Hello all! Congrats to all that got into UNC or any of the other schools they applied to. I actually applied to UNC's MSW program this year and was rejected from the 2 year program, but am still being considered for the 3 year (I am not holding my breath, though). Anyways, I am planning to apply again next year if I am not accepted to the 3 year program, but I have a question for you all. A bit of background context: I was actually pretty surprised that I did not get into the program. I graduated from UNC in 2014, majored in a social-work field, graduated with a 3.75 GPA + a 4.0 major GPA. I also had relevant volunteer experiences (although I have never worked full-time in the field). Since getting out of school, I have had one part-time volunteer experience in a related field, but have been working in a sales-related field for about a year (so not a lot of post grad social work-related experience). As far as my GRE goes, my score was in the 87th percentile for reading and the 48th percentile for math. Overall, what is the most important part of the application to the admissions committee? Also, does anyone know or have experience with reapplying or asking the committee to give them feedback on their application? I can think of a few things that I can do to make my application stronger (get more experience, find more relevant recommenders, higher GRE scores) but I feel like my application was fairly strong so to a certain extent I feel like I'm shooting in the dark here. I wasn't even wait listed for the program, so I feel like my application must have been pretty far off the mark, but I'm not sure why. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated
