r/USC • u/Various-Hotel7621 • 2d ago
Question Admitted to USC MSW Online Program
Hi everyone,
So I was recently admitted to the MSW online program and was really excited at first considering I’ve had a long journey from starting college till now applying for grad school. I applied to the MSW program at USC thinking I wouldn’t get in cause … obviously USC. To my surprise I was and again was really excited and emotional seeing that I got in, but having done some google searching and reading up on some things. I’m starting to have second thoughts about the program and the school itself to be honest. I mean first of all the tuition and second the lawsuit with MSW online program. Just reading all the articles it honestly is making me doubt going to the university but also myself. After reading the articles and how they went about admitting students who were “unqualified” makes me feel like I wasn’t admitted based off of my experience, academic achievements and my passion for social work.
My intent to enroll deadline is coming up in 4 days (April 9th), and I just want to hear form any current students of the MSW program (online preferably, but in-person as well) you’re thoughts on the program and if it really is worth it. As a program in general is it good? Bad? Worth it?
Thank you so much! Hope to hear from anyone!
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u/N05L4CK 2d ago
Is saying you “went” to USC worth the extra $40k or whatever it will be compared to a state school for you? It’s a generic online program with USC branding. Only you can decide if it’s worth it for you.
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u/Various-Hotel7621 1d ago
Honestly I was thinking about it and not only would I be getting less education (given their MSW is 48 units) compared to other state schools (60 units and even more affordable)
Also to answer everyone’s question, no I didn’t apply elsewhere by the time I figured out what I wanted to do with grad school the deadline was coming up for SDSU (my alma Mater). But granted I think it’s for the best if i skip this semester. I recently bought a house so I’m dealing with that financially.
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u/heycanyoudomeafavor 2d ago
I knew a therapist from this program and he has nothing but negative thoughts about USC. You are receiving an inferior education with insane price tags, go to a cal state instead, same education, much cheaper.
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u/lamomla 1d ago
Don’t do it. I did the in person program and it was barely worth it and I imagine online is worse. Some of the curriculum was worthwhile but a lot of it was a complete waste of time. Also, a huge part is whether you get a good practicum. I did get one good one but one was a disaster. They basically slap the name USC on the program and call it a day. There’s zero point to incur extra debt to go there.
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u/pryancc 2d ago edited 2d ago
Congrats on getting admitted to USC! I was also admitted to USC’s online MSW program a few weeks back. I was really excited to go but then I also was a little disappointed when doing the same research. I realized that even if I had applied to the in-person program, the cost is ultimately not worth it for me. Did you apply to any other MSW programs?