LynneP

I didn't have to do any interviews for SW programs. I applied to 5 and got into all of them (Michigan included).

Good luck to you too!

I'm in a social work doctoral program and can think of 2 people (from other cohorts) who came in with degrees that weren't msws (mpa and mph, i think). When I went around to look at other programs, I met a number of people at different schools who came from different disciplines. They got in and seemed to be doing fine, so I wouldn't worry that coming from outside of SW will automatically exclude you. I think that as long as your research interests line up with social work-y stuff and you have some solid experience working on issues related to social work, you should be fine assuming that you're a strong applicant otherwise.

It should be fine

I feel for you -- I applied last year and had a hard time finding any concrete admission stats for sw doctoral programs. Here are a couple of nuggets, though: Social work has some of the lowest average gre scores of any discipline. You can see here (on page 4): https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table4.pdf So, if your idea of competitive includes other fields, then your scores are probably even better than you think in comparison. A lot of it depends on which schools you're applying to. Michigan, Chicago, Columbia, Washu, Upenn and any other really good programs that I'm forgetting have a lot of name recognition so tons of people apply. They usually accept somewhere between 5 and 10 people a year with more than 100 applicants. For programs like that, the acceptance rate is usually somewhere south of 10%. The same is true for programs based in urban areas (though the admission rates are likely higher) because there'll be a larger pool of applicants trying to stay home. Which schools are you thinking of applying to? With good scores, research experience, and an advanced degree in a related field (MPH) you probably have great chances of admission at most programs (most applicants likely won't have all three of those things).

hey pdwilks, i wouldn't buy an apa book -- I never had any questions/issues this (free) website couldn't address: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/