@lizlizliz, I don't mind your questions at all!
I submitted my Application on November 29th I believe.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude, and completed the honors program from my community college after returning when I was 22 because I had a baby at 16.
I have a 3.28 from UCLA in Sociology. I completed UCLA honors, but began an awful divorce my last quarter that resulted in a D in an upper division class causing my GPA to drop. This was explained in my Personal Statement.
I decided not to take toe GRE. I am not a good standardized test taker, and did not want the possibility of a crappy score putting my academic integrity into question.
I have spent the past ten years working strictly in social services. I worked with Adults with disabilities as a case manager (for two different non-profits equaling 3 1/2 years,) an in-home care scheduler for the elderly (two years), an adaptive skills tutor for 2 1/2 years and currently work for the Department of Public Social Services as a General Relief and Food Stamp intake worker. I am very familiar with social services; the good, bad and really ugly!
I got recommendations from my CC mentor/professor, a previous supervisor who is now an Executive Director at one of the biggest Independent Living Center Non-profits in Souther California and my current Supervisor.
Please let me know if I can answer any other questions.
Good luck and stay in touch!