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Don't worry about it. Trolls. As for your actual question...I don't think there's a good answer for that. Just comes down to feeling out the schools and asking those questions during your visits as well as simply comparing tuition rates between schools. Lots of the same stuff as undergrad...in-state is less than out-of-state, public is less than private, etc. Just really a matter of seeing where the chips fall after you're admitted. Also keep in mind that there may be outside sources of funding (i.e.: ASHA) but it takes some digging and the funding amount is small (as in, would pay for books for a semester or two). Best of luck!

Depending on their mood, Vandy can take a lot of non-background students. The class above me is mostly non-background. What specific areas of SLP are you interested in? Bio would be super helpful in a few research areas

Your GRE is actually very good for an SLP application. I know people that would have killed to have a 1250. You're golden on that front. I think the more difficult thing is to write a good personal statement. That is what will really set you above the rest.

My friend is in the same boat with them too. She was bummed for a bit since it was her dream school but the school she accepted ended up working out better for her in the end.

I had that problem with a few schools. Penn State and Mizzou both wanted an extra class apiece. I can't believe that S. CT St. wants 8 prereqs--that is insane if you have a BA in CSD already!

Thumbs up to everyone who successfully avoided feeding the troll and a huge congrats to everyone on making it through this app season! Best of luck to everyone as you begin on whatever postgrad paths you choose!

Finally made a decision after all this procrastination...Vanderbilt, here I come If there's anyone lurking on the boards who's starting there this fall, PM me!

Hey people, This thread randomly caught my eye because I'm a Purdue undergrad finishing up and heading off to grad school myself If you have any questions about the area or school, please feel free to ask and I'll do the best I can to help! I probably won't know as much about your individual programs (unless you're speech/hearing like myself) but I'll try. Enjoy West Lafayette! I love Purdue and will miss it a lot when I leave. If I decide to do my Ph.D, Purdue's definitely in my top choices. I'd love to come back.

I have horrible, horrible senioritis right now too. Have barely given a second thought to a paper that's due next week and am 700+pages behind in reading for that same class. Why? A. because it's outside my field of study and B. I decided to take it for pass/fail credit...so I figure all I have to really do is pass... At least for me (and for other people) I think I will be better once I am in graduate school, focusing on my areas of interest and getting to do hands-on clinic work and possibly research. I feel like if you're studying something you're really interested in, the motivation tends to follow.

I was/am a member of my school's chapter of NSSLHA and also was in a dance company that raises money for charity. I have worked in a voice research lab for 2 1/2 years as well. I only have about 28-30 hours of shadowing officially recorded, but I'd say unofficially I've observed maybe 40-45.

Me too! I have it down to 2 now but it's so hard.

I agree with all of this. My hometown is about 40 minutes from Bloomington, and though I'm about to graduate from IU's rival school, I must admit that Bloomington would be a wonderful place to live as a graduate student. As the above poster said, it is very, very liberal...probably the most liberal you're gonna get in Indiana, except for maybe parts of Indianapolis. The IU music/theatre program is top-notch so if you're into seeing operas or musicals or shows than that will be an easy place to do that for cheap or (possibly) free. Nashville is the cutest craftiest little town if you're into shops. Brown County is a wonderful hiking/outdoorsy place. Indy is fun, with Louisville and Cincinnati not too terribly far away either. I don't know a lot about either program, but I know that in general IU is strong in SLP. A lot of the people in my program are considering IU at the moment. Personally, if I was choosing between the two schools, I would stick with IU, but that's because NYC would be so overwhelming for me! Hope this helps and best of luck in your decision. If you'd like to know more about the area, feel free to get in touch!

Just declined my UNC admission. It made me soooooo sad because I really wanted it to be the place for me, but after visiting I knew it just wasn't the place/program for me. Still, the anxiety was making me nauseous...for some reason I'm weirdly afraid that one or both of my remaining schools will surprise me with a "Just kidding! You're not really admitted" email or letter. And of course once I hit "confirm decline" a message pops up that says "We're sorry you've declined. Good luck with your future educational endeavors." Way to make me feel MORE guilty and anxious, automated UNC message. I actually teared up. Ugh, I am just a mess of hormones and anxiety these days. I cannot wait to visit my final school, make my final decision, and be at peace with everything...until grad school actually starts.

