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Hi all,
Bit of a cross post but here's the short version - i've applied to a master's program but my undergrad GPA is too low. I've been told I can take 12 credit hours "non-degree seeking" at the same institution OR 12 "graduate level" credit hours elsewhere and provided my GPA is high enough in either of those routes I'll have my admission approved. They need to be RA credits and actual graded classes.
The program I'm looking at is in social work, so something along those lines or semi-adjacent to it would probably be my preference, but if there's something else much faster and/or cheaper I wouldn't be too picky about it. Any and all guidance is welcome!
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If you are certain that you want to attend the social work program that is asking for these 12 credits, I would do the 12 credits at that university as a non-degree seeking student.
You are going to be hard pressed to find 12 credits of graded, RA graduate credit for less than $300/credit. I think you be better served to spend that $3,600+ on your MSW rather than credits elsewhere. 12 graduate credits is going to take you at least a semester in a non-competency based program and could easily take you 2 semesters.
If you take your 12 credits at the school from which you want to earn your MSW, will these classes count toward the MSW/count toward pre-requisites which you haven’t already met? Again, I would rather start working toward my degree/meeting prerequisites rather than collecting credits elsewhere which may or may not transfer to the MSW.
Do you have specific prerequisites that you need? If there are specific classes that you need and can earn them elsewhere rather than at the MSW school while also upping your GPA, that might make some sense.
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Check to see if your program will accept Coursera's MasterTrack certificate for Social Work: Practice, Policy and Research directed by the University of Michigan for their MSW program:
https://www.coursera.org/mastertrack/soc...h#overview
Cost of $2000 in total and lasts for 4-6 months. It states that if you get accepted into the University of Michigan for their Social Work Masters then it'll account for 15 credits. Perhaps your school would likewise accept it as well, but just need to ask them first.
