a bachelor’s or master’s degree at a regionally accredited college or university in the US, or the equivalent of such degrees in another country, will be considered for admission.
The Graduate College requires as a minimum standard a “B” average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, in a program of study resulting in the award of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Applicants who have earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale can be considered for provisional admission.
Transcript-Undergraduate weighted cumulative GPA of 3.0
Three Letters of Reference
Recommendation requests are generated from your online application. Please indicate only professional and/or academic persons (excluding family members and personal friends) as recommenders.
Each recommender should describe how they know you (how long and in what capacity), and why they believe you would be a good candidate for the MSW/MPH program.
Resume
Current resume detailing employment history, nature of duties and responsibilities, accomplishments, leadership roles, and community involvement.
Statement of Purpose
Please answer the following statements/questions in a total of five double-spaced, typewritten pages (12 point font). Your application is considered incomplete if these instructions are not followed.
A brief autobiographical statement that discusses who you are and the experiences that led you to social work. Trace the development of your interest in social work. Why have you chosen social work as a profession? Describe the key motivating figure(s), role model(s), or experience(s) important to your decision to become involved in social work.
Discuss your career objectives as a professional social worker as you now conceive them. What do you see yourself doing immediately after receiving your MSW degree?
Discuss a contemporary social problem, include possible causes and potential solutions in your response. What contribution do you want to make to the pursuit of social and economic justice?
The Grace Abbott School of Social Work is committed to enrolling students who represent diverse backgrounds and have an aptitude for working with clients of diverse backgrounds. Diversity can be defined by virtue of personal characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, class, and religion as well as other characteristics. Diversity may also include personal life experiences such as class, career history, belonging to another culture, working among another culture, dealing with significant personal challenge(s), and knowledge of more than one language. Even if you have had minimal contact with people from diverse backgrounds, please address how you “think” about diversity in relation to the practice of social work and respond to the following questions:
What are your views regarding diversity?
How does diversity relate to experiences in your life?
How might these views and experiences personally contribute to your work with clients in social work practice?
MPH Program-Specific Requirements- GRE
550 written TOEFL, 80 internet-based TOEFL, 6.5 IELTS, or 53 PTE