Hello guys. i need some advice. I am from a small town in Cuba. I came to USA a year ago and i am thinking applying to a msw program. My gpa is not good, 2.68, i know is bad, but i have a rough live. I took the gre my verbal was accpetable 154 and my quantitative was 150, i dont know if this is enough to apply to a good program. i have good recommendation letters, work experience working with communities with needs in Cuba and i made conferences in the USA talking about Cuban social problems. I am really into a social work path, i want to help other people like me. So, any advice should be great. I was thinking apply to NYU, but i think it will impossible to me to get in there, they require 3.0 gpa minimum. Any help? Any success story with a low gpa getting into a msw program?
NYU doesn’t require the GRE for admission to their MSW program, but your GPA is pretty low and I think will be an obstacle for you. I don’t see anywhere it says that NYU has a 3.0 minimum; if they do, then you are not eligible for admission. Even if they don’t have GPA minimum, though, I think you are unlikely to be admitted.
Do you live in New York? If so, one option would be to take classes at NYU (or some other social work school) as a non-matriculating student. That means that you’re just taking some classes before you apply for admission to the program. This is a good way to show that you can succeed in graduate-level work before applying. NYU allows this. I’m sure other social work programs do as well; public colleges (like Hunter) are likely to be cheaper.
oh thanks you. Do you know what is a good GRE score for social work programs. Have you applied to any MSW programs?
Have you had your Cuban records formally evaluated? If you haven’t, contact https://www.wes.org/ and start the process. You might not be using the correct conversion for your Cuban grades.