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  1. Has anyone heard from UT-Austin or know what their process is? I saw on the results page that two people heard back yesterday, but I haven't heard anything back and my portal hasn't changed.
  2. My understanding is that post-bacc programs tend to be less competitive. I think one of the main reasons that grad programs are so competitive is because they have a limited number of clinical placements that they can offer, but that's not an issue for post-bacc. For post-bacc you'll probably just be in like regular undergrad courses with undergrads, so there's less of a limit on the number of people they can accept. A few in-person post-bacc programs I can think of off the top of my head are: Pacific University, University of Washington (this one I think is longer and gets you a second bachelor's), University of Wisconsin, UMass-Amherst, Eastern Washington University, University of Oregon, Arizona State. Online programs will in general be cheaper, but I think an in-person one can be advantageous because it might be from a more well-known school and you might be able to get to know your professors better, leading to better letters of recommendation.
  3. I think that if you do really well in your postbac courses you could be a strong applicant! From what I've heard, the CSD GPA is the one that matters most, so if you are able to get like a 3.75-4.0 in your postbac that will put you on track to be a strong applicant! I think also in your personal statements you would want to focus on your experiences (particularly baby sign language internship, volunteering as an English instructor, and research) , since those seem very relevant and very strong, and write about how the skills you've gained through those experiences will help you to succeed in graduate school and become an effective clinician. Also, definitely write about your neuroscience major and how that connects to your interest in speech pathology. For example, my undergrad was in linguistics, and in my personal statements I wrote about making connections between linguistic theory, empirical data, and the actual clients that I will see as an SLP. Also, in your postbac, build relationships with your professors from the beginning so that they know you decently well by the time it's recommendation season. Don't count yourself out just because of your GPA!
  4. Good luck to all of you! I'm not seeing much overlap in schools with anyone else (I'm not applying to any schools in CA), but I applied to: University of Texas-Austin, University of Arizona, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, St. Xavier University, University of Washington (MedSLP), Vanderbilt University, University of Illinois Overall GPA 3.9 || CSD GPA 4.0 (originally out-of-field, currently in a leveling program) GRE 166V, 164Q, 5.5AW I submitted my last applications on December 31 and now I'm sitting here anxiously refreshing all of the pages in the hopes that something will change even though I know programs aren't sending out decisions for at least another month...
  5. Thank you!! I was worried because my updated transcripts didn't arrive to CSDCAS until today but hopefully that'll be fine!
  6. Hi all, I was wondering if for the schools on CSDCAS I should expect to receive any sort of application confirmation from the schools themselves? My CSDCAS application was verified and everything, but do the schools themselves send you any sort of notification saying that they received your complete application? (The schools I'm referring to in particular are the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and St. Xavier University.) Thank you!
  7. Your CSD GPA matters way more than any of the others! I don't think you particularly need to bring your science GPA up as long as you've passed the 4 ASHA-required courses (bio, stats, chem/physics, social science). Your CSD GPA is great, and that's the most important thing! Also, some schools will prioritize the las 60 credits or so, so if you're getting better grades now than you were freshman/sophomore year, that's good! In terms of GREs, the scores last for 5 years I believe, so it doesn't hurt to take it sooner rather than later. It might even be better to take it earlier because then you'll have time to retake it if you don't get the scores you want.
  8. I have a lot of friends that used the Magoosh app for math and found it really helpful! When I registered for the GRE, I was able to get some practice tests at the same time (PowerPrep, I think it was called?), and I also bought the Official GRE Super Power Pack (books) from ETS ($35 on Amazon at the time). I used the math book in the power pack to review geometry and did a lot of the practice problems in the book as well. I think the most helpful thing for me was just doing problems and practice tests-- getting used to the types of questions they ask, how to read them, etc. I would definitely recommend doing at least a couple practice tests (and yes, make yourself write the essays!).
  9. Aw awesome, hi!!! How did you already get accepted to UIUC?? Do they do rolling admissions?
  10. I'm also applying this cycle so I'm not pretending like I know a ton about this, but from what I've heard, it seems like most schools just want to see that you have a sum of 300 between verbal and writing, which you exceed! Since schools get a writing sample via your personal statement, I think you'll be totally fine with your writing score. I don't think you would have time to improve your score again before the deadlines, so I think you should just focus on writing really strong personal statements! Some schools don't even require the GRE (there's a thread elsewhere here) so you could look into a couple of those if you're really worried. I feel like schools will recognize that it's one test, though, and GRE writing is very different than grad school writing, so I wouldn't worry too much about it
  11. Yes, that means that Jan. 15 at 11:59 ET is the very latest you can submit. You can submit any time before that!
  12. You have so much time! You'll be totally fine. One of my professors submitted letters the day of my first deadline. Also, a lot of schools are flexible with LOR deadlines because they know it's out of your hands! I would send a reminder a month before the apps are due, and again a week before. Chances are the professors are writing LORs for people with significantly earlier deadlines that they need to get out of the way first!
  13. I don't think you need to go super in-depth on it, but if you wanted to mention your health problems, you could also even tie it into SLP! Like, something about how it's important for SLPs to collaborate with other providers like OTs and audiologists, for example, because if a kid has a hearing loss, they're going to struggle in speech therapy, just like how you struggled in your academics because of your undiagnosed health problems. Or you could point out that there's strong relationships between speech/language disorders and academic problems, so seeing how much better school was for you after diagnosis/treatment inspired you to help kids, where once a kid gets diagnosed and gets speech therapy, they'll have the opportunity to do better in school.
  14. Hi all! I'm having trouble narrowing down my search for grad schools. My advisor has told me that the highly-ranked schools are ranked highly based on their research funding, which indicates that the "top schools" are more research-focused than clinically-focused. Does anyone have recommendations of strong clinical programs? I can relocate anywhere in the US. I'd like to do medical or hearing-related clinical work. My stats: GPA: Undergrad (Linguistics) 3.90 (last 2 years 4.0), postbac (CSD) 4.0 GRE: 166V/164Q/5.5W Experiences: Lots of experience working with kids, worked at a summer camp for people of all ages on the autism spectrum, lots of unrelated extracurriculars, wrote a senior thesis for linguistics, did a summer research internship in psychology, worked as a linguistics TA, did some shadowing last year and will do 25 hours this spring. Any recommendations on strong clinical programs? Am I a strong applicant? Thanks so much!
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