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The title says it all. Although it's a bit too early for most people to know where they'll be attending in the fall, I thought it would be good to get this started anyway. I imagine it will be interesting/useful/insightful/etc to share where we're going and why! I'll start. I'm 99% sure I'll be attending UVA (haven't officially accepted my offer yet, but aiming to do so this week). I chose UVA for a few key reasons: 1) It's a pretty solid program. Not the best ranked program that I was accepted to, but a very good choice (academically) nonetheless. 2) I've met a good number of the faculty already since I'm an undergrad here, and they're all incredibly nice and capable. 3) I've shadowed in the clinic and interacted with some current grad students, so I can tell it's a warm, welcoming environment with ample support. 4) I already love UVA & Charlottesville! 5) I would save money going here by paying in-state tuition and living with my significant other (who works & lives in Charlottesville). Anyway, I'm interested in hearing where you all are going and how you decided on the program/school of your choice!

Just got a very short and sort of unenthusiastic acceptance email from Old Dominion University.... but oh well, I'll take it!

Thank youuu everyone! And congratulations to all the other acceptances today too! I'm glad to see so much good news on here. Those that were accepted to MGH: are you planning on going to the open house/info session event on March 29th? I'm hoping to go, so it'd be cool to see other people from here at the event! Also, did anybody find out anything more about MGH financial aid/funding other than that it'll be included with the official offer when it's sent out?

What a wonderful day! My classes were cancelled today because of a snow storm, and I just got a call notifying me of being accepted to MGHI! I hope everyone has an equally great Monday.

I'm coming straight from undergrad with a degree in Linguistics, so if I were to go to UMD I'd be a "leveler" (which at UMD means I'd be a provisional grad student for the first year while I fulfill pre-reqs).

Thanks for starting this thread, twinguy7! My HOPE is to get into two in-state schools and two out-of-state schools with some sort of funding/financial aid. My DREAM is to get into UVA and get funding/aid from the program so that I can have the option of staying in Charlottesville with my significant other and saving on living costs & tuition. My GUESS is that I will go wherever I get the most amount of funding/aid from, which realistically may end up being in-state.

Babink, Like MNIJ, I also got the email from University of Maryland to check my application status on Feb. 13 (also accepted) and I submitted my application realllly late. Like, the day before it was due (Jan 14, I think)! So I don't think the timeline of hearing back from UMD necessarily depends on when you submitted your application.

Congrats, MNIJ! I just got the same email and good news too. Mine said it was a provisional acceptance and to contact the department about it. I'm not quite sure what that means yet but it sounded like it may be either because I'm out-of-field or not yet done with my undergrad degree.

Did anyone try to get in contact with the schools they applied to & ask about when decisions can be expected?

That's a good point that I haven't really considered in great detail... How do you know whether a course is accepted by ASHA? Is there a link or guideline for what is acceptable? I have all the requirements fulfilled in terms of general undergrad courses, but some of them are Credit/No Credit (instead of a grade) and some are also kind of iffy sounding like "Genetics for Informed Citizens" or something like that, haha. Would be nice to know if it's acceptable...

Yes! Another fan of The Mindy Project! Haha. But on a more related note, I am def. an uncomfortable mix of perplexed and anxious right now. Perplexed because I don't know how to reconcile my pessimism with friends, family etc trying to be supportive and saying "of course you'll get in somewhere!" and me thinking "but they don't KNOW that I will!" Anxious because ... well, the lack of certainty and the possibility that my hard work won't pay off in the way that I hope it will (that is, a grad school acceptance). I joke with my friends that February is going to be the month of drinking my anxiety away. Hopefully though it'll remain 75% a joke!

That's great, autismadvocate! And you've still got about a week until the deadline so there is definitely still hope!

@autismadvocate, I actually did have a bit of an issue with UCF in the beginning. After I submitted the application online, I got the email confirmation that told me I could check the status on MyUCF. But, when I tried to log on 24-48 hrs later (all in the middle of last week, I think), the MyUCF system was telling me that it couldn't locate my PID. I talked to someone from UCF online (essentially some sort of support person for graduate applications stuff), and she said to wait a bit for the system to update. This weekend I was finally able to log on (got my PID successfully and all) and check my application status. It did kind of freak me out that it said "incomplete", but the only thing marked as missing was the transcript and everything else was marked "complete." Anywho, I think they might just be kinda swamped right now. Case in point: it took two weeks from the time my school (UVA) sent my transcript until UCF finally marked it as "received." But, I would also recommend trying to get in contact with them because it does seem pretty strange that all those things that you submitted via their online app are marked as incomplete/not received. One last Q: has your app fee payment been received processed? I don't know if that might have anything to do with it, but maybe if it hasn't been processed yet then that might be holding up the other things?

More happy words, @autismadvocate! (haha) "Thank you for applying for graduate studies at the University of Central Florida! Your application to the Comm Sciences and Disorders MA program for Fall 2014 has been received and processed. Any application supporting documents received as of today have also been processed." Good luck with your applications, everyone!

I'm not actually applying to the University of Washington program, but I think when there's a limit on "characters" it includes spaces, punctuation, letters, etc -- basically any and every unit you type on a keyboard. That's how it was when I was completing the CSDCAS application and the personal statement limit was 5,500 characters (if I remember correctly). I used this site (http://www.charactercountonline.com/) to check how many characters my typed statement had before I submitted it. That site seemed to be pretty accurate. Hope this helps!