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It's very possible you won't hear back until April 15th. Some people that have been accepted to a "back up" school but waitlisted to their "top choice" will accept at the back up and continue to be on the waitlist at their top choice. If a seat opens for them at their top choice after April 15, their seat at their "back up" school will become open. Depending on how many acceptances and their targeted class size, that "back up" school may either keep their class size as is, or look to their waitlist to fill that now empty seat. It is possible that you'll hear before April 15th, but it's more likely if you hear anything it would be after April 15th. Some programs keep waitlists open until classes start, and it's not uncommon to see some acceptances May through June. I was on two waitlists last year, and while I didn't get off either, several people from one of my waitlists were pulled from the list well after the April 15th deadline. Good luck

That is awesome, I would much rather do some per diem SLP work than pick up a waitressing job, and I literally never thought of that. Thanks!! And even though your tuition is more expensive than RMUoHP, it makes me feel a little better that people from other schools are in the same boat. A lot of my friends got in-state tuition and are paying a fraction of what my tuition will be, so it was a little disappointing. The higher education price tag sucks.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/05/522575533/teachers-lawyers-and-others-worry-about-the-fate-of-student-debt-forgiveness I just think that I have other viable options, so I'm not going to put all of my eggs in the loan forgiveness basket. It very well may work for people still, but I would hate to follow the rules for 10 years and get slapped with a big "sorry" That NPR link is just a small sample, and the people who basically had their chance at loan forgiveness recinded were all attorneys that didn't *technically* work at a nonprofit, but the first "payout" from this particular loan forgiveness is coming this fall, so we'll see how it goes down soon. It was started by Bush, and I know Obama capped it to $50k and odd dollars, and there is now talks that Trump may do away with it entirely or just lower the cap again.

I think that it could potentially be doable. I'm lucky in that I don't have undergraduate debt, and I feel as if medical settings pay more than educational settings. So the medical focus helps in that, even though I understand people from programs without the med focus have just as good a chance. I'm not really relying on loan forgiveness as it looks like it is going to shit for the people who played by the rules the last 5/10 years. But once I graduate, my main goal will be to pay off my debt. If that means picking up a part time after-hours job, that's worth it for me. I currently hold a full time job and a part time job so I know that I can do it to get myself debt free.

I was also accepted, and am excited about the program. As of now, it's the only program that I'm accepted to, so I'm swallowing how much it will be (VERY expensive) and hoping for the best when it comes to paying off the loans I'll have to take out. The fact that it is a new program could be a little scary, but I am not worried about that. Dr. Linda Spencer has been a program director for at least one other M.S. SLP program, so I feel that she has experience to lead a faculty. They already have a PhD program, so they already have SLP faculty. And they've been awarded candidacy, so if you graduate from their program, you will be eligible to earn your CCCs regardless of what happens after the five years of "pre-accreditation" are up. Just from my interview with Dr. Spencer, I felt like it would be a good program for me. She had lived in Wisconsin and gave off the midwesterner vibe that I've grown up around, so that gives me the thought that she and the program will care about their students, not just getting them in and out and graduated. I liked that the 2nd-5th semesters end 4-5 weeks early so you can be completely immersed in your practicum. I like that the onsite clinic will be free to patients, but will have mock-billing for students. RMU has many other master/doctoral programs in the health professions and will have a seminar where you practice interdisciplinary teamwork. I also like that she said RMU has connections all throughout the United States for placements in the 6th semester, and that they will work with you to find all practicum placements. I know it doesn't really matter if you have a medical focus in your masters or not, but I think that will really help me decide if I can handle working in a hospital setting or if I should just stick with schools. They have a cadaver class, so I'm excited for the neurology class lol So it's new, it's really expensive, but from the interview and my independent research, I think that the school is a good choice for me. I'm going into this without any doubts about the program, outside of the cost.

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Are you waiting on anywhere else?? I'm fairly certain I'll be excepting, regardless of what the last school I'm waiting on says.

Mmm, I just got th follow up email. But I got a phone call and my email acceptance letter this morning!! It's my first acceptance and my third time applying so I am over the moon. I hope you hear good news

I can't remember what order I put them on CSDCAS, but I would love to be in Pocatello for financial reasons--my mom's friend did her PhD there are owns a house she would rent out to me for pretty cheap. Meridian is really close to my uncle's, so it would be nice to be near family! I would honestly be happy with even online at this point, however! You?

Are you waiting on Idaho as well?

Have you heard anything yet? I saw in the results page that some people got a phone call yesterday that they were accepted! I was super nervous for the interview, but Dr. Spencer made that go away instantly. Anxious to hear back now!

I answered my own question, whoops. I guess I didn't realize that they had just started doing interviews. Very cool! Can't wait to interview.

I'm assuming they've already given out some acceptances...do you know if they have?

Yeah, I applied like Friday or Saturday and I have an interview tomorrow. How did it go? Definitely a lot of money, but I have to think it over as this is my third time applying....may be worth it if I were to be offered a spot, but we'll see!

Are you going to interview with them? I saw on the results board that at least some interviews were over the phone?