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All too familiar with them, unfortunately. You make it work, and it often seems way more daunting than it actually is. Feel free to shoot me any questions/concerns you might have!

I'll second and third what was said about the GRE, but I would also look into volunteering full time if you can afford it - I applied with a year of volunteer experience on top of solid LORs, good GRE scores and prereqs, but I honestly think that my year was what set me apart. It's getting less common for people to pursue full time service, and I think that you could find something in the field or at least close to what you're interested in. I was able to talk about how my year influenced my decision to become a SLP and came in with a unique background

I know, I've been trying to look into loan forgiveness or something because it's so overwhelming. Thank you! I think I needed to hear that it was crazy haha

Hi all, I got an extension for the deadline at Columbia TC because I'm so torn between that and UMD - I'd already committed to Maryland, but couldn't bring myself to decline TC just yet. UMD is closer to my home, I have instate tuition, seems to be a bit of a better program all around, but Columbia is Columbia and has their bilingual program and is extremely competitive. I also applied out of field so I don't have a ton of professors to ask about this. Does anyone have any insight?