honeybee

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Well, the GRE is half just being familiar/comfortable with it. If you get familiar with the questions they typically ask, you'll be fine The GRE workbooks have tons of examples. I'd even check out Sparknotes for some really good advice on the GRE - Hopefully you've been thinking about the 3 people that will write your letters of recommendation in the fall. I'm sure the research will be a great opportunity to get a letter or two!!! Also, start making a rough draft of your personal statement over the summer. Good luck!

Hi Jen1991 I was/am in a similar spot to you. Overall, I have a 3.46 GPA. Two years ago, as a junior, I decided that I needed to do something to make myself more appealing to graduate schools. I joined the McNair Program and was able to do research with a faculty member on traumatic brain injury in veterans. I think it definitely helped me become a well-rounded applicant and stand out a little more. Unfortunately, I'm still having a rough time getting accepted.. but I made the mistake of applying to a lot of top schools and not applying to enough schools/schools in my GPA range. What can I say, I had high hopes! Especially because I want to do medical speech pathology and not a lot of schools have that emphasis without having a higher average GPA. So, my best advice is to try for the best GPA you can get and apply to both dream schools and lower GPA schools. Yes, you definitely have a chance!! Just make sure to study this summer for the GRE and I'd buy a GRE book as soon as summer starts and start practicing. You can do it!

Congratulations alicejcw! How exciting! I'm kinda kicking myself too for only applying to top schools. I'm still waiting for my acceptance to come. You only need one!

Woah! I just read a post in the Speech Pathology Livejournal about the UW-Seattle MedSLP Program. Someone anonymously posted a comment and said to avoid the program at all costs because "this program is way too expensive and the money is truly not worth the BS and the lack of clinical preparation" Eek! Any thoughts anyone? I really wanna get ahold of a former student from this program now... Here's the link: http://speechpathology.livejournal.com/603697.html

I've been waitlisted at UW-Seattle MedSLP program. It's my first choice and practically my only choice since I only have one school left to hear from I've been rejected by everyone else. Anyone have an opinion on whether the MedSLP program is worth $25,000 a year, not including the cost of living? Also, if I were accepted, the deposit is $1,000! I already have 30,000 in debt, so by the time I were to graduate with my masters, I'd probably be 100,000 in debt. As an SLP, would I be able to afford that much debt?