<p>Anyone want to talk about the MSW program Smith offers?</p>
<p>School for Social Work meets in the summer, so i can’t say I know much about the program. I do know that if you meet someone born biologically male who claims he is a Smith College graduate, you’re probably talking to a social work grad.</p>
<p>One of my best friends has a PhD from the School of Social Work…making him one of the very few men with a Smith degree. Since he got a PhD, not a MSW, I can’t speak to the degree but he was very very positive about his PhD experience.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! Didn’t realize it met in the summer. I’m attempting to do a dual degree track (i.e get a BA and Masters in 5 years of starting college), but Hampshire of course doesn’t have graduate classes so had to start looking at the other 4 colleges. It seems like a reputable program, but haven’t found any discussions either here or on the web about what students liked or didn’t like about it.</p>
<p>It’s an excellent and demanding program that requires some flexibility in lifestyle. The course work happens in the summer and the practicums happen during the school year. I believe it’s three summers and two school-year practicums and the practicums can be located virtually anywhere in the country, but you should check that. </p>
<p>When I was applying to MSW programs in Massachusetts years ago, it was considered the creme de la creme. However, I was also just getting married, so the format didn’t work for me and I went elsewhere. Later on, I worked with a social worker with both a B.A. and MSW from Smith. She was an excellent clinician, very perceptive and kind. My daughter, a first-year, has a friend who just graduated the MSW program and she loved it. I also know a man who’s working on his PhD there and he is really enjoying the program. Good luck!</p>
<p>My aunt went through the program and loved it. She said it was very demanding, but she learned a lot and talks about how amazing it was all the time.</p>