{"id":3498,"date":"2012-01-13T14:17:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T19:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2015-05-29T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T16:24:00","slug":"when-i-wish-upon-a-grad-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"when i wish upon a grad star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nHello Askastudent,<br \/>\n?<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve recently applied to the MSW program at U of T.? I feel like I have a strong application <strong>*except*<\/strong> for my gpa.? It falls below the minimum requirement.? Do U of T admissions committees routinely discard applications falling below minimum without reviewing it?? I guess this happens in other programs that are more concrete in numbers like the maths and sciences. I am hoping that being a &#8216;people&#8217; profession that Social Work will consider all aspects of the application even though one part may be weak.?<br \/>\n?<br \/>\nIs this wishful thinking on my part??<br \/>\n?<br \/>\nThank You! Any insight would be appreciated.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>???????????????<\/p>\n<p>Hey there,<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is wishful thinking but not tooootally crazy. They will consider your application as a whole, but generally graduate programs are rather competitive. Admission requirements can vary from year to year depending on the applicant pool. So logically it could be a less competitive year and you may be admitted, but generally it&#8217;s the reverse. I like links, so<a href=\"http:\/\/socialwork.utoronto.ca\/admissions\/msw\/admission-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here&#8217;s <\/a>the current admission requirements.<\/p>\n<p>I would always apply just in case, you never know.<\/p>\n<p>warmth and waterproof boots,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Askastudent, ? I&#8217;ve recently applied to the MSW program at U of T.? I feel like I have a strong application *except* for my gpa.? It falls below the minimum requirement.? Do U of T admissions committees routinely discard applications falling below minimum without reviewing it?? I guess this happens in other programs that are more concrete in numbers like the maths and sciences. I am hoping that being a &#8216;people&#8217; profession that Social Work will consider all aspects of the application even though one part may be weak.? ? Is this wishful thinking on my part?? ? Thank You! Any insight would be appreciated. ??????????????? Hey there, Yes, it is wishful thinking but not tooootally crazy. They will consider your application as a whole, but generally graduate programs are rather competitive. Admission requirements can vary from year to year depending on the applicant pool. So logically it could be a less competitive year and you may be admitted, but generally it&#8217;s the reverse. I like links, so here&#8217;s the current admission requirements. I would always apply just in case, you never know. warmth and waterproof boots, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grad-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}