mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Let's take a poll! Who thinks we will find out: A) today tommorrow C) Thursday D) Friday E) Never
tschuss Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Please oh please let it be today. I don't think I can make it until Friday like this! I jump every time I get an email...
missdanielle Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Autocorrect smiley face... Lol haha!! I hope it's sometime this week, my phone's battery dies by midday because i refresh my emails so often.
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Im glad I'm not the only one constantly re-checking my email! I added a shortcut to the application status login website for my iPhone so now it's like an app button! lol ....I just wish we could get it over with!!! The anticipation is worse than Christmas morning when I was 6 lol!!
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 It was also uncool that for 2 days in a row I got 2 huge white envelopes in my mail not admissions-related...the only time I was disappointed by getting Benefits information lol kldfweldsc 1
Tensazangets9 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Guys, I want to ask you something... I meet the mini-requirements for UC Berkeley.... The only thing that I am relying on is I am fully funded by my government... Do you think I have a chance in there ? My stats: Major GPA : 3.1/4 Overall GPA: 2.86/4 Gre: Q:150, V:146, AW: 3.5 Strong LOPs, a well written SOP and personal statement. Zero work exp and research exp. TOEFL: 85 As I said the only thing I am relying on is me being funded....
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I honestly don't think Berkeley will take funding into consideration, although I could be wrong. I have heard that they are primarily looking for students with enough experience to have a foundation, but still be open to learning more and growing that foundation. I think your lack of experience will hurt you the most. I think the grades they could look past if you had great experience, but without that I don't think they would highly consider you unless you can bring something completely unique to the program.
tschuss Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Guys, I want to ask you something... I meet the mini-requirements for UC Berkeley.... The only thing that I am relying on is I am fully funded by my government... Do you think I have a chance in there ? My stats: Major GPA : 3.1/4 Overall GPA: 2.86/4 Gre: Q:150, V:146, AW: 3.5 Strong LOPs, a well written SOP and personal statement. Zero work exp and research exp. TOEFL: 85 As I said the only thing I am relying on is me being funded.... Are you applying for an MSW or something else? Most of us here only know about Berkeley's MSW program
love2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Please oh please let it be today. I don't think I can make it until Friday like this! I jump every time I get an email... Just Curious, Which concentration did you apply to?
Inspired10 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the GPA requirement was 3.0?
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I applied to Child and Family Services What's your goal with CFS?
tschuss Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I want to be an elementary school social worker. My experience is as an AmeriCorps member working with that age group around the school system, and now I want to be able to work from within it. I'm really interested in better connecting students and their studies with their own families and communities.
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Wow, that sounds great, and there is definitely a need!
tschuss Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks- that's what I'm hoping! What are you pursuing?
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I'm pursuing MAP. I have two areas of focus (of course that could potentially change). I want to advocate at the intersection of policy, legal advocacy and direct care for survivors of Domestic Abuse. I would like to do program development for preventative measures (such as education and awareness), and I would like to improve direct care surfaces to survivors by reforming some of the practices an policies and advocating for increased legal rights. My second focus is to advocate for those (like myself) who suffer from severe food allergies. I would advocate for their rights in the workplace, government appropriations, and increased awareness of disability status. Im not sure what that all looks like yet! I'm hoping to learn a lot during grad school and grow as an advocate and policy reformer/program developer! There is a long journey for that and I don't expect to be able to tackle it all at once after grad school, but that's my life passion.
acb1023 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the GPA requirement was 3.0? Correct.
mswhopeful2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I just had a really awesome opportunity where I advocated to one of the Top 10 largest grocery stores how their product placement affects the ability of food allergy sufferes to buy groceries safely. Due to that advocacy, they are rolling out a new company wide policy change that will better serve over 50% of their allergy sufferers safely grocery shop without the risk of airborne particles causing reactions and mitigating croos-contamination on packaging!
yesanna Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Really hope it's A but have to admit that it is probably E considering the current situation...
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