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I agree with Jaime, and I think you have really great experience. It is helpful to have faculty LORs but the ones you have now I'm sure will be able to testify highly to your passion and competency! I currently attend Appalachian State for undergrad and they do place a high emphasis on GPA. I actually had a discussion with the new graduate program director and she told me that my GPA was kind of low for their program (Cumulative 3.5). However, don't be discouraged by that. Focus on all of the positive aspects of your applications. You have more relevant experience than some of the grad students at Appalachian with whom I've spoken with. I really do think that you have a shot. And for the future, if you decide you'd like to apply somewhere else in-state, UNCG, ECU and Western all have accredited programs!

Hey everyone! I have wandered through the forums here for quite some time. However, this is my first post, so forgive me if this topic has already been brought up ten thousand times. I am about to enter my final semester (besides one last summer class this year) in undergrad. Long story short, I am a transfer student and majoring in CSD would have put me behind by two semesters had I kept the major, so I decided to do Psychology with a minor in CSD. I love the field, though, and I know it is what I want to do. There was a brief period when I considered doing Clinical Psych, but I had a gut feeling the entire time that I just knew SLP is for me, especially after having first-hand experience seeing, essentially, a "day in the life of a Clinical Psychologist" when I worked with the faculty. I guess I am just looking for some advise, considering my unique situation. I am getting married in September, and my fiance just graduated this December. He is job hunting at the moment, and wherever he gets a job, I will join him there once I finish up with undergrad. I am just unsure about whether or not I should take the leap (both time-wise and financially) and do a post-bacc program in SLP. I have taken several CSD classes, but I still do not meet all the prerequisite requirements for many of the schools I plan on applying to. I'm considering distance learning programs given my uncertainty of where on Earth I will be living... and I guess I'm just confused about what direction to take. I have not taken the GRE yet. However, I have indirect experience. I taught Sunday School and worked at a Nursery simultaneously for 4 years. I volunteered for two years at a nursing home. I also worked as a research assistant for a year. My GPA is a 3.5 right now, and I'm thinking it will remain in the 3.5-3.6 range... but my CSD coursework GPA is a 4.0. I have several faculty members who would write (what I believe would be) great LORs! It's just all of this uncertainty has me, like many of us I'm sure, very anxious about getting into grad school. I read all about how so many well-qualified students are not being accepted, and I worry about taking on more debt for a path that is not promised, especially when I have friends who completed tech programs at community college and are so well off right now. It is disheartening when your dream seems far away, and I'm wondering what the best path is to take... In my situation, what would you all do? Take on the post-bacc/2nd bachelor's journey, or maybe try applying for a cycle and see how it goes? Any advise at all would be greatly appreciated!