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Resident gpa is the average of all the courses you took on-campus at your current college. Overall gpa would include your on-campus credits, any courses taken abroad, community college courses etc. Basically, all courses you have taken after high school that you obtained credit. Most schools look at last 60 credits because they're upper division, the speech credits and overall.

Another option is to be open to taking 2-3 positions until the possibility of full-time/permanent position opens up. I think anyone who plans to pursue the field should be prepared for the possibility of moving and that's one benefit of the degree. I also wanted to add that although job outlook prospect websites like Human Resources Canada publish the outlook will get better due to the retirement of the baby boomer population, but this doesn't account for those who are retiring BUT are also choosing to take part-time work so that still reduces opportunities for new graduates to take on more hours. It's no surprise there's not a lot of full-time jobs and seems to be the trend in nursing or teaching as well according to my friends.

It helped me. I guess it depends on the type of questions you get on the test?

In our field, it's discouraged mention other schools. You want to make sure that's the school you want to go.

That's a nice card! I gave a bouqet of flowers, scented note pad and a Dairy Queen gift certificate and she was so happy and excited

Utah State University offers it called Language Science. The professor is wonderful. There's lots of assignments and homework that are doable if you keep up and a major group project.

My schools are very specific about the content for statistics (parametric and non-parametric tests, not a research methods course). I took a lot of psych courses which covered my behavioural sciences requirements.

The physical science requirement was listed as either a general chemistry or physics according to the ASHA 2014 standards. All the schools I'm applying said these ASHA prerequisites have to be a B or better and they can be also taken from a community college or university level. You seemed to have fulfilled the requirement with your gen chem 1. HOWEVER, it's the graduate school's final decision if a course also meets the physical science requirement. For now, maybe it's best to send the course outline to your prospective school program coordinators to confirm if it matches with they need.

I like the flow and your writing style. I have some suggestions about this paragraph: Though I lack research experience, I believe XXX University will provide me with good opportunities of research in my interest areas such as Project Controls, Building Information Modelling, Project Information Management, Risk Analysis etc. The work of Prof. XXX with the XXX group and some of the projects pursued by Prof. XXX have impressed me. I’d certainly relish the opportunity to work under such renowned faculty and contribute to the industry. 1) I would remove "Though I lack research experience" since you discussed your Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices in Pune City project. Unless your school requires extensive experience, to me it downplays your qualification. Directly state, "I believe XXX University" instead. It's more resolute and confident. 2) Remove etc. 3) You might want to elaborate more about what impressed you about these professors' research Good luck!

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Thank you TakeRuk for your perspective. One of the schools I looked at does publish these results but not all schools do. I am very weary about putting it down because of the articles I've been reading invovling stereotypes with Asian Americans and their overrepresentation in some institutions despite being considered as a minority in all the cohorts I'm planning to join. Did you put yours down? I am going to ask my advisors what is their take on this.

At my university, we didn't have this section in our applications. Did you leave your race blank even if it was optional? I'm concerned it'll affect my chances on my admissions.

By 3.7, are they referring to the overall, last 60 credits or CSD GPA? As far as I know, most schools recommend a CSD GPA of 3.75.

If you completed these certificates and obtained grades/credit, the adcoms will see them as part of your transcripts that you'll be submitting right? If you are allowed to submit a resume and earned grades for them, place it under Education along with your college degree. If you are allowed to submit a resume, but you did not earn any grades for them, put it under a heading like Certification. If you are not allowed to submit a resume, maybe you can choose to weave it in your personal statement.

I would add under LOR, there are those who agree and never submit and ignored your calls, emails and scheduled hours so doing it early can also save you the stress and grieving process.

I think your test day has good timing. I found this from ETS FAQs. When will my official scores be reported after testing? If you take the computer-delivered GRE revised General Test, your official scores will be available in your My GRE account and sent to the institutions you designated approximately 10–15 days after your test date. You'd have about 3 week leeway after the 15 day designation. I strongly suggest to keep following up with ETS on your AW score. It took a month for mine to show up. I took mine in the summer so I wasn't in a rush but still made me anxious why it was delayed. I called customer support and they put it up immediately saying it was a "glitch." So be on the look out for it.

