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i didn't have any prereqs and i was accepted to multiple programs! actually, during my admissions process i heard numerous times that many schools prefer out of field applicants because they come in with diverse perspectives and background knowledge and they tend to be as or more successful than students entering with a background. so you won't be at a disadvantage at all! feel free to message me if you have any questions and good luck!

I will be going to Vanderbilt! Hope to see some of you in Nashville in the fall!!

i attended columbia's event today. there were about 20 of us there, so i imagine there will be quite a few more at the event next weekend!

not exactly sure yet where I will be attending, but I officially declined my offers at GW, MGH, and BU. hope this helps someone on the waitlists!

so im not sure if any of you were also wondering about this, but i called BU and asked if there's any chance for merit funding if you didn't already receive it (basically--is there a funding waitlist). And there's not. So if the people they offered funding to don't accept, they don't offer it to anyone else. I know MGH does this as well (and emerson might too, not sure). it kind of upsets me though. you would think that if they have the money to offer, they shouldn't just keep it if someone declines. especially considering their tuition is already so high! oh well!

Is nyu really 68k a year?? Just got my financial aid package and that's what it totals to if I do all scholarships/loans. That's crazy!

i was awarded 5,000 per semester for a total of 20,000. good luck!!

I attended both the Emerson and mgh open houses and was really impressed by both. I got a completely different feel at the two though, and I definitely think the current students at both places were right in saying that some just prefer one environment to the other and that's how they make their choices. I personally liked the Emerson program better which makes it easier for me because it's cheaper, but if you got a better feel from mgh, then I would talk to current students and the financial office and see what they say. I spoke to MANY current students at both places who were choosing between mgh, Emerson and bu so I'm sure a lot of them had the same concerns you do and would be helpful to talk to!

so looks like bu financial info is due april 1st which is interesting considering the visit days arent even until the 5th and 6th. should we fill it out even if we aren't sure yet where we will be attending? or..is this a fafsa thing that financial info for all places is due on the 1st?

I can go by the schools I applied to because I'm out of field with no prereqs! Mgh and Emerson both allow you to apply without prereqs, but you have to take them by the time you matriculate. Bu allows you to apply without prereqs and you only need language acquisition completed before you matriculate. New York medical college doesn't require any prereqs to apply or matriculate. Hope this helps!

anyone know if any of the online programs offer "acoustic and articulatory phonetics" as a course? rather than phonetics and speech science as two separate courses?

i applied this year with none of the prereqs and limited background (i shadowed/was a research assistant for an slp last summer but that was it) so it's definitely possible. feel free to PM me if you have further questions!

i already pretty much accepted the fact that i didn't get in, so hopefully the letter wont hit too hard (never know until you actually read a rejection, haha!)

Just a heads up, I just got an email saying my decision was posted!

https://app.applyyourself.com/ayapplicantlogin/applicantconnectlogin.asp?id=col-tc

thanks for letting us know, i was accepted as well!!

i'm waiting as well. it looks like people are still hearing (unless they just didn't post on the boards until just now). fingers crossed!!

that's awesome, congrats!!

from the board it looks like someone heard from vanderbilt through email. was that any of you?? i was sure they had said they were mailing decisions! haha

just to add another inspiring story similar to this: my dad struggled a bit through college (and with his mcats) and ended up not getting accepted to med school anywhere in the united states. last minute, he applied to and attended a school in another country on the other side of the world. now, almost 30 years later, he's consistently ranked as one of the best doctors in my state. he says he had unique and important experiences at his med school that he never would've had in the US. things always end up working out in the end!

i wasn't going to interject in this conversation, but I feel like I need to. I totally understand where you guys are coming from and I realize how frustrating it must be to be an in-fielder and have spots go to out-of-fielders. That being said, I don't think it's fair to say that out-of-fielders have less meaningful educational experiences or that education classes are easy per se. i'm an education minor and my education classes are harder than many of the core science classes at my school (i've taken both). i've also developed many skills through my education and psych departments that I think are really important skils to have in grad school and in my career--developing a grant proposal, critically analyzing research articles, etc. . i dont know that i wouldve developed some of these skills if i was a speech major (though i cant say for sure bc we dont offer speech classes) myself and most out of fielders that I've talked to didn't major in speech because their schools don't offer it or they didn't realize until halfway through their undergrad experience that they wanted to take the SLP route. that doesn't mean that their undergrad experiences were any less meaningful. also, i know that there are many schools that only allow in-field applicants to apply, so maybe that would be a less frustrating route? i really dont mean to sound rude, but i have to say i was really offended at some of what i was reading. i know we're all stressed, but each of us on here is qualified to become an SLP. lets not put anyone else down (even if you're really just frustrated with the process and not with the applicants themselves). it's not going to help anyone!

also, i just wanted to let you know that st. johns in new york also does spring admission! i have faith that you will get in somewhere for the fall but just in case, you can always look into that!

anybody know of any online programs where I can take intro to audiology this summer without having prereqs? I just looked at utah states courses and it looks like you need two prerequisite courses before you can take their intro audiology

don't lose hope! i thought the same thing when everyone got nyu admits on one day and i didn't hear anything. and then i ended up getting an admittance email a few days later.

Just received this call! It was the clinical director calling to congratulate/answer any questions. I asked about scholarship and she basically implied that if you didn't have something about it in the initial letter, then it's a no go unfortunately :/ she said we will get financial aid info soon though