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  1. Oh yay, someone else! I mean I would assume it would be because that's the exact reason I was given for the anatomy course being phased out: it was too similar to the speech science course.
  2. Thanks for the quick response! Are you aware of whether graduate schools require you to have all prerequisites done before you graduate? Or is it generally allowed to finish prerequisites the summer right before you start a program?
  3. Hi, Sorry for posting so much! I just don't really know where else to turn. So I just found out that my school is phasing out our anatomy of speech mechanisms course before I was able to take it because apparently our speech science course was too similar too it. I'm rather confused on what to do here. Should I email grad schools with a description of the speech science course to see if it can possibly count for both an anatomy AND speech science prerequisite for schools who require both? I don't think it will... I'm confused and have emailed my advisor, but honestly she is not very helpful at all and takes forever to respond. Are there any schools where I can take the anatomy course online either in the spring, which is the semester I graduate, or in the summer after I graduate? Will grad schools that I apply to even allow me to wait that long to finish up a prerequisite? I'm confused and need advice.
  4. So this is what I'm confused on: is it generally a rule of thumb that your letters of rec should mostly be from CSD faculty, or specifically CSD faculty that you did research with/took a course with? Because if it can just be from general CSD faculty, I would feel a lot less nervous using #2.
  5. Thank you for this idea, I'll definitely use it! When would you say the best time to ask for letters of rec is? I was planning August just because I know I will have all of my resumes/personal statements done by then.
  6. I also have a PhD candidate who is supervising some research that I'm doing. However, I asked the graduate coordinator for my school's program and she said using him wouldn't be a good idea. :/ Would you say contacting directors and asking for specifics for what they want for letters of rec is a good idea?
  7. So to make a long story short, I am now a senior who plans to graduate May of 2017 but who just transferred into the CSD major in January. I have had zero time to really develop solid relationships with faculty in my program, and since I am planning on asking whoever I decide on to write letters in September, I don't have much time left. I'd like opinions on the options that I have. I have one solid CSD faculty member for sure that I made an A in their class and attended office hours. They know me, albeit not amazingly, but I made it a point to go to office hours and ask questions at least once every week. They are for sure going to be someone that I ask. From there, I have no idea what to do. Here are my options for the other two letters I need. 1. A CSD faculty member who I had class with and got an A in. I really only went to office hours a handful of times over the semester. I don't think he would even be able to really remember my name, but the point stands that I got an A in his class (which is known to be the hardest class in my school's CSD program). 2. A CSD faculty member who I did not exactly have class with (I took a graduate internship class and she was my "mentor" for my internship for the semester, but I didn't take an exact CSD class with her). During my internship I volunteered for a "club" that she held for young adults with severe autism. It wasn't research per se; I was a mentor for one of the young adults, and attended the club weekly for 2 hours a week to help mentor appropriate social behavior for my mentee. I will be volunteering again during both the summer and fall. She saw me weekly and knows my name, and is also the sponsor for my school's NSSLHA chapter, of which I will be an officer for next semester, so I will see her even more. Should I ask her even though I didn't have an exact CSD class with her or do research for her? 3. A psychology faculty member who I am currently doing research for. The lab deals heavily with language development with children, and there are a few other CSD majors working in the lab, so the faculty member is accustomed to CSD majors. She knows my name and I'm on good standing with her. 4. A SLP from my hometown who is not faculty. She works in a nursing home and I shadowed her to gain more information on the field. She ultimately helped me decide I wanted to become an SLP. We're on good standing with each other but again, she's not faculty. Opinions? I feel like none of these are super solid choices because they're either not faculty, I didn't do research for them or have class with them, or they just don't know me that well. :/
  8. Hi, So I'm a recent undergraduate transfer into the CSD major. I came from a pre-nursing background, and those heavy math and sciences classes really messed with my GPA, along with a few dual credit classes that I took in high school and didn't take seriously. This is what my stats will probably look like in the fall when I start applying for grad school. Cumulative GPA: 3.480 Last 60 Credits GPA: 3.93 Major GPA: 3.88 Obviously my cumulative is pretty low. I haven't taken the GRE yet. I have experience working as a CNA, which gives me experience with direct patient care. I also have volunteer experience in my school's speech and hearing clinic centering around children with autism, and in a clinic for stroke rehabilitation. I have research experience in psychology labs centered around children's language development and how cognition and communication intertwine. I am also a NSSLHA officer. Can anyone give me a list of any schools they know off of the top of their head that give more weight to last 60 credits/major GPA? I really feel like my cumulative GPA is the only thing holding me back at this point. I'm already looking at University of Washington, Western Washington, UT Austin and Washington State University. Any more suggestions would be appreciated.
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