I know there are a lot of threads like this, but it's worth a shot 🙂.
I'm worried my bad job experience at the shelter will negatively affect me. I am applying to a few CSU's (Fullerton, San Diego, Long Beach, San Bernardino), Portland State, U of Chicago, U of Washington, and U of Illinois Chicago.
- I graduated in December of 2009 from UCLA with a BA in Social Anthropology.
- My GPA just barely goes over the minimum at most programs, 3.02, my last two year GPA is a 3.2, and I finished two quarters early.
- I have one year of volunteer experience in a field directly related to what I want to study (child abuse). It's a weekly commitment and I have excellent references from all supervisors there.
- I worked two months after college in a shelter for teenage prostitutes and let's just say it didn't work out. It was not the right field for me, and I wasn't able to control behaviors as much as they liked, so I was let go during my probationary period.
- I also was fired because of a diagnosed medical condition, epilepsy, they eventually decided I was too much of a liability. I was diagnosed halfway through college and it did negatively affect my grades, though they continued to improve.
- I have only one solid academic reference in social work, and one possible work reference, though this is in administrative assistance.
I'm worried my bad job experience at the shelter will negatively affect me. I am applying to a few CSU's (Fullerton, San Diego, Long Beach, San Bernardino), Portland State, U of Chicago, U of Washington, and U of Illinois Chicago.
