ElKel87
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If you're updating your grades during Academic Update you need to submit a new transcript to CSDCAS in order for those new grades to be officially "verified." But every school is different. One of my schools would not look at my application until my Academic Update grades were in (because one of them was a prerequisite grade). Some schools say to send your updated transcript direct to them. Some, as another poster mentioned above, won't look at your application twice so the Academic Update doesn't matter. If you don't have any grades to update you don't need to complete an Academic Update/submit a new transcript at all.
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How many grad schools did you apply to?
ElKel87 replied to SpeechLaedy's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
Hello, fellow New Yorker! I'm also applying to all NY schools, but only 6 on my list since I'm a career-changer and don't have a ton of prerequisites completed. Of the ones on your list I also applied to CUNY Hunter, CUNY Brooklyn and NYU. Have you submitted your CUNY Brooklyn app yet? I ask because I just submitted the last 2 pieces of my app to their admissions office via email and got a bounce back saying due to the high volume of documents they're receiving it could take 2-5 business days to post to your account. So if you haven't submitted yet I would do it ASAP. Good luck! -
I would call the school to be safe. I had a few issues with some of my materials showing as not received and most of the admissions office representatives I spoke with were super helpful and able to expedite things for me.
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Does anyone know if the NYU acceptances posted in the results forum yesterday and today are for the online program or the on campus program? I thought they weren't reviewing applications for the on campus program until 2/1
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MAT test for entrance instead of GRE
ElKel87 replied to ashny's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
@ashny I took most of the ASHA pre-requisites in undergrad quite a few years ago. I just took Biology this fall, online through Sacred Heart. I don't feel like the Sacred Heart pre-reqs would be more difficult if you haven't completed the ASHA pre-reqs yet. The ASHA requirements are more like foundational courses. I also wanted to add that the Northwestern courses are much more rigorous (partly because they are shorter) and I don't think they say anywhere on their site that they recommend taking those ASHA courses first. For what it's worth, they also had a much better support system than Sacred Heart. For example, they had academic advising available throughout the year if you had questions. -
I love this! I think my friends and family are tired of listening to me obsess and worry about this process so it's nice to have all of you to vent with. HOPES: As a career changer who graduated 8 years ago with a "mediocre GPA," I also hope I will be admitted into at least one program! DREAMS: My dream is to get accepted at either CUNY Hunter or NY Medical for Fall 2017. They felt like the best fit for me out of all the open houses I attended and wouldn't totally break the bank. GUESSES: I really have no idea what my chances are. I have a 4.0 in my post-bacc but my undergrad GPA is meh and NY is a competitive area so I'm afraid to hazard a guess and jinx myself
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@imunster Yes, your programs will be able to view your application now even if your academic update is still pending. My one caveat is that if any of your fall grades include prereqs for the schools you're attending they may not review your application until the academic update is verified. For example, I applied to NY Medical which has rolling admissions and one of their prereqs is a Biology class. I took that this fall, so even though I submitted my application early, they said they wouldn't review it until my Biology grade was verified. I don't think that kind of thing is very common but just wanted to mention.
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@D_B It depends on the school. If you go to the CSDCAS FAQ page there is a list of all the schools and what their deadlines mean. Some just need your application to be submitted by the deadline and some need it to be verified by the deadline. You could also call the admissions offices at the schools directly to confirm.
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Does anyone who is applying to LIU Brooklyn know if they are doing rolling admissions this year and if they will be conducting interviews? Their website and admissions paperwork has some conflicting information. I thought I saw somewhere that they will start reviewing today, January 5, but that might be outdated.
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MAT test for entrance instead of GRE
ElKel87 replied to ashny's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
@ashny You can take all of those prereqs through Sacred Heart's SLP Online Prerequisite Series. It's asynchronous, meaning you have assigned work due at the end of every week but you don't have to log in at a specific time. I took my prerequisites all online, some at Sacred Heart and some through a similar program at Northwestern. I work full time so I took 2 classes per semester starting in January 2016 for a total of 6 classes. The workload was very manageable. I was worried about wasting time/money and then not getting into grad school at first too, but the classes gave me a good foundation for the field and made me feel more prepared and confident when I started my applications. It seemed like an insurmountable goal when I first started looking into it, but this last year flew by and I have zero regrets, whether I get into a school or not. At the very least I think it would be good to take an intro to CSD class, see how you like it and make sure this is what you really want to do. Here are links to both programs I mentioned in case you're interested, though I know there are many others like it: http://www.sacredheart.edu/academics/collegeofhealthprofessions/academicprograms/speech-languagepathology/speech-languagepathologyonlineprerequisiteseries/ http://sps.northwestern.edu/program-areas/post-baccalaureate/prespeech-pathology/ -
@kenz Sorry if I added to your worries, this process is stressful enough as it is! If your schools did not specifically require it in the application instructions I'm sure it's not a big deal. There was a thread floating around recently of all the crazy typos and other mistakes people had made on their applications and the majority of them were offered acceptances anyway. So I think no header when it wasn't required will be okay
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A friend who used to work in an undergraduate admissions office told me having a header is super important and helpful for the people who will likely be printing out copies of everything for the admissions committee to review. But I'm talking a header as in a header/footer, not like an underlined title in the body of the essay. For mine, I put my first and last name, the title of the document (Statement of Purpose, Letter of Intent, Program Essay #1/Program Essay #2, etc. - the latter being for schools that had more than one) and the page number. That being said, some schools have specific formatting requirements so I would double check for that before doing anything. One of my schools specifically requested I include my name at the top of each page.
