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Contact the graduate coordinator tomorrow; he or she may be able to explain what's up. I know that must be frustrating. :-(

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I'm surprised that no one has brought up the term "academic incest" yet. :-) Everything jmu says is consistent with what I've heard before. It's frowned upon in most fields, but it's not the end of the world. At the very least, you'll want to do a postdoc elsewhere to diversify your CV. One thing I wanted to add is that it's unlikely you'll be able to get a tenure-track job at your home institution if you have done all your academic work there. This is strongly frowned upon in most fields. I think if you're doing a bachelor's, master's, and PhD, it'd be wise to do no more than 2/3 at the same place, all other things being equal. But you have to evaluate it on a case-by-case basis.

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I hope not, because I get my mail at a PO Box and don't stop by every day, as it's quite out of the way. But when people start posting that they've recieved something, I'll make the trip daily! I can't wait to hear from them!

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I actually did CLEP for a history credit in college. The disclaimer here is that this was in about 2005, so some of my intel could be out of date. The idea is that it's a way to earn credit for college-level knowledge acquired outside the classroom - "credit by examination". Check out the CLEP website for a list of subject tests they offer. You take the test at somewhere like a university testing center, and I believe it's scored automatically on the spot. Different schools accept different scores for credit on various classes. Some schools have a limit on how much credit-by-examination you can earn. I believe credit is usually awarded on a pass-fail basis, i.e., you get the 3 credit hours if you acheive the required score, but you don't get a letter grade and it therefore isn't calcualted into your GPA. The tricky part is that not every school accepts every CLEP test, and the score requirements can vary quite a bit, e.g., some schools may require a 60 on the test to award credit, while others require a 65, etc. Here's an example: http://www.sa.sc.edu/orientation/clep-2/ The good news at that there are CLEP prep books out there for many subjects. My test was easy to study for since it was American History, and I remembered the basics from high school. I went through a prep book to review and read a couple of library books; I passed it the first time with no difficulty. I think it would be harder for a new subject that one is completely unfamiliar with.

Unfortunately I don't know anything about the COMD program, beyond that the Arnold School got a shiny new building not too long ago. I remember that the old one was imploded in 2005-ish - they did it in the wee hours of the morning, and my bf at the time and I rode our bikes there to watch it, haha. Columbia has a lot of good things going for it, in my opinion. I enjoyed living there and still come by a couple of times a year to visit friends, which is easy to do because my parents live in Rock Hill. S. Carolina has a beautiful campus.

Tee hee, totally true about updating the course listing. I suspect you're right. jmarti, kcald, and other S. Carolina hopefuls, I am so excited for you guys because that's where I did my undergrad (in anthropology). I am secretly hoping to do a PhD there eventually. Have you guys seen this TEDx talk by Dr. Fridriksson? He's on my POI list. (And yes, I'm already ruminating about that even though I haven't found out where I've been accepted for the Master's. Honk if you're anal!) http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxColumbiaSC-Dr-Julius-Fridri

Ooops, I meant to say thanks to SLPtoBEweee! Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Saturday brain. Sorry that this post is going to look really obnoxious. SLPtoBEweee (and any others with knowledge of USU's online program), this is the list of what's being offered online this summer from USU's Course Finder thing. It looks like COMD 5330 is just called "Aural Rehab" on the link you provided, but here they list it as "Pediatric Aural Rehab." I imagine it satisfies the aural rehab-related KASAs, but I'll ask my prospective schools. Course Start Date Instructor Type Days/Times CRN COMD 2500 ZO1 LANG/SPEECH/HEAR DEV 05/06/2013 Filimoehala Online 33449 COMD 3010 ZO1 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I (CI) 05/06/2013 Radford Online 33461 COMD 3100 ZO1 FUND ANATOMY SPEECH/LANG 05/06/2013 Child Online 33473 COMD 3120 ZO1 DISORDERS ARTICULAT/PHONOLOGY 05/06/2013 Bingham Online 33485 COMD 3300 ZO1 INTRO BLIND/VISUAL IMPAIRMENT 05/06/2013 Dennison Online 33656 COMD 3320 ZO1 HUMAN EYE AND VISUAL SYSTEM 05/06/2013 Hernandez Online 33740 COMD 3330 ZO1 INTRO TO LOW VISION 05/06/2013 Dennison Online 33668 COMD 3340 ZO1 ROLE OF PARAEDUCATORS 05/06/2013 Siegel Online 33680 COMD 3350 ZO1 INTRO MULTIPLE DISABILITIES 05/06/2013 Alsop Online 33692 COMD 3360 ZO1 INTRO TO BRAILLE 05/06/2013 Siegel Online 33704 COMD 3400 ZO1 ACOUSTICS/ANATOMY OF THE EAR 05/06/2013 Porter Online 33497 COMD 3500 ZO1 PHONETICS/PHONOLOGY 05/06/2013 Manuel-Dupont Online 33509 COMD 3700 ZO1 BASIC AUDIOLOGY 05/06/2013 Jensen Online 33524 COMD 3910 ZO1 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II 05/06/2013 Radford Online 33536 COMD 4250 ZO1 PRACTICUM IN DEAFBLINDNESS 05/06/2013 Alsop Online 32203 COMD 4450 ZO1 PED DX AND TX IN COMD 05/06/2013 Bingham Online 33548 COMD 4660 ZO1 INTRO TO DEAF-BLINDNESS 05/06/2013 Alsop Online 32215 COMD 4910 ZO1 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III(CI) 05/06/2013 Radford Online 33560 COMD 5070 ZO1 SPEECH SCIENCE 05/06/2013 Dromey Online 33572 COMD 5100 ZO1 LANGUAGE SCIENCE 05/06/2013 Manuel-Dupont Online 33584 COMD 5200 ZO1 LANGUAGE DX RX (0-5) 05/06/2013 Filimoehala Online 33596 COMD 5330 ZO1 PEDIATRIC AURAL REHAB 05/06/2013 Larsen Online 33608 COMD 5900 ZO1 ST: OBSERVATION/GRAD SCH PREP 05/06/2013 Andrus Online 33620 COMD 5900 ZO3 INDEPENDENT STUDY 05/06/2013 Child Online 33644 COMD 5900 ZO2 ST: OBSERVATION/GRAD SCH PREP 05/06/2013 Blair Online 33628 COMD 6500 ZO1 STUDIES IN BLIND VISUAL IMPAIR 05/06/2013 Dennison Online 33716 COMD 6520 ZO1 ANATOMY FUNC DISORDER OF EYE 05/06/2013 Hernandez Online 33728 COMD 6530 ZO1 ISSUES IN LOW VISION 05/06/2013 Dennison Online 33752 COMD 6540 ZO1 VISUAL IMPAIR PARAEDUCATOR 05/06/2013 Siegel Online 32147 COMD 6550 ZO1 VISUAL LOSS WITH DIS 05/06/2013 Alsop Online 32159 COMD 6560 ZO1 BRAILLE 05/06/2013 Siegel Online 32171 COMD 6660 ZO1 INTRO TO DEAF-BLINDNESS 05/06/2013 Alsop Online 32227

