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She is no longer going to be able to email it so she is either going to have to mail it, or let me pick it up and hand deliver it. She is my favorite professor and I'm really surprised how much she has dropped the ball on this. I gave her the forms back in October!

I received an email saying they have my application, but it is missing one reference form. This has made me near panic since my reference made arrangements to submit it via email and apparently she hasn’t done it yet! This is the second school to email me to tell me she hasn’t submitted the LOR’s yet. At least CSULB is giving me 10 days to submit it.

" At the time of your admission, your official transcript did not reflect completion of your bachelor’s degree". This sentence makes it sound like you got in! They just need you to mail your final transcripts once your degree is complete. Congrats!

I dropped mine in the mail on 1/7 and haven't received any emails. I just went back and read the thread from last year. Apparently getting emails is pretty random. Some people who submitted their applications didn't get any sort of followup emails for months, while others got them right away. I think we just have to be patient and not let the anticipation kill us!!

I mailed in my application via standard mail on January 7th and I haven't received any emails saying they received it or anything. It wasn't sent back to me so I'm sure it was delivered, but I'm getting nervous. Has anyone else who mailed it via standard mail received emails?

How do you like your field placement?

I just submitted my last grad school application. Now that it's all done, I'm dreading the wait to hear back. Hopefully we won't be waiting long.

I submitted my application on January 7th and I'm really anxious about it. I don't have much experience related to social work so that's the area I'm lacking in. freCSULB is my first choice and I really hope that I get in. My LORs are strong, but none are from a social work related individual. One is a sociology professor I took several classes with, and the other two are the owners of the company I work for. Stats: CSUDH alumni GPA 3.7 Sociology 6 months as an in-home hospice volunteer. The concentration I selected is the Adulthood and Aging concentration so I hope this experience helps with that. 6 years working as the receptionist/assistant at an insulation company. I'm hoping when they review my personal statement and resume they will realize that the reason I don't have more volunteer or internship experience is because I had to work to pay for undergrad.

From what I have heard, getting into CSULB is one of the more difficult. This is due to it being considered one of the better programs, and it being significantly less expensive. I have seen many people on these forums choose CSULB over USC for the very reason of the price difference. I know of quite a few people with similar stats to you who have been accepted to USC so I think you have a decent to good chance of getting in. I would say your chances to get into CSUF and CSUN are good. For a long time I thought that USC was going to be the school I would go to for my MSW, but after a lot of research and talking to people in the SW field, I decided it wasn't worth the cost so I didn't even apply. When it comes to SW it is a bit different from other graduate programs. It doesn't really matter all that much which school you go to and how much prestige the school has. This is different than say going to law school. What about USC makes it your dream school? If you really think USC is the school for you, you have to make a plan. Determine how much total tuition, books, and materials will be and how much you will need for living expenses. If it is going to require taking out a loan, determine how much you will be paying monthly and for how long. Be sure to take into consideration where you plan to live once school is done and how much you will realistically be making as a SW. I've read that a monthly loan payment should never be more than 15% of your monthly income. If it's more than that, it can really impact the lifestyle you live once you are done with school. Going to your dream school would be amazing, but you have to consider how it will effect things once you are out of school. I know many people who have gone to their dream school and taken on an insane amount of debt to do it. For many of them it's a decision they regret, while others think it was totally worth it and they would do it again in a heartbeat. You just need to make sure you look at everything and are ok with your choice.

Deez - How do you like the program at CSUDH? How are the professors? Field placements?

I submitted my applications to CSULB and CSULA on January 7th. I really wish I had submitted them earlier, but my third letter writer took forever to get the letter back to me. I still need to apply to CSUDH but I have a few more weeks to do that. I was told I have a really good chance of getting into CSUDH since I just finished undergrad there and my GPA while attending the school was 4.0. Jax_Nise - CSULB is my first choice followed by CSUDH. What are your favorite things about CSULB? What are some things you don't like so much? What is the general vibe of the school and student population? Within the MSW program, how are the professors?

Most applications became available this month so I figured I would start a thread since I haven't seen one yet. What schools are you applying to? What are your stats? Do you need advice or help with anything? I'm currently contemplating how many schools I should apply to. I was initially only going to apply to CSULB and CSULA, but now I'm thinking I should apply to one more just in case. It would most likely be CSUDH since that is where I'm completing my bachelors degree. I'm not sure if my stats are good enough to just apply to 2 schools. My stats: Overall GPA: 3.74 GPA for last 60 units: 4.0 6 Months volunteer experience with hospice patients 5 Years working as a receptionist No GRE scores Btw. I just looked at CSUDHs application and they require 3 reference forms AND 3 letters of recommendation. I wish it was just the form like some of the other CSUs.