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I feel like the quant methods class is likely fine as long as the course description includes statistics.

How much weight is generally given to the GRE in Canada? I think if you could bump up your scores to the 85th+ percentile, that might help your app a bit if the GRE is considered important or acts as a gatekeeper there. Also, is it possible for you to do post-bacc academic work, gain related work experience, and/or perform more research before reapplying? And can you apply to US or other foreign programs? Psych programs are very competitive even under the best of circumstances, so I do think you'll need to make your app truly stand out to get around any GPA issues. I hope someone will give you a chance. Good luck!

Well, I got this reply from ASHA, but it doesn't answer all of the questions I asked (e.g., if courses need to be for credit): "ASHA will accept the course if it is listed as ASTR on a transcript towards meeting the physical science requirement. The courses for physical science does not need to include a lab portion."

Also, you may be surprised by the vocab that appears on the real GRE. While I understand that you want some solid practice, when I took the revised test in November 2012, it didn't throw out any frustratingly esoteric words (as opposed to the version of the test that I took in July 2011). I hope the same holds true for you!

Check out The Princeton Review's Cracking the GRE for tips. I don't know how much it will help you, but it's cheap and worth a try. Practice A LOT; Powerprep along with the ETS book and Barron's Six Practice Tests contain questions that are similar to real test material (or were test material at one time). Also, when you take the actual test, make sure to answer every question and manage your time well. Don't be afraid to guess and use process of elimination. Do anything that will up your chances at getting a question right. Good luck!

chellinchen, I was wondering if you had heard from St. Cloud yet. Good luck to you and the others who are waiting! Dshenge and Tay, I'm so sorry that those schools' screw-ups have affected you. jmarti: Good luck!

I wasn't certain that I'd get in to either school, but I knew I probably had a better shot at UVA than Boulder. I was absolutely ecstatic to be accepted to both.

I know at least one other person here who's waiting for Montclair, and it looks like many of the NJ/NY schools notify extremely late. Not cool. Have you visited Syracuse?

lele, I think making that psychological shift is probably the hardest part, but Emerson sounds awesome, and your scholarship opportunity is amazing! I only know Emerson from my yearly trips to Boston, but I absolutely love the location and the feel of the school. Best of luck in your decision, but I truly think you can't go wrong with any of the Boston schools. It's win-win.

That's really annoying (understatement), but good luck with your writing sample!

I usually would say take the money, but the out-of-state school sounds like a better overall opportunity for you. However, even if your in-state program doesn't offer specific electives or a bilingual lab, there may still be chances for you to work with bilingual populations or other ways to integrate your interests into your education there. You may want to find out if that's possible. Have you had a chance to visit either of the programs in person?

But it looks like a few of the accepted people from this year are likely declining as are some of the WL folks, so I hope that opens up something for you!

rpatty, I will be more than happy to share my impressions of/any information from Boulder with you after the open house. Congrats on your acceptances!

I don't think I would've done anything differently aside from possibly taking a few pre-reqs so I could've applied to Boston-area schools (another region I've always wanted to live in). My main advice is to make sure your grades are as high as they can possibly be, and make sure your SOP is standout and tailored to each program in some way (there are several incredibly informative threads on GradCafe about SOPs, including a recent one in this subforum with some great tips and advice specifically for SLP).

And just to offer my experience, I haven't taken any SLP pre-reqs, have a good but not great GRE score, graduated from a non-competitive state university, and applied straightaway to two three-year programs for out-of-field applicants. There are different options, but applying to three-year programs exclusively limits your choices since there aren't as many of them.

I guess I can't imagine being entirely surprised to be rejected anywhere since admissions is so competitive and definitely isn't always straightforward. That's why I was nearly ripping my hair out with worry before I heard back; there's simply no way to know what the applicant pool is like and the inner workings of the process that aren't evident to applicants (e.g., decisions based on yield--though that seems to be less of a factor with SLP programs). I will say that so many people who weren't accepted to schools still genuinely wish others well on the results page, and those people are amazing and inspiring!

When I rule the world, every SLP program will notify no later than March 1 and will have an open house no later than April 7!* *This will never happen.

Right, so the people who were accepted and do choose to attend will be even more clued in than people accepted from the WL later in April. I wouldn't be so down on this kind of notification method if I hadn't seen numerous other schools with just as many or more applicants handle it more seamlessly and definitively.

A post-bacc program is a year-long (usually) program that fulfills all or most of your SLP pre-reqs. I believe that UWashington has a post-bacc (i.e., pre-req completion) program of its own, but as they state on their site, completing your post-bacc/pre-reqs at UW does not necessarily increase your chances of getting accepted to their master's program.

Exactly. I think you should be given an actual WL notification and decide how to proceed from there. To hear nothing can be so confusing or maddening. It's much better to know SOMETHING, like that they even received and looked at your app in the first place! Also doing it the way they do it makes it impossible to organize an accepted students open house kind of event, and I think having one of those is important.

Yep, or they have an unofficial rolling waitlist or something. It just doesn't feel very cohesive or welcoming to do it this way, not to mention that it's inconsiderate that they purposely notify some people for the first time on or after April 15!

It's very strange. I think that this says it all, though (a comment on the results board from last year): "UVA posters, don't fret if you haven't heard yet. Last year, some of our class heard in february and some didn't hear until mid-april! they accepted and rejected people all along that timeline, so don't lose hope!"

AMarie said that someone she knows (in-field, undergrad at UVA) has been accepted. It's a completely off-putting process when schools choose radio silence over a traditional waitlist.

The only way a post-bacc will put you at a disadvantage is if you don't do well; SLP program rankings generally don't matter. It seems like most of the post-bacc graduates here had extremely high GPAs (usually 3.8+, many 4.0), so it is important to put everything into your work to be as competitive as you can, especially if you decide to ask one of your PB professors for an LOR. Good luck!

Aside from what everyone else said, I think people might forget that admissions to certain professional programs are not the same as admissions to undergrad institutions (where, generally if you have certain scores and extracurriculars, you can view schools as "safety, ballpark, or reach").