hopefulslp345

My freshman year of undergrad I took physics to fulfill the physical science requirement of the CSD major. On the first test I did very poorly (physics is NOT my strong suit) so I decided to take the course as a pass/no pass so it wouldn't negatively affect my GPA in the long run. Before I officially changed the course to pass/no pass, I contacted my CSD advisor to double check it was okay, and she said it was totally fine to do that. Fast forward to now, I'm about to start my senior year and I will be applying to schools in the fall. I've seen a lot of people on various websites saying that you actually do need a grade and a pass won't do. Does anyone know if that's true? Does it just depend on each individual school? I'm slightly freaking out because it would really suck if this messed up my chances of getting into schools. I have a 3.81 CSD GPA overall and have done well in all of the major courses (I think it's just the gen-ed requirements for the major that I've gotten B's in), but in all of the actual CSD courses I've gotten A's. What is even more frustrating is that I actually did really well on the next two exams in that physics class and ended up with an A, but since I had already chosen to take the course without a grade it still showed up as a pass. I don't know why my advisor would tell me it was fine if it wasn't, she is an advisor for the graduate school too so she should know what she's talking about, but this is still causing me to majorly panic. Should I mention this on my personal statement? I've worked really hard in my undergrad and I would hate if a pass in one class from freshman year would tarnish my application. Ugh. *deep breaths*

I know these posts asking for reassurance can be quite annoying, but I've been majorly stressing imagining myself getting denied from all of the schools I apply to. I have a tendency to really doubt myself so I often need a little nudge of positivity. I'm applying this fall to the University of Oregon, University of Montana, Minnesota State University, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Idaho State University, and CU Boulder. I've used ASHA's EdFind to look at stats, but I always fear that those aren't reliable because I'll see different stats on the school's official websites. I have a 3.81 major GPA, 3.76 overall. I took a diagnostic GRE practice test yesterday and got 150Q and 150V, not great, but I'm taking my real test in the end of September so I have a pretty intense study plan for the 2.5 months (ish) until then, which I'm hoping will bring my scores up. I'm also taking an online GRE prep course through my university and the instructor, who also grades officially for the GRE, read mine from my practice test and gave me a 5. In terms of experience, I've worked at a retirement home and at a summer camp (the jobs weren't SLP related but still experience working with populations I might treat later on) and I currently work at a speech therapy clinic as the administrative lead. I was really hoping to get some research and volunteer hours in this summer but obviously with COVID most of those aren't happening. I've started my personal statement and plan on editing and refining it up until I apply. I have 2 professors and 2 SLPs from my job that I am confident could write me strong letters of rec. As I type this out it feels silly to even be asking because I know I'll be just fine in the end, but I can't help but doubt myself because I know how many amazing, hardworking aspiring SLPs are out there who will be applying at the same time as me. So, do the schools I'm applying to seem like they're in my wheelhouse? Am I doing okay?