jimmygreenmft

Sorry to hear that! I read your stats and you are incredibly competitive. Will you take Wisconsin? I can't speak to why exactly I got in, but I do have similar research interests to many of the faculty and a few of the research centers (youth violence prevention; school-based research; community-based action research), and my practice experience as a clinician has been really solid. I'll be going to visit days this week, and I'm going to have to make a really tough decision. Stay near home at UCI, with all of my family, friends, and jobs/professional connections, or travel to Chicago for 5 years for one of the best programs/universities without knowing ANYONE. ?

Hi all! I’ve been lurking for years, and this was the first time I’ve applied to doctoral programs. I’ve been accepted to the AM/PhD program at UChicago a couple weeks ago and a day after a phone interview with a faculty member on the search committee. Stats: BA in Sociology; law and society with 3.8 GPA and MS in Counseling; option in Marriage and Family Therapy with a 3.8 from State university in Southern California. Volunteered as a graduate research assistant doing LGBTQ youth research and school-based family counseling. 4 years of practice experience as a MFT, school counselor, and violence prevention educator. Taught for two years as an Adjunct in my former grad program. 158 V/ 146 Q/ 4 A (I’m as shocked as you). So aside from this one social work program, I applied to the Social Ecology program at UCI, Population Health and Place program at USC, Community and Prevention Research program at U Illinois- Chicago. I was rejected by USC and Illinois, and accepted by UCI, but with significantly less funding. Id love to hear what you all know about the SSA program at UChicago. I’ve read a lot about it, both on this site and their site, and it seems like a great fit. However, I’d be leaving my life in Los Angeles, so I want to learn as much as I Can from the visit day and gradcafe.