slpmayb2123

Unfortunately, GPA and GRE scores are a big component of the admissions process everywhere due to the competitive nature of the field. You will be hard pressed to find a school that disregards your GPA, even if it is not "recent and relevant."  I have a friend who received her first bachelors in the mid-90s and that 3.0 got her rejected many places despite a 4.0 post bacc. 
With that being said, your last 60 is not markedly greater than your cumulative GPA. Also, a lot of schools have a 3.5 cutoff, even if they don't explicitly state this. I know my institution does. What are your GRE scores like? Do you have relevant experience? Consider bolstering these aspects of your application, it will always help and never hurt.
I'm sorry that you are feeling discouraged by the SLP graduate school process. This field is deceivingly more competitive than my institution let on, and it's a rough thing to come to terms with for sure. I really struggled with it too. 
 

@slpmayb2123 Oh! My mistake, I just saw the "competitiveness" bit.

Getting the scores and NOT getting in... while competitiveness of GPA/GRE is valued on a case by case basis at schools, applicants on this forum speak of how competitive it is generally speaking overall within the field. I don't mean to deter you in any way, but understand that being told your stats are good/you have a good chance of getting in is not the same as getting in. (I have classmates that have learned this the hard way, eeek.) 
Like many applicants and yourself, I too have spent a lot of time speculating about whether my stats were good enough. The reality is that "good enough" is relative to where you apply, and while some schools are less competitive than others, a rule of thumb is that the higher your stats are, the more competitive of an applicant you are.
We just have to apply and see the results to truly gauge where we are at! 

Well, friends, it's been a weird ride for me this season.
I went from super excited, to worried, to despondent, to 'I can't do this anymore', back to excited, then straight into 'I literally do not want this anymore'.
For anyone applying to any of my nine schools, you have one less person to compete with now. I withdrew all of my applications as of this afternoon (well, I sent out the appropriate emails--only one has responded so far), and I will be pursuing a second bachelor's, this time a B.S. of Computer Science with a minor in Information Security. I know it seems extremely different and a ridiculous change to those of us on this forum, but it makes sense for me in a real-world sense.
I'll probably come back and check things out in April, just to see how you guys do.
Best of luck! You all deserve the best. <3

Anecdotal, of course, but I know many many many people who have failed to get into a program and have switched careers as a result. Note that I am located in California, and things are much more competitive here, so that may play a factor as well. 
In undergrad, our graduating cohort had maybe 70 people, and we were all quite close. Maybe 15 of them (myself included) were accepted into our school's grad program. Surprisingly, only a handful were accepted into other programs in state, but I have heard numerous times that California's programs heavily favor their own undergrads, so that may be why. The rest of my cohort did not get into any schools here, and after the second year, maybe a dozen or so chose to go out of state. Of the remaining students, they have tried year after year to get accepted, applying to the same schools over and over again without luck. Many of them have now switched careers (it's been about 5 years since). I know most of them went into teaching, a good chunk went to nursing school, some are still holding out luck applying, and the rest are doing unrelated things (two girls actually opened up unrelated Etsy shops). 
This has actually been the norm among my peer groups here. I'm friends with many girls who were rejected several times, but still constantly told "Don't give up on your dreams. If you want it bad enough you can do it.", etc. Which, don't get me wrong, I agree that if it's your passion, then you should pursue it. But many times, in my experience, these ladies are playing a losing game. I can't imagine the amount of money they've put into this, and now even more money to switch careers, and years of time wasted. These ladies are absolutely brilliant, but it's a numbers game at this point. I truly empathize with people in this situation, but I absolutely think it's important to understand when to move on and to be realistic about yourself. 
Sorry about rambling! 

There are plenty of people who never get in. I applied three times and had to go out of state, and i had decent scores and gpa. If you want it, go for it. But please remember it takes a lot of hard work and there isnt much room to cut corners.

There are some that don't require GRE maybe (I'm not sure, but I've heard they exist,) and some that don't require prereqs (but you take them in your first year of the masters, if admitted) BUT I have never heard of a school requiring neither. 
 
To be frank, SLP is very competitive and will only continue to get more competitive. With a lower GPA, things like a high GRE score and taking the prereqs and doing well bolster your chances of getting in. 

I've heard some of your notes are really beneficial for graduate school. I've personally laminated all my notes from SLP classes and plan on keeping them for a while

I have been told to aim for over a 310. I have a 312: 154 Q 158 V. Also, I have a 5.5 AW. I am happy with this score because when I first started taking practice tests six months ago my math scores were in the low 140's range. I was wanting to achieve at least a 160 in verbal, but I am very happy with my writing score and am not sure that I could make such a score again. Writing is my strong point, however, so hopefully this good AW score and a strong personal statement will make up for my 3.6. I am in a less competitive part of the country, however. 

I feel the struggle, haha. I have a similar GPA. Our major has conditioned us to view ~3.6 as an average/mediocre GPA, welp. 

At smaller schools, I just emailed the graduate admissions contact and asked to verify the credibility of the scores posted on edfind, stating I was trying to gauge how competitive I was as a candidate (and subsequently how to improve my chances). I have always gotten direct replies, but I also haven't asked any bigger schools, so that might have something to do with it