Hey everyone! Just stopping by as I visited a few months ago prior to seeing if any schools were doing late intakes due to COVID19, thought I would sign up and ask a question since time is nearing for applications to be accepted at a lot of schools.
Two questions, one easy and one hard:
1) Nobody seems to mention UVic, is there any reason for this? Just curious.
2) My resume is by no means as impressive let alone in comparison to anyone else's, I've read most of last years thread, as well as this years and all of you have AMAZING CV's. My resume fits the requirements for most programs offering some sort of non-BSW entry but it's by no means competitive. I don't have too many hours of professional (paid/unpaid) human services experience, mostly from 6 years of coaching Special Olympics and volunteering on my university/college campuses, but that's it. It's a field I admittedly "stumbled upon" as I didn't have a ton of knowledge about the field until I started exploring more during the pandemic/current political climate. However, I have decent grades, have completed both stats and research methods, the latter with a high 70's. My GPA is a 3.3/4.0 and I definitely have some context to my grades being lower due to a newly diagnosed chronic illness during my undergrad but other than that it's a basic profile. Sadly, due to discovering the field late and with the pandemic, there aren't any ways to obtain work experience in my area except for through the Crisis Text Line which I will be looking to do regardless as it just seems like a great opportunity. I've reached out and due to the pandemic there just aren't ways to bring new hires in to volunteer, let alone work.
I think my potential is my upside, however, given the reality, is it even worth applying? I definitely got into the grove of things and reading everyones perspectives on various programs it seems as though a lot offer critical takes on the field as well as in other areas that social work is utilized (policy, healthcare etc.,) and for me that is as those are topics I readily engaged with in my undergrad (Political Science). The only saving-grace I have is that some schools mention two to three additional criteria that I hold which may give me preference in the application process. The first is that I'm a black person; the second being that I'm a POC, the two sometimes being stated separately or together; and finally I have a disability. I know they aren't earth-shattering circumstances, but if it's listed, I certainly want to capitalize on that, however, ultimately, I know that my CV/application itself is on the weaker side.
I know you can't sink a shot you don't take, but I don't know if it's even worth it? I'm kind of at a point where if I apply, 2021 would be the year, but the reality is applications are also costly, very costly, and I don't want to apply being potentially lowly qualified. I definitely have less than 1000 hours and there is no way I'll be getting to 3000 by the time applications roll around, that's about 8 hours per day over the next 52 weeks and sadly I've got to make money to live, let alone pay for apps. So what does everyone think? PS you can be honest, I don't mind.
