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Weirdly specific question, so my recommendations have all submitted their letters, or done whatever they do, on CSDCAS for all the programs i've applied and paid for. I could stop now and be done. If I decided to throw another CSDCAS application together this month will I need to notify those who are recommending me? As in, are they required to do anything specific school by school on CSDCAS if the school has a CSDCAS only application? Could not think of a search term in the FAQ to find this info haha. Thanks for any help OR any tips to figuring out the answer to this

Hi! I'd love to have you do this, I had such a hard time finding people who could be objective. Lemme do some edits tonight and send it your way, i'll DM you

I just got a job as a receptionist at a private practice that has speech and OT, would super recommend that, i've learned so much already and everyone is super supportive!

I spoke with a professor who really helped put it into perspective! She said in our field nobody cares where you went to school unless you're applying to super prestigious CFY's, and at that point really it's the research opportunities that make one school better than the others. We're lucky enough to have ASHA as a certifying board so every program is fundamentally the same, it's just research and clinical opportunities and faculty that varies. Which DOES matter and makes considering good schools important. But also we'll be hireable from any school and I think that's important to keep in mind!

This is so interesting because i'm having a super similar experience from their in person program!!! Minus the calls and personal feel initially. But there is just so much they weren't up front about with requirements and they're taking a long time to get back about what courses they will accept or not. It's a bummer but comforting to hear that the experience is similarly frustrating online.

I posted a thread a while ago about my decision to or to not invest 100,000 dollars into NYU for grad school (my only option). After a LOT of long conversations with my friends and with my partner I'm not going to go. I got a job at a speech clinic as a receptionist, i'm going to retake the GRE, continue working in the lab I work in, and give it all another try after one long post-bacc year. Just in case anybody is in the same place or will be in the future, I just wanted to go on record saying people DO do this. Hopefully it'll work out this next time around!! My parents will be bummed, that will be a hard conversation. Hopefully they'll understand! They weirdly hadn't been concerned about the debt but they also aren't the ones living with it. Thanks for the help! ❤️

That's a super fair question!! I definitely wouldn't say I had/have no intention of going, I have already paid the deposit, flown out to visit the school, and am really impressed with the program. It's more an issue of just getting a little less funding than I had hoped and a friend who i'd planned to move in with ended up leaving the city so my housing isn't as cheap/secure now. Short answer, life has a way of spiraling a bit Definitely don't regret applying! Just trying to weigh my options

I'm not allowed to react anymore today with hearts, says the website. But I just wanted to thank you for putting it into perspective like this. It's super easy to just say yeah it's debt, we all have it, but when its real money and real time. My current undergrad loans have already been 200 a month and I feel the weight of that all the time. Thank you ❤️

I went into the process hopeing to come out with 60-80, I think that's okay and typical. I'm looking at 130,000+ which just isn't.

That really is a great point! I'd been given that advice but ignored it and hoped for more funding than I ended up getting :)

Wow so many responses!!! Thank you all so much for your input! It's helpful to have that validation that it truly is an insane amount of money. People who don't work in the field keep saying "well grad school's all about debt so who cares", but I think I do? It'll be lots of planning, and lists, and decisions. We all know how hard the application process is for these programs, the idea of doing it all again is scary. But the idea of paying so much in loans for so long is even worse. Keep sending thoughts if you have them!! I'll update once my decision is made. My waitlist school is cheaper and closer to home so maybe there'll be a miracle there :)

Hi! I'm working through a big decision and could use some unbiased feedback that my friends and family can't give. I have committed to NYU's on-campus program. It's 3,000 miles away from where I live and will be about 25,000 a year in tuition after my funding. Plus cost of living. I'll be paying for cost of living and the difference in tuition with student loans. Because of this i'm looking at AT LEAST 75,000 in debt, plus 20,000 from undergrad. I applied as a first year post-bacc student, I've gotten a 4.0 during my post bacc year and have been doing everything I can to be involved. I was rejected from 5 schools, waitlisted at one, and accepted to NYU. In the 2 months since i've gotten accepted the excitement has worn off and i'm considering rescinding my acceptance, working for a year and continuing to volunteer in the lab I work in, and reapply. I feel that retaking the GRE, my improved GPA, and experience with the whole application cycle would give me a better shot at being accepted to a cheaper program closer to where I want to work in my career. But i'm also terrified of not getting in anywhere and wasting my only chance at becoming an SLP. I'm also anxious to get started and turning down an offer just feels unheard of for my post-bacc friends who didn't get in anywhere. Is it insane to do this?? I wouldn't re-apply to NYU, i'd stick to programs in Oregon, California, and Washington. Any advice or experience from someone who's done the same would be much appreciated! Same with any encouragement to suck up the debt and go to New York! (I bet there's great clinical opportunities there) Thank you!! ❤️ ❤️