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Lol didn't mean to sound that whiny, just venting. I know I'll survive, it's just an insanely annoying process that is indeed full of disappointment, for now. Thanks for the input!

I feel the same way It's extremely difficult not knowing whether or not I need to pack up and move in a couple of months. I've told as many people as I could think of who would be affected by me moving that I'm incredibly sorry that grad schools string applicants along on wait lists for a ridiculous amount of time, making it so that they cannot tell their landlords, bosses, volunteer directors, etc. whether or not they'll leave in two months or stick around for another year. I'm also really not looking forward to possibly telling the professors who wrote my letters of recommendations that, "hey, sorry I wasted your time, I didn't get accepted anywhere, and I'll probably bug you again about this next year too!" What an embarrassing conversation that will be. It's also extremely frustrating when I'm struggling for money right now, knowing that I could have an extra thousand dollars or so lying around if I hadn't applied this year. But hopefully we can avoid all of these frustrating things all together and just get accepted to a gosh darn school, right?!?!

Thank you for this update! When I looked at the past years on the results page, and this year, I got really scared that they just wait list everyone who isn't accepted. Oh the agony of waiting...

I got another rejection today. I guess all we can do is sit back and remember we're awesome. *sends hugs through interwebs*

Yes! I'm so glad this thread is happening! I had to listen to a classmate stress about which school to pick today, meanwhile I'm wondering if I get to go to grad school this year. Jealousy is ugly so I'll stop now, but yes, I'm excited we can make each other feel not so alone

Ahh thank you for the help! Yea, all the schools I applied to are out of state. My residency is actually Indiana, even though my profile says Maine. All the schools in Indiana are more competitive (IU, Purdue, etc) than what is realistic for me because my own stats are just barely competitive that I didn't even try for them lol. I didn't apply to LSUHSC either but still wondered hopefully I won't have to go through this anxiety again next year

I'm learning so many things about the application process AFTER I applied to schools this year, which is making me cringe every five minutes, but anyway, when you say it was a long shot because you are an out of state resident--does that mean schools often always accept in state students? I was told it was the opposite, like schools may want more out of state students. I'm so confused about everything , please don't think I'm stupid I'm really not! Lol

I hate that you're in this situation, but know you're not alone! I only applied to five schools. I got rejected from my top choice (UW), then waitlisted to my second choice (PSU). Now one of the other schools I applied to is sending out acceptances and I haven't received one, leading me to believe I didn't get into that one, either. It's really a bummer that after this month, it's possible that an entire year of my life will be wasted probably moseying around until I can try applying again next year since SLPAs are uncommon in my area. Ughughgughsiggsdngos

Many of the students in my program had to take a physics or chemistry class this past year because they took geology, and the geology class ended up not counting as the science requirement for ASHA. Thankfully, my school offered a physics class called "Physics of Music" that was basically like an easier version of the acoustics class that I'm assuming all CSD students had to take. Maybe see if your school or local community college offers a class like that over the summer!

I need your positivity through this process! The jar of Nutella I ate after being rejected to my top choice would agree with me also.

Woot woot!

Waitlisted here, too. After a rejection, it honestly felt really good. I don't think I would have responded as positively to it if it were my first response from any of my schools But yea, I'm really hoping that doesn't mean that they waitlist everyone who is not initially accepted. I think at some point, I'd rather be rejected than told I'm waitlisted if my waitlist rank is unrealistic.

Oh that's good, most likely being rejected next week will give me a little time to recover from being rejected from my top choice last night. So calling and checking with the committee or the department chair is a thing? I kept wondering the last few months if that was something very taboo or if it was okay to ask when their decisions would be made. Thanks everyone for the input!

I saw on the results page that two people have heard back from Portland State University (both accepted). Has anyone else heard from PSU? Since I haven't, my anxiety is of course telling me I'm rejected, and honestly, I'm not sure if I can take ANOTHER rejection from a grad school this week. Thanks to anyone who can offer some help!