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SC has pre-recorded asynchronous material from the lead professors of the course. So students have an hour or so of recorded content (lecture, activities, etc) and then live zoom sessions. The recorded material is kinda like John Oliver’s Covid studio but instead of funny graphics - it’s power points ?

I'm in a kinda weird boat myself, caught bouncing between clinical practice and big macro goals. I am always wanting to learn more clinical but felt that I would expand myself further if my doc work was macro based. Thankfully I'm glad I made the choice to macro focus 

I am accepted at Tulane - which is macro with some clinical applications. There is lots of room for Advanced Practice Projects with clinical applications. I looked at several schools (Simmons, Alabama, USC). My situation is unique (as we all are!). I am very clinically focused but I already have a lot of clinical experience and I want to expand my skill set. 

Definitely!  Very curious if they’ll ever try to add a SW license at a doctoral level. It’s such a delicate balance between “professionalizing” a field and the possibility of inadvertently creating more barriers to the field. A lot of professions are adding doctoral level accreditation and advanced licensure. 

Absolutely! If/when I get into a program I’ll probably pin a picture of the respective regalia at my desk as motivation! ?

I love the program. I chose it for its EBP focus and it hasn’t disappointed. Going in, I was worried that it wouldn’t be rigorous because of the online format, but the synchronous classes provide a great experience .  We have really rich classroom discussions, breakout groups, group projects, etc.  I feel like I earn every grade.  It’s hard and amazing.  
 
I was also nervous because I work with a bunch of PhDs and MDs and I was worried that others might think that my program was “lesser.”  Even if they thought so, they’d be too nice to tell me ha! But I’ll discuss cases and/or class topics with them and ask them questions about their PhD experience etc. In these conversations they always seem impressed with discussions, topics, and assignments.  I get the sense that they probably did, at one point, also worry about the rigor of an online program. However, like me, ended up being  impressed by the quality of the program. 

I emailed Penn to ask when they would let us know. Got back to me to say they were meeting today to put together cohort and we should hear in 2-3 days---but not today.

Gah! The suspense.  Luckily, I am really busy today I would probably be refreshing everything right now. lol. 
Good luck everyone! 

How exciting! Congrats to her! I hope I hear back soon. They said I was towards the end of the cycle- so I am counting on next week. How do you like the program? 

ME TOO!!!!! I have them saved in a motivation folder I seem to open once or twice a semester along with a few odds and ends I re-read

Ngl, when I get to feeling exhausted or “why the heck am I doing this?!” sometimes I go look at the different robe packages.  The tams are so fancy

Ngl, when I get to feeling exhausted or “why the heck am I doing this?!” sometimes I go look at the different robe packages.  The tams are so fancy

My friend applied SUPER EARLY and she heard back today! She’s in! Here’s hoping you get news soon!

My friend applied SUPER EARLY and she heard back today! She’s in! Here’s hoping you get news soon!

Welcome! 
i haven’t heard anything yet but last year notifications went out around this week. 
 

Hi all---new to this thread. Has anyone heard from Penn yet? Am anxiously awaiting for fall 2021/DSW program. 

I think my interview could have gone better. ? I’m a little rusty, last time I had to interview for something I really wanted was 2015. You can practice and research but it’s not the same. I feel like I rambled and afterward I thought, oof - this would have been a better answer, etc. 
 

Well I'm not exactly sure what the schedule looks like without COVID19.   So we didn't have a spring break, but we had nearly two months off for Winter break.  We're going to have about 2 weeks off before summer.  But our summer semester is only 6-8 weeks?  so we will have 6 weeks off before fall semester starts.   It's not like having the whole summer break (which I desperately need) but better than nothing.   We're in the last 3 weeks of this semester, can finally see light at the end of the tunnel.  This summer we start CBT I and Interpersonal clinical classes -- ending with our intensive week that was supposed to be in person.  However, again thanks COVID19, they will be on zoom this year.   I just hate this idea haha.   I have very serious zoom/telehealth fatigue.  
However, they have started announcing via email (to all 3 cohorts and faculty of the DSW program) when someone successfully defends their capstone project and it's just so lovely.   It's been great to see what other cohorts are working on, and seeing what timeline other students are completing projects in. 
 

