MSW Canadian Applications Fall 2023

[Vnij]

  

Checked my ACORN and I have been invited to the Advanced Standing program! I applied to the Children and Families stream. congratulations to everyone on getting their applications in this year and to those hearing back. Best of luck! 

 

[angelicpiano]

On 2/27/2023 at 8:20 AM, Juli3270 said:

Just sharing that my ACRON was updated with the official offer for U of T advanced standing. Hoping others get an update today/this week as well :). 

May I ask what is the first letter of your last name? Trying to figure out if they are going in alphabetical order.

[hopeful2024]

6 minutes ago, angelicpiano said:

May I ask what is the first letter of your last name? Trying to figure out if they are going in alphabetical order.

Last name S. Not sure about other folks. Also - the official admissions letter hasn’t arrived in SGS yet, although based on past years, it takes a few days between ACORN being updated and SGS. 

[dardykat]

I'm a bit confused about ACORN. I never received information to access ACORN when I applied for the MSW program at U of T. The only information I received was to access the SGS portal. Am I missing something?

[coffeegirl20]

It’s for advanced standing and yes, uoft! 

50 minutes ago, ManukaHoney said:

Amazing congratulations and thanks for sharing the news!

 

Is it the UofT program? And is it the regular track or advanced standing?

 

[angelicpiano]

18 minutes ago, hopeful2024 said:

Last name S. Not sure about other folks. Also - the official admissions letter hasn’t arrived in SGS yet, although based on past years, it takes a few days between ACORN being updated and SGS. 

Can I ask how you find the admissions decision in ACORN? I do not see it. This is what I see in the photo below 

[angelicpiano]

1 hour ago, Vnij said:

  

Checked my ACORN and I have been invited to the Advanced Standing program! I applied to the Children and Families stream. congratulations to everyone on getting their applications in this year and to those hearing back. Best of luck! 

 

How did you find out on Acorn? I cannot see it. Is it just in academics? Mine says I am not enrolled in anything. Ddi you also get a notification up top?

[Sat30984]

15 hours ago, Evs22 said:

Is anyone waiting to hear back from UVic or UFV for their foundation programs?

I have received one rejection so far from Dalhousie, but it wasn't as upsetting as I expected it to be - seeing how competitive these programs are and how many highly experienced, smart people don't manage to get in on their first try has definitely helped save my self esteem!

Also who else is applying/has applied for UBC Okanagan? 

I applied to UVic too- haven't seen anything on the portal other then it saying  "under review by department" in the status section!

[hannahb1997]

6 minutes ago, angelicpiano said:

How did you find out on Acorn? I cannot see it. Is it just in academics? Mine says I am not enrolled in anything. Ddi you also get a notification up top?

When I log into Acorn, it immediately brings me to the dashboard. There it has 4 major headings: Today's Timetable, Profile Checklist, Academics, and Finances. If you were to be offered an acceptance, this is where it would show up. Under academics it will show that you are invited to the program you have applied to, and under finances it would show that you have the $500 fee to pay. If there is nothing there yet, you just probably haven't received an acceptance yet. Not sure how it updates for waitlists and rejections. 

[DD2021]

10 minutes ago, angelicpiano said:

How did you find out on Acorn? I cannot see it. Is it just in academics? Mine says I am not enrolled in anything. Ddi you also get a notification up top?

You will see it as soon as you log on to Acorn. It will be on your dashboard. 

[angelicpiano]

1 hour ago, Vnij said:

  

Checked my ACORN and I have been invited to the Advanced Standing program! I applied to the Children and Families stream. congratulations to everyone on getting their applications in this year and to those hearing back. Best of luck! 

 

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HopeScientist]

I received acceptance this morning to the 1 year Gerontology Field of Study.

It showed up through my Acorn!

 

[Dough123]

2 hours ago, Vnij said:

  

Checked my ACORN and I have been invited to the Advanced Standing program! I applied to the Children and Families stream. congratulations to everyone on getting their applications in this year and to those hearing back. Best of luck! 

 

Do you mind me asking your experience/gpa?

[Dough123]

52 minutes ago, HopeScientist said:

I received acceptance this morning to the 1 year Gerontology Field of Study.

It showed up through my Acorn!

 

Congratulations! Do you mind me asking your gpa and experience?

[MSWanxietyyyy]

Hi everyone!
For anyone who got accepted into UofT Advanced standing - do you have access to to application management portal as well? And if so, has the status been updated? 

I don’t have access to ACORN (this is my first year applying to UofT) and I was just wondering if the status changes immediately for those who are accepted or if it will take a few days. 

thanks  

[hopeful2024]

2 minutes ago, Julia1317 said:

Hi everyone!
For anyone who got accepted into UofT Advanced standing - do you have access to to application management portal as well? And if so, has the status been updated? 

I don’t have access to ACORN (this is my first year applying to UofT) and I was just wondering if the status changes immediately for those who are accepted or if it will take a few days. 

thanks  

Hey, I received an invitation in my ACORN but my offer has not shown up in the SGS portal yet and from what I’ve seen from past years, it takes a few days to update after ACORN does. The admissions coordinator had said that decisions would be released this week and by early next week - all that to say, for folks that haven’t seen an update in SGS or if you don’t have access to ACORN yet, don’t assume the worst! They’ll take some time over the next little bit I imagine. 

