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If you get a wait list I would suggest contacting the program director to show a continued interest, but to be honest, I would suggest to pray and ride this cycle out and hope for the best. If no luck this cycle, make sure to find ways to gain experience related to the field before your next application cycle(whether that be spring or next fall) and also to email some schools before those cycles to gain more perspective as to which program would be open to considering you for their program. Good luck!

I wish you all the best from someone who started back to school with a 2.0 GPA and took 3 years straight of classes from junior college to a university and it still only got my GPA to a 2.77 overall. My CSD GPA was 3.3 and last 60 only 3.28. I looked for any job related to the field during my one year break after undergrad and emailed programs like crazy that year to find the programs that would take a chance on me and formed great relationships with a few programs who either accepted me into their programs or waitlisted me because they knew who I was when my application crossed their desks. I have read everyones posts in the thread and there are so many valid points that I would like to second, but one that maybe has not come up yet is how important it is to actually use our communicative skills to actually email/call programs to see which program is willing to take a chance on someone like you. If a program gets an application from someone they have never heard from with low grades, decent GRE's and decent experience they are forced into a tough situation. If a program gets an application from someone who has emailed/called them and explained their situation and gotten feedback from them and has those same low grades, decent GRE scores, decent relative experiences it puts the program in the situation of being able to feel more comfortable about giving that person a shot because of the relationship that was built through email/calling. It is much easier to accept someone you know through some type of communication than to take a chance on someone you have no relationship with. So please, email/call/visit programs and find out which ones would like to take a chance on you. Follow up with them and ask for feedback and advice. These grad program coordinators are not unapproachable. The ones who do not email back or call back are the ones who would never take a chance on you anyways. There are some who will reply and tell you of schools who they think will take a chance on you. After all else fails, there are other avenues for those of us who enjoy serving/caring for others. Some have done special ed or even a regular ed teacher, some have gone on to do other things. I know you will all succeed in some avenue of caring for others as it shows how much you care through your posts. Good luck to all of you!

I remember it being a couple months after an acceptance that any new information was given. You have to remember that these people are professors and faculty and are teaching classes and have families on top of that. Expect to wait until june/july to hear any more info about classes etc.

Well to be honest, it depends on your view point as to what a masters program is to you. It seems to be that there are a few view points as to getting into a grad school. 1 - I want to get into a school that has a good reputation, is esteemed, etc. whether it be from some sort of U.S. rankings or by word of mouth or by cost 2 - I just want to get into any school because they all teach almost the same curriculum - - so esteem, cost, rankings do not matter to me 3 - I am particularly interested in research or a specific emphasis in speech-language pathology and these certain schools offer that These are the 3 main reasons I see people have for applying to certain schools. Option 2 is what mattered most to me and because of my low GPA also so I applied to schools anywhere and everywhere after I did research (a lot of emailing hundreds of programs) and found schools that fit what I needed and I had what they were looking for. If you wanna get into a program I would look into the schools I got accepted to and/or waitlisted at, Eastern New Mexico Univ , Grand Valley State, Fort Hays State , Jackson State and Idaho state. Good luck, hope that helps some!

This is from the ASHA website: "Bilingual SLPs must be able to independently provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for speech, language, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders using the client's/patient's language and preferred mode of communication. They must also have the linguistic proficiency to describe the process of normal speech and language acquisition—for both bilingual and monolingual speakers of that language, including how those processes are manifested in oral and written language (or manually coded languages when applicable); select, administer, and interpret formal and informal assessment procedures to distinguish between communication differences and communication disorders; apply intervention strategies for treatment of communication disorders in the language or mode of communication most appropriate for the needs of the individual."

Chandra brought up a very good point about working with different people and cultures when you attend different universities for undergrad and graduate school. I also think you gain a perspective of how good ro bad your undergraduate school was as far as teaching, being personable, structure of the 2 programs, etc. And as an undergraduate you kind of have to think you undergrad school is the best and that they are doing everything thats the best for you, but when you get to a new university you start to realize things and also hear things about your undergrad school that you would not of considered or listened to if you had stayed and believed they did everything right and had the best professors, etc. So I think it is good.

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Don't get discouraged! The hardest thing to realize is that there are many schools in competitive states like CA, NY, FL that seem to accept those students with 3.7-4.0 GPA's only. But there are some who get in with lower GPA's in those states. The more you go towards the center of the United States, the more likely you fair a better chance at getting into a school with a lower GPA. Good luck to all of you!

