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Amy Walker returned my phone call inquiring about the waitlist. She said there are 34 people on the waitlist. She mentioned that the waitlist is not ranked, but the committee basically knows who they want to roll up if spots become available. She was very kind and stated that they had over 500 applicants again this year, and unfortunately they had to turn away many amazing applicants. I'm a little confused that they would have 34 people on a waitlist for only 30 spots. I was hoping the list would be smaller.

I have never seen any mention of a required lab credit in any of the ASHA materials.

That's great news, travelnguy! For me, being waitlisted has been the most discouraging part of this whole process. Sometimes I wish I had just been rejected, so I could go ahead and make other plans. But if it works out for me like it did for you, then it will all be worth it. Congrats, again!

Congratulations to those accepted! Did you apply to the 3 year or 2 year program? Any idea if you'll be accepting? I'm trying not to get my hopes up about being accepted from the waitlist, but I know that many of you have offers from other really great programs, too.

Hey, I'm not applying to Vanderbilt, but I lived in Nashville most of my life, so I thought I might be able to offer a little insight. Vandy's only about 15 minutes from the airport (via I-40) without traffic. You will probably find that apartment prices are low in Antioch, but it's super-sketchy. I would avoid it. Brentwood's a really nice area of town, but really pricey,too. I think Nashville is a little less safe than people might assume. It's got the small town vibe, but still has big city crime. That said, most people are very friendly, the weather is nice (if you don't mind rain all spring long), and the area is gorgeous.

I did a leveling year at Metropolitan State University in Denver. I am currently enrolled in my second semester there; I also took chemistry (physical science) and statistic classes at a community college last summer which are two non-SLP courses required for certification. I have learned a ton in my classes, and my professors are great. But if I had it to do all over, I would have applied to a school that offers a 3 year master's program for a few reasons: 1. The stress of applying to grad schools combined with not knowing whether I would get in, or if all my hard work would be for nothing constantly occupied my mind over this school year. Not to mention the steep learning curve when I first started taking Speech Language and Hearing Sciences coursework without a background. 2. It was hard to get into classes. The juniors and seniors (degree-seeking students) had first chance to register for classes, so sometimes classes were full by the time I could registered. I was waitlisted for 3 of the 4 classes I wanted to take my first semester. Since I couldn't get into one of those classes, the next semester I didn't have that pre-req that I needed for another class I wanted to take. Out of the 8 classes I wanted to take, I ended up being able to take 7 this year. Even at that, I had to get special permission to take 1 course concurrently with its prerequisite. 3. You really need to know what grad schools you want to apply to, anyway, when you decide to taking leveling classes, to know which courses you need to take. When I first decided to pursue a master's in SLP, I thought it would be nearly impossible to be accepted without any background in SLP. With all I've learned in the past year, I think if you have a great undergrad GPA, excellent GRE scores, and interesting and related experience, you have a good chance at admission even being out of field. I don't know of any programs that don't require out-of-field applicants to take additional undergrad classes to catch up, but I only researched schools in my area since relocation was not an option. If I had it to do over again, I would have applied to a 3 year program, so that I wouldn't have felt so up-in-the-air wondering if taking all these classes would be worth it.

An email I got from University of Northern Colorado said, " If you are inquiring about your graduate application, emails for admitted and alternate students have been sent. The Graduate School will send denial notices." (emphasis added). If this is a common way of notifying, it explains why often denials are sent earlier or later than the acceptances and waitlists.

Hmm... I don't really think the results forum gives a very complete picture of acceptances/rejections/waitlists. Considering there are 24 results for last year when CU had 500+ applicants, the applicants on the gradcafe are only a tiny percentage of the total applicants. I don't know why there weren't any waitlists posted last year, but I doubt that means there wasn't a waitlist for CU.

I don't know when other people were emailed, but, if it helps, I received my email at 3:30 mountain time. It was addressed only to me, and the waitlist notification letter (also personalized with my last name in the document title) was attached. All that to say, they are personalized responses, so they take longer to send.

Thanks Cahurt. I haven't heard of anyone getting an acceptance to Boulder yet, so I think it's pretty safe to assume that acceptances haven't gone out. Yeah, I don't know for sure, but the impression I got from Boulder is that no preference is given to in-state applicants. The impression I've gotten from students in Colorado is that in-state students are less likely to be accepted. Based on how much they talked about valuing a diverse cohort when I visited, I don't think that's too far-fetched of an idea. Who really knows? I'm still holding out a little hope to get in off the waitlist.

Thanks, miscarthur, I am happy that I wasn't rejected outright. I just really liked the program and the faculty when I visited the campus. Best of luck to all of you!

Waitlisted via email today. Did anyone on here get an acceptance notification?

Got a waitlist email from CU- Boulder. I had tried not to get my hopes up about the school, but I'm still kinda sad since it was my first-choice school. Luckily, the sting of the waitlist was partially assuaged by being accepted to my second-choice school yesterday. I'm still hoping to get accepted off CU's waitlist, but I'll be perfectly content to go to UNColorado.

Got my first acceptance today!! I am going to grad school this fall. It hardly seems real. I could not be any happier right now. Now to enjoy my celebratory Pi day pie.

I thought the same thing! I've been waiting so patiently, expecting to get my first response today... and nothing. They notified on this Friday for the past two years; it's the most predictable notification I have seen. But, of course, this year they don't. However I did notice that it's typically the Friday before their spring break, and their spring break is a week later this year, so I guess we'll have to wait until next week, boo! I did get an email from U of Wyoming saying they would notify by March 22, so I guess that's some(miniscule)thing.