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A really high GPA can make up for a lower GRE at least at some schools! Everyone's experience is different but I have a friend who had a 3.9 commutative, 4.0 in the major, 289 on the GRE, and a ton of experience and she got in 4 schools, waitlisted but later admitted into one, got an interview then rejected from another. I don't think you should retake it because I really don't think your scores are bad, especially since your GPA is excellent! Oh and another thing I heard somewhere SLP programs tend to look at your verbal score or your overall score more but that might just be some schools.

Oh! I did not know that was a thing, that's good to know! I wonder if other programs do that as well.

This worries me too but remember speech-language pathology is one of those career paths where you'll always have a job and be able to pay off those loans. It's scary but if it's what you truly want to do you should do it. It's super expensive and loans are scary, but you'll get a job that pays well enough to pay them off.

How do you know you're on the high waitlist? Do they tell you?

Oh wow thank you! I do have a ton of experience/volunteer stuff and I still haven't taken the GRE so who knows maybe I'll do super well on that.

Wow that's amazing! Thank you!

That's really good! Ahh I wish I could go out-of state. Unfortunately, I can't go to the east coast right now due to financial reasons. I'm going to work extremely hard these last few weeks for a B then aim for A's in my last classes! Thank you!

Yeah it's really competitive everywhere. I'll just work extremely hard to pull a B in the class and aim for A's in my last few classes.

Thank you to everyone who has replied! I just wanted to say that I have not gotten any C's yet I meant to say I may or may not get one. So far I have a 3.7 GPA outside the major and after this semester if I get a B which is what I'm aiming for I'll have a 3.6 in the major. I do aim for A's not B's and I understand I have a lot of B's right now...but after this semester if i get the B and not a C I'll have 4 A's and 4 B's. Then in the fall if I get A's in my major courses it'll be 7 A's and 4 B's.

Thank you! I haven't gotten a C yet I'm just worried I will get one after I take the final exam. There is still a chance I'll get a B if I do really well on the final.

I do aim for A's and I haven't gotten the C yet I'm just worried I will get a C in the class. There is a chance I'll get a B though I'm just worried I won't bring it up.

That's amazing!! Congratulations!! Did you get mostly A's aside from the 3 C's? I have a lot of experience like being a research assistant, VP of NSSLHA, volunteer experience, being a literacy tutor, etc. but honestly grad schools seem to care more about academics than experience at least from what I've seen.

If you don't mind me asking did you have mostly A's? And did you by any chance apply to schools in IL?

I know for sure I second guess myself. My anatomy professor told me he'd always be disappointed to see that I erased the correct answer on my scantron and bubbled in an incorrect answer, he said if I didn't do that he doesn't doubt I would've gotten an A in the course. I am praying and studying so hard for a B I always work super hard but in that class it never shows. I wish the course was offered over the summer, unfortunately at my undergrad no CSD classes are offered over the summer.

I use those functions on Quizlet but I never tried the fill in the blank method but I'll give it a try! Thank you so much!