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  1. Received my denial from Brooklyn College. At least, I have closure. Will apply next year...thanks all for the support

    I am disappointed. I waited all this time for a denial... :(

    Hey arcanelady27, I'm sorry to hear about Brooklyn college. Don't forget what you told me, that this is not the end of your road. This is the worst day but there will be better for you. The way I see it, getting rejected is a humbling experience and it only makes you hungrier for the finish line. If you want it, you'll get it. You've had a roller coaster ride with the CUNYs this application season. My offer is still on the table with GRE studying, message me if you want to meet up and study. If not, good luck with your future endeavors. I'll be rooting for you!!!

  2. This year has been a learning experience for me, financially and mentally. I was able to get into an accelerated grad program for teaching, I attended my first orientation yesterday. This was my plan B and for the first time this year, I feel like I'm going in the right direction. Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna continue for speech but I'm glad I listened to my SLP professor. She knew I was gonna continue for speech and wanted to stay in NY. Her advice was that in the time that I don't get accepted into a Speech grad program, I should pursue other related grad programs. That's just what I'm doing and even better that I'm attending a CUNY so it won't burn a hole in my pocket. I just looked at my class schedule and it feels good going back to school. 

     

    My Checklist

    1)get more experience in a school with an SLP

    2)get all A's

    3)study for the GRE  <_<

    4)get that degree!!

     

    Not at the finish line yet, but getting there..loll 

  3. My first acceptance!!! Grand Valley State University!!! Biiiiiiiiig sigh of relief! :)

     

    Dude CONGRATS!! Ever since I read your inspiring and ambitious posts, I was like "these schools gotta be nuts if they don't accept this guy!!".. you wanted it and you got it, you're truly an inspiration and will make an excellent SLP. Wish you the best of luck!

     

     

    I got my first acceptance today to my dream school!!!!! So excited and I am so thankful for everyone on this forum who have been so positive and inspirational. This is my second year applying! 

     

    YAY!! So glad to hear you got an acceptance daisynic, as a first time applicant, I look forward to hearing good news like yours. I hope you celebrate and enjoy this moment, you are also an inspiration!! Best of Luck!! :)

  4. I never had a class with either of the professors that interviewed me this time around. 

    I think I may contact the department and find out why I was not admitted.

    If I am not granted admission to Brooklyn College, I will have to just reapply next year. In the meantime, I will try to make my application stronger with better GRE scores and perhaps some volunteer experience. 

     

    I think that's a good idea, I might apply to Lehman for the Spring. The graduate director said he would take a better look at me if I had higher GRE scores, but he said my volunteer experience wouldn't hold so much weight. Mind you, I haven't even told him what I was volunteering for, he just flat out said "nope" (I could have been working with ASHA as an awesome research contributor for all he knows...loll) but he said it didn't matter. I like that he was honest, hopefully you receive the some feedback regarding your application.

     

    I'm not looking forward to studying for the GRE again. My face is clear, but probably just mentioning GRE I might get one pimple tomorrow..loll

  5. Thanks LDadvocate, :)

     

    Unfortunately, I saw her...

    Sadly, she was giving interviews. She did not do mines this time around though...

     

    Well, at least you got an interview this year, it says something, yah know :) Did you have your interview with a professor that you knew or have taken a class from?

     

  6. I was just rejected from Lehman College. I am really not shocked at this point. I do not think I was meant to be there anyway.  -_-

     

    Hey Arcanelady27, I'm sorry about Lehman college. I'm glad though that you fought for another interview, it says a lot about your character. I hope Brooklyn college realizes that. I have to know though, did you see that gosh awful professor?

     

  7. From my understanding, online programs are just as competitive, if not more competitive, as on-campus programs. Last year I applied to one program (ISU online) was wait-listed and ultimately rejected. This year I am applying to 3 online programs and 2 on-campus programs at three different universities. Two of the programs I applied to expect to receive 200+ applicants for ~20 online spots and the last program receives 400+ applicants for 30-40 online spots.

     

    Ahhh nutter butters... :( have you heard things about nova? And how much do you trust online programs, do you think employers will be prejudice on that kind of schooling?...I'm only asking bc I still have 2 schools left to hear from and I'm just planning for plan B

  8. After getting on the blow horn at Lehman College on the mishandling of my application and unfair interview I received for Spring 2014, I was granted another interview. This is really bittersweet. If I get in, and happen to get into Brooklyn College. I think I may head to Brooklyn College. 

