Hey everyone,
I am a 2nd year at UNC. I am a HDFS + Psych double major with a social and economic justice minor. I have dreams of becoming a social worker, and when I saw that UNC was adding the BSW program fall 2027, I got really excited. My excitement immediately dimmed when I realized that the social work program was a 30 person cohort, making it extremely selective.
I'm not gonna lie, I don't think my resume is good enough to make it into a 30 person cohort. My gpa is not the best, its a 3.6 (minimum to apply is a 3.0 i think) because I got a C+ in precalc last year which did a number on my gpa.
I have some involvement in my community. I currently volunteer in a local school, and I am working on volunteering at the table and the IFC to get some more community service to put on my application. I have 2 shifts scheduled at the table. I am a CNA so i have experience with 1:1 elderly care. In my hometown, I used to do meals on wheels. I also have organized a "pick and pack a pumpkin patch" for the homeless community in my hometown. We do this where my church/community members take a plastic pumpkin, fill it with essential items, bring it back and i disperse them to the homeless shelter for the homeless, I have done this for 10 years. I am apart of the NCEEA program that a couple of my friends and I started where we address master teacher pay, IV club, and ASL club (not very relevant i know).
I registered for all of the information sessions for the BSW and the application advising meetings in the future and I plan on emailing people in the department soon just to get my name in their minds.
If i did get into the bsw program, i would drop my psych major. i'm just really worried that i'm not going to get into the bsw program because the stakes are so high. 30 spots just feels.... unreachable.
be honest without being mean: what are my chances that i get into this program? if high, what are some things that I can continue doing so that I can keep my chances of getting into the program high? if low, how cooked am i? can i do things to fix that or should i just keep my track of hdfs + psych?
TIA! (please be nice - i am sensitive)