About MSW Helper
Supporting the Next Generation of Social Workers
MSW Helper is an educational platform that helps aspiring social workers navigate the graduate school application process with greater clarity, strategy, and confidence.
Through practical resources, application advising, personal statement support, and a welcoming online community, we help applicants understand their options, strengthen their applications, and clearly communicate the experiences and perspectives they would bring to the social work profession.
Since 2018, MSW Helper has supported thousands of future social workers pursuing programs across Canada and the United States.
Our Impact
3,000+ personal statements reviewed
Thousands of applicants supported
30,000+ community members
Applicants across Canada, the United States, and beyond
How We Help MSW Applicants
Resource Library
Our blogs, webinars, templates, workbooks, and school-specific guides make the MSW application process easier to understand.
Applicants can find practical guidance for every stage of the process - from researching programs and evaluating fit to preparing a resume and writing a strong personal statement.
Academic Partnerships
We collaborate with universities to help prospective students better understand their program options.
Through information sessions, program spotlights, webinars, and educational resources, we connect applicants with accurate information about programs and opportunities that may align with their academic and professional goals.
Application Advising and Writing Support
Our team provides individualized advising, editing, and feedback to help applicants prepare thoughtful and cohesive applications.
We support applicants with personal statements, resumes, school selection, application strategy, and other important parts of the admissions process.
MSW Helper’s Mission and Values
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We provide honest and responsible guidance. We do not promise admission outcomes or encourage applicants to present themselves in ways that are inaccurate or misleading.
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Applying to graduate school can feel complex and overwhelming. We aim to make the process clearer, more manageable, and less isolating.
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Applicants should remain in control of their own educational decisions and their own stories. We provide guidance and perspective while ensuring that each application continues to reflect the applicant’s voice, values, and goals.
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Future social workers bring a wide range of academic, professional, volunteer, and lived experiences to the application process. We help applicants recognize the value of those experiences and communicate their strengths with greater confidence.
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We believe strong future social workers come from many different backgrounds.
Our goal is to make high-quality application information and support more accessible, particularly for applicants who may be navigating a career change, a lower GPA, limited social-service experience, previous rejection, or uncertainty about where they fit within the profession.
MICHELLE BRUXER
Founder & CEO
How MSW Helper Got Started.
Hi, I’m Michelle Bruxer, the Founder and CEO of MSW Helper.
Applying to graduate school is an exciting – and often stressful – milestone.
When I began preparing my own MSW applications, I had always considered myself a strong writer. Even so, I found it difficult to know whether my personal statements were truly addressing what programs wanted to understand about me.
After being accepted to graduate school, I began helping other MSW applicants with their personal statements. What started as a small side project, often completed from my local library while I finished graduate school, quickly grew as more applicants began reaching out for support.
Over time, I realized that applicants did not simply need proofreading.
They needed help interpreting complex prompts, identifying the significance of their experiences, organizing their ideas, and developing a clear application strategy.
They also needed guidance created specifically for the social work admissions process.
Today, MSW Helper has grown into a leading educational platform for prospective social work students. Through our resource library, webinars, university partnerships, advising services, and personal statement support, we help applicants approach the admissions process with greater strategy and confidence.
What began as offering to help my peers from a library has grown into a team committed to supporting the next generation of social workers.
Media and Publications
Social Workers, Rise! Podcast
Learn about how to write an MSW personal statement that stands out, how (and why) Michelle started MSW Helper, and your chances of getting accepted to MSW programs if you have a low GPA.
Designer Practice Podcast
Listen to Michelle from MSW Helper chat with Kayla Das about what it takes to write a personal statement that stands out.
101 Things to Do With A Social Work Degree
Page 290-292: Michelle discusses the development of MSW Helper and her journey as a social work entrepreneur.
Social Work Degrees by Wiley
Top 10 mistakes in the MSW Personal Statement - Click to read
How to write a top notch personal statement - click to read
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Programs Our Clients Apply To:
MSW Helper has supported applicants pursuing social work programs throughout Canada, the United States, and other parts of the world.
Programs our clients frequently apply to include:
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