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The Social Work Graduate School Applicant's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Selecting and Applying to MSW Programs

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This guide was extremely helpful. It gives insight into what admission committees look for in applicants. The do's and dont's sections of the guide are a great resource as well. I highly recommend this guide book to anyone who is interested in the field of social work and anyone who isn't sure if the field is right for them or not. This guide gives great insight into the field of social work and how it is organized.

This book helped me get accepted to a graduate school of clinical social work in the Northeast. (I only applied to one.). I highly recommend it to anyone applying to graduate schools of social work!

After reading this book I feel like I know more about the process of getting into a Masters of Social Work (MSW) program and going through it. I'm not so nervous about applying and I really enjoyed the information each school provided at the end of the book concerning their application process, usual mistakes in the application, and what makes each school's program unique. If you are considering going for your MSW then I would highly recommend this book.

I used this book to apply to graduate programs in New York. I followed the guide and got into every school! I am so glad I bought this book!

This book was great. It answered many of my questions about the application process and gave me a comprehensive understanding of MSW programs. It has information inside of it that is nowhere to be found on the web. The profiles of programs in the back was *extremely* helpful. My only desire is that there were even more schools profiled (some of my programs did not make an appearance). Excellent aid for applying!

The book is not really the best book to use. And, to be quite frank, no book on MSW programs is a good book to use.

I say this mostly becuase programs change their requirements and their expectations year after year.

Your best bet is to use the book as a guide to help you narrow down your search, and to help you understand what the MSW program amy generally look like. But, really, any MSW progrma book can help you do it. And, you can get the information for free online.

The book may help some, but for many the best bet is to find the program you are interested in and research what that program expects and is interested in.

Also, the section about personal statements is a bit pretentious and biased. A personal statement should come from the student's perspective, and there isn't too much you can do wrong. The "Do's and Don'ts" are pretty common sense, and what you probably learned when writing your essay for undergrad.

Overall, keep your money and do your research online and through the school you're thinking about applying to.

Best of luck to all!!


p.s.--I got into my first choice MSW program without muchhelp from this book!!!

This Book did not help me do anything but get worried about writing my personal statement for Graduate School. I wound up buying another book that made me feel much better and really helped me write my essay.