halil

Hey y'all! I've been a long time lurker on this site and I am so excited to finally be able to freak out with some other SLP applicants. Since I go to a very small institution, I am lacking in prerequisites so I'll only be able to apply to Dal this upcoming year. Anyone mind going through their stats? Relatedly, if anyone could be ever so kind to reassure me that I'm at least remotely competitive, that would be fantastic! I'm entering my fourth year of honours psychology. My school doesn't use a GPA scale but from conversion scales I've looked at online, I estimate that I have a 3.9 cGPA and major GPA as well. Like I've already said, I don't have many prerequisites, so dal is my only option. I'm currently studying for the GRE and will be writing it next week. Based on my practice tests, I expect to score in the at least the 85th percentile for verbal and around the 50th - 60th for quantitative. Obviously, I don't have a specific score for my practice AW but I like to think that I'm half decent at writing I'm general, so I think I'll do half decent in that as well. Overall, I'm pretty concerned with my quantitative score, but I believe that I read somewhere that SLP programs put a little more emphasis on verbal and AW than quantitative (which would make sense, given the nature of the program). I have quite a bit of research experience (especially for someone just entering fourth year). Last fall, I worked as an analyst for one of my professors on a project on doctor-patient communication (the content of this project was phenomenal and i think it will really help with working with clients some day). I also worked on a major group project with some fellow undergrads on improving mental health services on campus. We've presented this project at a couple of different conferences on our own campus and at others and I was awarded a communication for our work. I've been working with another professor since January on multiple language development - based projects. I've presented work from the lab both on our campus and at others and held a NSERC USRA this summer to design a new study on the relationship between syntax, morphology and reading comprehension in children and we'll be taking the study into local elementary schools this fall/winter and I'll be doing my thesis on this relationship as well. Volunteering wise, I clocked 160 hours between two SLPs last year, with experience split between a pediatric case load and an adult caseload that included dysphagia, neurological impairments, voice therapy etc. I wasn't able to continue over the summer months due to the USRA and my class and lab schedule this year also prohibits me from being able to make it to the clinic, sadly. I've also volunteered as academic support for teens with behavioural and learning challenges at a local high school (again, since this is during the day while i have classes, I haven't been able to continue). I've been working as a youth leader at a local youth group since high school and I've worked with children who are on the autism spectrum, have articulation difficulties, learning disabilities, etc. In general, do I sounf rleven remotely competitive? Or am I just hanging on a wing and a prayer? I know Dal doesn't require the same prereq as everyone else, but I remember reading somewhere that they do occasionally look for those who do have some previous linguistic/bio coursework. I don't have either, but I would hope my lab work would make up for this haha. Anyone know? Also, anyone have any Plan Bs for if they don't get into SLP? Since Dal is my only SLP option, I'm also applying for school psych and educational psych programs that have some of us in reading/writing but I'm also interested in mental health as well. Here's to entering freak out city for the next few months! PS my apologies for any sort rambling/typos in this post, it's like 6 am where I live and I just had this burning sensation to connect with some other applicants because seriously, what's sleep?