School of Counseling MS Goal Statement

Counselor Definition
 In a few sentences, describe what led you to graduate education in the counseling
profession and your career goals.
Life Skills
 Many life experiences and skills developed in your past will serve you as a professional
counselor. Consider skills (do not include technology skills) you have obtained from
current or past employment, community volunteer services, or extracurricular activity
experiences. Summarize two or three skills that will make you a competent professional
counselor.
Feedback
 Training to become a professional counselor requires deliberate growth and development
including receiving and applying constructive feedback. As a student, you will receive
ongoing and substantial constructive feedback regarding your scholarly performance (i.e.,
knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors). Share how you have processed,
responded to, and applied past constructive feedback that was difficult to hear.
Multiculturalism/Diversity
 Multicultural/Diversity competence is explored extensively in the School of Counseling
graduate programs. Considering that having a cultural or implicit bias is a normal
experience for all individuals, identify a closely held value or belief that will be the most
difficult for you to respect while interacting with others and explain why.
Self-Care
 Identify three to five activities that you do to manage personal mental health, emotional
problems, stress, and/or interpersonal relationships effectively.
Admission Committee
Prior Academic Experience (applicable for applicants applying with a GPA below 2.5 or were
academically dismissed from Walden)
 If your most recently completed degree GPA is 2.49 or below, please add a paragraph
explaining the reasons for the low GPA and how you believe you will be able to be
successful as a graduate student.
 If you were academically dismissed from Walden and are seeking readmission, please
add a paragraph explaining the reasons for your low academic performance and how you
will be successful now (i.e., what is different now so you can be successful).