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  1. Crimson Wife
    Are you applying for a post-bacc/2nd bachelor's or an extended masters? I know for the 2nd bachelor's I did, there was a maximum of 5 credits that could be transferred into the program.
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    Utah State offers all of those except Organic Disorders. 2400, 2600, and 3120 would be the courses to take. They are offered online, though 2600 you would have to do observations. When I took the course, 12 of the 25 hours had to be live but I believe now they will accept all 25 hours as videos.
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    I retook the GRE to try & increase my quant and AW scores. I bought Magoosh and the McGraw-Hill Conquering the Math GRE book that Magoosh recommends. Total waste of money because I only increased a single point on the quant & stayed the same on AW. Not enough to make any difference in my applications.
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    What makes you think that online programs are less competitive? Since there are so few of them (and even fewer that accept CA residents), they are typically MORE competitive than many in-person programs. Northern AZ's summers-only program *IS* less competitive than most of the online programs because you need to be a SLPA or SLP on waiver in order to apply so that limits the applicant pool.
  5. Crimson Wife
    You do not need both chem AND physics, just one of those! Some grad schools will let you complete the ASHA pre-reqs during your master's but others want them on your transcript before you apply.
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    Teletherapy is a biggie. How about this: https://www.asha.org/Careers/Market-Trends/
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    Look at ASHA EdFind's stats because some of the schools on your list even the 157 V is average or below-average (UNC-Chapel Hill, Arizona, UTD) and coupled with a 3.7 GPA you'd need above-average GRE's to be competitive. If I were in your shoes, I'd take those 3 off your list and replace them with less-competitive programs. Sorry if that seems harsh, but unless your retake improves your scores dramatically, you're likely wasting your time and money applying to highly competitive schools.
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    Only if you are a materialist who doesn't believe that God speaks to the saints. This is a religious question that is offensive to me as a Roman Catholic and at the very least not appropriate for this particular forum.
  9. Crimson Wife
    What is your professional goal? Do you want a research career in academia or pharma? Study neuroscience or neurophysiology. Do you want to be a clinician assessing patients with brain trauma or disabilities? Study neuropsychology.
  10. Crimson Wife
    Some options not already mentioned: Lindamood-Bell Tutor Respite worker for the disabled Newborn Hearing Screener CNA (requires training that at my local community college is 10 weeks)
  11. Crimson Wife
    Master's programs don't tend to offer the very generous stipends that a PhD. program often will. The flip side is that they accept a LOT more students. A department might only have a handful of doctoral students but dozens or even 100+ master's students.
  12. Crimson Wife
    I assume that was your freshman year, probably your first semester? I don't think I would personally waste space on that. Now a C later on in a CSD class I would definitely try to put into context if I had mitigating factors.
  13. Crimson Wife
    Nothing yet. I'm assuming no news = bad news but I wish they'd just pull the trigger already.
  14. Crimson Wife
    Was the school that accepted you Eastern New Mexico by any chance? How did they notify you of acceptance- phone call? Email? Trying to decode what radio silence from ENMU means.
  15. Crimson Wife
    CSUN online is one of the most competitive distance ed programs out there. There are so few distance ed programs and many of the ones that do exist require time on campus or don't accept CA residents. CSUN online also guarantees admission to 100% of their post-bacc students who finish the program with a 4.0 so there's just that many fewer slots for everyone else.
  16. Crimson Wife
    The hurdle you are going to have is convincing the AdComm that you actually want to go into SLP and that you know enough about the field to know that it is a good "fit" for you. You're going to be competing against people with similar GPA's and GRE scores but who also have relevant experience and/or extracurriculars. "Book learning" isn't the same thing as watching a real SLP working with a real client. ASHA requires 25 observation hours and one school I have applied to wanted me to send signed documentation that I had completed that. So I would shoot for that as your goal.
