Crimson Wife

The Miller Analogies Test has no math on it and is accepted by a bunch of schools (not sure of any on your list). Might be worth taking.

I've been reading it and the differences are unclear and totally subjective. The Official Guide to the GRE states (emphasis mine): A typical response in this category [6] -clearly identifies aspects of the argument relevant to the assigned task and examines them insightfully - develops ideas cogently , organizes them logically, and connects them with clear transitions. -provides compelling and thorough support for its main points. -conveys ideas fluently and precisely, using effective vocabulary and sentence variety. -demonstrates superior facility with the conventions of standard written English. A typical repsonse in this category [5] -clearly identifies aspects of the argument releant to the assigned task and examines them in a generally perceptive way. -develops ideas clearly, organizes them logically, and connects them with appropriate transitions. -offers generally thoughtful and thorough support for its main points. -conveys ideas clearly and well, using appropriate vocabulary and sentence variety. -demonstrates facility with the conventions of standard written English. A typical response in this category [4] -identifies and examines aspects of the argument relevant to the assigned task - develops and organizes ideas satisfactorily -supports its main points adequately -demonstrates sufficient control of language to convey ideas with acceptable clarity -generally demonstrates control of the conventions of standard written English. How do I as a test taker know what is "satisfactory"/"adequate"/"sufficient" vs. "perceptive"/"thoughtful"/"appropriate" vs. "insightful"/"cogent"/"compelling"/"superior"?

I doubt a master's in anthropology would do anything for your chances. What about the Michigan/EdX micromasters in Social Work? More related to psych than anthro is and if you do decide to go the MSW route it could shave time off the degree. Inexpensive and can be done on your own schedule.

So I participated in a grad school admissions seminar today where the professor (who has been on an adcomm) said that for psychology, the AWA score is the most important, followed by the quant, and then the total. When I took the GRE in 2015, I was aiming for Speech & Language Pathology, which focuses primarily on the verbal and only cares that the quant is >50th percentile and the AWA is 4+. So I prepped exclusively for the verbal and got a score I'm happy with (168). I know how to improve my quant (relearning all the math I've forgotten) and will be studying with Magoosh and the Manhattan Prep 5 lb. book of practice problems. I have no idea how to prep for the AWA section. I've always done poorly on standardized writing tasks where I have to talk out my @$$ in response to lame prompts in a very short period of time. I'm a good writer in real-life academic tasks like term papers where I have a decent prompt and plenty of time to think through what I'm writing. It's frustrating that my chances of grad school come down to basically the equivalent of being a loudmouth at a bar going off about some inane topic. I did buy the ETS "Score It Now" service for the essay. Is there anything else that actually works to raise a so-so AWA score?

Hardest classes for me were 5070 (Speech Science), 5200 (Language Assessment & Intervention), and the 2 A&P courses. Easiest were 3700 (Audiology), 5330 (Aural Rehabilitation), and 5100 (Language Science aka Grammar 101). A lot of people find 3500 (Phonetics) easy and 2500 (Language Development) hard but for me it was the other way around.

If he's on Facebook, have him join the group "Utah State Online COMD". The Google Docs spreadsheet pinned to the top of the group will answer a lot of those questions.

I am too old to be going into academia. If I were to do a PhD., it would to become a child neuropsychologist (if I could land a fellowship in that subspeciality) or an educational psychologist. Not interested in clinical psychology/counseling. I want to do assessments for learning and developmental disabilities & in my state that is in the scope of practice for licensed psychologists rather than speech & language pathologists. There is a severe shortage of qualified evaluators for deaf & hard-of-hearing children with additional special needs. I had to fly cross-country with my "deaf plus" child in order to have her evaluated at Johns Hopkins' Kennedy Krieger Institute because there wasn't anybody qualified in my area (and there are ~3 million people living in my metro area). I took Testing & Measurement this summer, which was quant-heavy (basically a stats class with a psychometrics focus) and got an A. I also did well (B+ to A) in 3 terms of calculus during my 1st undergrad. So I *CAN* do quant work when it's needed. I just have forgotten all the algebra & geometry that the GRE tests but I haven't used in decades. I feel confident that with targeted test prep I could raise my score by several points, hopefully 160+.

Be forewarned that the LEND program is on the chopping block with the new administration. http://cqrcengage.com/aucd/app/write-a-letter?5&engagementId=364373 I would not count on it to be around past the end of this fiscal year in September.

My professional interest (language-based learning disabilities) lies in an area that overlaps School/Educational Psychology and Speech & Language Pathology. I am considering shooting for the moon and applying for the local PhD. in School Psychology program but I am unsure whether I'd need to retake the GRE to up my quant score. When I took it in 2015, I only prepped the verbal because SLP mainly looks at the verbal score and only cares that the quant is >50th percentile. I scored a 154 (55th percentile) just taking it cold. My old expired GRE score from when I was a senior in my 1st undergrad was 720 (80-something percentile) so I know that I can do significantly better if I relearn all the math I've forgotten. The question is whether it makes sense to invest the time & money in prepping for and retaking the GRE to up my quant score. I don't have a sense for how important the quant section is for School Psychology. Is it going to be a "deal breaker" if I apply with the high verbal and mediocre quant?

Some schools accept "out of field" applicants without any pre-reqs. It's an expensive route to go since you'll be paying graduate level tuition for the "leveling" classes rather than UG tuition. The benefit is that you will have guaranteed acceptance to a master's program whereas not everyone who finishes a 2nd bachelor's or post-bacc leveling program will win acceptance to grad school. CSDCAS (like the Common App but for grad school in SLP) has a place for you to list in-progress and future planned courses.

I do have the seminar listed under the "professional development" section of my resume along with other workshops & conferences I have attended.

I participated in a seminar through the CSD department at my alma mater that offered continuing ed unit credits. I got grades for each day of the seminar and they are listed on my transcript for summer semester along with an elective that I took for academic credit. Do I enter them in CSDCAS or not? I did no work for the seminar aside from listening to the lectures (which were really interesting and worth the time & money spent on them). I'm leaning towards entering only the course I took for credit but don't want CSDCAS to flag my application as incorrect.

At Utah State online it depended on the specific class whether the graded quizzes or tests were shown. Most (maybe all? not sure) of the professors who did not show the corrected answers would still discuss the specific areas missed via email or phone upon request. Not giving the correct answers but saying "you missed the questions about topics X, Y, and Z".

The other question is, what would you have to scale back on in order to study further for the GRE? I decided against retaking in order to focus more on my CSD coursework.

I don't think raising your quant by 2 points is likely to make a significant difference. Now if you can raise your verbal up to 160+ (85th percentile), that would really help your chances. SLP programs place much greater emphasis on the verbal portion than the quant. I really found the Manhattan Prep 5 Lb. Book of Practice Problems to be very helpful in prepping.

That's actually a really good price. We're paying for 1 month of COBRA coverage due to a job change and the cost for 2 adults with no kids would be $1330 per MONTH. When you've got employer-based coverage you don't realize how much of the premium the employer actually picks up.

Manhattan Prep 5 Lb. book of practice problems. I used that plus the free Magoosh app to prep the verbal (I took the GRE the same semester as I was taking A&P so I decided to focus exclusively on the verbal portion). Very pleased with how well those 2 things prepared me for the GRE.

I just got a Surface Pro 4 hybrid tablet/laptop because one of my high school friends was selling it cheap (she's a technical editor and got a new job where it wouldn't work for her needs). I really like it, much better than our MacBook and iPad. It's like the "Goldilocks" solution- does more stuff than the iPad but more portable than the MacBook.

Yes, in general. However, most summer courses started in May or June. I'm taking an elective and we're on week 10 of 14 total. My oldest daughter is taking a general ed course through a different school and she's on week 4 of 6. Good luck finding a school that will still allow you to add at this late date.

Do you have any SLP-related shadowing and/or volunteer experience? If not, I would work on getting some ASAP. You are going to need to convince the AdComm that you are serious in your desire to become a SLP and are not just going through normal 20something panic at having graduated & finding out that "the real world" isn't what you had hoped it would be.

ASHA requires chemistry or physics, and Earth Science does not count. See standard IV-A here. There are a number of different online options. Eastern NM is the cheapest but they do not offer every course every semester the way Utah State does. The flexibility was worth paying a slightly higher per-credit tuition for USU for me personally.

My husband had MBA classmates who received "conditional admission". They had to do a special summer "boot camp" before classes started in the fall and if they were successful, they received full admission at the end of it. Not sure what % got weeded out since he wasn't required to do it.

FYI, observation hours may need to be done through a formal academic course in order to count towards the 25 hour ASHA requirement. It really depends on the particular grad school. So if you do them on your own, you may find that they don't "count" towards those 25 required hours. I did 10 of my hours with my daughter's SLP since I always observe them through a 1-way mirror. I just don't normally write up a formal observation report. The reports I had to write for my observation class list the things mentioned by the PP (session goals, activities done, materials used, etc.) I did 5 other in-person hours at a local oral school for the deaf. I contacted the head of the SLP department (listed on the school website) and arranged it through her. The remaining 10 hours I used videotaped sessions posted by the professor. For my observation course, I was required to have observations in a variety of different clinical areas. So I used the videotaped sessions for those.

Nevada-Reno has one. Are you a member of NSSLHA? There was an article on the topic in one of the issues of the ASHA Leader magazine sometime in the past year or two (they talked about the UNR clinic in it). If you search the ASHA website, it shouldn't be too hard to locate.

Well, what is your back-up career if you don't get into grad school in SLP? Do you think you would want to become a BCBA or a special ed teacher? In my area, BCBA's earn a higher salary than SPED teachers but work longer hours and year-round. BCBA's are also in more of a supervisory role since they are overseeing & coaching the entry-level behavior interventionists. A SPED teacher does some oversight of the paras but her main job is teaching.