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Hi /adv/,
I recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work (please, no comments about my major), which, while I am extremely happy to have it, I don't feel like I should. During my senior year, I was required to undertake an internship (aka practicum) to gain some hands-on experience. Well, I should also mention I'm socially retarded and said internship went awry - I wasn't able to do what I should have (I know this is vague, but it's the only way I can really phrase it), and what I did do didn't pertain to my field of study. So shitty was my performance that I had several meetings with university faculty about it and at one point almost thought I was going to be terminated from my program short of graduating (which was stressful and disheartening enough while going through other classes). In the final meeting I had with her to reflect on my progress throughout the year, my intern boss flat out said she didn't think I was ready to be a social worker and refused to give me a passing grade. Despite this, I still somehow received my diploma but now I feel like I'm fucked. I can't put this internship as experience on a CV, and the only job I've ever had is completely unrelated to my degree. I haven't yet tried, but I'm worried as fuck that I'm unemployable given my lack of credentials outside of a piece of paper which I don't feel worthy of possessing in the first place. I would just like some general guidance on what I can do from here. Maybe one of you guys have been in a similar situation? I realise I've made some dumb choices in choosing a major I wasn't suited for, but honest to God I didn't know what I wanted to be or do, but I knew I wanted to help people some way, somehow (inb4 naive).
tl;dr I have a degree but no experience or skills related to it, can I still make use of it? Where do I go from here?
I can elaborate on any of the aforementioned material if need be. Thanks for reading.
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See if you can find an internship that doesn't require you to be a student, or just start pursuing your MSW and do another internship in that program.
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>>18470729
Follow Your heart and seek academic help, not help from 4chan.
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>>18470740
What an absolutely worthless post, why the fuck are you even on this board?
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>>18470734
Yeah I've thought about that, if possible. However, this experience is the exact reasion I'm not going straight for a master's.
>>18470740
Whaddaya mean "academic help"?
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>>18470749
Meet with Professors that relate to Your field of study. See some counselors and speak to Your academic peers. See how they are doing and ask for resources.
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>>18470763
Perhaps a counselor or friend can help you find a starting point for your career.
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>>18470763
>>18470767
>professors/counselors
I'm not even sure if that's possible.
>academic peers
I don't have any.
Thanks though.
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>>18470768
Do not despair, You have a Bachelors Degree. I'm positive You will find a solution, wish You the best.
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>>18470777
holy trips! thanks for the well-wishing, anon.
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>>18470780
Your Welcome
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>>18470785
You're*
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