     

    That's GREAT Arcanelady27!! I hope you don't see that discouraging professor and really knock it outta the park. You deserve it!! Good Luck!! :)

  9. Nah I didn't apply to other CUNYs, to be honest, I have a feeling I know what needs to be done to strengthen my application. This year I had a lot of doubt and it affected me tremendously. I'm looking into plan B but I wont stop for speech. It's like the love of your life that you can never forget. ..loll I hope you hear good news Arcanelady27

  10. I was just denied admission to Lehman College. It is funny because I received an interview for the Spring 2014 session and flat out denied this time around.

     

    My application was still in the admissions office the same day people were being granted interviews. 

    Lehman has left a sour taste in my mouth. I will not reapply. 

     

    It is Brooklyn College or bust for me. 

    I may have to rethink this career path if I do not get accepted to a CUNY. I simply can not afford thousands of dollars in student loans again at a private university. I already own over 80K in loans. I would be stupid to take out another 60K.

     

    Hey Arcanelady27, I'm sorry to hear about Lehman college. It's good to know they didn't reject you because of your credentials but rather their handling of your application. If you got a interview before, I wouldn't give up on it if you applied again. I also received the same news from one college, they did not receive one of my transcripts and therefore had to forfeit my application. I was upset at the moment but it's a lesson to be cautious of the next time around. Stick with your dreams, don't give up!

     

  11. Hey check your messages btw, but to answer your question, that's my overall GPA and in SLP courses I have a 3.366 but my last 60 are 3.5. LOLL I know isn't it exciting when you see someone with your stats getting accepted, it's a glimmer of hope..loll!! I hope they do consider everything, they are the only ones that are so mysterious on their expectations on the website. I think because you have a master's that it speaks volumes because you can handle grad courses. If I don't get in, I think I might go into teaching but I WONT STOP for SPEECH loll..I want to see my professor's face at an ASHA convention in the future and skip around her doubt..loll

  12. I did my freshman undergrad at St. John's but finished off at Queens college. Until I went to a Hunter College open house, I had no idea how competitive the CUNYs were and it was too late to pick up my grades. I had a juvenile mindset thinking a B- was okay for every grade but I realized it only hurt me at the end. Eventually I did pick up my grades, I went from a 2.75 to a 3.2...not as competitive but I'm happy to be over the 3.0 mark..Sometimes I roll my eyes and sigh at myself wishing I can smack some sense into my younger self if I had the chance...loll 

  13. That's horrible, I can't stand people like that. Just the fact that she said that to you makes my blood boil because I have faced similar people in my life and I zip my mouth shut for respect. But sometimes it gets out of hand with "those" kind of people when they think that just because they're in a field that everyone wants to get into, they should be treated like celebrities. Oh NO NO NO!! I had a similar advisor and professor that said similar things to me, it got to a point where I avoided my advisor all together because I freaked out about her convincing the graduate director to kick me out. I kept my distance and luckily I graduated. But back to you, I think your mother is right, but I would explain it to the program as to be interviewed with someone fresh and not bias. Maybe you can use an analogy as if your being called to Jury Duty, because really, what's the point of taking your opinion when you are biased against the defendant, how much weight does that decision hold. Not much because they have already painted a picture of you. What's done is done, but now if you have a second chance, maybe you can address the issue lightly (even though it's not) and explain that you have already interviewed with her (but avoid the fact that you guys had a bad history bc faculties always stay together and justify themselves). Don't worry as my mother always says, they will get theirs in return.

  14. I agree with you, the CUNYs have a very good reputation and they recognize that. I spoke to my tax person today and she made sense, that CUNYs might be more willing to accept out of state applicants because they must pay more tuition, (while I hope that's not the case or holds any truth) she did also make a point that the more competitive it is, the bigger the pay is (as in salary wise) because not everyone will continue on with Speech if they choose not to. And in regards to Lehman College, I hear you, St. John's told me that they haven't received a transcript that I have sent out 2 months ago AFTER the deadline passed. I was livid but if it was not meant to be, it wasn't meant to be. It's good that you approached Lehman college about that issue, I loved the campus when I went to visit and I took a liking to their graduate director. As a CUNY graduate, you only hope to kind of continue onto that path because it's comforting..like puddin'..loll

