Does anyone know how the admissions process works?

[laldacoo99]

Hey guys!

My question comes more or so in the context of how do they admit students? Do they send out admissions in waves (days/weeks at a time), do they send out all of their admissions letters in one day?

I know there is the process of a waitlist... but it's all so confusing.

Hope this makes sense?!

If anyone has known or heard anything about specific schools or just in general your feedback would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Madi544]

Hi! I think it really just depends on the program, which is really frustrating! I wish every program just had a decision day that everyone went onto the school portal to check the status.. the waiting is killer!

[lifeispeachy]

Hey there! To my knowledge it depends largely on the program. That being said, you can go to the results page on grad cafe and search "speech language pathology University of _____"  and get a general idea of when and how admissions decisions were handed out in years past. For example I applied to Portland State, and it seems like they send out all their decisions at once (admitted, rejected and waitlisted). But for Arizona State, it looks like they might send admissions in waves. I would go peek there and see when people got their decisions in 2019 and that should give you a timeframe to expect your decisions this year. Hope this is helpful! 

Good luck!

[Nataliaspeech]

Like the above posts mentioned, it all depends on the programs, but some of the schools that I had applied to would send out an email saying by when we should hear back. Several of them had mentioned around spring break, so mid March would be the first wave of acceptance/waitlist/rejection letters and then I think they (the applicants) would have until early April to send their decisions. Then after that date they would send the next wave of acceptance/waitlist/rejection letters.