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I'm visiting for the Admit day on April 3rd! I will definitely post my impressions. Let me know if you have any questions!

I was accepted out of field, and it seems that the majority of the results posted were out of field as well. I also looked at the last couple years' admissions stats on the Results page, and it looks like they notify the out of field applicants in a first wave and then notify the 2-year students a couple days later.

Has anyone heard anything from UofA regarding when we should hear by? It looks like their acceptances were coming out late February last year. Gettin' antsy!

Hey! I'd love more info about this too, but I have a first hand account as well. I currently work as an intern for an SLP who went to Northwestern and she has nothing but wonderful things to say about the program. She specialized in early intervention and now works at a pediatric clinic. Her case load is largely children with aphasia, though she also works with some motor speech kids. She says Northwestern's program is very personalized and the clinical training is really exceptional. She is also jealous of current students because the new clinic is supposed to be amazing! She continues to keep in touch with faculty to this day and recently visited with the dean, I believe. Also, I've shadowed her and other young SLPs quite a bit and I think her training really shows. She is one of my favorite SLPs to watch because she is so comfortable and effective with the children. She is extremely knowledgable and can articulate her processes really easily. Of course, a lot of these could be personal qualities -- she is a pretty exceptional person -- but I don't think we should discount Northwestern's role in her being so great! Let me know if you have any other specific questions I can pass along! She loves talking about the program, so I could ask her later today if I see her.

Hooray everyone!! Congrats! I also got into NYU today! I'm really excited! Still waiting to hear from other programs but I'm visiting New York in mid-March to check out the school. The money is a big concern, but other than that, I'm so excited about the research and clinic there! And it's SUCH a weight off my shoulders.

Hi all! I'm an out of field applicant currently waiting to hear back from six 3-year Master's programs. I'd love to hear from other people who are making this crazy jump or any input from people's experience with admissions to these extended master's programs! Do you know anyone who has gotten in without background and what their qualifications were? I'm a Linguistics and Psych major at UCLA and I don't know anyone else really who has gone this route. Part of the reason I'm inspired to post is because of my recent rejection for an interview to BU. I know SLP programs are competitive, but it can be so hard to gauge our chances given the wide variety of people's qualifications! It would be so helpful to hear from someone else who is going through this. I should mention that I'm also applying to post-bacc programs, and I am totally okay with going that route. I just prefer a 3-year program since that would be so much more streamlined! Thanks so much!