Canadian Universities MSW. The waiting game 2017 admissions

[MSW&MD]

10 hours ago, Dry_Guy said:

rejection before acceptance?  

How do you know? Source it.

 

 

The order goes by  rejection letter- first round acceptance letter- second round acceptance letter- waitlist letter

How do I know this? social work is a small field and you will  find friends in every sector, including school admission office

[MSW&MD]

5 hours ago, moh230 said:

Got a status update for MSW- 2 years from York. Did not get in, it said "Reviewed/Unsuccessful".  Wasn't thinking I was gonna get it regardless, very competitive as my GPA is average-ish. attached a photo of how it looks like.

 

I am really sorry to hear this, good luck with your BSW advanced standing application, I am sure you will make it..... York two year  MSW usually receives over 500 applications every year and has only 20 spots, but the program was talking about to expand it to 40 before 2020.....  

[SW_Student]

Does anyone know when Ryerson U sends out responses, and if there is a way to find out online if you're accepted? 

 

[MSW&MD]

40 minutes ago, SW_Student said:

Does anyone know when Ryerson U sends out responses, and if there is a way to find out online if you're accepted? 

 

The graduate office will call you to confirm!! Ryerson sends out offers from mid of March until the end of April... but that was in 2014 when I applied. Things may have been changed since.

[Hopeful18]

13 hours ago, moh230 said:

Got a status update for MSW- 2 years from York. Did not get in, it said "Reviewed/Unsuccessful".  Wasn't thinking I was gonna get it regardless, very competitive as my GPA is average-ish. attached a photo of how it looks like.

I'm surprised that they have sent out the two year M.S.W decision before the advanced standing decisions.  I am sorry you didn't get in and I hope you get the advanced standing B.S.W.  Good luck!

[Hopeful18]

8 hours ago, YWEANG said:

 

The order goes by  rejection letter- first round acceptance letter- second round acceptance letter- waitlist letter

How do I know this? social work is a small field and you will  find friends in every sector, including school admission office

Any word on when first and second round acceptance goes out for York, Yweang?

[2017hoping]

15 hours ago, moh230 said:

Got a status update for MSW- 2 years from York. Did not get in, it said "Reviewed/Unsuccessful".  Wasn't thinking I was gonna get it regardless, very competitive as my GPA is average-ish. attached a photo of how it looks like.

I'm sorry about your application.  I am not expecting to get accepted there as well (I applied for advance standing, 1 year program, part-time) as my overall GPA is pretty close to their line (perhaps a better final two years though).  I was actually going to ask others if their GPA was in the high 3's or low 3's - although I understand the other components will be ranked too.  I wish you all the best with your other applications and social work goals!  (and will check out my account now too....)

[MSW&MD]

2 hours ago, Hopeful18 said:

Any word on when first and second round acceptance goes out for York, Yweang?

The first round acceptance should be on Feb 10th to 12th depending on the volume of this year's applications. You will receive an  email from the admission office if you are accepted or on the wait list.. the second wave of acceptance is between April and June after some students declined their offers, in such case, the school will call you and let you know that you are off from the wait list.  Good Luck!!

[Hopeful18]

53 minutes ago, YWEANG said:

The first round acceptance should be on Feb 10th to 12th depending on the volume of this year's applications. You will receive an  email from the admission office if you are accepted or on the wait list.. the second wave of acceptance is between April and June after some students declined their offers, in such case, the school will call you and let you know that you are off from the wait list.  Good Luck!!

Thank you!

 

[lovelife905]

does anyone know when the two year MSW offers go out?

[MSW&MD]

22 minutes ago, lovelife905 said:

does anyone know when the two year MSW offers go out?

York offers go out in March... be patient..

[Inspired2017]

Hi there! I'm new here. I've been following the group since I submitted my app to U of T. The majority of the posts are very helpful, thank you all for sharing this information.

I applied for the advanced standing MSW program at U of T - 1st choice part time, 2nd choice full time. Does anyone know how many people were accepted into the part time advanced standing stream last year? 

[lovelife905]

59 minutes ago, YWEANG said:

York offers go out in March... be patient..

Thanks! Do you know when for UofT?

[adorealire]

Hello all, long time lurker! I'm in my fourth year of my BSW program, and I've applied for the advanced standing programs at University of Toronto, York University, and Ryerson. I am very passionate about anti-oppressive practice, and critical social work,a and social policy. I applied to the UofT Social Justice and Diversity stream, but I heard that for the most part UofT is pretty clinical. 

I know that within social work, where you go is not super important in terms of reputation, but I plan on doing my PhD later... do you think that should matter?

