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TTUGrad2013

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  1. will you please delete my profile including the thread i began on the message board. thank you

  2. After looking at this forum and seeing people talk about the competitiveness of grad school and how they don't know if they'll get in with there 3.4 and 3.78 GPAs, I've pretty much worked myself into a panic for the first time (and I'm not one to panic...ever). I have one more semester to go (Spring '13) and AT BEST I will graduate with this as my stats: Departmental GPA: 3.11 (I have 2 C's in major courses from junior yr, the rest are B's. I plan on all A's my spring semester) Cumulative GPA: 2.97 (if I retake a prereq art course I'll have a 2.993---please tell me if you think its worth it for me to do this. I would take it online as a 5wk course during the spring) Yeah, I know what most people want to say to me is, "This is sooooo low, you'll never get in. Just give up!" However, not getting in to a school is NOT an option for me. I've been to hell and back and I could have quit years ago but I didn't. Too many things fell in line for me to be here and I know this is what I'm meant to do, so there's no way I'm giving up. I've come here for real advice so please don't tell me, "There's no chance for you, you should have studied more and did better before. Or reconsider your major." The past is the past and whats done is done. I don't want to talk about why I didn't get perfect grades and I'm not here to have negativity put into my head by being told what I "should have done". I am a very positive person who believes things work out for people who want their dreams bad enough. So, I would like real, honest, helpful advice from anyone who can tell me what the best course of action is for me to have the best chance of getting into graduate school somewhere. I'm ready and willing to fight hard. I've already decided I will not apply to graduate school for Fall '13 being that I'm really counting on letters of recommendation to come from professors in my spring courses that I'm yet to take (who's classes I intend to ace of course). Plus, I don't have the extracurriculars to add to my application or resume yet. I intend to build up my extracurriculars during the spring semester and after I graduate as well. I will apply to graduate school for Fall'14 that way I can really study my butt off for the GRE and do as much volunteer work, shadowing, etc as possible. I was offered to get the rest of the hours I need for an SLPA license so hopefully I will still have that offer when I graduate. I'm not banking on getting a job as an SLPA as I know their hard to come by but of course it would be great if I do and it would only strengthen my application. At the least I'll have those additional hours to add to my application/resume. If I don't get a job as an SLPA at all does anyone have an idea of what another job could be that will strengthen my app? I do have an CNA license. Would tutoring children be good? Obviously, I'm not delusional and looking to apply to a "top school", but I also would like to not be in a "middle of nowhere, no ones ever heard of this place" type of town. Even if I had the perfect GPA, status wouldn't matter to much to me, mainly bc I don't have the money to care about status. I live in TX, and out of state definitely IS an option for me. Just a quick background on me: I'm an 23 year old African-American female. Didn't have the best upbringing and wasn't raised in the best of neighborhoods. I've come a long way from what people told me I would be. I was inspired to enter this field by my godmother who was born and raised in Bronx, NY. She's now the Superintendent of Speech Improvement for the NYC Department of Education, over seeing 60 (thats right sixty) schools. So don't even think about telling me what is and isn't possible. So if you were me what would you do? What would you work the most on/least on? How would you strengthen your grad school app overall to make up for the low GPA at this point? As much advice as anyone could give would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks, JaimeB_SLP
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