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Thanks jmarti! I was looking at this "course finder" search page. I put in out-of-state, the department, and Summer 2013. https://rcde.usu.edu/coursefinder/ I think I did it correctly - there was a list of 32 distance ed courses. I'll look more closely later, but I'm about to go take the dogs on a little stress-relief hike. :-) Edit: not sure why my link doesn't seem to be working. Login issues, maybe? It's the course finder mentioned in item #4 on this page: http://comd.usu.edu/htm/distance-education/online-bach/onlinebach-applying/nondegree/

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Yay, we could be online classmates! I am looking through USU's summer course offerings right now, and I'm only seeing Pediatric Aural Rehab. I wonder whether most schools will count that for their aural rehab requirement? They do have the language development class I need for all my schools, and the language science that I might need for University of Utah. They also have the speech science class you need, as well an option that sounds like part of what you would said you'd need for UNCG - "Disorders of articulation/phonology". Also, I noticed that the description for Language Science reads "Study of clinical analysis of syntactic and morphological properties of speech." That would satisfy your morphology/syntax prereq., I imagine.

Okay, thanks everyone - I just did the USU non-degree-seeking online application, and it was basically the easiest thing ever! No LORs, no statements, no transcripts - just filling in some info. Whew! Now I know I have another option in my back pocket if my current institution doesn't offer the last two prereqs I need this summer.

How do you know how the professor is ranked individually? I'm not familiar with this.

This is good info! I was looking at the USU website yesterday and couldn't quite figure out what classes were offered when. I'm going to go find out if it's too late to apply for the summer. That would be a good solution for me. Thank you!!! And yes, kcald, the transcript thing is getting out of control! I already have transcripts from the University of South Carolina (undergrad), University of South Carolina-Lancaster (during high school), Austin Community College (messing around/exploring/taking classes for fun), and UT Austin (more exploring, plus my prereqs)! If I throw USU into the mix, then do a master's program, I'll have six different schools to order transcripts from if/when I apply to PhD programs. lol.

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Haha, kcald, I was doing the same thing with my prereqs today. I still need a language development class and aural rehab. I am hoping to be able to take them both during the summer here, but the department is still trying to figure out what will be offered this summer. To complicate things, two of my schools' policies about prereqs are a little hazy, at least based on the websites. I think I'm going to be coordinating a lot of moving parts soon - calling graduate coordinators for confirmation/clarification, haranguing my department about the summer schedule, looking at calendars, etc. Are you confident that you are going to be able to take everything you need at your current institution this summer? If not, what's your backup plan?

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What are you folks planning to use for a backpack? I have been working in a professional-dress setting (think blazers, suits, sheath dresses, coat and ties, button-ups, dress trousers, heels, etc.) for 6-7 years now, and I feel like going back to carrying a bookbag is going to make me feel unprofessional. Right now, I use a red faux-alligator briefcase/laptop bag, but it's tearing inside and isn't going to cut it for grad school. I am realizing that I am going to need more capacity if I'm going to carry around books, my lunch, possibly a change of shoes, notebooks, laptop, pens, etc. every day, and I will possibly have to park a long way away. This is going to be too much for a briefcase-type bag and too heavy to carry on one sholder, which likely rules out messenger bags also. To make things worse, I have mild thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) because I have a cervical rib. (There's a whole new topic.) I'm thinking of buying a bookbag/backpack. Do you guys have any thoughts on what kind would look the most professional? Have any of you tried the rolling ones? Are they handy or a hassle?

As they say, it ain't over 'till it's over.

Depending on the situation, I use: Best, Best regards, Warmly, Fondly, Many thanks, I strongly advise against using quotations, pictures, colors, different fonts, etc. in your signature. I currently work with university boards and major gift donors, so I've had a lot of practice on this one. :-) I opened this thinking it would be a thread about moving away for grad school, lol!

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It could also be that they are contacting people who are being offered fellowships personally before sending out a mass email.