mmcat
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Speech Pathology
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ccspeechie reacted to a post in a topic: When did you get your aid package for graduate school?
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Nervous about being on my own
mmcat replied to SLPhopefullyy's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
Hi there! I also plan to move 13 hours away from home this fall for my program. It is a little intimidating; I did go to school out of state for undergrad but only 3 hours away. I also am a little nervous like you, but try and remind myself that I could end up loving it so much more than home. I don't like the idea of being away from anyone and everything familiar, but if I want this career it is the choice i have to make. Homesickness will be unavoidable at some point, but it doesn't have to be forever. Maybe you can still visit for the holidays, and you will be so distracted by your busy schedule I think the time will fly by! -
AspiringSLP35 reacted to a post in a topic: Have you received responses from all grad programs?
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Thank you!!
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mmcat started following When did you get your aid package for graduate school?
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I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but I haven't received any financial aid packages from my schools yet. I completed FAFSA very early, and I'm waiting to see my aid so I can properly evaluate cost of the programs I've been accepted to; is it still early to hear about aid? What do others do in this situation? Have you reached out to schools' FA office (or other) about aid or wait for them to email you? I have checked portals and haven't seen anything. I checked my FAFSA and it says it is complete and verified for my schools. I would have thought some information on aid would have come with my acceptance letter, but so far no information. Thanks in advance!
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I'm confused on this too! I don't know who I should email asking about my aid package from the schools that accepted me. Is it possible that a FA package is only sent to those officially admitted?
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Thank you! I really appreciate that. Also, when you asked about cost of your program, did you email your graduate program coordinator? Thank you again!
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Hi there! I'm wondering the same as poster above about FA. Who did you email when asking your programs? Just the FA office, the SLP department, or someone else? Unsure of who is the most appropriate to ask. Thank you!!
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So I have an acceptance to an out of state school for SLP, and am very honored! However, I am waiting on my in-state school to respond. I just found out my in-state school doesn't have interviews/final decision day until "late May-early June", and I have to pay a deposit to the other school by April 15th to secure a spot. Any advice?? I don't want to be unethical, however I would like to chance to hear from all my schools of choice. Thanks in advance! also side note: the out of state school mentioned I am next in line to get an assistantship if someone rejects offer. Should I follow up on that if I haven't heard, or wait for them to contact me? That's also likely the only way I could afford the out of state schol.
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Have you received responses from all grad programs?
mmcat replied to AspiringSLP35's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
I'm still waiting on a few schools! I am unsure if it is due to the virus or not. I hope I hear from them all soon so I can be timely with acceptances and denials too -
Is Coronavirus Affecting Your Decisions?
mmcat replied to sjewell's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
I'm starting to be concerned, but not panicked I have decided not to travel and see the school that accepted me, which is unfortunate, but doing my best to scope out others who have been there and reach out to them along with online research about the area. I am more concerned about the schools I've yet to hear from, as I want to be timely with my acceptance response to the schools that have reached out to me, but I also want to see what all my options are. The virus has kind of suspended everything for a lot of people at this time, including many faculty I'm sure, so I'm resigning to waiting this out for a while longer before I reach out. Hopefully most schools and faculty are understanding during this time as it isn't something anyone expected. -
University of South Carolina SLP
mmcat replied to alyssafrancis's topic in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
I was also waitlisted there middle of February! No timeline for hearing back from them as of now.