I can understand your sentiments. Fortunately, you still have a lot of opportunities to raise your GPA. The greatest advice I learned from people who were accepted is that your preparation is not a race. You are competing against yourself. For that reason, I would strongly concentrate on those CSD courses over anything else. If you need to go part-time to maintain the 4.0 in CSD, there is nothing wrong with it. Those are very high stakes since admissions told me they weigh them the most and more scrutinized if you are a CSD major. Drop the courses that are not required by ASHA or most schools. If you want to be more marketable, maybe take Spanish but your priority is to focus on those CSD. If you feel that you are starting to slip in your classes, be very assertive, bug the prof and say NO to any distraction/activity. If you don't need to work, do not work. If you need to, cut down on your hours. I noticed you listed a lot of plans for extra-curricular activiites. It might be a good idea to first shadow different areas before making a commitment. Also, examine and reflect where your interest/motivation was in your classes to help you decide. I LOVED research and interacting with adults and applying everything I learned from my anatomy, psychology, audiology and acoustics and so I worked with an SLP who specialized in medical rehab and just did sporadic observations of articulation and child language. I understood everything he was saying when he was telling me about why a certain maneuvre is being done. All I can say is it was enchanting to see everything come alive. So, if you do finally decide to materalize your plans, make sure it is one that will enjoy and show some passion. You'll know it becasue it'll be a hobby, you aren't wasting your mental resources. It is one part of your profile from where you might also request a glowing LOR and expand in your personal statement so make it memorable and worthwhile

I got my application fee waived for a school I really encourage you to bring your best face forward since the director of admissions might be on those booths. Mine was.

I agree! This is a gem. Thanks y'all.

Canada has a tendency to prioritize their own graduands when it comes to hiring procedures provided they stay in the area for an indefinite amount of period, based on what I noticed. This happened to a few graduands of University of Toronto and Dalhousie. I also think that if you show commitment and impress your supervisors, they can vouch for you. I know one who now works at the same school district she completed her externship. Another also works at a hospital.

alissavar, I did see child language disorders, adult language disoders and reading disorders. What was your experience overall? Do they grade hard?

It took almost the whole day for me to put all the grades for my first degree. I wanted to go back and shake myself as a freshman. Ugh!

I think you need to first assess your learning style and your life situation. For example, are you someone who prefers to study the concepts on your own? Or do you prefer to attend a class and get feedback immediately during class discussions from the professor or work in groups to finish homework with your classmates? In terms of your daily schedule, are you available to attend day classes and will you be able to accommodate your other obligations at home or school? If you attend online, you have the option of watching the lectures in your own time. Are you more hands on, visual or auditory learner? The advantage with online learning is the playback of videos. Some on campus classes do not allow students to record lectures. Also as an online student who is a hands on learner, I struggled a bit especially when I was learning the protocols for some assessment techniques. Thankfully, I was able to get in touch with an SLP who took me in and showed me how certain procedures are done to get a visual. There are also Youtube videos but it's not comparable to magic of watching a real live session to show you how an assessment/therapy is performed. On the other hand, if you do enrol in an on-campus, you will have immediate access to clients/mentors and observation hours. Finally, I want to advise that there are schools that do not accept online courses. CSU Chico for example does not according to one of my classmates who took the USU program a few years ago. Since online courses are very recent, there is an underlying view that online students do not have the "soft skills" that are necessary to be a well-rounded clinician. I disagree in the same way that I disagree with how some employers/faculty feel that introverts should not work in the field. Everyone will be completing their externships anyways. I think that it all comes down to confidence and your ability to provide rationale for why your treatment choices will make a difference in the lives of your patients. We will always be learning and applying the same theories/skills that we gathered from our mentors and past experiences to mold our own clinical bedside identities.

Very interesting! I suppose it might vary from school-to-school. In the meantime, do your best to aim for A average in your last 60 credits now that you have 2 years left. This is the part of your application that you still have control and will increase your chances of still applying to Canadian schools. Most US schools also look at last 60 credits, but the strong emphasis is on the speech credits for 3.75+.

I want to caution you that the CDA courses are community college level. Check with the schools that you're interested in first if they match up or accept them.