grad_school_granny

It does sound very odd. I have spent the entire day researching other programs and have posted to the Social Work forum to see if anyone has any info on the Western New Mexico online MSW.

I am thinking of applying there and wanted to know if anyone else had any experience with the online program. Thanks!

I actually did contact them regarding stats and I was told that the stats are on their webpage...somewhere...I'm still looking for those. Also, was told that the school does not keep stats on how many students actually were licensed or became therapists, that's something only individual states would have knowledge of.

I asked the same question and was told that you learn this in practicum/internship.

I had never considered this program before yesterday, but here's why I'm asking the question: My local university is very nebulous about what they want in terms of volunteer experience/research in order to be accepted there. I wanted to get into their MSW program but in spite of repeated attempts to contact them to find out what kind of volunteer experience I need, I have gotten no response. I was able to speak with someone in the program and they just said to keep trying to contact the director (I've been trying for about 8 months) and that my current work with children wouldn't count. I them looked into their LPC program and they want to know what research you've been involved in or "special projects". Well, that doesn't tell me much and they aren't very receptive to answering inquiries either. I'm middle aged and just last year graduated with my BA in Psychology and have never been involved in any research or special projects. I made an appointment with a career counselor hoping she could help me sort through that they want from me and tell me if I'm even making the right decision at my age and she told me that she is doing her internship through Northcentral University online and told me what a great program it is. I talked to them and they do not even have a GPA requirement and are for profit. When I voiced my concerns to my career counselor about this she just said the program really is a good one. Everyone else tells me that online programs are a no go and that you won't get hired afterwards, but especially if you go to a for profit school. Does anyone here have any advice?