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Rusty Shackelford

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  1. I'm a male and I'm applying to two competitive programs with a low gpa (3.11). Similar to some other posters, I had a lot of female classmates make comments about how I'd get in easily just being male. I hope there's at least some truth to it.
  2. I graduated from respectable public university in the south this past spring. I'm currently in my "gap" year (if I can even call it that). I studied communication with an interpersonal concentration because my school didn't have a CSD related major/concentration/minor or anything. The com department did, however, offer all but one common prerequisite (audiology), so I was able to take anatomy and phys of speech, phonetics, language development, and speech science, along with the obvious non-com classes like bio and chem. My major GPA was around 3.4 and my final cumulative was 3.11. I've taken the GRE once (less than two weeks ago) and got 157 on verbal, 154 on quant, and 4.5 on writing. I haven't shadowed any SLPs or helped any professors with research, but I worked a significant amount throughout my last three years of school (and continue to do so, hence the "gap" year comment) with individuals on the autism spectrum. I also have a younger sister at home with severe autism- she's nonverbal so she's a major reason why I want to get into this field. I'm also a male, and everyone seems to think that will help. I'm only applying to UNC and Appalachian State this year. I know both of these are highly competitive (especially Carolina), but I just cannot bring myself to apply anywhere else for the time being. The prospect of leaving where I am now for anywhere other than Chapel Hill or Boone is anxiety inducing. I really really want to get accepted for Fall 2016, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Question 1: I only have one faculty reference. He's the professor who taught all of my speech related courses in undergrad, he's a phd SLP. Should I try to find another former professor to be a reference even if I didn't have them multiple times/they weren't in the field? The remainder of my references are employers: I work full time between two individuals on the spectrum right now and each of their mothers has relative clout with respect to the autism community and their knowledge of therapies and whatnot (I wish I could be more specific, but I can't), and each of them is writing me a recommendation. The father of one of the individuals is also writing me a letter, but it's from an employer and personal perspective because he's served as kind of a mentor and is very knowledgable about my life and family situation. There were some pretty compelling things out of my control during school which affected my grades, so his letter will hopefully provide some slight explanation for my subpar GPA. Question 2: do I even have a chance with either of these programs? In the back of my head I can't help but think my GPA will be too much of a problem.
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