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Hmm well looking at the postings from previous years it seems like not many people posted in general about their results so maybe it's that. But Diana said either late this week or early next week right? I'm sure it's coming soon!

Do you have much related work/volunteer experiences? Yeah it's scary to know that you can be totally qualified in every way but still be rejected just because there are lots of qualified applicants and not enough space in the programs. I've heard of people getting accepted into more competitive programs and rejected from less competitive ones so there's really no way to know exactly what each school is looking for. This is what makes me nervous too, but don't be discouraged!! You still have 5 schools to hear back from so hang in there!

Thanks for the heads up! I'm so anxious to hear back!!

I'm doing it in person. What about you?

Just received an email invitation to interview in a few weeks as well! I haven't done many group interviews before so I'm also nervous!

Has anyone applied here and heard back from them? Just wondering since it seems that last year they sent out invitations to interview around this time.

Besides work, I cook, watch Netflix (just binge watched all of Friends), and do yoga at home. And I tend to check this forum throughout the day which makes me feel a little better since we're all waiting together!

Yeah, Portland was supposed to be my "safety" school but I guess schools are only getting more competitive everywhere with the increasing applicants every year! I really hope I get in somewhere the first time around..

Nope I had different interviewers so we weren't in the same group. Yeah I'm surprised they didn't ask individual questions, but I've heard that interviews in general are looking more at your interpersonal skills and not so much the answers to questions, so maybe they figured that individual questions aren't necessary since they can learn about your experiences and background through your application file.

I'm actually the opposite! I don't feel too good about my essay.. I had major writer's block and couldn't focus with the sound of everyone typing at the same time. I enjoyed the group interview though since my group was fun to interact with, but I'm not sure exactly what the interviewers were looking for. My guess is probably just looking at your interpersonal, teamwork & problem-solving skills. I am sure you did fine!

Yeah, a similar thing happened to me where my application was completed in time, but then later undelivered and so it changed my complete date to be past the deadlines for two schools I had already applied to. Like some have already mentioned, contact the schools directly if you have any concerns. One of the schools I applied to said it was fine, and the other one hasn't gotten back to me yet.. but I definitely feel your frustration and hope to never have to do this again!!

Yeah ok those are my times too! So I'm guessing that means it's a group interview.

I didn't really get an impression of whether it's individual or group. What time are your interviews at? Mine is from 11:00-11:45am. And nope I'm not local, I'm coming from norcal but I'll be staying in Riverside while I'm there for the weekend.

As long as you're being honest about your experiences, I say don't worry about it. With how competitive it is to get into a grad program these days it is practically expected for applicants to have as much ECs as they can. Maybe the professor was just saying it to discourage people from being dishonest and over-embellishing their experiences, because I am sure there are people who do that (like saying you did all this cool SLP related stuff when what you actually did was file papers at a clinic or something). But if you are honest and are able to provide verification, I think you will be fine

Also got an invitation to interview on Feb 13 I'm both nervous and excited!

Yay for stories! For me, I went into college certain that I was going to go into elementary school teaching. All I knew was that I loved working with kids and wanted to work in a field that helps people. I decided on elementary school teaching because kids spend so much of their days at school, and coming from a difficult background, I remember my elementary school teachers being important role-models in my life. So throughout college I volunteered and worked at various places dealing with children, and I began to realize that I enjoyed working more with smaller groups and helping children that are disadvantaged or need special assistance. I started considering other career options such as social work, occupational therapy, or marriage and family counseling, but couldn't decide on one. I had heard about speech pathology at that point, but wrote it off because from what little I knew about it, it seemed really boring and repetitive. I watched a video of a speech pathologist manually assisting a child in saying "ba" over and over again, and I figured that's what all of speech pathology looked like and was not interested. After college, now uncertain if teaching was really where I wanted to be at, I decided to look for work first instead of going straight into a teaching credential program. Since most of my experience thus far had been related to children and education, I ended up working as a special education aide at an elementary school. I had never worked specifically in special education until then, and I was assigned to work as a one-on-one aide with a fifth grader who had severe autism. He had very low language skills and was basically nonverbal, so he would see the speech pathologist twice a week, and through that I just fell in love with the speech and language aspect of working with the kid. It was so much fun finding ways to help him communicate and it was exciting witnessing small achievements in his language skills. It was also so fascinating because he was able to read and decode written words but not comprehend the meaning. I had never dealt with anything like this before, and I was hooked. After working for a year, I considered directly applying to speech-language pathology graduate programs, but having a low undergraduate GPA, I decided to first go through a post-bacc program to both improve my GPA and make certain that this was the field I wanted to be in. I am so glad that I did, because I feel a lot more confident now when I say that this is the field that I want to be in. For the first time in my college education, I was actually motivated and interested in all the post-bacc courses that I took, and did well in all of them. I recently just finished my courses, and am more excited (and nervous) than ever to continue into graduate school. Now I just hope that I can get in somewhere! Hoping the best for everyone here!

CSUs do have SLP master's programs but almost all of them require letters of recs. The only one that I know of that doesn't is CSU Long Beach. Here is another thread that asked the same question, may be helpful:

Also just applied for LLU Fall 2015. Really would love to hear more about how the program is as well!

Hi! I gave you a thumbs up to cancel out your thumbs down I am interested to hear about firsthand graduate experiences as well.

Hi there! I'm not sure if you're still answering questions, but would you mind answering some questions I just recently made a forum topic about here:

Just curious, for those of you who have completed/are currently attending/are planning to attend an SLP graduate program--- 1. How much does/did your total tuition cost? How much would you be willing to spend on tuition for grad school? 2. What sort of financial aid/scholarships/tuition reimbursements/etc. are out there? Basically, what can I do to relieve some of the financial stress and burden of grad school? 3. Would you recommend working throughout the program, and if so, how many hours of work would you suggest? Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks!