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BU didn't do interviews last year! Wonder why they changed. Good luck with this process everyone, I went through it last year and I remember how nerve wracking it was. I'm a first year graduate student this year and anyone is welcome to PM me questions if you have any

Maybe a little bit late, but does anyone know if a Rush SLP class of 2014 facebook group exists? Or would there be interest in creating one?

Hi everyone! Hopeful SLP, what do you think about Logan Square/Ukrainian Village/Bucktown areas in relation to Rush (or other neighborhoods close to the blue line?) What's your opinion about the areas closer to Rush, like University Village? I didn't get a really good sense of the surrounding area when I visited, other than the blocks of hospitals. Did you go to one of their preview days? I can't wait to meet everybody

Edited for total reading comprehension/month confusion. I don't remember them saying anything about June, sorry!

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Declined my first school today & unsent the email twice. This is hard! Especially with not having all the financial information. I'm not saying it's a bad spot to be in, but it just feels like such a weighty decision, you know?

Yeah, it seems even less precise for the health rankings than for some of the other areas they rank. At least for MBA and law programs, they look at factors like starting salary on completion, bar passing rate, GRE/GPA, etc., and even talk to professionals in the field, rather than only using faculty impressions. It seems like your overall impression of a program is much more important.

Yeah, good question. Their FAQ says "All the health rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, other administrators, and/or faculty at accredited degree programs or schools in each discipline. All schools surveyed in a discipline were sent the same number of surveys. Respondents rated the academic quality of programs on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding)...Peer surveys were conducted by the market research firm Synovate. [surveys were sent to] audiology programs and speech-­language pa­thol­ogy programs accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (response rate 55 percent and 31 percent, respectively)" Here are the links: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2012/03/12/methodology-graduate-health-rankings http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2012/03/12/how-us-news-calculated-the-2013-graduate-school-rankings

I got an email that linked to https://app.applyyourself.com, which had a link under my list of providers called "Decision Status: Available beginning 3/7/2012". When I clicked on it, there was a pop up of my acceptance letter. Good luck!!

Anyone considering TC Columbia notice their accepted students weekend is the 21st, a week after April 15th, a date many schools want you to decide by? I am thinking of calling them to see if I can set up a tour etc. sometime beforehand

Mine was the (Bilingual Option: Initial Cert - Dual Certification) as well

For TC I submitted my application on Jan 15th, and their deadline was the 1st or the 2nd, right? So not super early. My last name starts with B, if that's any help. Waiting feels awful when you know other people have heard, I hope you get good news from them soon!

Thanks! Yeah it was me. I was sure I had been rejected or waitlisted since I hadn't gotten a phone call, but then the letter came in the mail today. It's possible they tried to call me but couldn't get through, as I have one of the world's most unreliable phones, but I don't know why they wouldn't have left me a message. Are you still waiting to hear from them? I live about an hour away, so I bet the letter didn't take very long to reach me.

Wow, three admissions decisions within an hour! My speech path admissions stars must have aligned. Congrats & good luck to everyone!!

Yeah, it doesn't look good. Did those who were accepted receive it too?