Joyful13 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 WLU APPLICANTS: Anyone in advanced standing or regular track for non-BSW part-time hear anything yet? I am learning that I am not a patient person.. Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcinn97 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 41 minutes ago, Joyful13 said: WLU APPLICANTS: Anyone in advanced standing or regular track for non-BSW part-time hear anything yet? I am learning that I am not a patient person.. Lol! Nope! The website says the target for admissions decisions is the end of May, so I’m not really expecting to hear anything back any time soon at this point 🥲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep on trying Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 10:20 AM, MSW2022 said: They sent a mass email this week with a reminder that the deposit and transcripts are due by June 1. So maybe they'll send out another batch of acceptances after that date? Oh ok. I applied for the mswwp regular online track starting for September right before the March 15th due date and was told I would be notified within 6 to 8 weeks (which would be around now). I emailed them last week and they advised that offers would go out by this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialworkenthusiast Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 For people on waitlists in various schools.. what has been your tactic to get in or wait? Have you tried to stay connected to the admissions team or decided to go cold turkey and wait it out? I would love to know what people are doing out there stressball101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw.helper Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 11:19 AM, cookiecrumble said: Hey everyone! Since I got accepted into Laurier's 2-year non-BSW program, I'd like to share some tips on what I did in my application, my stats, and some general tips if you didn't get in this round. Stats: Did my undergrad in Psychology. 3.9 gpa in my last year, 3.8 for the last 2 years, and 3.54 cGPA. I got a c+ in my statistics courses and a b+ in my research methods course (not that it matters for this application, but some other MSW app requirements care about those grades). I began focusing a lot on experience in my fourth year, although I began my mental-health related experience in my third year. I have around 3000 hours of work + volunteer experience in mental health clubs, peer facilitation, aba therapy, crisis responder for distress centre lines, student mentoring, crisis, and addiction counselling. Among those roles, I had specialized experience with women, substance abuse, LGBTQ community, domestic violence, and crisis de-escalation. If you're in the GTA and want to build your experience with volunteering, this is a link I used in my 4th year that helped me find some places to volunteer at: https://www.volunteertoronto.ca/blogpost/1302191/291575/10-Places-You-Can-Volunteer-to-Support-Mental-Health Personal Statement: I found the questions to be very specific and detailed. Make sure to use the limited space you have to precisely answer the question, using key words in the question to guide your answer. Make sure you have a clearly defined purpose for pursuing social work, and the MSW in THIS particular school / program. Do some research on different types of social work too if you're not entirely sure what you wanna do in the field! Another benefit of doing so is realizing you may have more related experience than you thought! For example, if you were involved in creative / recreational activities, this can help you dabble in recreational therapy side of social work. If you've done research and you're a good writer, you can excel in research or policy development kind of social work. If you have lots of remote experience, you can succeed in the ever-growing virtual platform in social work through your computer literacy. Another important tip is to look through the MSW course outline and relate your experience or goals to the courses you will take. Include your social location as well and try to relate that to your purpose in pursuing an MSW. Learn about the different ways your social location has given you an enhanced understanding of certain social concerns and how your privileges will contribute as well. If you have access to an academic advisor / career counsellor, I would suggest booking an apt with them to go over your statement. Otherwise, asking friends or students in the program (including me!) to give you feedback can also be helpful. Some key words I included in my personal statement: advocacy, empowerment, equity, diversity, inclusion, intersectionality, stigma, and different therapeutic modalities. If you didn't get an acceptance this year, that is completely normal and does not mean you're not good enough for this field. Hundreds of extremely experienced applicants get rejected each year simply due to the high volume of great applicants and limited number of seats. You can try to use the time away from grad school to build your experience in work and volunteering, explore post-grad certificates or MSW's with winter intakes, look into post-grad BSW diplomas such as Lakehead's HBSW so that you can apply for the 1-year advanced standing MSW instead of the regular track when you're ready. Or instead, take this time off to do things you enjoy. Spend some time in meaningful solitude to understand yourself and find areas of your life you've been neglecting so you can begin working on them. Learn a new hobby, travel if you have the funds to do so, or push yourself out of your comfort zone. I hope this helps and I hope you all achieve your goals in social work. I'm so glad we have so many passionate people willing to enter this very important field of social work. You will all do great! This is amazing advice!! To anyone on this forum give this post another read, I completely agree with everything here! Getting rejected says NOTHING about your potential to be an amazing social worker- at the end of the day there are only so many spaces available, and you have to focus on what's in your control. If you're planning to apply next year I highly recommend checking out the personal statement template and the buzzword checklist to help you get started with your personal statement/application. Thanks Cookiecrumble for these golden nuggets cookiecrumble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiecrumble Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 24 minutes ago, msw.helper said: This is amazing advice!! To anyone on this forum give this post another read, I completely agree with everything here! Getting rejected says NOTHING about your potential to be an amazing social worker- at the end of the day there are only so many spaces