  17. Crimson Wife
    You will still have to take the same courses whether you do them at the undergraduate level or the graduate level. It doesn't actually save time to do a 3 year "extended" master's as an out-of-field applicant vs. a post-bacc/2nd bachelor's plus a regular 2 year master's. Pro of applying to "extended" master's programs: you know for sure before you start taking the leveling courses that you have acceptance to a master's program. Con: way more expensive tuition (difference can be $25k depending on the school) What is your GPA from your 1st bachelor's? What are your GRE scores? Do you have any relevant work/volunteer/shadowing experience?
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    If you can get your quant to >50th percentile and your total to 300+, I think you'd have a decent shot at many programs. A lot of schools even if they look at cumulative GPA's still weight last 60 credits and major GPA's more heavily than the cumulative. If those are higher for you (which presumably they are), I would add a line in your statement about how you learned from your DE experience study skill strategies that will help you in grad school.
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    The National Student Clearinghouse probably has a record of your attendance and if you neglect to send a transcript from a school you attended, it's going to raise a "red flag" to the AdComm. Given that the grades were so low you that you got asked to leave, that would make you look dishonest and would doom your hope of them giving you a 2nd chance. Your only hope is to 'fess up and provide some sort of convincing evidence that you can now handle the rigors of grad school. If I were in your shoes, I would consider doing a certificate in a related area (there are lots of different options) and hold off on reapplying until I had that certificate in hand with good grades. What is your area of interest within SLP?
  20. Crimson Wife
    There are many hybrid programs where you do the coursework online and then have supervised clinical practica. Aside from counseling and social work, there are also programs in Marriage & Family Therapy that would satisfy educational requirements for licensure.
  21. Crimson Wife
    Maybe, maybe not. It really depends on what you hope to do career-wise. Many SLP's specialize in one particular area and wouldn't need to know that type of stuff beyond what meets minimum ASHA requirements for initial certification.
  22. Crimson Wife
    By the time you've taken all the various courses that grad schools want, you've pretty much finished the 2nd bachelor's (and even finishing the 2nd bachelor's you may be missing pre-reqs for certain schools like several of the Cal States). And with the 2nd bachelor's you may be able to work as a SLPA/SLT or if your state allows it, as a SLP on waiver to help pay for grad school. There are certain programs only available to working SLPA's (like Northern AZ's summers-only program). Also, if you need financial aid, that is only available to those in a degree program and not non-degree students. I didn't take out loans to pay for my 2nd bachelor's but many of my classmates did.
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    I totally disagree with the bolded. There is a very big reason to get a 2nd BA: cost savings. You will have to take the leveling classes regardless of whether you do them at the undergraduate level or the graduate level. And the tuition is quite a bit higher if you take them at the graduate level. For some schools, you could be looking at a $25+k difference doing the 3 year "extended" master's vs. the 2nd BA + the standard 2 year master's. Pretty much the only reason I can see for doing an extended master's is that you know for sure that you have a slot in grad school. Doing the 2nd bachelor's there is a risk that you will finish the leveling courses and then not get accepted to a master's. Whether that risk is worth taking in order to save $$$$ depends on how confident you feel about your chances. I took the GRE early on in the 2nd bachelor's and knew I had competitive scores plus a decent GPA in my 1st degree. So for me, it was a no-brainer to take leveling the courses at the cheaper UG tuition rather than paying a ton more to do a 3 year "extended" master's.
  24. Crimson Wife
    I would finish your program and then look for CEU courses in your area of interest. Or you could do a full graduate certificate if you really wanted & thought it would help your career.
  25. Crimson Wife
    No, I mean I have no interest in the typical Clinical Psych work diagnosing mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, etc. and providing ongoing psychotherapy for those. If I go into psychology rather than SLP, it would only be School Psychology to minimize the coursework and training in touchy-feely therapy/counseling that is just not a good "fit" for my skillset. I want to do psychoeducational and hopefully neuropsychological assessments. In my state, if I wasn't able to land a fellowship in neuropsychology and get certified in that specialty, I would become a Licensed Educational Psychologist after working a couple of years in a school setting.
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