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    UChicago Funding

    in Social Workers Forum

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    On 2/23/2018 at 5:53 PM, HannahRae said:

    I live right up the street from UChicago so let me know if you want and info about housing around here or stuff about the neighborhood in general!!

    I would love that!!! I'll send you a message. I hate being lonely so I'm really not looking forward to living by myself in a studio or 1 BR, if I can avoid it!

    Fall 2018 Application

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    1 hour ago, CelestialJenkins said:

    @stheart  That's great!  Congrats, when did you apply?  Is that scholarship per year, if you don't mind me asking?

     

    I applied like 1/23 or so. I asked for an expedited review of my application. Yes, it's per year but I'm only doing a 1-year program (Advanced Standing) so scholarships per year or not per year are negligible! 

    Columbia Social Work Program Fall 2018

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    4 minutes ago, justsomename12 said:

    I applied Feb 2, and just now received the email from Columbia stating they have received all required materials for my application to our and that the "application is now complete and will enter the admission review process."

    Did any of you receive this email AND get your admissions decision? I'm wondering what the time frame might be between this email and hearing if I'm accepted or not.

    Nah. I think you're overthinking it. I got that email when I submitted my application on 2/14.

    Any tips for a junior applying to start an MSW in Summer/Fall 2019?

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    @PeaceLoveSowk Your GPA now is fine for most MSW programs! If you can get higher, it'll be even better. If you look in my signature, I got into the highest ranked socw schools in the nation with just a 3.19! ;)

    MSW programs really do value experience that's relevant to social work. It's not just regular ECs, as you know. It's more things like volunteering with a mental health foundation, a hospital, with a social worker, working in a social services organization, joining the campus nighttime hotline org, being a resident assistant or peer mentor, those kinds of things.

    You're absolutely right in planning to step it up over the summer and next year. Also, many students take a year or two off after college to do some social services work that boosts their application to social work programs. I've been talking to other admitted students and a good number of them are older than me because they did things like worked in schools, women's shelters, crisis hotlines, and other kinds of similar positions after college. It's good that you have some social services type volunteering at this point in your junior year. I'd say that if you didn't, and you only had the summer, to plan to do this for a year or two after college. You can apply to MSW programs with minimal or no social service work but you wouldn't be the most competitive applicant.

    MSW programs don't usually come with much funding. Most students pay for them primarily through personal resources and/or loans. Some programs offer scholarships; they are usually partial scholarships, and they are offered to the most competitive applicants. Right now, you probably aren't competitive enough to be offered any large scholarships. I would strongly recommend applying to MSW programs at the public university in your home state. You could also consider moving to a state that has lots of good MSW programs at public universities and working there for a year or two in social services; that kills two birds with one stone.

    WUSTL MSW 2018

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    Posted · Edited by stheart

    1 hour ago, SWjdg said:

    Can you expand on practicum placements not looking promising? 

    There doesn't seem to be a lot of Macro placements, and that's what I want to do. There aren't the same Macro opportunities in St. Louis as other big city schools I applied to, like Seattle, Chicago, or New York City. I also hear that you have to look for your own practicum placement because you're competing with two other schools in St. Louis for placements. It is, however, an incredible research school and I love the kind of people they admit. It's very big-picture oriented. I just don't think my heart is into research; at least, not enough to move to St. Louis. :(

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