RMott

Hey guys, I've been looking to SLP graduate programs to apply to. I'm an out-of-fielder, and while my GPA, GREs and letter of recommendations are great, I'm lacking in extracurricular activities. I have a lot of experience with children and with research, but none directly correlates with SLP. So I was basically wondering if any of you know which programs mainly care about things like GPA, GRE or letters of recommendation rather than your extracurriculars. Here are the programs I'm looking into: UVA, ODU, Radford, U of Maine, Georgia State U, U Georgia, Northwestern, Boston U Any information you can give me would be great. Thanks!

pmarie, thanks so much! I was hoping they would be close enough and I really appreciate your response. Also, good luck with graduate applications!

Hi all, I'm planning on applying to a few programs for Fall 2016 (a little ahead, I know). I have a 4.0 GPA and I'm an out-of-field applicant double majoring in English and Psychology. While I haven't taken the GRE yet, I'm fairly sure I can get a decent score. What I'm mainly worried about are my extracurriculars and was wondering, for those of you who have already been accepted, what kind of exracurriculars SLP programs are looking for and if there is much weight put on them. Here are my extracurriculars thus far: Freshman Student Mentor (Fall 2013, 2014) Research Journal Reviewer and Associate Editor (Fall 2012-Current) Active Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Jan. 2013 - current) Active Member of Phi Kappa Phi (Oct. 2013 - current) Volunteered as a note-taker for Student Disability Services (Spring 2015) Volunteered at a Child Care Center with Junior Toddlers (2-3 years) (Spring 2015) Nanny for a summer I've also presented research at multiple conferences; however, none of these were related to speech language pathology. Does it matter that my extracurriculars are unrelated to SLP or do you think I'll be okay? Thanks so much!