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For what it's worth, here is what I've found out. Writing ASHA usually receives a response directing you to your institution. However, in a post above, ASHA did clarify a lab is not required for either the Chem or Physics class. So the best bet is to just check with your university advisor. ASHA provides accredidation to your university, so they go with what your advisor ok's. But each advisor will ok only what they feel 100% safe ok'ing. At my institution I had the unique experience of having first one then another advisor. For me, both advisors did not accept a Coursera stats course I took for free/no credit, even though it was taught by a professor from Duke University and was WAY TOUGHER than the subsequent one I took at a local community college online. So, personally I wouldn't advise Coursera, though I love their courses. This was because it was not for credit, so it can't appear on my official transcript. For my physical sciences requirement, my second advisor is allowing his advisees to take a Geology course. I've googled tons of schools, counted the tuition/fees/registration/textbooks and found most Geology courses are $700 and up. Even my local community college wants $700 for a 4 credit Physics course, the only online course in my county that can satisfy the physical sciences requirement. So now I've found a 2 credit Physics course at a community college in a neighboring county for $526 not including textbook (no info). Since ASHA doesn't say it has to be a 3 credit course, and usually defers to adivsors, I'm going to ask him if this will work. For me, 2 credits of Physics beat 3 to 4 credits of Geology! By the way, I'm in my second to last semester before graduation, and I do wish I'd been on the ball and completed these courses in my first 2 much easier semesters of grad school! Good luck to all of us!

It is a little less competitive for the winter admit; they accept fewer applications in winter, but they also get far fewer applicants, so the ratio (can't remember exact numbers they told us in orientation) is better for winter. You could email to find out if they've made the fall decision, and if they have, ask if your application packet can be rolled over to winter. Then you won't have to re-submit anything. Last year, that is what the applications advisor advised me to do. Last year it was Dr Stevens, but you might want to dig into the slp grad pages to verify who it is this year.

Hi, I'm a first semester slp grad student (winter admit) at EMU. I applied for fall 2013, but my whole application packet wasn't complete until mid-March, so I didn't make the cut for fall. I got in for Winter (Jan 2014). They take 25 in fall, and 15 in winter. I don't think many schools take any new people in winter, so this was good for me. EMU was my first choice, and the only one I seriously applied to, mostly because of cost, proximity to family, and because the SLP program is housed in the Special Ed college rather than a Health Services college; this seemed the best fit for my goal to work in schools. I have an MA in Linguistics, and I was waived one phonetics class, but that's the only real overlap. Because I didn't do an SLP undergrad, I'm in the post-bacc program, and it's a three year stint. So far I love the classes. Even though linguistics only got me one 3-credit class waiver, my linguistics background has made a lot of material in least three of my undergrad prereqs this semester fairly easy. Some of the profs are better than others, but that's probably true at any location. Happy to answer any EMU related questions...

HI, all, new to this whole process, as you might be able to tell from the date!! I have applied to Eastern In Michigan; though the initial application was in by Jan 15, the rest took a while (had to re-take GRE because of being older, career-changing student), and the SLP department received my application last week. Do you think I still have a chance at a fall 2013 admission? If I don't make it for the fall, any advice? Try for Winter 2013? Thanks!