhone as a Crisis responder for about 2 years now (but only 4 hours a week), and recently started volunteering to call seniors. I think I can get pretty good references, but don't have any professional work experience. I was looking to apply at Windsor, Western, UBC-O, University of Manitoba, Carlton and Dal. I was hoping for your thoughts of if it's even worth applying? Thanks for your help! And best of luck for 2021 admissions Edited March 26, 2021 by plantlady23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBongBingBong Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, plantlady23 said: Hi everyone, I have been doing a lot of soul searching recently and have realized that corporate is not for me and I really want to go back to school to get my MSW. I was feeling great about that decision until reading this blog to realize how competitive the programs are (and how amazing all of you are!) I was hoping for your perspectives on how realistic it might be for me to apply for a MSW in 2022. I went to school for business, have worked in Marketing, Analytics and now HR for a couple of years. My grades are okay (avg ~80%), I've been volunteering with Kids HelpPhone as a Crisis responder for about 2 years now (but only 4 hours a week), and recently started volunteering to call seniors. I think I can get pretty good references, but don't have any professional work experience. I was looking to apply at Windsor, Western, UBC-O, University of Manitoba, Carlton and Dal. I was hoping for your thoughts of if it's even worth applying? Thanks for your help! And best of luck for 2021 admissions Always worth applying mate. The alternative to not applying (i.e. Hating the work that you do / stuck in a job you hate) is much worse than not taking the chance at something better. Plus, the cool thing about most MSWs is they look at your application as a whole. A strong personal statement along with the experience you have can go a long way. Rooting for you (and maybe even us if I don't get in this year) for 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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