marilu91

Hello all of you, I'm sending all of you good vibes. I mailed my application to CSULB on December 22nd, although it was technically "received" until January 2nd because they were closed for the holidays. I received an email on January 7th stating that my application had been received by the Social Work department and on January the 21st one from CSULB stating that my application had been forwarded to the Department of Social Work. I was accepted to the 3-year program on February 15th. I did not apply to any other schools, CSULB was my top and only pick, I live in Indianapolis, IN and will be moving to California mid June. I figured that if I was not accepted, I would just focus on settling down and working and just reapplying for next year !! Wishing you all the best of luck!!

Congrats! Which program did you apply to? Also, do you remember when your application was sent to the department for review? A month after was a quick response, ! I applied on the 2nd of January.

What you do is amazing, and for you to overcome a difficult childhood and decide to pursue a career that gives back to the community is even more amazing! Watch… I know you are going to get in! I did things a bit backwards and I’m super old lol! I’m almost 28! I live in Indianapolis, IN but was born and raised in Long Beach, CA. When I turned 15, my parents had the great idea of moving to Indiana (rolling my eyes right now...)!!! In the midst of everything, they ended up moving back to California August 2017, I have a feeling it was a plan to get rid of me lol! I got married young and became a mom at the age of 19, all this unfortunately put my education on hold! I obtained my associates degree in paralegal studies in December 2013 and was given the opportunity to start working as a bailiff for the Marion County Superior Courts February 2014. Fast forward to now, I am currently working as a victim advocate for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office-Juvenile Division in Indianapolis, IN. As a victim advocate, I work with the families of the deceased victims on homicide cases, and with children who are victims of domestic violence and or child sexual abuse. Not only am I working full time, but in 2017 I made the decision to go back to school and started a full time online program to finally finish up my bachelors. I will be graduating in May! I have additional experience working in a domestic violence shelter called the Julian Center and I also currently volunteer for the YouniqueFoundation which is an organization that provides resources for women who have experienced child sexual abuse in their past. I’ve taken various trainings that revolve around the topic of child sexual abuse. My cumulative GPA is a 3.0, but in my upper division courses my GPA is a 3.5. I’m hoping to become a social worker in a middle school, in my opinion, middle school is probably the hardest time in a child’s life! I eventually want to become a trauma and ptsd therapist, and open up an organization that provides counseling services to victims of crimes.

Keep posted as soon as you get some news ?! I’m all the way in Indiana and all the staff at CSULB have been extremely helpful, but I honestly have a feeling I won’t get in! More specifically because I submitted my app in January. They do rolling admissions, I was informed that one could be a perfect candidate but if they are full you are out :(! Do you want to share some of your background... if you are comfortable. I can share mines :)!

I ws interested in the distance education program, that was until I learned you have to actually go to the chosen location every saturday and work in the computer there. I applied for the 3 year program, which one did you?

So the emails will look different, one is from the chhs- msw email and one will from es-admissions! You should be receiving emails from both!

Hello everyone! I’m Marisela and I applied for the 3-year MSW program at CSULB. I live all the way in Indianapolis, IN, and sent my application on the 22nd of December but it was not received until yesterday the 2nd of Jan. I could have paid $90 to send it overnight... but I figured it was pointless since they would no reopen until the 2nd.