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Hey @YogaGal I'm starting at Smith for their MSW program this summer and am wondering what to expect in terms of a weekly schedule for my first year. Are you in class 6 hours/day, 5 days/week? How much reading (ie how many hours of reading) did you do during the week? Thanks!!

@pmaxhall Thank you @pmaxhall most helpful! Did you attend an online program? My major concern is getting a field placement, especially in a place like the SF Bay Area that has on-campus MSW programs, who surely have better/more robust relationships with agencies or hospitals or other field sites.

@taraw thank you so much for your response! Can you please clarify what you mean by this? "I am one of three students in the south Florida area so getting my placement was rather difficult, but if you find that there are other students in specific programs living in your area, that will help your ability to score a good placement." I'm in SF so there are lots of students getting on-campus MSWs, and I presume some people getting online MSWs. There are also lots of opportunities, I assume, since this is a big urban urea....

Hi all, I'm considering applying to some online MSW programs (Indiana University, LSU, University of New Hampshire, etc) and have a lot of questions. Here are my specific questions: What online program did you attend? How did the program help you get a field placement? Where were your two field placements? And for anyone in the SF Bay Area...were you competing for field placements with UC Berkeley, CSUEB and SFSU students? Were you at a disadvantage? Have you had to note (to a potential employer, for example) that your degree was online at any point? If anyone can advise I would be really grateful! Thanks so much for any insight you can offer

Hi @arrriella - I know this is an old post but I'm curious about your experience at IU online. . Regarding the field internships: -Is there is a department field coordinator that helped you secure a field placement in your hometown? Did you have a lot of field placement options? How did this go? Regarding an online degree in general: -is there a signifier associated with the degree that marks it as an MSW earned online? Or do you just put "MSW, Indiana University, 2015" on your resume? Have any prospective employers had a problem with an online degree? Basically what I want to know is.. has it held you back in any way? Thanks so much.

Gah! So frustrating!! Thanks for sharing. They really need a better system

The suspense is really getting to me...