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Look for schools that consider your last 60, which would be your second bachelors. That way your old GPA won't bring down your application. If you do well in your second bachelors, do well on the GRE, get good letters of recommendation, and write a killer SOP I'm sure you will have no problem getting in. Honestly, you have a good story and getting a second bachelors shows such a commitment to the field. You CAN do it! Good luck

If you're really interested in SLP you may want to consider getting a second bachelors.

Totally depends what your GPA is. 4.0 on writing isn't a bad score.

I'll be $110,000 in debt. I plan to hustle pretty hard after graduation, so while it's scary to have that kind of debt I know I'll work hard to pay it off. You should look into public service loan forgiveness as well - https://studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Absolutely. I don't believe rankings prevail over everything else. There are many factors. But a lot of people seem to think they mean nothing.

They do matter slightly. I mean there are enough SLP jobs to go around, but the more competitive jobs are selective and will definitely consider the school you went to and higher ranked schools have more connections within the area that you can use after graduation.

I taught 2nd grade for the Chicago Public Schools and I was just accepted to graduate school. Although I haven't started as an SLP (not even close!), I observed a lot of SLPs in the public schools. From what I saw, there is less "paperwork." Although you do IEPs as a classroom teacher, you obviously have to do A LOT more IEPs, but at least in Illinois they only need to be reviewed every three years, earlier if they're being dismissed from services. Lesson plans are far less extensive from what I could tell and I'm not sure they even have to be submitted and no grading of course, but you do need to complete assessments and create your schedule, which seemed complicated to me! Best of all, NO pressure from testing, which is a big reason I left teaching. Finally, you're paid more and from what I saw there is less work outside of the "classroom." I plan to fill this time with private clients once I get my Cs.

It does not matter at all, truthfully. Every program requires different prereqs so universities are not surprised when you have to take prereqs through more than university. I took two at Northwestern, two more at Longwood University, another one at Northwestern, and then another one at Longwood.

Oooh I like that one...you can even download a PDF for free and bind it yourself.

I only added to do lists so it kept the price down.

Since they're customizable you can go without the name

I think I'll be getting one from Plum Paper Designs on Etsy. They're customizable, so you can choose to have it by hour which is great for us, but you can also add things as well, like to do lists and such. It's also not as expensive as some others.

You'll find it really helpful to laminate certain activities so that you can reuse them and use them over long periods of time. I don't think you really need one until after you're hired though!

I was a teacher for three years so I have a lot of this stuff already I have boxes of children's/young adult books plus a laminator, label maker, tape recorders, games, etc. I already own a laptop so the only things I'm planning to get at the moment are a planner and pencils.

Wow, that's really unprofessional. Also, they're seriously surprised? Must be their first time at the rodeo...

I was wait listed at Iowa (#1) and accepted to Northwestern (#5), with a 3.48 GPA. There are more factors than GPA that schools consider and some schools value experience enough to counteract lower numbers.

If you're accepted to two programs, you should decide between the two by the April 15th deadline. Declining your offer later should be reserved for life changes or being accepted off another's program's wait list. Schools do expect some to people to later decline their offer, hence why wait lists are selected from well into the summer. I think unless you've JUST been accepted to one of the programs you're deciding between you've had enough time to make a decision. I know it's an incredibly difficult decision...I declined my other acceptances with quite the heavy heart, but what will more time do? Unless you have a meeting or visit planned?

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Northwestern University Closed group - just request to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1560170054234998/

If possible, try to save up as much money as can so you don't have to take out loans beyond the cost of school itself.

I'm not a current grad but at the orientation for Northwestern they told us we'd be enrolled in 12 credit hours each quarter. They call them units, but it works out to be the same as 12 credit hours.

I'm curious too!

Is Rush 8 quarters? Northwestern is going down to 7 which is definitely a plus for me. Rush is a little less expensive than Northwestern though. I initially got the impression Northwestern was more school based, but after going there for an orientation it seemed like you could make the program what you wanted it to be through electives, independent studies, and placements. Also, Lurie Children's Hospital has a CFY internship and apparently in the last five years, all the CFYs have been Northwestern grads. Northwestern doesn't have a comprehensive exam either.

I'm in 201 and 285 now. They're great! As good as my prereqs at Northwestern!

I'd like to hear what people thought as well. I was wait listed there but I'm reallyyy hoping to get off the wait list.