Fall 2019 stats

[18coffees]

Hello, I am a current BSW student who will be applying to graduate school (advanced standing) for the fall of 2019.

My stats:

Major/Minors: social work major with two minors in case management and psychology

GPA: 3.3, could possibly end the year with a 3.5 (I have gotten mostly A's and 2 B's in all of my social work classes)

Activities/Extracurriculars/Societies: 

-Sorority 

-Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society

-Greek Life Honor Society 

-National Society of Leadership and Success

Experience:

-5 years of being a server in the skilled living/dementia unit of a retirement community

-Will be shadowing the social worker at the retirement community during my winter break

-Interning as a Child Mentor (working with kids with a mental health diagnosis) at a fairly large agency in my area for my senior year

I am applying to NYU, Columbia, Hunter, Fordham, UPenn and Temple U

I would greatly appreciate any input on my chances of getting in to any of the schools listed above, or any other advice!

 

 

Edited September 5, 2018 by 18coffees

[doctormelody]

So, bear in mind that this is utter conjecture, but I think your chances are pretty good, especially for NYU, Temple, and Fordham. Your GPA could be higher and I witnessed some people with amazing stats get rejected from Columbia's Advanced Standing program last year, so Idk about that one. I would try to apply as soon as you can. Hopefully they'll be better able to handle the volume of applications this year, because last year was an absolute disaster (some people who applied in November didn't hear until April, for example). However, you have some good experience and I think as long as you write decent essays, you stand a good chance at all of the schools you listed. 

[loves_kwaito]

Hello,

My stats are quite underwhelming, but a girl can hope

I am a recent graduate and I will be applying for MSW fall 2019.

Major:  English UCLA

G.P.A:    3.75

Extra Curricular Activities at UCLA- Zero (I was working full time)

Although at my community college I was in student government as well as International Students Club.

Work Experience:

1) Program Assistant to International Students Office at my community college: At this time, I was also an F1 visa student so I was hired at the front desk to assist with general office duties as well as basic socialization with shy students.  (I am hoping this can be a human services related field) (Approximately 1 year off and on depending on budget)

2) I was also hired as a Student Government Clerk: This was highly admin and clerical work. (2 years)

 3) Location Coordinator for a Language School (1.5 years). I also taught Swahili and tutored English .

4) I currently have a basic sales job (2 years). I needed a pretty chill job while I was in school.

5) I started volunteering at a Human Services field in their Needle Exchange Program. This is quite recent so I do not know how much of an impact it would have. I also assist with general admin services at the office. Kinda like a floating volunteer.

Schools I will be applying to:

CSULB, CSUN, CSUDH, CSULA and UCLA.  I do not have  a top choice since they are all generalist programs.

What are my chances considering my liberal undergrad and very limited human services background?

 

 

 

 

[loves_kwaito]

On 9/4/2018 at 7:05 PM, 18coffees said:

Hello, I am a current BSW student who will be applying to graduate school (advanced standing) for the fall of 2019.

My stats:

Major/Minors: social work major with two minors in case management and psychology

GPA: 3.3, could possibly end the year with a 3.5 (I have gotten mostly A's and 2 B's in all of my social work classes)

Activities/Extracurriculars/Societies: 

-Sorority 

-Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society

-Greek Life Honor Society 

-National Society of Leadership and Success

Experience:

-5 years of being a server in the skilled living/dementia unit of a retirement community

-Will be shadowing the social worker at the retirement community during my winter break

-Interning as a Child Mentor (working with kids with a mental health diagnosis) at a fairly large agency in my area for my senior year

I am applying to NYU, Columbia, Hunter, Fordham, UPenn and Temple U

I would greatly appreciate any input on my chances of getting in to any of the schools listed above, or any other advice!

 

 

You stats are impressive. I second DrMelody.  Your GPA combined with your relevant work experience as well as the fact that you are an all-around student just makes you an impressive candidate.

[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!

[AMiscione]

Hi there! I am a senior Psychology student at Cal State Fullerton planning to apply to MSW programs this fall. I plan on applying to CSUF, CSULB, CSUSM, and UCLA. UCLA would be the dream! Here are my stats:

3.25 Overall GPA, 3.80 Major GPA, 3.85 Last 60 Units

I've provided ABA therapy for kids with Autism and other disabilities for 3 years. I am also a Parent Consult, so teaching the parents ABA therapy for 1.5 years.

I am a Youth Mentor with the Mental Health Association of OC. I help my client with goals provided by her therapist. 

Peer Mentor for the psychology department here at CSUF. I have office hours and help students with course material, hold study skills workshops, help with job searching/resume building. I am also the co-editor of the psychology newsletter.  

I also am members of 2 psychology related clubs. 

 

Edited October 4, 2018 by AMiscione

[strattjl]

I am also applying to start an MSW program in Fall 2019!

Currently, I am a senior BSW student at James Madison University with a cumulative GPA of 3.7 and my major GPA is 3.92.

My experience includes:

- Executive board member of the JMU chapter of the Phi Alpha Honor Society

- Semester placement at a retirement home, specifically working with residents with limited ambulatory skills

- 50 hour placement at our local refugee resettlement center

- Spanish interpreter for the local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

- Wrote a grant for a local agency that was awarded $3,000

- Writing tutor for the duration of my entire time at JMU at the University Writing Center

- Summer internship as a technical writer for VA/veteran resources

- Summer internship working with a literacy nonprofit to provide books to low-income school districts

- Research assistant for the George Mason University Social Work dept.

And in a couple days, I will be assigned my 475 hour field placement for next semester!

I am applying to George Mason University, UW Seattle, and Columbia.

My biggest worry is that I am going straight into the MSW from my BSW, so I do have limited experience in comparison to other applicants.

My interest area is palliative care and bereavement, and I am working on research this semester in perinatal loss that I hope to continue during my graduate studies.