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My stats are below and they are lower than yours. I applied here knowing it was a competitive school and more of a reach school for me. I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you this was very helpful!

Hi! I have worked at summer camp before. I am curious as to how you added it in to your Personal Statements and Graduate Resume? How did you word it? Thank you in advance?

I am not in this situation but the two pieces of advice I am given when I am struggling to make a decision (which happens far too often): 1. Make a pros and cons - helps you visually see good and bad things about both 2. Flip a coin - when it is in mid air or before it lands you tends to hope for one or the other. Whichever one you hoped it would land on is the one you really want. (For example if you're choosing between ice cream and cake and mid air you're like I hope it lands on cake, you should choose cake.)

Interesting. I was under a different impression and have heard stories of people having FAFSA fund their graduate studies.

I do not know when your application season is, but I would look into FAFSA and applying as an independent. There is a chance you get awarded funding through them. I would also looking into general scholarships. I.e. ones for all master students, general scholarship websites, sorority or fraternity based ones for continuing education. You can also look into your state's SLP loan forgiveness policies.

I am totally feeling the same way right now. My plan B is to move home again and be an SLPA for a year. I have jokingly expressed to my boyfriend that I expect a proposal and wedding if I do not get in anywhere. Although, I don't think that will be the case. I am a competitive applicant, and am sure I will get waitlisted at least somewhere. And if i get waitlisted there is hope. I would not worry to much yet, you still have a good chances of being accepted or waitlisted, do not let it get in your head yet. Every admissions committee is looking for something different. Good Luck.

I got it was an email it was a bug too. I am just thinking my scores aren't competitive enough for SDSU, but like I am also hoping it was wrong.

This is a silly question, I know you do not have an answer to. But I got the same emails and I am curious if the portal decision was indicative of the decision you will receive later on. What do you think? Do you think If you got rejected or waitlisted, you will be waitlisted or rejected?

Another way to get funding that I don't think was mentioned in here was filling for FAFSA as an independent. Although FAFSA is due today I believe.

If you're curious I heard back from the graduate director on the school I got rejected from. I was told I was a strong applicant but there was just a high volume of applicants, which was the same thing I was told by the graduate admissions office. The only extra bit of information I got was that the stats of applicants interviewed were a bit higher than mine. Although I find this interesting since I have seen people getting interviewed here with lower GPAs and lower GRE scores getting interviewed here. I believe that this must be because they probably take their students first and out of state applicants get to fight for left overs and I didn't make that cut. Anyways, my verdict is if doesn't hurt to reach out. Best of luck!

The mood of this post is everything.

You're Welcome. If you are curious, I still have not heard back from the school I emailed. I am not sure how long it may take your school/ director. I wish you the best of luck.

My best advice is throwing yourself into something you love. For me that used to be classes or leadership positions I have been in or my job. (I use to coach volleyball.) Although as I am graduating in May, I don't nearly have the class load I am use to. I don't have any leadership positions either and I'm not coaching. I just got hired on to work at Girl Scouts. (Signing paperwork later today.) But because of my light schedule I haven't been nearly busy as I usually am. So instead I've turned to those anxiety reducing coloring books. There a great distraction. I also love baking so I've been trying to make cakes and work on my techniques. Although, I still check my email often and grad cafe. I enjoy posting in forums to distract myself or get advice. I recently got rejected from one of my safety schools and sought out advice on here. A lot of people here are so nice and helpful. I also try to not keep my mail open on my computer while I'm working because I will stop to check it for every email and that wastes a lot of time and is a huge distraction. Long story short, do something you love and try to get off Grad cafe.

I have. I got rejected on friday of last week. I heard back from the admissions office, who gave me minimal details, only because that's all they had and the contact info of the person out to reach. I emailed that person and have yet to hear anything back. In my case I thought this school was my "safety school" and I wanted to know if I messed up somewhere or they just didn't think I fit well into their program. I do not think it hurts to reach out. It gets your name in the head for next year, but it can also bring some light and closure to the situation. I hope this helps and best of luck.

