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Had an early August start for USC (South Cal) virtual MSW program so, in week 4 right now. Way more intense than my MS in IT & Management program I did. The great kicker is that I'll make less than or equal to what I made before I started this. The only thing that has me bummed is that when I applied to the program the Yellow Ribbon for social work was unlimited and then after I got accepted found out they limited it to 10k with a 10k match by VA so, get to pay a bit out of pocket (after grant from the school) for spring and have to take summer off to let the academic year reset because gently caress paying for a semester out-of-pocket. PS - Ewww Ohio
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It has taken me over half this semester to finally get over being mad that I have to use APA (MSW-program) instead of the best system Chicago (History undergrad)
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Oct 4, 2018 22:02
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Just registered for my second semester. Excited to keep going with this. Only downside is that I only get online BAH and not locational.
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Nov 7, 2018 21:42
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:iirc you only need one physical class to get 100% of the BAH? Could be worth looking into. Yeah, that is not possible with this program, it is all virtual. The thing I did think about was the fact that one of the 3 credit classes (of the 17 total) is for my clinical internship that is local. I wonder if that would count or if it has to be an in-person, class room environment
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Nov 8, 2018 22:39
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Pro tip: Don't wait until the day of to write and finish your final research paper. Having the only eyes on it before submission being you and 3-fingers Scotch pull you isn't the best overall idea.
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Nov 20, 2018 08:41
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I forgot that the housing payment is in arrears so, was nice to see some cash coming in at the end/start of the month
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Nov 28, 2018 02:49
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Legitimately might have just taken a 35% on an exam. Be proactive kids!  Hopefully it curves well
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Nov 28, 2018 23:40
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Hopefully lesson learned. I'm now working on my third piece of paper and I always say that
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Nov 29, 2018 22:47
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A Bad Poster posted:Using your GI Bill to go to school outside of the US is the way to go. That's what a buddy of mine did and I wish I knew a foreign language well enough to have done that years ago.
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Dec 23, 2018 03:27
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DoktorLoken posted:My grades posted. Congratulations!
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Dec 29, 2018 02:49
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Just got my letter from the VA for this semester: Jeers to Yellow Ribbon not covering all the difference for next semester Cheers to my clinical internship counting as in residence so I get school zip code housing allowance instead of remote/online pittance amount
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Jan 6, 2019 03:03
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holocaust bloopers posted:The biggest tragedy of the week is I don’t have the prerequisite class needed to take a sitcom writing course. Send the Professor your spec script for an episode of Big Bang Theory in which a student wants to get into a sitcom writing class doesn't have the prereq and then writes a spec script and is allowed to take it
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Feb 19, 2019 19:29
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Cojawfee posted:Holy poo poo. A guy I used to work with is a retired master sgt with a high school degree and he's a GS-13. Is he in intel or IT?
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Mar 12, 2019 16:41
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:I needed a specific course for my degree and did it at a school that did, uh, what do you call when it’s not semesters? Terms? Quarters? Also I really needed spring break last week to catch up on some coursework, not have to be at my internship/placement, and get some extra sleep. Ready to start the back third of the semester
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Mar 17, 2019 22:43
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Woof Blitzer posted:I’m doin it. Ima do it. You can do it with your good puppers avatar
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Mar 18, 2019 02:08
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The MSW program is virtual so that we do asynchronous work before class and then a once/week/class 80 minute session using modified Adobe Connect (Zoom next year) where you see everyone and talk like a normal class, just at your home. I preface this by saying that for one of my classes today, we sent 20 minutes during it to watch a TEDx talk and then discuss it. We did other reviews of material and whatnot but spending a quarter of "face-to-face" class time doing that was a bit :|
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Mar 29, 2019 02:58
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Might also open up scholarship opportunities, if your GI Bill and YR don't cover everything
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Mar 29, 2019 19:37
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McNally posted:My capstone is due at the end of the month. I currently have nearly 8 pages out of 25. Hoping to have 10 by the end of the day. Good luck, I'm sure it will go well. Good on you for actually starting early like a sensible person instead of procrastinating like I probably would
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Apr 8, 2019 14:46
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Kawasaki Nun posted:gently caress writing papers and double gently caress writing sober. What an obnoxious process The professor for research methods class gave very detailed notes on my paper and I was just so over it because I wrote the second half in a hurried scotch fueled haze. I didn't really care that she gave me a 89 on it.
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Apr 8, 2019 21:52
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DoktorLoken posted:4 months of nothing since graduating, then I get two job offers in one week. Congratulations!
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Apr 10, 2019 18:14
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Version control on group papers is going to be the death of me
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Apr 16, 2019 03:45
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McNally posted:I think I finished my capstone paper. Congrats!
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Apr 20, 2019 23:27
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Just submitted my last assignment for the semester. Two down and two to go.
