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  1. Hm, you may be right about this. But since the department gets hundreds of applications a year and has a 10% acceptance rate, my guess would be that they're trying to expand rather than fight off cuts. It would just be for hiring faculty, though, since speech path doesn't fund grad students. Ah, but I've witnessed her plotting evil deeds. I was warned before taking this class that she's incredibly vindictive, but I didn't listen. Sigh... At least I've learned something about this department, right?
  2. Just to clarify: She isn't explicitly asking which other schools we're applying to, just how "interested" we are in actually attending. Which almost confuses me more--who is going to say "eh, I could take it or leave it"? Why does she want a dozen gushing emails about how interested we are? Or do you think she's implying that she wants to hear "I'm so serious, this is the only school I'm applying to"? I am really questioning whether I want to go there at all, as I would definitely have to take classes with her in the future. There's another professor there who I really love, so that makes it hard. Overall I've heard that the department is quite a mixed bag. She's told us that as the coordinator, all applications pass through her first, and that without her OK no one else even sees your application. I'm not sure if that's true or not. The only reason I think I even have a shot there is that the other professor is really pulling for me, and would ask her about my application. Someone I know went to ask her for more info about her area of research, and was completely blown off. The professor actually said that she did enough research to get famous and get tenure, "doesn't do that stuff anymore", and refused to talk about it.
  3. Hi all, I'm applying to MS programs in speech pathology. I'm taking prerequisite courses at a certain school, and am currently taking a class with the Graduate Admissions Coordinator. She's proven herself to be both an inept professor and a corrupt one (playing favorites, giving easier exams to one section of the class, complaining to them that she doesn't like our section and that we "take the class too seriously" and "ask too many questions", not knowing the material herself or being able to answer our questions, etc, etc, etc). She's made threatening remarks that we should stay on her good side because of her position. She's also made it pretty clear that she doesn't like me. Last night, at 9:00 PM (two hours after I replied to another email of hers with something that was very polite and well thought out, but still probably angered her), the whole class received this email: "Please let me know if you are applying for grad admission for spring, and if you are applying, how interested you are in attending." Now I'm freaking out--Is this at all normal? Is she even allowed to ask a question like this? Is our response going to be part of our application file? Is she going to use it against us in class? I really wouldn't put anything past her. There's a rumor that she got someone kicked out of the program for filing a complaint against her with the school, which might not be true, but is still scary. I just really can't see any legitimate use for our responses. If she were only asking how many people were applying, I could see how it might be a logistical thing, seeing how many applications are going to come in next week. But this feels like something that we're going to be judged on. If she WILL be taking this into account when looking at our applications, then people outside of our class don't get a chance to respond, so we're being evaluated based on a different set of application materials. Is there a right way to respond to an email like this? After all that I've been through with this class and professor, I'm probably going to delay my application one semester so that I can apply to other schools at the same time (and for financial reasons, which I'll blame it on when people in the department ask). I have a few friends though who really do want to get in for spring, who don't know how to respond. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
  4. I'm not sure how much help I'll be, but I'm planning on applying to SLP MS programs for Fall 2011, so I have some familiarity with the field. I'd be happy to look it over if you send me a PM.
  5. There is an open house for Hunter College this Thursday night, September 16th, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Brookdale Campus (25th street and 1st ave), where you can ask questions about the program and admissions process. You have to RSVP by email by Wednesday night. If you'd like I can send you a private message with the info and contact email. Have you taken all of the prereq classes already, as part of your undergrad? I believe all of the CUNY schools with SLP masters programs require them, though each school requires different ones. I'm familiar with the process of getting into prereq classes at Hunter and Brooklyn (and it really is a process...) if you need any advice on that. And yes, all of the NYC area programs are competitive; there's no way around that. Actually the CUNY schools are the most so, just because they're so affordable. I know that Hunter and Queens have a 10-15% acceptance rate. If you're willing to leave New York City, you'll have a much better chance. Unfortunately I'm stuck here, so I'll be braving those odds this spring... At the Hunter open house they tell you all kinds of info about the average GPAs and GRE scores, last year's acceptance rate, etc., and also talk (honestly, it seems) about the other CUNY schools' programs. I'd highly recommend going. They only do them once per semester.
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