2013 SLP Admissions Thread!

[midnight]

I decided to start a new thread since the other one is so very long (possibly the longest on this site?), and it might be clunky for some people to load it. And I think we deserve our own thread.

 

So where are you applying? Have you heard from anyone yet?

 

I'm an out-of-field UVA and Boulder applicant. I probably won't hear anything until early March at the earliest.

[SLPjmar]

Very nice idea 

 

I am an in-field applicant, and I am graduating in May. I double-majored in speech-language pathology and Deaf studies. I am currently NSSLHA treasurer, a Student Academic Advisor, and recently completed an internship at the Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. My ultimate goal is to work with cochlear implant patients and those with hearing loss (possibly in aural rehabilitation).

 

I applied to UVA, UNC-CH, USF, FSU, and University of South Carolina. I have no idea when I will hear back, but I am hoping soon. I don't think I can hold out much longer!

[midnight]

jmarti, your experience and goals are awesome! I hope you get into your top choice.

 

I watched a fantastic documentary called Hear and Now where the filmmaker's parents both received cochlear implants, and it was excellent and heartbreaking. It made me consider the psychological and emotional impact of the surgery as well as the complex identity issues that arise by making such a decision.

[SLPjmar]

jmarti, your experience and goals are awesome! I hope you get into your top choice.

 

I watched a fantastic documentary called Hear and Now where the filmmaker's parents both received cochlear implants, and it was excellent and heartbreaking. It made me consider the psychological and emotional impact of the surgery as well as the complex identity issues that arise by making such a decision.

I really want to watch it! Maybe my local library has it...

 

Have you ever seen Sound and Fury? It looks at one family, with both hearing and deaf members, who are exploring the decision of cochlear implants for two children. It's really interesting. 

[513love]

I'm in in-field student at UCF in my last semester. I applied to 7 schools in mid-December and have been pulling my hair out since lol. I don't know about everyone else, but this past January was the longest month ever! I'm hoping to hear back from a few schools by the end of February. My first choice school is UNC (which I now realize is unrealistic, so I won't be devastated or surprised if I don't get in), and my second choice is UMass.. Hopefully the next few weeks fly by b/c I'm more anxious than ever

 

 

 

Applied: Univ. Cntrl Florida, Florida International Univ, Florida Atlantic Univ, UNC-Chapel Hill, Northwestern, UMass-Amherst, Eastern Michigan Univ

Accepted:

Waitlisted:

Rejected: 

[SLPjmar]

Every time someone says UNC CH is like unrealistic or hyper competitive, it freaks me out. I feel like I am missing something.

[travelnguy]

I am just finishing up the 2nd Bachelor's degree program at USU in Comm D. My GPA is 3.89 at USU. My previous GPA was 3.17 in a completely unrelated field back in 1999. I got a 153V, 156Q and 4.0 on the essay portion of the GRE. I was a supervisor at a financial firm for 4 years, an English teacher for 5 years, and I have been vounteering in Peru for the past 9 months.

 

I applied to University of Nebraska (Omaha, Lincoln, and Kearney), Univ of Minnesota (Duluth), Minnesota State Univ Mankato, and Eastern New Mexcio University (as my backup, if there is a backup in this competitive field).

Edited February 7, 2013 by travelnguy

[513love]

jmarti, sorry I didn't mean to freak you out! lol. It's just that I've researched them on edfind and they only accept 44 applicants, which is pretty low considering the high number of applications they receive

[SLPjmar]

jmarti, sorry I didn't mean to freak you out! lol. It's just that I've researched them on edfind and they only accept 44 applicants, which is pretty low considering the high number of applications they receive

No worries! Even though UNC-CH accepts a relatively low percentage (~13%), there are so many other factors to consider. For example, how many of those applicants do not even meet the minimum requirements? Or maybe they had extremely low GRE scores, or subpar letters of recommendation. EdFind doesn't give us the entire picture of an applicant (or rejectee)... neither does GradCafe. 

 

I am currently of the mindset that whatever happens in terms of acceptances or rejections was meant to be. If I am rejected, maybe I wouldn't have been as happy there as I would have been somewhere else.

 

With all of that said, I really hope that you are admitted somewhere that makes you happy   Good luck!

[513love]

Yea that is very true. I seem to be in the pessimist phase of this whole process ha! I have days where I'm not that worried at all, and other days like today where I think no school will accept me. This seems to be normal from everyone I've been talking to. Anyway, I wish you the best too!  

[midnight]

jmarti, sorry I didn't mean to freak you out! lol. It's just that I've researched them on edfind and they only accept 44 applicants, which is pretty low considering the high number of applications they receive

 

Yeah, Chapel Hill accepted 44 out of 341 applicants last year, and their site clearly states that desired applicants have a 3.6+ GPA, a solid GRE score, etc. (For some perspective, Greensboro accepted 68 out of 322--still quite competitive, though not as bad; however, ECU accepted 80 out of 302, and App State accepted 134 out of 339.)

 

As we know all too well, most schools are extremely competitive these days. BU received an astounding 578 applications last year and accepted 125 people while Vandy received 307 and accepted 38. UW, widely considered one of the most competitive SLP programs due to location and offerings, accepted 42 people out of 395 applicants.

 

It's tough out there, but as someone else mentioned in another thread, it's important to remember that there's likely a lot of applicant overlap for certain programs, i.e., a very strong applicant may be accepted to BU, Vandy, and UW, but s/he can only attend one, freeing up space for someone else.

 

ETA: What I said above may not really play out that way since I forgot that schools accept more people than they have slots since they know not every acceptee will matriculate. Whoops.

