30+ years old student, starting new life, in recovery for 3.5 years
Community College
AA Psychology IGETC (60 units) 4.0 gpa
AS Alcohol and Drug Studies (45 units) 4.0 gpa
Internship at addiction treatment center 250 hours
University of California (in progress)
BA Psychology
BA Criminology
45 units at time of application, currently 12 units done with 4.0 gpa, hopefully will keep my gpa high
internship 200 hours (case management at an agency)
Work
6 months full time at addiction treatment facility as support staff
I’m just trying to think of what else I can do to be a competitive applicant, so please help. These grad schools in the CSU system are competitive, roughly 700 applicants for anywhere from 30 - 100 seats. I’m applying to CSUDH, CSULB, CSULA, CSUF and UCLA. Also I’m not taking the GRE because it is optional for these schools if you have a GPA over a 3.4, and I don’t want to try to re learn all that stuff when I’m totally consumed with more than full time school and internships.
Please share your thoughts, and thank you !!!