Mental Health Counseling Masters: Going this year vs Postponing

[aceegreene]

Hey All!

I am a Fulbright scholar and am being sent to the City College of New York's (CCNY) Mental Health Counseling (MHC) Program for Fall 2016 this year. However, my application is still pending at Teachers College, Columbia and their decision was not waited for before deciding where I should be sent. At this point I am deciding between going to CCNY's program this year VS waiting another year and seeing if I can get into one of the elite counseling schools out there. 

I am thinking that a better school would provide me with a better opportunity for PhD admissions later on as well as better work opportunities.

Please advise!!! Thanks! 

[AllieCat1992]

I have heard bad things about Columbia's program, but I do not know how accurate they are. I had heard they lost their APA accreditation so I would look into that.