My program is online, but requires synchronous attendance. I have to zoom for each class.  I like it, because I am a terrible procrastinator, and having actual class times and real-time sessions is a big motivator for me.   We have a cohort of 20, and I've gotten to know them through group projects and class time etc.  Some classes have even been split into 10, so it does seem intimate.  I feel like I'm getting an experience that's pretty close to in person.  

My program is online, but requires synchronous attendance. I have to zoom for each class.  I like it, because I am a terrible procrastinator, and having actual class times and real-time sessions is a big motivator for me.   We have a cohort of 20, and I've gotten to know them through group projects and class time etc.  Some classes have even been split into 10, so it does seem intimate.  I feel like I'm getting an experience that's pretty close to in person.  

Well I'm not exactly sure what the schedule looks like without COVID19.   So we didn't have a spring break, but we had nearly two months off for Winter break.  We're going to have about 2 weeks off before summer.  But our summer semester is only 6-8 weeks?  so we will have 6 weeks off before fall semester starts.   It's not like having the whole summer break (which I desperately need) but better than nothing.   We're in the last 3 weeks of this semester, can finally see light at the end of the tunnel.  This summer we start CBT I and Interpersonal clinical classes -- ending with our intensive week that was supposed to be in person.  However, again thanks COVID19, they will be on zoom this year.   I just hate this idea haha.   I have very serious zoom/telehealth fatigue.  
However, they have started announcing via email (to all 3 cohorts and faculty of the DSW program) when someone successfully defends their capstone project and it's just so lovely.   It's been great to see what other cohorts are working on, and seeing what timeline other students are completing projects in. 
 

I have a friend who also applied to Bama who didn't get in either.   Apparently, like many of the programs they got a ton of applicants.  I think I heard our admin say we got over double the number of applicants for the 20 slots.   Last year we got 90 applications for the 20 slots.     
My friend got accepted to University of Kentucky, and they have an 80 person cohort! I haven't heard much about their program from anyone other than their online presence.  they seem to be a 100% asynch program.  I think if I remember correctly Alabama was asynch as well.  For some reason, I thought Alabama was accepting less than 20, thought it was only 9? But that could have been for first year vs. later years.
I thought I saw some in-state vs. out of state tuition cost discussion.  For UTK their out of state tuition cost is 37K for all 3 years, the whole program.  The in-state cost is $34k, so there isn't much difference.   Like the poster said, I think Bama is the only one who offers the same price for both in state and out of state program.  

Random hello here I'm currently in a DSW program -- University of Tennessee.  I kept meaning to post on this thread but DSWhopeful is right, it's hard to reply on the phone haha.   Anyway, I am ALSO avoiding homework and was interested in seeing more chatter about DSW programs.  I'm also curious as to what everyone is planning to do with their degree.
I decided on a DSW instead of PhD because I was interested in translational psychosocial research in palliative care and oncology.   I wanted a program that was clinically focused, but also had a good solid base for research.  UTK's curriculum fits that bill for me.   I'm currently in psychopharm and research.   
there are more and more DSW programs all the time.  Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the professional world.  Excited to see how the CSWE's accreditation of DSW programs changes the field. 

Random hello here I'm currently in a DSW program -- University of Tennessee.  I kept meaning to post on this thread but DSWhopeful is right, it's hard to reply on the phone haha.   Anyway, I am ALSO avoiding homework and was interested in seeing more chatter about DSW programs.  I'm also curious as to what everyone is planning to do with their degree.
I decided on a DSW instead of PhD because I was interested in translational psychosocial research in palliative care and oncology.   I wanted a program that was clinically focused, but also had a good solid base for research.  UTK's curriculum fits that bill for me.   I'm currently in psychopharm and research.   
there are more and more DSW programs all the time.  Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the professional world.  Excited to see how the CSWE's accreditation of DSW programs changes the field. 

I think the general advice is not to get into more debt than you expect to make in a year.  For example (and to answer UM Detroiter's question) I am looking at medical and health social work -- that starts at about $50,000 a year.   I wanted to make sure I did not take on more debt than that.  I've heard several professions use that rule of thumb.