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I think you should always still apply! Think of your application as a stool if one leg is shorter than the others then the others will balance it out!

I'm not fully sure if it gets received but my transcript sent the day after my fall grades were in and once the day after that CSDCAS received them. Then 4 days after that my application was verified. This is all stuff I've read online but I heard grad schools can view applications at any time but aren't considered actually submitted until you get to the verified status. So I think for everything to be fully sent and the admission committee to look at your application your application has to be verified. So unfortunately I don't think it'll be considered on time if everything isn't in including transcripts. I have 1 application due January 1st too and I was really worried it wouldn't get to them on time either. Contact the school and explain your situation to them and maybe contact your university to see when they'd be sending out transcripts too.

Looking at your signature I think all the schools you've chosen aside from SXU are research focused! Rush and Northwestern are also great for that too!

Good luck to you as well! Let me know if you have questions about SXU! I'm an undergrad there

So when you request a letter you go on CSDCAS, go to supporting information, click on evaluations, then create an evaluation. Once you put in all your professors info (be sure to include their email) she'll be emailed a link to fill out info for you and upload your letter. Does this help?

I'm applying to 7 schools! SXU, Lewis, Elmhurst, Midwestern-Downers Grove, Indiana State, Governors and Saint Mary's

I'm applying this fall! I already submitted my applications, just haven't submitted transcripts since I'm waiting on fall grades. Good luck to everyone applying!

SXU only denies if your CSD GPA is below a 3.2! If it's above the worst is a waitlist. NIU is pretty competitive tbh but it's worth a shot! My friend got in off the waitlist but declined last year and chose to attend SXU. SIU isn't very competitive I know that's not on your list but just throwing it out there!

Your stats are super good I think you'll be fine with just 3!! I'm applying to 7

I've been receiving emails from grad programs I didn't even send my GRE too advertising their speech-pathology programs and encouraging me to apply. Is there a reason for this? Was it something I selected while filling out my GRE? Did these schools receive my stats somehow and now want me to apply?

Not necessarily! Yes they look at numerical first but they look at personal statement and experiences second so if you have a GPA an GRE that aren't "perfect" but solid experiences and a golden personal statement it'd help a lot

Most grad schools want someone within the CSD field such as your speech science, phonetics professors etc.

No you don't have too since it's off your record

It's never too late to get experience!! Try getting involved with your university NSSLHA chapter or an organization which helps out kids or adults or both with special needs or volunteering at a hospital. ABA might look good too since you're working with your own clients.

Yeah I do have an undergrad degree I'm sorry I don't think I'm explaining it correctly so I'll attach a picture of what I mean! So in the picture for this graduate school would the courses listed under prerequisites to apply carry more weight than the courses within the CSD major that aren't listed?

I meant like prerequisite to graduate programs. You know how programs require certain classes to be considered for admission? Such as anatomy, speech science, audiology, etc.?

I took the test twice! My writing stayed the same (4) but my overall score went up 4 points thanks to Magoosh.

Hi everyone! So I know all courses matter prerequisite or not, along with a ton of other factors when it comes to grad school admissions. But would the grades received in prerequisite courses carry more weight than grades within the major that are not prerequisites?

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I would definitely talk about those things in your personal statement and discuss the skills they've given you or enhanced that'll help you be successful in grad school!

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.