firefly1121

Hello everyone! I will be applying various MSW programs around the country over the next few months. I am a little worried about the strength of my application because I've never really been a great student. I barely graduated high school, and almost dropped out of community college the first couple of semesters. Over the last few years after doing some soul searching, and figuring out what it is I wanted to do, I managed salvage my GPA. Any insight/feedback would be much appreciated! My stats: Major/Minor: Psychology - clinical track with a minor in cognitive science GPA: 3.36 cumulative (I have 2 more semesters with about 30 credits left so I can possibly get it up to 3.4-3.5), and 3.92 for my degree Honors: Dean's and President's honor since I transferred to a 4 year school Activities/Extracurricular/Societies: Tau Sigma National Honor Society Work Experience/Certificates: QPR Certified Guardian Advocate Certified - Florida Mental Health Association - Mental Health Connections Specialist Intern - 6 Months (connected those in need with mental health providers in our area) United States Marine Corps - Infantryman - 5 years - 2 Overseas deployments to Afghanistan - Worked with Afghan population - Maintained and employed a military bomb dog The three letters of recommendations will be coming from the a professor of mine who was very keen on me looking up the MSW program, CEO of the nonprofit I am interning at, and a former supervisor from when I was in the military who is now a legal correspondent. The targeted population that I want to work with are veterans through the VA, and active duty service members on mental health. As I advance in the field, I want to advocate for policy change to better benefit and serve the veteran population. I will be applying Columbia, NYU, BU, USF, and UCF to start. Any insight or feedback would be much appreciated! Thank you!