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FYI, keep your eyes peeled for potential cancellations with Open Houses. One of my professors mentioned that it's a possibility at my school due to COVID-19. 
Just something to keep in mind! Nothing set in stone! Just musings at this point apparently. 

Haha my current preceptor is an alumnus of OH!
You sure are lucky! That’s amazing  

FYI, keep your eyes peeled for potential cancellations with Open Houses. One of my professors mentioned that it's a possibility at my school due to COVID-19. 
Just something to keep in mind! Nothing set in stone! Just musings at this point apparently. 

Hi! I think I have you beat on different backgrounds.
10 years out of grad school. MA in different field (Applied Linguistics: TESOL), undergrad in Linguistics and Pre-Med. 10 years of college level teaching, about 4 courses of CSD under my belt. Perfect GPA in Grad school, top 94% percentile in verbal and writing on GRE--admittedly sucky math. I just walked in and took the test with no prep and was like "Well, let's see if anyone accepts me, lol." 
I was accepted to all schools save 1. If the application committee is any good, they're looking for a truly diverse group of people. The fact that you're even being asked for an interview is a very good sign that they like what they see on paper--now give 'em the ol' razzle dazzle in person! 

Hi! I think I have you beat on different backgrounds.
10 years out of grad school. MA in different field (Applied Linguistics: TESOL), undergrad in Linguistics and Pre-Med. 10 years of college level teaching, about 4 courses of CSD under my belt. Perfect GPA in Grad school, top 94% percentile in verbal and writing on GRE--admittedly sucky math. I just walked in and took the test with no prep and was like "Well, let's see if anyone accepts me, lol." 
I was accepted to all schools save 1. If the application committee is any good, they're looking for a truly diverse group of people. The fact that you're even being asked for an interview is a very good sign that they like what they see on paper--now give 'em the ol' razzle dazzle in person! 

I think I will use N'Vivo for my comprehensive exam. I really hope it is a good strategy.
 

@Emma98 I ended up going with Rush due to cost. I was also won over by the then Director of the program as well as the Chairwoman. They literally stalked me to the bathroom to ask me who I was choosing between! lol, they remembered my name, my personal statement, and my story, and that really stuck out to me. I wanted to feel like I belonged and people wanted me there for who I was and not because of numbers and specs on a sheet. 
Any other questions, feel free to message me directly and I can give you other contact info(FB, Insta, etc.) so you can get faster responses!