Yeah, I would tend to disagree with this as well. Yes, winter can be brutal at times, and people moving from the South where it is warmer will have to adjust. At times in the morning my Weather.com computer thermometer has said it was zero degrees. Just means you have to layer, layer, layer. Fall is beautiful. Perfect temperature (well, in my opinion--sweatshirt/light jacket weather and jeans) and the changing leaves are gorgeous. Spring is also nice but it does take a while to show up, but once it's here--fabulous. I've never been around for the summer but I would imagine it is hot and decently humid, but I feel like that describes most of the Midwest anyway so it's never bothered me. I'd give it maybe a 5 or 6 compared to the previous poster (though, granted, I'm probably headed south for grad school and am excitedly anticipating milder winters!).

I was the exact same. One week I was driving myself to tears because acceptances were being doled out via phone to a school I loved and I wasn't getting called. I checked my phone AND the results board like a crazy person. And then someone told me "You'll be accepted/rejected/waitlisted just the same whether or not you've been checking Gradcafe, AND if you wouldn't check every 5 minutes you'd be half as stressed." So I stopped and it was true, and I ended up getting in, and it turns out I ended up not liking their program that much anyway. SO. All this worrying and stress and fretting turned out to be for no good reason. Silly mscongeniality! I'm telling all the kids in the classes below me to stay OFF the results board until at least after spring break.

ew....yeah, i agree with the above poster, don't go someplace where they're so rude!

Just got word that I received a 25% tuition waiver from Vandy! Freeeeeeeeeaking out at the moment.

I think it matters more if A. you eventually want to pursue a Ph.D and B. if you want to pursue a really competitive part of the field (the example that comes to my mind is the NICU) or if you have a very specific specialization in mind. The Ph.D student in the lab I work in keeps reminding me when I begin fretting, "You know, mscongeniality, you're still going to be an SLP at the end of your program no matter what." So my gut feeling is that if your main focus is solely landing a job and you're really not too picky about where you end up, it honestly doesn't matter. I get the impression that passing the Praxis and having your Cs is *generally* more important. As I'm typing this, I'm trying to remind myself of all this before I go jumping into a sick amount of debt... edit: I hate it when my B points turn into the sunglass-wearing smileys. Happens every time

Both would hurt like crazy, but I'm pretty sure I would take a breakup much harder. The admissions committees don't really know me besides my numbers and rec letters and personal statements...so yeah, they don't really know me since they haven't interacted with me. Being rejected by someone who knows all the good things about you (but also a few icky bad things that adcoms also don't see)...yeah, no. I would take being rejected by a school over being dumped any day. Besides, I'm a pretty big believer in "everything happens for a reason" so if that school didn't accept me then maybe I wasn't the best fit for them anyway, even if I don't see it til 5/10/15 years down the road.

Hahaha, I love that you just made this reference! Not sure how a school/building can look sexy though...hmm

That is so weird and I would agree with the standard "I want to go elsewhere". Though one of my program's little RSVP flier has a little section under the "no" box that asks you to fill in where you did decide to attend instead AND if you were receiving financial aid for that school. What a bunch of nosy Nancys.

Yeah, exactly! One wasn't as bad because it was just a form that I filled out and dropped in the mail, but I had to email the grad coordinator at another school directly to say I wasn't going to be there this fall. I have been putting it off like tayfray because I felt guilty (and secretly hoping that money might miraculously come from their schools) but I know there are probably a lot of people out there who are waitlisted and would really, really like to get in and actually go to those schools...so my guilt about taking up an extra spot won out, I guess. Still not easy!

I just declined two offers and felt weirdly sad/guilty. Weird or normal? One of the universities was especially nice to me, but their program just wasn't right and further away from my family than I liked.