SadieMarie

I contacted the graduate school and they said the department hasn't given them any information on decisions yet, they gave me the phone number to the S-LP department but I haven't gotten a chance to give them a call yet.

Boo, doesn't look good for me then! Did they only mail or email as well? Their voicemail (I called earlier this week) said that they would be sending out decisions at the end of April. The only school in FL I applied to was FAU.

I'm still waiting to hear back from FAU, I read on the results page that FAU's voicemail says they will be sending out decisions at the end of April, which is crazy considering the national deadline is April 15th???

Exactly, it's incredibly frustrating but what can you do? Just gotta sit and wait patiently I guess.

Right?! I think it's kind of inconsiderate.

I'm still waiting to hear back from SUNY at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo State and Florida Atlantic U. It looks like last year's applicants didn't hear back from Buffalo State until the beginning of April, and apparently on FAU's voicemail, they are saying the end of April... How I'm going to wait until the end of April for FAU is beyond me!

I'm a CDA and I definitely think it was helpful. Maybe not for schools in Canada, but for schools in the states and for gaining experience in the field, it was definitely helpful. As for the CDA programs not having a course syllabus or set curriculum - that's not true at all. In order for students to graduate with a Communicative Disorders Assistant title and to be eligible for membership with CDAAC (Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada) the program needs to go through a program advisory committee where employees work with executive members of CDAAC going over required courses, the number of hours spent in each course, the number of direct and indirect hours with clients during the two 8-week practicums, etc. in order for it to be approved by CDAAC. I believe the program is assessed every 1-2 years during the first couple years of the program is running, and then every 5 years or so thereafter. It was a great program, I went to Lambton and absolutely loved it. I learned a lot and have heard that some schools along the border set aside a few unofficial spots for Canadian CDAs within their program. Whether or not that is true, I am not sure. A girl can only hope!

I did, fingers crossed!