I'm hoping to get more feedback from people who are in the SLP field, it is unheard of in the SLP graduate admissions area. People who "can influence others" by who they know would not likely be rejected then accepted. I have never heard of this happening and neither has anyone I had talked to including faculty. Our field is so competitive and the profession boasts high ethics so this is concerning. Perhaps in other fields this is not new but for SLP this is not common.