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It really depends on the school. I've heard some schools rank you based on your gpa and gre scores and go from there, while others take a more holistic approach to your application and really consider every part of it, including the rigor of your undergrad institution

I got the waitlist email yesterday. I had a feeling, my interview was really awkward, they asked strange questions and I totally fumbled my answer. Sorry to everyone who was flat out rejected, I know how it feels (Northeastern kept me hanging on for a crazy long time) but at least it looks like everyone here has been accepted into good programs!

no, I got my rejection letter Friday. I was just posting that to let anyone who hadn't heard yet know... Though thinking about it, I'm probably one of the last to hear, considering I'm currently living on the west coast. Thanks for thinking of me, BostonTeach!

That is surprising. I'm originally from the east coast, currently living on the west coast, and I have noticed that when I say UVA to people, they have no idea what I'm talking about. But if I say University of Virginia instead, they're like "Oh yeah, good school!" So may be they just don't know the abbreviations? The same way I didn't know Colorado was CU because of all the California UC's.

So it seems like all of us who hadn't heard anything online are getting rejection letters in the mail. It's a little frustrating that they wouldn't tell us that online, the way they told people they were giving good news...

In the past week I've been accepted to Syracuse off the waitlisted and (finally) rejected by Northeastern. Still haven't heard anything from Brooklyn but I'm kind of over them at this point. Unless I magically get off the waitlist at BU or Emerson, I'm headed to UVA! I'm really excited, I totally fell in love with the program when I visited. Midnight, it's too bad you didn't have a chance to check it out, because it's really lovely. But I know Colorado was your first choice to begin with. Bcjami, I would definitely recommend taking the time to do a year of pre-reqs, it definitely helped me out. I applied to a few schools last year, and was rejected everywhere. I'm now doing a post-bacc year in person, and have had much more success with my application. And to everyone still waiting for an acceptance: hang in there! I know how rough it is, my thoughts are with you. Like many, it appears, I check the boards here pretty frequently, though I don't often post, and this really is a wonderful community. So many people are cheering for you.

Probably not. Having the certificate may make it slightly easier to get your first job, but especially if you try to get one of your internships with that population/do your CFY with that population it shouldn't be much of a problem. It's my understanding that because the field is so broad, and ASHA requires that every program fully covers all the different populations we work with, for the most part having a specific concentration doesn't make too much of a difference except for when you're trying to get into a PhD program.

yayyy! So happy for you! Congrats, from one second-time applicant to another. How relieved do you feel?

Yeah, that's even more frustrating because I submitted my application at the end of December, way before their deadline. I hoped they would have taken a look at it by now.

Yeah they said we were the first group of people they interviewed so I thought I might have heard something by now, especially since other people seem to have heard back. But they did say that they were kind of going through applications at random, not by when they were received or anything, so who really knows.

I had an interview in early February, which they notified me of by email in late January. Since then, I have heard nothing. It's quite confusing

I haven't heard anything either. It's really strange...

for sure. Especially because I have spring break next week and I'd like to be able to actually visit the schools I'm accepted to. So frustrating

I saw that too and I checked the website and I still have nothing besides the fact that my application is complete/submitted. At this point I just want to know one way or the other.

I applied to a few grad schools last year, but didn't realize quite how competitive the process is and ended up not getting in anywhere. Your experience may be different than mine because I only had a so-so undergrad GPA, though I did/do have killer GRE scores and excellent letters of recommendation. If you feel like you can get into schools without taking any more classes, and have other things going on right now, go ahead and try. But it didn't work out that way for me. I ended up doing the post-bacc program at Portland State University, and I've loved it so far. Personally I feel like I get a lot more out of in-person classes than online, and PSU's post-bacc program is all in-person. They make sure you actually get into the classes you came here to take, giving you second registration priority after seniors. This is completely different from many other schools I looked at without a dedicated post-bacc program, where you had very last pick in signing up for classes, and it seemed like it would be a lot harder to get everything done within a year. I know a lot of schools say they only require about 5 classes as pre-reqs, but by the time I've finished at PSU I'll have taken 11 or 12 classes (I'm still deciding whether I want/need one of the classes I signed up for for spring term), each of which feels like they have been worthwhile. It's a quarter system (fall, winter, spring) so I've been taking four classes a quarter. At this point, I can't imagine starting grad school with only some of the classes I've taken, I feel like I've been prepared here really well.