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Hi everyone! Many of us will be starting graduate school next Fall, so I thought it would be a good time to start talking about loans. How much do you plan to be taking out to cover school? Also, for those of you who are older students or not on your parents' insurance plan, did you go through your school to receive health insurance? Any info on this would be great!

Yes, she accepted the offer.

I'm not sure if this helps, but a friend of mine recently got accepted off the waitlist at SFA. I declined SFA's and Lamar's offers this past week.

I hope you hear from Lamar soon. I received an email, but I am not sure how they notify other applicants of their status. My status still says it's under departmental review. Yes, I plan to accept Univ of Houston's offer. I will be declining SFA's offer as soon as UH confirms that they received the paperwork necessary to reserve my spot. I loved SFA's program, so it was definitely a tough choice.

Have you heard anything? I heard from Lamar this morning.

Someone on the results page posted that they received their acceptance today. Have you heard anything?

Have not heard a thing, which is crazy because the April 15 deadline for many schools is approaching. I called to inquire my status and the program coordinator responded, "you need to just be patient" lol.... Not impressed. Edit: it looks like people in previous years found out after April 1. Hope that helps.

The tour was great. The professor showed me the lecture room, where therapy takes place, how we are observed during the sessions (a professor was watching a session live on her computer), the materials/toy closet (so. many. toys.), the lounge/grad student office. I actually saw an old classmate during the tour and she told me she was very happy with the program. Target class size is ~40 people and you start off with more coursework in the beginning (lighter clinical commitment; i.e. you will have 1-3 clients the first semester). They also try to ensure that clients are assigned appropriately; i.e. they won't assign you to an advanced case if you do not have the coursework under your belt. If this does happen, they offer a lot of support to the student. All classes + first year clinical training is in the same building (across the street of the rest of campus). In regards to the schedule, all students are on the exact same schedule: 2 days of class and 2 days of evening class. If you are bilingual there is a bilingual supervisor to oversee you. Overall, I got the impression that the professors and clinical supervisors are very supportive of the students. The professor emphasized how tight-knit the cohort is and how well the professors and students get to know each other, but I think with any small program this is bound to be the case.

Ahh thanks so much for this! I am accepting UH on Friday and scheduled a tour on campus too. They were super accommodating and even scheduled me with a professor to show me around (from my experience, tours are usually given by the grad students). My SLP supervisor and a colleague both attended UH and had nothing but great things to say about the program.

I will be driving ~30 minutes per day. That's my current work commute, so I'm pretty used to it. Saving money will be pretty nice.

Stats: Undergrad GPA: 3.66 (last 60 hours/major GPA: 3.75) from UT Austin GRE: 155 V, 149 Q, 4.5 AW 4 LoR: 2 professional (from my SLP clinical supervisors), 2 academic from UT Experience: 1.5 years as a bilingual SLPA in home health + pediatric clinic (also, have provided therapy in private preschools + an ABA clinic) 100+ observation/volunteer hours + 20 hours of CEUs Research assistant: assisted with a bilingual language acquisition project Worked part-time for a start-up in Austin (25 hours/week year-round, full-time over the summer) Tons of shadowing at my current jobs: feeding therapy, evaluations, etc. I've also been able to assist with administering evals During my interviews I shared additional, non-SLP related details about myself; i.e. I'm a runner and participated in several half marathons this year, I have a food blog that I started during college; the admissions group I interviewed with seemed to really enjoy learning about my interests outside of SLP Outcome: Accepted at SFA (3/10); interviewed with Lamar (3/07 - awaiting decision); awaiting decision from University of Houston

I'm a little late, but I though I'd share my experience. This was my first time applying to grad school. I graduated in 2015 and knew I needed a break before applying. I even mentioned this is one of my interviews and they seemed to appreciate the honesty/self awareness (this was one of the schools that I was accepted to). I moved to Houston and have worked as an SLPA in two settings for the past 1.5 years. I think this really helped my application because I was able to draw on real life experiences and demonstrate that I had gained experience in various settings. I asked my clinical supervisor to write one of my LoR. I know schools prefer PhD, but I felt she could also speak on behalf of my strengths and write about her experience working with me as her SLPA. Another suggestion is to consider enrolling in a Spanish/foreign language class. I believe this helped me(I had experience working with bilingual families, which allowed me to show I have experience working with multiple cultures and backgrounds). Another benefit of working as an SLPA is that it allows you to shadow a ton! Plus, you can save some money before grad school!

In the email it says that we have to decide no later than April 15.

Thank you so much. This is the first I have heard from any schools so I am kind of in shock. It was from Whitney, but the department head signed off the email.

I just found out that I was accepted to SFA!