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    2013 Fall
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    MSW

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  1. RT @TheEllenShow: If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap
  2. Thanks for all of your responses! I'm going to make appointments with the schools and see if they can help me in any way. I was really shocked when I got the rejection letters because I had letters of recommendation from my program coordinator at AmeriCorps, the principal of the school site I worked at, and the volunteer coordinator of the foster home. : (
  3. It was a huge heartbreak and disappointment for me to find out that I didn't get accepted to any of the five MSW programs that I applied to this past spring. I'm going to try again this year, but I'm wondering if anyone has any tips to make my application stronger. I graduated with a BA in English about ten years ago with a GPA of 2.5. I've been working with Ameri.Corps for two years and about to do a third term with the same program. While it's an education based program, I'm getting hands-on experience with working by volunteering at the foster home and homeless shelter. Recently, I took classes at a community college and got a 4.0 for that semester. What else would you suggest?
  4. I'm still waiting to hear back from them about my MSW program. I checked online and it still says that my status is pending. : \
  5. The deadline was February 1st. A couple of my friends received acceptance letters from two of the schools that I applied to. I called PDX State and they said that they'll email out the letters later this week. The other two schools couldn't give me any information other than it's under departmental review. o.O
  6. I'm worried because I haven't heard back from three of the schools (CSUEB, Portland State, and SDSU) that I applied to for this fall semester for the MSW program. Is this common? Should I call the schools to follow-up?
  7. I applied to CSUF, San Diego State, CSUEB, and Portland State. I haven't heard from any of them yet so I'm really worried.
  8. Question for those who applied for Fall 2013: how were you notified if you were accepted or invited for an interview? Was it by postal mail, email, or through the school's email that they provided? I'm worried because I have not heard anything from the schools that I applied to. : \
  9. That's amazing! Where did you find the link to this? I want to see if there are other schools who offer programs like this.
  10. Today, I got my first rejection letter in the mail stating that I wasn't accepted because of my GPA. While it's upsetting because I received my undergraduate degree nine years ago, I want to start taking upper division classes at a college. How do I go about doing that? I tried researching under the School of Continuing Education for some of the universities, but they were more about helping post-grads get certification in things like education and becoming a mechanic. Who do I contact in regards to this? I don't know what to do since I'm very distraught by it all.
  11. This is a silly question, but I can't figure it out by myself. On the CSU Mentor form, it asks you to write a personal statement as to why you want to pursue a graduate degree. However, it says that if I submitted a statement of purpose directly to the program, that I don't have to write one. So, do I have to write another personal statement for CSU Mentor or do I just tell them that I have completed one for my department?
  12. Unfortunately, the illness occurred during my last year of college so I wasn't able to raise it much more than 2.2. Thank you so much for the edits! They were really helpful; thank you.
  13. Does this sound okay? I removed identifying things about me from this essay: In October 2003, I was diagnosed with a (illness) which later was discovered to be (illness). Treatment for this required me to be hospitalized for a surgery during finals week where they placed a (xxx) in me. Before I was diagnosed, I was often in the emergency room or at a doctor’s office due to the discomfort from my illness. Because of this, I feel like it contributed to my low GPA due to the fact two of my classes, (class) and (class) were classes where attendance and my final project weighed heavily on my final grade. As a result, I received a 1.6 GPA for that semester. In the following semester, I was able to raise my GPA to a 2.2. Medical documentation of this illness and treatment can be provided upon request.
  14. Do I write as a letter with, "Dear Admissions Committee..."? How do I distinguish that it's an addendum to my application?
  15. How does one go about preparing for the quantitive part of the GRE? I did really badly on it during my last test and have been practicing, but still am doing poorly. What I find to be really difficult is rewiring my brain to interpret the questions and figure out what the question is asking me to deduce. (I'm a native English speaker.) I'm spending a lot of time memorizing the formulas, but it's the wording that always messes me up. If I had my way, I would select option D (not enough information to deduce a solution) for all of the questions asking for which column is greater because I can't connect the dots.
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