OkTxSLP

I understand. This is my second year applying. After being rejected from 9 schools last year and this year applying to 11 and being waitlisted at three and still waiting to hear from one, you have to realize that we will be where we are meant to be. What's funny is that three of my doctors were waitlisted for med school and now they are ranked among the top doctors and surgeons in the country. Stay positive! We'll all be ok!! Best of luck to everyone!

Koukla19, No, I'm not sure. It sounded like that's when they would send out correspondence, as some of the response postings on the forum were in late March/Early April from past years. I see you applied to U of A Fayetteville and U of Houston, have you heard anything from them yet?

UT Austin's first round will probably be the week of the 16th. They were pretty adamant about that at the open house.

Hey All, I called the school last week and spoke with someone in the department. She said that they would start interviewing toward the middle of this month (March 16thish) and going from there. I'm a Texas resident currently working on my second bachelor's in Oklahoma. Please keep me posted if y'all hear anything!!

Oh wow! I almost applied to Tuscaloosa, but I applied to UTHSC, U of A and a handful of Texas Schools.

Thanks! Me too. Where else are you applying?? Anywhere else out-of-state?

With all the first year students I spoke to, I asked them and they had anywhere from a 3.3 to a 4.0 and seemed to have about a 297-310 on GRE. I did just speak with a handful though. I know you spoke about being out of state possibly being an issue, but I don't think it would be. They are so personable and just as with many other schools that have undergrad programs as well, there were a handful of grads from Baton Rouge and also some other surrounding areas, but it just seemed like they were the majority that applied. As this is my second year to apply to grad schools, I tried to improve my GPA and GRE. They spoke on how they look at GRE, GPA, your recommendation letters and personal statement when considering applications. Any program you apply is going to be highly competitive as we are such a rapidly growing profession. I've been told persistence and determination can pay off, so I'm praying all this work I've put into the past year will work. I read up on this program and before I decided to apply and go to the open house and it seemed like a very strong, quality program. I tried not to rank schools, as I am probably not the most appealing candidate on paper, but after the open house and speaking with about 3 of the professors, I'm pretty sure I not only fell in love with the program, but everyone involved with it. They have some very unique opportunities and very knowledgeable professionals.

It's very time consuming, but overall, the customer service responded quickly when I did have problems. Even when they said they wouldn't be in the office due to weather, they responded to my email much sooner than I was told I would receive a response. I started mine back in November and submitted before December, so mine ran fairly smoothly. Academic update was a little later than I had hoped, but I've got my fingers crossed the programs I applied to look at that. It is a lot of information, but as my undergrad program limits the amount of recommendation letters I can request from a single professor, it was great because I could apply to 6 schools without trying to find 6 different professor to write letters.

I applied to Tech, UTEP, U of H, Lubbock, UT- Austin and UNT. Talked to a few and in general, should hear back within the next two weeks or so.

I really loved it. Excellent program, great people. Definitely my top program pick.

Many of the schools I applied to said that they typically send word right before Spring Break (3/16-3/20). I have only heard back from one school I applied to, as it had the earliest due date.

Britt, Yes, I am. I went to their open house back in October and I believe I was one of two people visiting from out of state.

Britt, I applied here as well. No word either way has been received.