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Ha - following! I just turned down my on-campus offer because we were meant to be moving cities right before the lock-down; now we're virtual workers and are starting to wonder if we could theoretically end up living anywhere. The uncertainty of place and high cost of city living is making me think about attending an online program and living somewhere that's affordable - perhaps rural - that doesn't have a brick-and-mortar, and maybe has a higher need for interns in certain communities. However, if you're already admitted and have no plans to move... gosh, I'd probably attend "in-person" at home in the Fall as planned (are any of those schools by your home?) There may be more folk looking into social work in the next application cycle because of and/or after coronavirus; partly to get involved, partly because people are reevaluating their priorities, because people are losing careers in fields that have evaporated overnight... It might also be nice to have something directly applicable to get started on in a few months, to help build new systems of care. I'm guessing there will be very unique internship opportunities this fall that haven't existed in the past and may never exist again. With increased testing it might even be more feasible to work directly in impacted communities. Let me know what you decide- I'll be interested to hear.
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I had the same exact question a few months ago I confirmed with the department that they indeed only consider the writing score (I recall, a 4 or 5?), but that the quant and verbal scores should be acceptable as well. I've also heard from prior applicants who were accepted that it's truly only the AWA that is considered.
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No need to respond to my GRE questions - this was RESOLVED.
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Sorry, this should be my last question, now that I'm re-learning math for the GREs: Did anyone completely ignore studying for the math portion of the GRE for SDSU, knowing you'd do terribly, because SDSU only evaluates the written score? In other words, could I literally answer "a" for each GRE math question, and not worry about SDSU's evaluation of my application? Did anyone who got into SDSU completely bomb the math portion? I ask because the math learning is going much slowly and painfully for me than I had expected, and I'll need a couple of weeks (full-time days) to get up to speed. I'd rather be reading Yalom right now ?if the math score truly doesn't matter. Thank you!
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I wanted to create a space for those working on the SDSU MSW application for an autumn 2020 start. Stop by and say hello, and we can use this to discuss application requirements and questions. Cheers!
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?No need to respond on the personal statement question above; I've decided to just write about what I know. Cheers!
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Hello again! I have a couple more application questions - this time about the Personal Statement - so I can hopefully join y'all in 2020 ? 1. How long is the personal statement supposed to be? I can't find that information anywhere on the website, and the Interfolio system won't be available until October. 2. Based on your admissions results, how important do you think it is that I write about a very local, specific vulnerable population/issue? If I had my druthers, I'd focus more broadly on mental illness and individual and group therapy, but am thinking it may be more important to write about systemic needs based on a particular local population and/or issue (e.g. homelessness, in-patient re-admittance rates, military and veterans). Did y'all focus on picking something that would stand out as unique yet locally relevant? As an example, I recall a representative in Washington saying, "most applicants wrote about suicide and gun violence, so I'd suggest something different." I'm just not sure what I want to focus on yet, and don't want to pigeonhole myself as, say, hospice, when I may end up wanting to work with young adults. Or is it more important to just pick something unique and local and write it well, knowing you may do an about-face later? Thanks again!
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@bavas thank you so much! You've seriously changed the remainder of my gap year - hooray!
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Hi all - congratulations! I'm lurking here because I'll be applying for Fall 2020 and had two questions about the GRE: 1. Does the SDSU MSW program consider ALL the GRE scores, or just the Analytical Writing Score? A program representative emailed me that the GRE is required, but didn't mention that only part of the GRE is considered in the selection process. 2. Does anyone know whether - if you already have a Masters degree from an accredited school - they'll waive the GRE requirement? Again, the admin said there is no waiver, but I found something deep in the web that implies a waiver may be possible if you already have a Masters. Background: I took the paper GRE in the '90s, got a masters from Case Western around 2000, but will have to take the GRE again because my scores are too old. I'm dreading having to take the GRE again now and will be much relieved if they only look at the writing score (or if I qualify for a waiver!). Thank you for your help!