I had the same issue. I only went two years to UNR to get my degree. Because of this and sending documents where I have worked out of state at summer camps, I had to send a high school transcript to prove residency. I sent so many documents. The lady I had wass pushy to, but probably for good reason. Thankful it all worked out in the end. Good luck to everyone!

@bibliophile222 @laura120 Thank you so much. Both of you brought light to the situation. I appreciate that greatly.

Just started worrying. I got notified I got rejected from a school that was suppose to be one of my fall back schools. I got an email notifying me I was rejected. Now I'm super stressed that I won't get in anywhere except maybe where I did my undergrad. I would not have applied to so many competitive schools if I didn't think I had any chance of getting in. I know my scores aren't the highest but there still good and I was very active in my undergrad. Even though I got an interview with one school and I know that means they saw something in me, I'm starting to think that was just lucky. I know all schools look for something different in your application and you never know what that is, I feel if you have scores above their averages, you should at least get waitlisted right. I also know I posted on here getting waitlisted is still a chance and don't get me wrong I still believe that, but I thought I was going to get a little wiggle room to make my choice. I almost feel stupid now for thinking I had a chance to get into more competitive schools. Does anyone have advice how not to worry and stress over this? Or any encouraging words? I feel like I've let this get so into my head I get so wound up and tend to be in shitty mood. I don't want to be in a shitty mood anymore, but I don't know what else to do. Sorry for this long ranty post! Good luck to everyone.

I agree the process is little weird and you never really know what a grad school is looking for. ASU has sent out some decisions but I haven't heard a thing. I just interviewed with Loma Linda University and they seemed more on top of their game as far as releasing decisions but the waiting game really sucks regardless. Keep me updated on what you hear and if I hear anything from the department I'll keep you updated as well. Best of luck.

@SLP2BeC Hi, I received a rejection from the graduate admissions office yesterday around 1:30. The email said: "Thank you for your interest in attending California State University, Chico. Unfortunately, we are not able to admit you for graduate study in the Communication Sciences and Disorders master's program based on the recommendation of the department." I emailed the admissions office back. Shout out to Jean M Arnold over at CSU Chico in the Grad admissions office for calling me as soon as she got my email. Bless her heart she was so sweet. She informed me I wasn't missing anything and that I needed to contact the department head to find out the exact reason why I was rejected. All she could see that was noted on my application was impacted, which she went on to explain that there was a lot of applicants and not enough spots. I emailed the department head, just because I'm curious as to why I was rejected. I'm not per say upset about the decision but I feel as though for there school I am a very qualified applicant. I guess I could be wrong. Chico was suppose to not be one of my reach schools. I hope this is not indicative of the rest of my decisions to come. Anyways, I hope this helps you and doesn't make you too concerned. I wish you the best of luck in the rest of your endeavors.

Have people started hearing things? I'm patiently waiting as well. I just had my interview with Loma Linda University today so now I'm waiting for them as well. I also think I got rejected from CSU Chico today and I'm rather confused as to why. Hopefully it's not foreshadowing the rest of my admission decisions. Anyways, I will keep you updated. Good luck!!

r/SLPgradschool I believe.

I couldn't agree more. A few of my close friends from my undergrad have already been accepted. And I'm so happy for them but also kind of jealous because they are so at ease now. I am very much a type A person and that means there is one thing I don't like doing, waiting. Good luck to everyone and happy waiting.

I couldn't agree more with the posters above. Even if you just get waitlisted to one, there's people who also applied to 8 schools and have to choose one. Lots of people have to deny acceptances which allow you for you to get off the waitlist. I know some one at University of Nevada, Reno, who where taken off the waitlist in early August but they're still in grad school and at the end of the day is getting a degree. Another thing to think about it is, a paper, gre scores, and gpa don't tell the whole story about how you will be as a clinician. If you don't get in, you can be an SPLA which looks great on applications too. You can bulk up your application in that time. So, you've got this. Stay positive and don't let grad cafe or Reddit make you go crazy. I know I have let it do that to me and it doesn't help anything.

No, I was not. That fixed the issue!! Thank you so much!!