To be honest, If it is a school that has interviews as a part of their decision making process, then most likely for now they have passed on your application. Every school looks for different things. The hardest thing for me and every applicant is to not take things personal. There will be schools that value those attributes that you possess and they will be the lucky ones who accept you for an interview, a wait list or an outright acceptance.

Hello out there, I know this may be difficult since this site is mainly used for those applying to grad school or earlier on in their education and I realize not many come on here after they are in a grad school or after grad school, but I would love to get some advice and experiences related to finding a CFY and anything about the whole process. Including: - How you found your CFY placement? Agency? Call yourself? - How much should one expect as far as pay for a CFY? Did you negotiate? - Did you end up working at the same location as you CFY after you completed your CFY? - Any other good information or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

You can find out how many spots there are at each program on edfind on the ASHA website. As far as how many they interview you can definitely know that if you are interviewed you are among a very few compared to how many applicant there were. GVSU told us that they interviewed 90 and would accept 30 and waitlist another 30. This was told to us during out interview.

I have heard the same things, both that some grad schools look at your FB or LinkedIn and that employers are known to look at it or ask you to pull it up.

Here are a few of the questions I got last year from 2 different school interviews. Hope it helps!: 1- Why does ____ University interest you? 2- What is the relationship between academics and clinicals? 3- What will be different in your studies between undergrad and grad school? 4- How are you planning on making a decision about where to go? 5- What do you do to prepare for class? 6- Why SLP and what is your background? 7- How would you handle the workload and fast paced program, knowing you probably won’t have any time for a job? 8 - Think of a difficult, hard time in your life, explain how you handled/dealt with it?

If anyone was thinking SLPA as a second option, I know in California I worked as an SLP with a credential waiver which essentially was like being an SLPA. The company who hired me was Total Education Solutions ( TESIDEA.com ). They get you the waiver and assign you to a few schools with as many hours as you want. Pay was $25/hr. Another idea that I had if I did not get in to grad school was a Nursing Home Administrator. Almost all states have guidelines as to how to become an admin for Nursing Homes but for example, California's guidelines were you had to have 1,000 hours (9 months at 40hrs/week) of Administrator in Training hours. After that you have to pass the state test and then you are able to get a job as an admin. They make 6 figures in California and all you have to have is a bachelors degree in any field. I am in Michigan now and an admin told me here its a little different. There are no set number of hours in training. You just have to pass the test and of course have some experience. I do not know how much they make here though. Hope that helps someone!

there were 5 questions of which I can remember(I wrote them down in a thread) from last year's interview over the phone with FHSU: 1- Why does FHSU interest you? 2- What is the relationship between academics and clinicals 3- What will be different in your studies between undergrad and grad school? 4- How do you plan on making your decision of which program your going to go to? 5- If there was one thing that you want me to take back to the committee about yourself, what would it be? Hope this helps you guys!

Hey Abernab0302, I was in Brazil for a Mormon Mission(2 years). When I was 20-22yrs old. Picked up Portuguese there and since its so close to Spanish, I am conversational in Spanish now.

I was interviewed last year to fort hays state. It is taken very seriously. They can tell over the phone if you really are interested in going there or not.

I have been told it was my experience in the field, I worked a year as an SLPA and a year working with kids and adults on the spectrum as a neurotherapy trainer. I also worked with kids as a teachers aide in the school system. I also have lived abroad for 2 years in Brazil so I speak Portuguese and I am conversational in Spanish. Besides that, having an interview process in the application helped to get across who I am as a person and communicator.

I know Eastern New Mexico University allows you to do part time

I would think the Verbal is most looked at for our profession and also the combined score went from 291 to 293 in your last attempt so the total is higher with the higher verbal.

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Though many schools look at GPA mostly, there are many schools who look at the person and their experiences and strengths interpersonally. But I agree that many of the top(expensive $$$) schools probably look at GPA. In reality, all schools teach you what you need to know to be a SLP.

Grand Valley State is a 15-month program as well and while it is time consuming, grad school in general is geared to help you succeed. So although there are one to two more classes per semester, it is nothing you won't be able to handle.

http://www.gvsu.edu/csd/accreditation--3.htm Basically yes they are, but on a "candidacy" status for the first 5 years.

Best advice I would give is that if you are able to relocate for grad school than apply to a few schools that are in the midwest or less competitive, but if your set on certain areas or schools than not much else you can do besides getting your name out there at the schools you are applying to by emailing/visitiing them, etc.