[2017hoping]

YWEANG - I was wondering about the York program (I applied to 1 year advanced standing part-time): do a lot of your classmates have work experience or did they go into it right after school?  I assume the background of two year students may be a bit different than the 1 year program?

[nicoleMSW]

21 hours ago, YWEANG said:

The first round acceptance should be on Feb 10th to 12th depending on the volume of this year's applications. You will receive an  email from the admission office if you are accepted or on the wait list.. the second wave of acceptance is between April and June after some students declined their offers, in such case, the school will call you and let you know that you are off from the wait list.  Good Luck!!

Hi YWEANG, does this apply to 1 or 2 year MSW applicants? 

[MSW&MD]

5 hours ago, lovelife905 said:

Thanks! Do you know when for UofT?

Around the last week of March...for the two years program

[MSW&MD]

1 hour ago, nicoleMSW said:

Hi YWEANG, does this apply to 1 or 2 year MSW applicants? 

One year advanced standing only

[Adelaide9216]

Anyone here at McGill? 

[Adelaide9216]

On 4 février 2017 at 2:25 AM, moh230 said:

Got a status update for MSW- 2 years from York. Did not get in, it said "Reviewed/Unsuccessful".  Wasn't thinking I was gonna get it regardless, very competitive as my GPA is average-ish. attached a photo of how it looks like.

I am really sorry about that. Have you tried McGill? They take into consideration a lot of other factors than just GPA.

Good luck for the second option. 

[MSW&MD]

3 hours ago, 2017hoping said:

YWEANG - I was wondering about the York program (I applied to 1 year advanced standing part-time): do a lot of your classmates have work experience or did they go into it right after school?  I assume the background of two year students may be a bit different than the 1 year program?

 

For one year program, about 80 percent of my peers had at least two years of work experience. For one year part-time program, 100 percent of them worked full time while attending the school ( you don't get the funding package if you are in the part-time program ). 

[MSW&MD]

6 hours ago, Inspired2017 said:

Hi there! I'm new here. I've been following the group since I submitted my app to U of T. The majority of the posts are very helpful, thank you all for sharing this information.

I applied for the advanced standing MSW program at U of T - 1st choice part time, 2nd choice full time. Does anyone know how many people were accepted into the part time advanced standing stream last year? 

 

I don't know the exact number but I heard that you can always transfer to part-time program once you get in. I applied for both part-time and full-time but got into the full-time only.

[MSW&MD]

4 hours ago, adorealire said:

Hello all, long time lurker! I'm in my fourth year of my BSW program, and I've applied for the advanced standing programs at University of Toronto, York University, and Ryerson. I am very passionate about anti-oppressive practice, and critical social work,a and social policy. I applied to the UofT Social Justice and Diversity stream, but I heard that for the most part UofT is pretty clinical. 

I know that within social work, where you go is not super important in terms of reputation, but I plan on doing my PhD later... do you think that should matter?

 

Do you want to do your PHD in social work or other related fields ( sociology, philosophy, education, JD etc... ) I would suggest you go to u of t because of its international reputation ( especially if you apply for schools in States) and better research funding.

[MSW&MD]

On 2017-01-15 at 1:40 AM, YWEANG said:

You will receive an official letter in March if you get into one- year York MSW program 

Dear xxxx

I want to be one of the first to congratulate you on being offered admission to Graduate Studies at York University.

You will receive an email shortly outlining your next steps. You can accept your offer now via MyFile.

Look for an official offer of admission package in the mail. You will also be receiving more information soon from your new graduate program, including details about potential funding support opportunities.

In the meantime, to help you with any questions about your program or the University, visit your specific program website.

I look forward to having you join the graduate community at York.

Sincerely,

Barbara Crow
Dean, Graduate Studies 
York University

 

To all York applicants, if you receive the above email in the next two weeks , congratulations !!! if you get the email below, don't worry, you will still have a chance get off from the waitlist until August 31!!

 

Dear MSW Applicant:

You have been recommended for admission into our full-time Advanced Standing MSW program @ York University but unfortunately, we do not have a spot for you at this time. We have put you on a wait-list. Please note that if a spot does open up for you, your admission offer will come with a $9000 funding package.

If you would like to decline your spot on the wait-list, please email poscae@yorku.ca we will remove your name. Unless you decline, you will stay on our wait-list until either a spot is offered to you or until August 31, 2015.

Unfortunately, we're unable to answer queries regarding when, or if, you will be offered admission.

Thank you again for your interest in our MSW program.

Cheers,

************************************************

[Inspired2017]

40 minutes ago, YWEANG said:

I don't know the exact number but I heard that you can always transfer to part-time program once you get in. I applied for both part-time and full-time but got into the full-time only.

Thanks Yweang. Can you tell me anything about funding packages for full time and part time at U of T?