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  1. Hi Truffula - I got accepted as well and am planning to attend in the fall. I share your frustrations with trying to find first-hand accounts about the school. I'm a lifelong CT resident and am aware of Southern's overall reputation (which I think mostly reflects undergrad anyway), but it was the only place I applied due to financial issues plus the convenience of the location. From what I gathered, the UConn program has more of a macro focus which also factored into my decision as that's not my area. Not sure if you went to Southern's MSW open house but I was impressed with one of the professors I talked to and got an overall good vibe. They seemed to imply that they assume students will be basing their careers in CT, which worries me because I don't really want to be living here forever, but if you're here for the long haul it seems that they're quite well-connected with clinical facilities.
  2. Thanks for your replies, adacot & Nochal - much appreciated! CJMSW - I'm obviously far from an expert at strategizing SOP answers, but to me it sounds like you have a very valid story to discuss in your answer. I think generally it's just frowned upon to give extensive, heated accounts of difficult personal experiences, since it may give the impression that the applicant is still consumed by their emotional effects. But I don't think concisely describing the extent of your injury and recovery would be oversharing at all, as long as you focus on the strengths you gained from the experience and how you could apply them in your studies/work. Agreed that it's tough to balance honesty (particularly given how personal some of these questions get) with discretion in these cases, though.
  3. I'm having trouble answering a SOP question that asks about particular challenges I've faced and how I've overcome them, as part of a more general question about what I feel I'd bring to the clinical social work field. The only compelling issue I could discuss would be seeking therapy for anxiety/depression related to family problems growing up and how that might allow me to empathize with youth seeking treatment, but of course there's a lot of uneasiness about mentioning personal mental health history. I'm truly not going into this line of work to try to sort out current or past problems, and I don't want to send that message and jeopardize my application. At the moment in my essay I just ignore that part of the question and discuss my potential strengths, but I'm wondering if it would be better to vaguely refer to my actual experiences (obviously without digressing into a TMI sob story)? Not sure if something is better than nothing. More minor question: when a question asks about how you plan to manage the time commitment etc. involved in the program, how detailed an answer are you supposed to give? Is this just a dry reality check to make sure you have an idea of what's involved, or are they hoping to get a sense of your coping strategies in general? Any thoughts would be a big help, thanks!
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