[YouBetterSocialWerk]

Just checked my ACORN, invited! Probably a dumb question, but how do you tell which stream you were accepted to? 😅 My ACORN just says MSW advanced standing. My SGS hasn't updated yet either

[hopeful2024]

2 hours ago, angelicpiano said:

Can I ask how you find the admissions decision in ACORN? I do not see it. This is what I see in the photo below 

Somebody else said something similar, but I’ll echo them: my invitation appeared on my Dashboard under Academics with the $500 fee appearing under Finances. If you see nothing there yet, it’s likely because they haven’t released all the admissions offers yet - the first ones were released this morning. I’m not sure what would appear there for rejections or waitlisting though. 

[hopeful2024]

5 minutes ago, YouBetterSocialWerk said:

Just checked my ACORN, invited! Probably a dumb question, but how do you tell which stream you were accepted to? 😅 My ACORN just says MSW advanced standing. My SGS hasn't updated yet either

Congrats! You can’t see the stream yet (you will in your official SGS letter) - I just assumed mine based off of how I ranked them and the fact I mentioned only one stream in my personal statement - and you are only offered admission for the stream you applied to 🙂 If you applied for two streams then it could be either though! 

[YouBetterSocialWerk]

Just now, hopeful2024 said:

Congrats! You can’t see the stream yet (you will in your official SGS letter) - I just assumed mine based off of how I ranked them and the fact I mentioned only one stream in my personal statement - and you are only offered admission for the stream you applied to 🙂 If you applied for two streams then it could be either though! 

Great thanks!!! I applied for two streams, though I veeeerry much prefer one over the other, and it was one of the smaller ones.

Can anyone share how long it took for their SGS to update after they saw their acceptance on ACORN? 😀

[Dough123]

3 hours ago, hopeful2024 said:

checked my ACORN about an hour ago and seen I have been invited to the MSW Advanced Standing 1-year program! I applied to the Social Justice & Diversity stream. congratulations to everyone on getting their applications in this year and to those hearing back. I know this part can be daunting. you’ve made it this far. Best of luck! 

Congratulations! Do you mind me asking your gpa and experience?

[angelicpiano]

27 minutes ago, hopeful2024 said:

Somebody else said something similar, but I’ll echo them: my invitation appeared on my Dashboard under Academics with the $500 fee appearing under Finances. If you see nothing there yet, it’s likely because they haven’t released all the admissions offers yet - the first ones were released this morning. I’m not sure what would appear there for rejections or waitlisting though. 

Thanks for the response! I will keep checking. May I ask your experience and GPA. Just trying to gage what applicants they accepted so far. 

[mswtime]

Hi everyone!

I received an email today what I was accepting to UWindsor’s working professionals MSW today  this is my first time applying to this program, but I’ve applied to the advanced standing last year and did not get in

i also applied to WLU part time online program but have not heard back yet. I will be accepting my Uwindsor invite, but if I get into Laurier I may rethink my decision.

stay hopeful everyone!! 

[ManukaHoney]

1 hour ago, mswtime said:

Hi everyone!

I received an email today what I was accepting to UWindsor’s working professionals MSW today  this is my first time applying to this program, but I’ve applied to the advanced standing last year and did not get in

i also applied to WLU part time online program but have not heard back yet. I will be accepting my Uwindsor invite, but if I get into Laurier I may rethink my decision.

stay hopeful everyone!! 

Thanks so much for sharing. I was going to apply to this program this year but didn’t have a professional reference at the time. Do you mind sharing your stats and experience with me? Want to gage what successful applicants have! 

 

[hopeful2024]

2 hours ago, angelicpiano said:

Thanks for the response! I will keep checking. May I ask your experience and GPA. Just trying to gage what applicants they accepted so far. 

Sure! I share them with caution as I don’t want for folks to feel discouraged or be compelled to compare - I am not sure which parts of my application may have been more heavily weighted in the decision and I am aware that my stats and level of experience may be much less (or more) than other applicants with different outcomes.

I’ll be graduating with my BSW this year (so applied to Advanced Standing - I am not a 2-year applicant) and at the time of application had an 11.3 GPA on a 12.0 scale. Not sure what the specific percentage is, but it's in the A or high 80s range. In terms of experience, I did 780 hours between 2 BSW practicums that were split between a macro role in research and programming, followed by a micro practice counselling role in the VAW sector. I also had around 400 hours employed as an intake worker for a counselling agency and around 350 hours in research assistant-ships. Total hours on my CV - including non-social work related - was about 3000 hours. My references were a professor in the School of Social Work at my university who taught me in two courses and my two different BSW placement field instructors, both who are RSWs. 

If anyone is hearing news that was not what they were hoping or are feeling discouraged, please be gentle with yourself. A rejection or waitlist is not reflective that you are not suitable for this program or field - it is merely indicative that the admissions committee was unable to equally measure the capabilities of all their applicants. Wishing everyone well! 

Edited March 1, 2023 by hopeful2024