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NYU has a new online program. They have spring, summer and fall starts and I've seen people with much lower stats than yours get accepted. It's a little pricey though, in my opinion. Here's a link to their program. Good luck! https://speech.steinhardt.nyu.edu/
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No GRE, no prerequisites required
ElKel87 replied to ashny's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
@ashny Jumping in to say that I think you should go for it. Maybe I'm biased because I'm also a career changer (turning 30 next year) but I think it's never too late. My Mom went back to school for her masters in education when she was almost 50 and now she has a career she loves. The worst that happens is you don't get accepted and you have to apply again next year. There are also some programs that have spring and summer starts so if you don't get accepted for Fall 2017 or can't meet the deadlines that is an option. I see you're also in the NY area - I know NYU has a new online program with spring, summer and fall starts and I believe LIU Brooklyn also has a spring program now. With NYU you can take the prerequisites after you've been accepted. I would sign up to take the GRE as soon as you can. There are timed practice tests you can take online to see what areas you need to work on. Good luck! -
I agree with @rising_star. Everywhere I've looked says not to submit high school grades. Good luck!
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@jessie_lee Did you apply to any schools in the NY area? My stats are similar to yours and I'm also an older student (I'll be 32 by the time I graduate if I start a program fall 2017 as planned) so I'm wondering what my chances are. I know most schools say they have a holistic process and all that but just figured I'd ask!
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I KNOW! I thought it would make it easier having several of my apps through one system but I have not found that to be the case. I also had an issue with one of my transcripts mysteriously not getting there initially. Not sure if that was a problem on the CSDCAS side or with my post-bacc university, but I'm stressing about it all over again with Academic Update.
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I had the same thought but I wouldn't. CSDCAS actually says not to do that in their FAQ section on Academic Update: Do NOT Send Updated Transcripts Prior to Submitting Your AU UNDERSTAND: Submitting your AU tells our system which transcripts to expect. Transcripts received PRIOR to submitting your AU will be considered regular transcripts and upon submitting your AU, new transcripts will be required and this will delay your AU processing.
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Fingers crossed! Thank you, good luck to you, too! And happy holidays
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@peachyspeechy I wonder if that timeframe is the same for Academic Update verification. My initial submission was verified (it took 1 week) and I only had two fall classes to add during the AU window. My new transcripts should get there this week. I would hope there's a separate "line" for those who have already gotten initial verification. One of my programs emailed to say they received my application and that it would be passed on to the committee for review AFTER they receive proof of my Biology requirement (which I took this fall). Their deadline isn't until 2/1 but I was hoping to get in early since they do rolling admissions
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@Elska @JcSLP Thank you both so much for your input! You've succeeded in reassuring me I tie the volunteer experience in to both my future career as an SLP and to my professional career and I discuss skills that I use/will use in all three areas. So I think the essay as a whole flows well. I was feeling pretty confident about it but I had a random panic last night reading SOP prompts about "relevant experience." I think you're right though, if you can sufficiently (and succinctly!) explain it, all experiences can be relevant their own way.
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I'm okay on word count for most, but one of my schools has a strict 500 word limit and it's killing me (still 250 words over). At the open house they were adamant about keeping things short and also said to make it unique, ie: don't talk about a family member with a communication disorder. I'm a career changer, so I talk a bit about my career and how my professional skills will translate. I also tie that into some "unrelated" volunteer experience/community involvement I've been doing for the past year. This winter I will be interning with a nonprofit group working with children who stutter and I do have a sentence or two mentioning that in this SOP. However I eventually want to work with adults with language disorders, not children/people with fluency disorders, and since working with kids who stutter is pretty common I figured it would be better to focus on a more unique volunteer experience that ties into my professional skills and involves working with the elderly. What do you guys think? Am I crazy to focus on "unrelated" over related volunteer work in the hopes it will make me stand out? Worth the risk?
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Came here to say exactly what @brookess11 said above. If you have the space in your SOP I would mention your mathematical abilities/success in the classes you mention but not say anything about the GRE scores. That accomplishes what you want without specifically drawing attention to the lower scores. This is just my personal opinion, but as a general rule of thumb, I feel it's better to avoid anything self-deprecating in your statement of purpose and instead focus on whatever positive thing you're using to balance that out.
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@OGfromthe6 Northwestern has a great online pre-speech pathology program. There are 6 classes but you can take as many or as few as you like. The classes are asynchronous so you can do them at your own pace. I work full time so I took two per semester starting in January and am finishing up my last class now. There is an application process and a small fee but I think they more or less accept everyone and I got a decision very quickly. They don't offer an Intro to Comm. Disorders class but I took Language Development (should satisfy Language Acquisition requirement) there this summer and workload was very manageable. Sacred Heart also has an online pre-speech pathology program that works similarly. You just need to submit your undergrad transcript and get approved in order to enroll. I took Intro to Comm. Disorders there last Spring and am wrapping up Biology now as one of my gen ed pre-reqs. They have a ton of other speech courses that I'm sure are great as well. I felt Northwestern would look better on my application so I took most of my pre-reqs there.
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@nolerunner Hello, fellow career changer Is there a huge cost difference between the two (other than the fact that it seems you'd have to quit your job to do the full time program)? If they both take 2 years, personally I would go with the on campus program. It will be much easier to make relationships with professors who can then write you letters of recommendation. I'm wrapping up a 1 year online post-bacc now and one of the professors I asked for a LOR said I did a great job yadda yadda but that she doesn't do LOR for online students. The one online professor who is writing me a letter I've met in person at a conference. I'm not saying this is the case for every professor, but I just feel like the letters will be stronger if they've interacted with you in person and can comment on how you are in a classroom setting. Again, this is just my personal opinion, but I feel that I would have gotten more out of my post-bacc classes if I had taken them in person as well. I was considering applying to the NYU online masters program and decided not to in part because I didn't enjoy the online format. Good luck!
