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Yep, you got it! I probably won't hear a word from them until mid-March The Vanderbilt app might be worse because it just says "Thank you for your application for graduate study at Vanderbilt University. We will contact you when we have completed the review." There's nowhere to check online, but I keep looking at the app page anyway...

Ah, Northwestern! So familiar, so painful! I've convinced myself I won't get into Northwestern though, so this is the one that's really killing me

People generally cite 1000 as the cut-off for SLP Master's programs, but I was more concerned with the averages listed for each school, which for me ranged from 1100-1300. I scored well above the averages, but of course, that doesn't guarantee that I'll get in anywhere

I haven't heard back from any of my programs, but based on the results postings from last year I'm not expecting to hear until the first week of March at the earliest. I would suggest searching your schools and program on the results board to get a rough idea of when they notified applicants last year.

I would agree with you on that, those of us who didn't get invitations are probably the back-up back-up waitlist, and they leave us hanging just in case by some crazy turn of events none of the top applicants accept their offer. Anyway, I'm glad to know about the open house invitation because now I'm already prepared for a rejection, and can focus on how excited I would be to go to Vanderbilt or Boulder Oceania is right, of course, that Northwestern isn't the end all be all, but as someone who may very well go on to do a PhD in the field, Northwestern provides great research opportunities in exactly the area I'm interested in. Despite all that, at this point I'm way more excited about my other schools.

I did the same thing! I accidentally put "linguistics" as my intended graduate major because it's my undergraduate major, even though it's not what I'm applying to grad school for. Anyway, I highly doubt it matters, as the programs you apply to will know from all the other parts of your application what your intended field is. At worst they might think you're also applying to history programs, but I doubt they'll even look at that.

From the data I've found on Northwestern, it looks like each incoming class is around 40-45 students, and they must accept a bit more than that assuming that some will choose to go elsewhere. If their applicant pool has doubled, our chances are probably cut in half - scary!

Me too! It makes me wish I had applied to schools that let us know earlier just so I would know SOMETHING. Congrats to everyone who has gotten good news! This seems like such a talented & dedicated group

Ahhh, now I'm checking my mail like crazy, even though an invitation miiiight not mean anything. I have to say, if some people get invited to the open house and others don't, it must be a good sign for those who do! Fingers crossed that I get an invite too

Welllll, predicting only for the SLP programs, I guess I'd say Accept: Boulder Waitlist: Vanderbilt Reject: Northwestern but since they're all such competitive programs and I only applied to 3, I'm prepared for the likelihood that I won't get into any, no matter how qualified I am.

(Copying/pasting this from the "New scores are up" thread - has anyone else had this problem?) I took the test October 10th, and just tried out the diagnostic service - for some reason the details for the verbal sections are showing up, but not the quantitative. Strange! I just get an error message that says: Quantitative Data Error Sorry data is missing for some section. Please try Contact Us if you need more assistance Cute, ETS. Are you mocking me with your grammatical errors? Anyway, seeing that the questions I got wrong in the verbal sections were all difficulty level 4 or 5 is comforting somehow.

I took the test October 10th, and just tried out the diagnostic service - for some reason the details for the verbal sections are showing up, but not the quantitative. Strange! I just get an error message that says: Quantitative Data Error Sorry data is missing for some section. Please try Contact Us if you need more assistance Cute, ETS. Are you mocking me with your grammatical errors? Anyway, seeing that the questions I got wrong in the verbal sections were all difficulty level 4 or 5 is comforting somehow.

Posted this in the other thread as well-- Verbal: 165, 96% --> 690 (estimate: 710-800) Quant: 156, 74% --> 720 (estimate: 700-800) AW: 4.5, 72% Equivalent to a 1410 overall on the old scale, which is more than good enough for me! Bummer that my verbal was lower than predicted though. Phew, so glad that's over!

Wow, that's strange that your estimates are different! I wonder why that would be. If you took it earlier or later than me, maybe? Or if one of us got harder sections? I'm also at the very bottom of my estimated overall range though.. why'd they have to go and get our hopes up?

Took it October 10th. Verbal: 165, 96% --> 690 (estimate: 710-800) Quant: 156, 74% --> 720 (estimate: 700-800) AW: 4.5, 72% Equivalent to a 1410 overall on the old scale, which is more than good enough for me! Bummer that my verbal was lower than predicted though. Phew, so glad that's over!

I took it on October 10th, I hope it's tonight! I wonder if tomorrow being a bank holiday will cause a delay...

I agree with emmm, definitely send both if your GRE scores are good. If they're not so good and you're hesitant about sending them, I would email or call the department just to be sure that they don't need to see them.

I've been wondering something similar - I ended up using the department code for speech pathology for all of my schools, and then realized that some of them don't need a department code. Will the scores still get to them even with the code? I'll probably go ahead and contact them to make sure after I submit my applications.

I would recommend reading where I and a few others posted about our experiences with the revised test and which prep methods worked best for us. I would focus on taking as many practice tests and practice problem sets as possible, especially on the computer to get used to the format. If you don't do well on the practice tests, don't stress out too much! Princeton Review said my performance on their practice tests was "below average", but I ended up with scores in the 700-800 range. Good luck! How soon are you taking it? I'm applying to SLP programs this fall too!

Wildviolet, it sounds like you had a very similar experience to mine. I took it last Monday and it went much better than I had expected. I only used Princeton Review to study, and after taking their practice tests the weekend before the test I was very worried about how I would do. I found the quantitative sections to be a bit easier than the practice questions, but they did get harder as the test went on, and the reading comprehension was really hard to do at a quick pace. Although I wish PR had had more practice problem sets, I think their test-taking strategies and straightforward explanations prepared me extremely well, especially for time management. I didn't actually finish any of the math sections, but using the "mark" function and doing the easy problems first helped me enormously. I think the big difference for me was that during the test I was absolutely certain that I was bombing the math sections and that I would have to retake the test. This turned out to be completely untrue, as my score ranges were V: 710-800 and Q: 700-800. Based on that, my big message to people taking it in the future would be: DON'T STRESS OUT OR GIVE UP DURING THE TEST. Even if you think you're doing badly, even if you don't finish the sections, you're almost certainly doing better than you think! Mattynabib- We're definitely among the first to get revised scores. The people who took the test in August and September will get them on November 8th and 10th, so we're the third group to get them. Kind of nerve-wracking trying to figure out what the score ranges mean! I hope they give us plenty of information about how the new scores compare to old scores.

I think this will depend a lot on where you're applying, but if your schools have a cutoff at 1000, it's definitely worthwhile to re-take it, or re-assess which programs you want to apply to. As far as I can tell, schools do look at the whole package (GRE, GPA, LoR, SoP, experience, etc), but they use the numbers to cut down the size of the pile of applicants that they'll even bother to consider. If you don't make that cut-off, they'll never even see your other, stronger application points. You're right that a few weeks is not very long to prepare, but I would focus on taking practice tests and reviewing as much math as you can. If retaking before application time isn't an option, have you considered applying to programs that have spring admission?

resource, I really hope your interpretation turns out to be correct! I took the revised test on Monday, phew. My ranges: Verbal 710-800 Quant 700-800 I'm quite pleased with this considering that I only studied for about a month beforehand, and only used Princeton Review to study. I was expecting to do much worse based on the practice tests I took. I found the PR practice tests to be a good bit harder than the actual test. I'm nervous to see how these scores translate to the new scale!