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I think I put it in both last year. I can't remember if it was required but I'm pretty sure I did both.

I would lean towards the serious/formal. You'll need good writing skills in grad school and as a clinician for reports. You'll need to sound professional as well. That might be important to see in your statement. So those are some thoughts from a current grad student! Good luck

I did all mine single spaced. I think it's a safe route unless otherwise designated.

I did not mention it was my second year applying. It's just not really necessary to me especially with a word limit. I revamped mine quite a bit and I had a lot of new information to add. I also only reapplied to two schools and the rest were new so I had to start from scratch in some respects. I really focused on my relevant info and what I learned, as well as aspects of that school that made me want to go there. It must've worked because I got in this year. If you want someone to look over yours for specific advice Id be happy to help. I traded with someone on here last year. Just shoot me a message.

I did very little with nsslha in undergrad. I wasn't an officer and only went to a few activities. I really don't think it's a huge contributing factor. I was in leadership for my college marching band and a supervisor at my job. The experience was great to mention even if the fields weren't related. As for the minor, I got two but they were really for my own benefit and choice I got one in music because I'm a musician and it was easy. The other was editing which I considered as an alternate path had I not gotten in to grad school. It has helped my report writing but other than that a minor doesn't seem imperative to get into school. Maybe it'll help you look well rounded but at some point I think you just go with the experience you have. If it's stressing you out then it's probably not worth it. Spending your last month or two before apps are due cramming in a bunch of activities probably won't boost your app significantly. Especially because your SOP isn't a regurgitation of every item on your resume. Take the top things you've done and talk about what you learned and how that benefits you as a clinician

All I can say is there's 5-6 women in my program with kids. The youngest being 2 year old twins to adults. Whether they mentioned it or not I don't know. If it's a major part of SOP include it. But if you are really worried about it try not to mention it and talk about other things. I think any school that feels negatively about it isn't one you want. Who knows maybe it would help you stand out a little as someone with a different perspective because you have kids.

There's never any guarantees even for people with great scores. Research schools and find out if they accept scores in your ranges. A lot of applying is figuring out the best fits for your scores. Don't rely on the results forum here. And most of all try not to panic. It's not the end of the world if you don't get in initially. I can say that as someone who was rejected her first time. And I know there many others on this forum who are the same. I spent a year getting experience through internships jobs and improving my GRE. And then I got accepted to a handful of schools this year. Lastly it's a competitive field with programs that are small. Don't feel bad IF you don't get in this year. I'm not saying you won't but you'll be in good company and you can try again. Until then, write some rockin SOPs and hope for the best.

You can ask about externship opportunities, what sets their program apart from others

Usually resumes are best kept to a page so that will limit what you put in. It's not a vitae (cv) which is really long and all inclusive. I would focus on your most relevant experience and the most recent too. Mention college degrees and maybe volunteer experience or relevant skills. Be brief and you can fit more in. Overall the most relevant experience is best if you have it. I wouldn't worry much about other stuff if you have that to mention. Hope that helps? Good luck!

I think I submitted a couple that were two pages single spaced. I'm pretty sure one school told me i could go from 1-3 pages to say whatever I needed to say. I'd say 3 is pushing it but I got into schools with two page SOPs. Best to email them and see if they have any preference or how long of an sop typical applicants have at that school.

You could always audit the class. It wouldn't be for credit buy you can still go and learn.

I had some pass fail exercise classes. I don't think they'll care about a couple non ComD classes.

Do you have absolutely no other profs you can ask? I applied to a school last year that required all faculty/professor letters because they specifically wanted to know about my academic abilities. They told me they did not want an slp to submit a letter. I can't say for sure whether or not you should still try but they may not be willing to overlook you only having two of they want three. They have so many apps already they could choose to focus on those that have 3 faculty. No guarantees but entirely possible.

I don't have any super helpful advice but one reason could be if they're going to ASHA next week. Professors are super busy prepping for that and I know professors at my undergrad institution told us they wouldn't even think about LORs until after ASHA. so just a thought.

It's okay to talk about internship or volunteer experience. Just make sure to talk about the impact it had on you and what you learned. It's not a repeat of your resume so they don't need to hear everything you did in a job or internship. They'd want to know what you learned and how that will make you a good clinician. And definitely talk about why you want to attend their school. That includes professors, classes, special extra programs they offer that's unique to their school and why that would make a difference to you.

The only thing you shouldn't expect pay in is externships.

I don't have much to add to mangosmoothie above. Really interesting info. I'd just say that I would be surprised to see this anytime soon. I don't see it as a necessity especially for pediatric slps. Also, the demand for slps is so high that it would be so detrimental to require more schooling. I bet it would limit the interest of potential students and increase the already high demand for slps. Programs would need more faculty and more space and more classes laid out and that doesn't seem likely. At least not for a good number of years. But that's my own speculation. Either way I wouldn't worry much about that as it's not an issue now.

I know some people in my program did it briefly during summer term who were up to an hour away. And when I visited northern Illinois a good number of them said they commute. If you can, I would check out current class scheduled for those schools. My classes are all at 8:30 but the clinic opens at 8 am so you could get scheduled for then and that might be tough. One lady in my program had a teenager but she lives up by school during the week and heads home an hour away on the weekends. It sucks on Mondays but I know she'd hate to do that daily. I think if it's substantially cheaper, consider it. Otherwise I personally wouldn't want to deal with a long drive several times a day on top of studying. If you're riding a train at least you could study.

I never did. I just had personal statement if anything.

That's common for any grad program. My brother had similar if not exactly the same standards for a completely different field. Grad school will expect a lot more from you. However keep in mind most programs have remediation plans in place so if you performing lower, they will work with you to improve before kicking you out the door. Higher standards mean better clinicians. You wouldn't want to be subpar.

I did all my essays single spaced and I had many. I think they'd rather see it all together, not with specific formatting like a normal paper.

What does it say on csdcas? That's where it matters I think. Because then once you submit your app and are verified on csdcas only then is the app sent to the school with the score essay etc. That's my understanding of using csdcas for two years. It needs to say rcvd there if you sent it specifically to the csdcas code.

It took me two years of applying to get in. It's not impossible! Having a year off isn't bad. I ended up retaking the gre to improve my verbal and had an internship and a job related to the field. I also did a lot more research on schools and doubled my applications. A lot of it I think will be choosing the right schools (not all high brow, not all 'safety schools'). I went from 5 rejections to 6 offers and my gpa was lower. Study hard and retake the gre (use magoosh!) and I bet you'll get in.

I applied to Iowa a couple years ago. I don't think I sent GREs to both Iowa and csdcas. But if you apply to multiple schools through csdcas you DO need to send them to every schools code! schools can't get access if it's a different schools code. Lots of extra scores to order but it's how it works. It's annoying but some schools want the separate app too which is two fees. The ones that did both apps were usually pretty simple though. I didn't have to submit everything twice, just wrote in the boxes that things were uploaded on csdcas. But always good to check the instructions. Every school has their own strange requirements.

It will depend on the school honestly. Email them and ask. I was told by one school that they wanted all ComD faculty so they could evaluate me as a student. I asked profs whose classes I did well in even though I didn't know them well personally. I had to apply two years in a row before getting in and my profs had no problem just updating their original letters and submitting them again.