moosemoose

Google WRGP and check out their website, there are a number of schools that offer in-state tuition to students from the western region. This won't be much help to anyone from the midwest or back east, however.

The deadline is April 15th.

While I'm sure it's somewhat different with a graduate program, I went to a school with a quarter-based system for undergrad and loved it. If I didn't like a particular class I wasn't stuck with it as long. I never felt overwhelmed by the pace. This honestly wasn't something I even thought to consider when choosing a graduate program.

I'm most likely going to accept my offer, just have to psych myself up to actually pull the trigger and do it. Sorry I couldn't give you better news! I'd be surprised if no one declined, though, so I wouldn't give up hope yet.

I got an email a while ago from Utah State University about their Listening and Spoken Language program; I'm not sure if it's an optional emphasis for SLP graduate students or if they've separated it into a separate degree program. Here's the website: http://www.lsl.usu.edu/ If you poke around there you should be able to find some more information. Hope this helps!

Thanks ruby, I sent you a PM

So how was the open house? Did you get a chance to check out the town at all while you were there?

Congrats, so happy for you!

I did apply to SDSU and CSU Chico, but I pretty much felt like most of the CA public schools (wasn't interested in private school tuition) would be a waste of application fees given how absurdly competitive they seem to be. Between looking at number of applicants vs number accepted and hearing that a number of the CSU's seem to heavily favor their own undergraduates in the admissions process, I decided it would be better for me to focus my energy elsewhere. I'm also interested in settling outside of California in the long run, so that played into it as well.

Assuming you're a California resident, there are a number of schools that you'd be eligible for in-state tuition at through the WRGP program. Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Utah State, CU Boulder, University of Northern Colorado, and maybe a few others I'm forgetting offer it to students coming for SLP master's programs. Definitely something worth looking into; the ability to get in-state tuition had a huge influence on where I applied (as my signature shows, lol).

I interviewed with them yesterday and was also a little bemused that they're doing these so close to the deadline.

I would think the loss of a year of career earnings would negate any money you'd be able to save up in a year of working.

I don't have any experience with Longwood, but I believe USU is currently $290 per credit hour for out-of-state online students.

If your undergrad is already in CSD, or you have already taken all of the commonly required CSD prerequisites, I don't know that a post-bac would be much good. As far as improving your writing score goes, I cannot recommend Magoosh enough. It's an online prep service that I used, and I feel that it really helped me with the writing portion especially. It essentially teaches you the framework of how to structure the essays in the way the GRE graders are looking for. On my test day it was so easy to just read the prompt, come up with 3/4 main points, and plug them into the framework Magoosh teaches.

I'd be interested to hear what current students have to say about the program regarding their clinical placements and whether they feel prepared/competent by the end of the program. Have fun!