ljames

Just accepted at Dal and took myself off the waitlist for U of A. Good luck to all!

Thanks for sharing, it's so hard to interpret how things have gone based on forum posts of past years—I appreciate your perspective!

For what it's worth: I also have prereqs in progress (more than one for UA actually ?) and am also now "Under Review" as of a few days ago. Past results from this forum suggest that some folks have been rejected specifically because of prereqs (ahh!), or potentially get a provisional acceptance based on completing their prereqs. I'd take that second option!! Hoping it all works out anyways.

100%. I can't stop thinking about my apps even now they're in and I can't do anything more about them... I just want to fast-forward to March!

Hey LinguineLinguistics, sadly I don't think there's an ultra quick path from Ling MA to SLP MA/MS, because of the clinical-specific knowledge and experience you have to gain before licensure. Knowledge of linguistics definitely helps, but as far as I know, it can't really trim a 2-3 year program down much. That said, check out the Speech Path forum, bet they can provide more insight.

Hey all, I'm a Canadian about to start my third undergrad year at an American school and only recently realized I want to go into SLP... starting to think (and panic!) about grad school requirements, 3-year programs, ultra high American tuition etc, because I'm out-of-major (Linguistics). Doing the math, though, it looks like I can squeeze out the minimum prereqs for most programs (except UBC) in Canada with my Ling major if I fill my course roster with only those classes and my major reqs from now on. The problem is, it's really tight, like, almost all of these classes will only be taught once over the next couple years. What do you think—worth it to try and scrape the minimum requirements for these programs, though the plan would gives me no wiggle room to do poorly in any of the classes or shift things around if something went wrong (like, if two of the classes turn out to have a time conflict or something)? It seems like a no brainer to avoid paying for a third year of school, but I worry I'm gonna come up short with the reqs — or if not, I fear I probably still won't get in anywhere first try, so I'll have busted my ass in undergrad and still have to wait for a year to reapply when I could be doing a post-bac! Of course, on the other hand, I really don't want to pay 3 years of graduate tuition, especially here in the States. All kinda overwhelming to contemplate... Thoughts? Thanks!!