  15. Allow me to re-introduce myself...(I so badly want to break off into a Jay Z voice and sing PSA every time I say that)loll

     

    Ok ok...Hello everyone my name is Tatiana, (tiana for short), I got my Bachelor's in CSD from Queen's College last year. I'm 23 years old, Colombian, Guatemalan, and Chinese but I am heavily influenced by American culture. I'm a first generation here, but my parents came here when they were 5 and therefore have no accent but are bilingual themselves. Their interests such as music and comics have influenced my creativity giving me a pretty laid back attitude. Along with my American pride, I do have my Latina pride as well and it shows when I order the good stuff (aka FOOD) loll. My Colombian grandfather pokes fun at me whenever he sees me stressing about Grad school, he says, "American girl not living American girl dream." lmaoo moments like that ease my tension and remind me that rejection is not the end of the world. I was always surrounded by speech therapists because my mother would force me to tag along with my brother making sure that he paid attention to the speech therapists. I was to report back any bad behavior..loll...Since then I have been interested in Speech but never knew what specialty I wanted to get into to. It wasn't until I started tutoring after quitting a bakery job that I obtained my first student. Emy was this shy thing that only spoke if she was told too, she was a 2nd grader when her parents told me she had a learning disability. I never knew what that entailed, I figured she learned just the same way as everybody did but then it became clear after each session, Emy would miss something even though it seemed like she knew it. I would explain X, Y, Z and she would know X and Z but always miss Y. The more that teachers wanted to put her in Special Ed, the more I felt she just needed resource room but it really wasn't her fault. She has a dad that works like a dog and a mother that is hearing impaired. Emy was a puzzle child that just needed to be solved and I took on the challenge to find her learning strategy and sometimes we get it, sometimes we don't. There is even more pressure on the New York State Tests since they have been changed and are more difficult but each year we've made it through the year. I like to work with children that have learning disabilities because I see their potential when others don't. When some teachers complain how much they lag their classroom, I'm the one that reminds them that they're still kids and that they're working as hard as they can. I remind the teachers, they are not a number but just a kid looking to please their parents and authorities because it's those kids that need the most confidence. I love working with them, they make me laugh and smile even when I get shitty days like rejections from school. It seems so illogical to say but I don't want to leave them when I go to grad school, I constantly worry about the next thing that will deter their confidence or the next test that will tell them they're not good enough. I don't want that at all, so I try to make the best of the time we have now so I know I left them somewhat prepared. I love them...like they were my own kids.

  16. Some hope to those waiting on Brooklyn college, I emailed the graduate fellows asking whether if having an interview was mandatory in order to be admitted into Brooklyn college. This is my first year applying so I don't know too much about what goes on during the process. This is what he/she said:

     

     

    We began interviewing applicants a few years ago and since then there have not been any applicants admitted without first having an interview. We offer interviews to as many applicants as we can. We offer interviews as we review applications but this does not mean once your application is reviewed and you do not have an interview that you will not receive one later on. I hope this helps.

     

    Best,

     

    GF

     

    just a little hope in case anyone is stressing about Brooklyn College. I didn't ask about my application status because I didn't want to come off as a hamper.

  17. OH MY GOODNESS GUYS, I GOT INTO FSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    At this point I think I can reveal that it was my top choice school and I am definitely accepting (so anyone who applied to any of my other schools, know that you have one less competitor). They have the BEST autism program - which I also have to apply for, so expect me to continue posting with more application worries - and I'm SO excited about this!

     

    I don't even know what to do with myself right now. I find myself checking and rechecking the letter they emailed (yes, it was email). This doesn't feel like real life.

     

    I'll probably post again more when this has sunken in. But in the meanwhile OMG I GOT IN!!!!!!!

     

    Hey autismadvocate CONGRATULATIONS!! Sorry for the late reply but you really deserved it!! I hope your Dad and sister are proud of you and that you celebrate this amazing time with them!

     

  18. This was the email. I dont take it for anything just to see if I was interested.

    Thank you for submitting an application for admission to graduate studies at Brooklyn College. Please note that if you would like to be considered for a scholarship you must complete the scholarship application by Wednesday, March 13th. You may go ahead and apply even if you have not yet received an admission decision.

    To review the application guidelines and to apply online, please visit the Scholarships website at www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/scholarships.

    Sorry I keep editing but I have gmail and I found it in my "promotions" file

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