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Apr 24, 2019 22:42
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McNally posted:Oh God I'm thinking about grad school Good, everyone should be. I'm thinking of a PhD program for next August when I finish up my MSW next May
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May 14, 2019 01:55
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:hey y’all I have a degree in philosophy and was thinking of law school in 2019 I mean I’m pretty smart thoughts? Totally. Have you thought about enlisting in the Navy undesignated? You can be any rate you want
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May 14, 2019 16:39
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Decided I'm going to do something useful over my summer break during my MSW program: Study for the GRE and apply at a couple of PhD programs here. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment, why do you ask?
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Jun 19, 2019 21:06
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Mr. Nice! posted:Officially accepted. I start my MSF next week. Congratulations! Edit: missed this I want to do research and the gaps for veteran mental health and LGBTQ research is massive Nick Soapdish fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jun 20, 2019 |
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Jun 20, 2019 00:04
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:
I don't mind commenting on other colleagues posts but I do hate when it is required to do two posts. Just registered for my 3rd (of 4) semesters. Going to meet one of the non-profit agency directors (who is an LCSW) at a local brewery to talk and see if I might be a good fit to change my internship. I barely got through spring semester there at a for-profit in-patient psychiatric hospital. Edit: Not sure of a way to move Carl to the top since I used the site to upload it instead of imgur Nick Soapdish fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Jul 18, 2019 |
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Jul 18, 2019 22:42
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Every class except one stuff was due 11:59pm Pacific time regardless of where the student lives. One professor wanted stuff due before class time, her class is the only one I didn't get an A in
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Jul 18, 2019 23:28
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Got an email from the Veterans Certification Center at my university. Turns out they are lowering both the number and amount they will cover with YR. Went from being 120 students and unlimited right before I enrolled to 120 students and $10k matching last semester and now 90 students and $8k matching this semester. I realize I will have way less student debt than my colleagues and that YR can change at any time but still feel like I was sold a bill of goods that kept changing. I guess if I knew that we weren't going to be moving and I could rewind, I would have stayed local here and had it all covered.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:00
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Got an email from one of my professors for the new term starting in two weeks. Included his retired rank in below his name. I realize he also teaches some of the Military Social Work courses but just seems like something a bit much.
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Aug 14, 2019 20:55
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Ken Bone Comeback posted:lmao a company sent me a "sorry, you're overqualified" email  RIP
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Sep 3, 2019 02:30
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2019/09/03/court-ruling-could-give-veterans-an-extra-year-of-gi-bill-benefits/ I think this was brought up elsewhere but does this mean that you can use 36 months Post 9/11 and then have 12 months of the MGIB afterward?
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Sep 4, 2019 15:45
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:Doubtful, article says VA still has an appeal and will likely change the rules In a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, all veterans benefits are gone and you're being recalled to service
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Sep 4, 2019 16:46
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Personally, I don't like money. That is why I am back in grad school again to eventually make less money than I did in my post-active duty job
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Sep 26, 2019 21:32
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Found out that I got a $7k scholarship for my coming last semester. This works out well as the Yellow Ribbon amount when I applied in spring 2018 was unlimited, it was then revised to $10k before the start of last academic year, and revised again to $8k this AY. Went from having to take out small loan to covering it.
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Nov 1, 2019 01:38
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GD_American posted:So we just got assigned the CEO of a 2,000+ location chicken joint as an advisor for our team in the Entrepeneurship class Congratulations! Raising Cane's?
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Nov 5, 2019 06:08
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Registering tomorrow for my final semester of my MSW program. Crazy how quick this has gone by.
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Nick Soapdish posted:Registering tomorrow for my final semester of my MSW program. Crazy how quick this has gone by. Queued up my classes in the Coursebin and registered the minute it opened up. Got all the classes I wanted. Also no better feeling than closing a window with 20+ tabs for building a presentation or multiple 20+ tab windows for a paper
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I was sitting here working on one of my three finals papers due this week and remembered, "hey, when was that thank you letter for the scholarship due?" Turned out it was due on the 2nd so quickly wrote up a thank you for getting 7k. I felt really fortunate that I got selected for it as it was specifically for MSW veteran students which this program has quite a number of. I know this as the Yellow Ribbon for USC went from unlimited when I applied to 10k last AY to 8k this AY. I realize YR isn't a guarantee but I was still pissed about last year. The only real financial upside of the program is that since I've been on internship locally here I get MHA for the zip code of the campus so pulling down LA monies. My 12-15pg not well defined on the syllabus theory paper is my first one due which I am procrastinating like hell doing. Whereas my other two papers are application of theories for vignettes/scenarios which is easier imo Thanks for reading my rambling almost 1am stuff; hope y'all are doing well going into the sprint toward the finish post-Turkey Day!
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