available, and you have to focus on what's in your control. If you're planning to apply next year I highly recommend checking out the personal statement template and the buzzword checklist to help you get started with your personal statement/application. Thanks Cookiecrumble for these golden nuggets aww thank you!! so honoured you agree thanks for being such an amazing help to prospective students! msw.helper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN1988 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 On 3/27/2023 at 7:41 PM, EN1988 said: Anyone here apply to the p/t online MSW program at Laurier? Dying to hear back, curious if anyone else has received an acceptance or rejection yet. Nothing yet and it's killing me!!! Started the process of applying in October and their expected decision wasn't till May. Now we are halfway through May and I'm itching to hear!! I really hope we hear before the month's end or I'm going to go crazy lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful13 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, EN1988 said: Nothing yet and it's killing me!!! Started the process of applying in October and their expected decision wasn't till May. Now we are halfway through May and I'm itching to hear!! I really hope we hear before the month's end or I'm going to go crazy lol. It's a rough wait... I check 100x a day 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN1988 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I've been checking pretty much everyday too, lol. Just in case some how I didn't receive the email 😅 not even sure what I'm looking for but I'm assuming if there was an offer I would see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraftyBee Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 For everyone that’s waiting on the Laurier MSW part time online acceptance - from experience you hear normally on a Friday and it seems to be either by the third or fourth Friday of the month. Although now that I have said that watch this time it’s totally different lol! EN1988 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful13 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Decisions for WLU, PT-MSW, (non-BSW) are now set to come out beginning of June - I received an e-mail back today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcinn97 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, Joyful13 said: Decisions for WLU, PT-MSW, (non-BSW) are now set to come out beginning of June - I received an e-mail back today. Well that’s… annoying 😂. I wonder why they’ve pushed it to the beginning of June now? Joyful13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barelyhanging Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Hi everyone! I was accepted into the UBCO 2 yr program. Is there a Facebook group or Discord chat to connect with others starting this fall? Thanks everyone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liv987 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Has anyone on the wait list for regular track at UofT, York, or Western heard anything yet? I haven’t seen anything on here and it seems like it’s pretty late compared to past years stressball101 and Samantha123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney18 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 36 minutes ago, Liv987 said: Has anyone on the wait list for regular track at UofT, York, or Western heard anything yet? I haven’t seen anything on here and it seems like it’s pretty late compared to past years I'm still waiting to hear from the waitlist for York and U of T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci87xo Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Is anyone going to U of T Fall 2023? I received an admission offer, I’m still waiting for WLU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball101 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 20 hours ago, Ci87xo said: Is anyone going to U of T Fall 2023? I received an admission offer, I’m still waiting for WLU. Were you on the waiting list and then received an acceptance? Congrats either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mswtime Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Anyone heard from WLU for the online advanced standing MSW program?? They send end of May so I’m hoping it will come out today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci87xo Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, stressball101 said: Were you on the waiting list and then received an acceptance? Congrats either way! Hiii! Thank you so much! No waitlist I received an admission offer from u of t on March 27th. stressball101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcinn97 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, mswtime said: Anyone heard from WLU for the online advanced standing MSW program?? They send end of May so I’m hoping it will come out today As mentioned in previous forum posts, the target for admissions decisions is now the beginning of June. I will post a screenshot of the email I received when I inquired about it haha. MSW Candidate 16, Applicant4 and Joyful13 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-millennial-sw Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 9:59 AM, cookiecrumble said: Are there any groups / group chats for students starting the regular track MSW at Laurier? Yes Please! I've accepted my offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant4 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 12 hours ago, the-millennial-sw said: Yes Please! I've accepted my offer There is a Facebook page- I believe it is linked somewhere above Congratulations on your acceptance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmornin Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Please let this be the week that things start moving for WLU part-time!! 🤞🏼 Joyful13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball101 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 12:21 PM, Ci87xo said: Hiii! Thank you so much! No waitlist I received an admission offer from u of t on March 27th. That's amazing!! I had one other question, when is the deadline to accept the offer? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci87xo Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, stressball101 said: On 5/26/2023 at 12:21 PM, Ci87xo said: That's amazing!! I had one other question, when is the deadline to accept the offer? Thanks! U of T gave me 4 weeks to accept the admission offer. However the $500 Payment must be made to secure your offer before June 1st. So after Wednesday I assume they move to the waitlist. Good luck 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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