PlieThenRose

Applied to 12 schools for Fall 2016, rejected at 10, waitlisted at 2 (which will not give me any info still about when they will expect to know. I'm about to take myself off the waitlists at this point it's ridiculous). CSD GPA post bacc is a 3.7, undergrad is 2.5. I have no experience in the field since I stayed at my old job for money after making the decision to go back to school. It paid well enough for me to pay post bacc and grad school fees. I also wanted to devote all my time to raise my GPA this year. And I'm pretty sure that I did a damn good job. Had decent LORs and statement of purpose read by several grad students/Ph.D. Students/professionals both in the field and outside. Is applying to Spring admissions worth it? There's a small list I made of schools that have a spring semester cohort as well as fall. Is it less competitive? Or is it better to build my resume and apply again for the fall? This whole process is SO expensive I would only apply to 5 schools max for spring. But after getting rejected from 12 schools this fall, I am going to have to up the amount to like 30 next year! Ha!!

Yes, I will be applying this year. I decided to retake the GRE in December, and I'll notify the places I'm looking at to let them know I'm retaking the GRE. I got my writing score back and did well, but that verbal score should be higher, so hopefully I can improve. I also think for your GPA, sine you said it's improved, that will definitely look good. And your ECs are strong. Also, what I've seen from this website and others, grad school admissions just kind of seems like a luck of the draw type thing. There's no rhyme or reason behind who is admitted vs who is not it seems. SO that being said, I am applying to a couple of "stretch" schools because why not! Good luck to you, too! I hope everything works out for all of us!

I have been doing a lot of grad school research. Probably more of that than actual studying for the GRE. I've been told my my current professors and advisors (I'm a post bacc student getting my pre reqs done) that since I have worked for the past 4 years grad schools won't necessarily look at my undergrad (2.5 GPA) but will focus on my post bacc work, LORs and SOP. But everything on ASHA Ed find shows extremely high gpa and GRE scores that it really scares me. I just took the GRE and got a 282 (134 V...awful!). And from what others tell me, it's really not going to help taking it again. I'm going to wait until I get my AWA score and decide then. But really, what are your experiences and thoughts? Is it even worth applying to a bunch of schools? I'm just really nervous now that my GRE scores really sucked!