Hi all! I noticed that there's not a thread yet for the 2023 admissions cycle, so here goes!
I'm applying as an out-of-field, non-traditional student so I'm really nervous about getting into the schools I'm applying to. My undergrad was in applied mathematics and my GPA was not great (3.03). I graduated in 2018, then got an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction (4.0 GPA) to become a teacher. I'm in my 5th year of teaching; the first 3 years were in high school math (gen ed) and this is my second year in the field of deaf education. I am also pursuing a master's in deaf education (4.0 GPA currently)-- this actually works out great because my current master's is how I'm getting a lot of the prerequisite courses for audiology school (intro to audiology, aural rehabilitation, language development, speech mechanisms, etc.)
I took the GRE in July and scored 157Q, 157V, 4.0 AWA, which actually surprised me since I could've studied a whole lot more lol. Some of the schools I'm applying to are waiving the GRE this year, but I've decided to submit my scores anyways in hopes that it can balance out my undergrad GPA some.
I'm applying to:
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of North Texas
Gallaudet University
I've been around audiologists my whole life due to my own hearing loss (I'm bimodal: I use 1 cochlear implant and 1 hearing aid) and am so excited to finally pursue this dream that I've had since childhood of becoming one myself. ...but also so nervous that it's not going to pan out.
I've finished up and submitted all of my applications, including SOPs and LoRs, because I wanted to get them over and done with ? But submitting early(ish) has its downsides... now I have nothing to do but sit around and stress out for the next 4 months ?