Hi all! I will start an MSW with a therapeutic focus in fall 2020 at a highly-ranked program, but I'm having doubts that this is what I truly want. Or doubts that I'll be finished with my education after an MSW.
In undergrad, I started off in pre-med, but I was super unhappy with the classes and switched out to humanities and psychology. I ended up graduating early with majors in psychology and English. My GPA was 3.8. I also have extensive volunteering experiences and some interesting work experiences. Unfortunately, due to some traumatic experiences that happened in college, I was derailed in finding research experiences, and so was unable to consider a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
I absolutely LOVE the idea of becoming a therapist, but I also have a strong analytical, academic, writerly side to myself that I don't want to leave behind. Admittedly, some people have also made me feel ashamed of myself for choosing an MSW because they felt like I'm too smart for that and I'm wasting my potential. Those remarks have been getting under my skin, even though I wish they wouldn't.
I think that I'll go through with my MSW because there's absolutely no way that I'll be able to find other experiences to compensate for a lack of a research background amid the pandemic. I actually lost the opportunity to assist in research at the perfect place for me because of all of this. I also have nothing to do in the summer now because everything was cancelled.
What advice would you have for opening up opportunities for other degrees? Any advice for utilizing this time right now for something productive? Any advice would be wonderful in general!
In undergrad, I started off in pre-med, but I was super unhappy with the classes and switched out to humanities and psychology. I ended up graduating early with majors in psychology and English. My GPA was 3.8. I also have extensive volunteering experiences and some interesting work experiences. Unfortunately, due to some traumatic experiences that happened in college, I was derailed in finding research experiences, and so was unable to consider a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
I absolutely LOVE the idea of becoming a therapist, but I also have a strong analytical, academic, writerly side to myself that I don't want to leave behind. Admittedly, some people have also made me feel ashamed of myself for choosing an MSW because they felt like I'm too smart for that and I'm wasting my potential. Those remarks have been getting under my skin, even though I wish they wouldn't.
I think that I'll go through with my MSW because there's absolutely no way that I'll be able to find other experiences to compensate for a lack of a research background amid the pandemic. I actually lost the opportunity to assist in research at the perfect place for me because of all of this. I also have nothing to do in the summer now because everything was cancelled.
What advice would you have for opening up opportunities for other degrees? Any advice for utilizing this time right now for something productive? Any advice would be wonderful in general!
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