[Looking for info on Dalhousie's Bachelor of Social Work Program (Canada)]

Hi Guys, I know this is a Master's Social Work Forum, but I am considering going the Bachelor to Masters route at Dalhousie and wondering if most people applying for Social work have an undergrad in the same discipline?

 

With Dal, I understand that if you already have an undergraduate degree (I have an Honours degree in Child & Youth Study) that you can do the bachelor program in two years and then apply to the Masters after getting some  work experience. I am wondering what the competition is like for the Bachelor of Social work at Dal. And also, what different types of jobs are available for each program?

[Canadian 2014 SLP]

Hi DeafAudi,

 

Last year I applied only to Dal. My original plan was to also apply to U of T and McGill, but I decided to focus on Dal and spend the time writing an honours thesis and boasting my gpa rather than taking the pre-reqs required for the other schools. I am 28 and my poor hubby has been supporting me as I have been doing the school thing later in life haha! So I'm going to try again this year and I am also going to apply to OT and Social Work as a back up plan. I'm hoping for the best and I'm going to keep working my butt of to raise my average as I think that's my biggest barrier! I plan to re-take the GRE too.

 

My current GPA is about 3.5 (4.3 scale) and I'm hoping to bring it to 3.6 or 3.7 Although I know that many applicants have higher! I am hoping that my work, travel and volunteer experience will make up for my low gpa. I have been volunteering with an SLP and Audi team for about a year now and I'm going to continue and try to get more experience working directly with clients. This summer I have been working as a job coach for adults and older teens with Autism which has taught me a lot and I think I will write about it in my letter of intent. I have some volunteer experience from the past 5 years - tutoring in a literacy program and teaching English in China, I spent 6 months in Kenya volunteering and I also worked with children with special needs in child care. I'm trying to decide if I should take up another volunteer position this fall or if I should just focus on my courses!  

 

Anyway, how about you? What kind of volunteering are you planning on doing?

 

Good luck with UBC!

[Canadian 2014 SLP]

Hello from Nova Scotia!

 

I am applying to SLP for the second time for next September. I have been looking for a forum for Canadian schools for 2014, but I haven't found on yet. I have spent too many hours lurking on the ones from the past years haha. It has been so nice to get information and advice and I'd love to connect with some SLP hopefuls for 2014!  I am applying to Dalhousie.

[Canadian SLP 2014 Applications Thread]

thank you!

[Canadian SLP 2014 Applications Thread]

Hello from Nova Scotia!

 

I am applying to SLP for the second time for next September. I have been looking for a forum for 2014, but I haven't found on yet. I have spent too many hours lurking others from the past years haha. It has been so nice to get information and advice and I'd love to connect with some SLP hopefuls for 2014! 

 

This year I am working on boasting my GPA and GRE scores. I am applying to Dalhousie. Anyone applying to Dal or other Canadian schools like U of T, Western, McGill??

[Canadian SLP applications thread!]

Hello from Nova Scotia!

 

I am applying to SLP for the second time for next September. I have been looking for a forum for 2014, but I haven't found on yet. I have spent too many hours lurking on this one and others from the past years haha. It has been so nice to get information and advice and I'd love to connect with some SLP hopefuls for 2014!  I am applying to Dalhousie.