Edited February 7, 2013 by midnight streetlight

[SLP1990]

I'm an out-of-field applicant finishing up my psychology degree at University of Florida. I applied to UF, FSU, UCF, Alabama, UNC Greensboro, Columbia, NYU, Northeastern and George Washington (a lot, I know :/). Hoping to hear back from GWU asap... I was told I would have an answer this week, so hopefully tomorrow brings some good news.

[slpnut]

I decided to start a new thread since the other one is so very long (possibly the longest on this site?), and it might be clunky for some people to load it. And I think we deserve our own thread.

 

So where are you applying? Have you heard from anyone yet?

 

I'm an out-of-field UVA and Boulder applicant. I probably won't hear anything until early March at the earliest.

 

Thanks for starting a new thread- good idea!

 

I applied to Boston U, MGH, Syracuse, Pacific U, Portland State, Minot State, Washington State, UW.  I'm currently in a post bac program with a 3.91 GPA, but my undergrad GPA is low, only 3.04- GRE is decent at 306 and AW 4.0.  But because of that low GPA, I decided to apply to a variety of schools- some are definitely long shots, but worth a try!

 

So far, I've been called to be invited for an interview at Pacific U.  I read that Boston U does interviews around Feb 22nd, so if I don't hear anything I'm pretty sure I can count them out :$

 

Anyone else apply to the schools I mentioned?

[speech310]

Thanks for starting a new thread- good idea!

 

I applied to Boston U, MGH, Syracuse, Pacific U, Portland State, Minot State, Washington State, UW.  I'm currently in a post bac program with a 3.91 GPA, but my undergrad GPA is low, only 3.04- GRE is decent at 306 and AW 4.0.  But because of that low GPA, I decided to apply to a variety of schools- some are definitely long shots, but worth a try!

 

So far, I've been called to be invited for an interview at Pacific U.  I read that Boston U does interviews around Feb 22nd, so if I don't hear anything I'm pretty sure I can count them out :$

 

Anyone else apply to the schools I mentioned?

 

don't think BU interviews have gone out yet, so don't worry! i thought it'd be this week but dont think anyone has heard.

 

but anyway, do we know if no interview means we def didnt get in?

[SLPjmar]

Today a girl in one of my classes received a call to go and interview at a grad program. It made me so anxious (even though I know none of my schools interview) because I just want to hear back already! 

[midnight]

jmarti, we won't hear anything back from UVA until the first week of March at the earliest if the Grad Cafe results page holds true, which is very fast considering that their deadline was February 1!

[speech310]

anyone else who applied to emerson get the financial aid email? good sign??

[SLPjmar]

I hope that's true! I really haven't heard much about the UVA program or how good it is. Do you have any info on it?

[smoose5]

I was in contact with BU this morning and they stated that "Students who will be invited for an interview will receive their invitations between February 12th and February 14th.  Final letters will be mailed the first week in March."  Hope this helps!

[katieliz456]

I was in contact with BU this morning and they stated that "Students who will be invited for an interview will receive their invitations between February 12th and February 14th.  Final letters will be mailed the first week in March."  Hope this helps!

Darn, seriously? I had been waiting soooo patiently for the eleventh! Haha so it sounds like it will be an actual "snail-mail" letter then, right?!

[midnight]

I hope that's true! I really haven't heard much about the UVA program or how good it is. Do you have any info on it?

 

I don't know much about it aside from what I read on their site.

 

I like that there seems to be a focus on autism since that's one of my main interests, and I like that UVA is a school with a large alumni network and name recognition if I decide to move out of the state (though I know that's not too important in this field). It helps that the campus and the surrounding Charlottesville/Albemarle area are beautiful, too!

[NorcalSLP]

Yeah, Chapel Hill accepted 44 out of 341 applicants last year, and their site clearly states that desired applicants have a 3.6+ GPA, a solid GRE score, etc. (For some perspective, Greensboro accepted 68 out of 322--still quite competitive, though not as bad; however, ECU accepted 80 out of 302, and App State accepted 134 out of 339.)

 

As we know all too well, most schools are extremely competitive these days. BU received an astounding 578 applications last year and accepted 125 people while Vandy received 307 and accepted 38. UW, widely considered one of the most competitive SLP programs due to location and offerings, accepted 42 people out of 395 applicants.

FYI many of those numbers are likely old. I just checked what EdFind said about my Masters programs acceptance rates and newly enrolled students (today is my friday and I just got out of a mid term so I'm being lazy) and I know for a 100% fact that the newly enrolled students stat is incorrect (by quite a bit). As the math works out, it can be deduced the rest of the numbers are old as well. I assume, based on what I know about the size of the second year class, that they are the numbers for the incoming Fall 2011 class (so only a year behind). It doesn't change your over all point (that the schools are competitive but that schools accept more students than they expect to enroll so the acceptance rate is more like 13% instead of 5%), but as there were a few posts about the numbers on ASHA's edfind I thought it was worth pointing out the application season those numbers reflect. 

[queenleblanc]

Every time someone says UNC CH is like unrealistic or hyper competitive, it freaks me out. I feel like I am missing something.

 

Know what you mean ... i think part of it is UNC hyping itself up, but it could be other factors too.  I think another person on here posted something about accepted vs applied percentages, and I agree with the idea that on EdFind, that statistic is REALLY flawed.  Even if someone doesn't quite meet the requirements for GPA, pre-coursework, etc, they are counted in the number of applicants, which can inflate the numbers.  

 

I will say this ... out of all of the programs I visited in person over the Fall, UNC's program probably has the most variety of settings out there, and they are hooked up with a super-high ranked medical school right next door, and possible placement in a nationally-recognized school system.  Plus, people from all over the triangle come to the Chapel Hill area for learning intervention.  I think I remember a study abroad program ... maybe in Costa Rica (?) can't remember right now.  

 

UNC is one of my top preferences at this point. (if you couldn't tell, HAHA!)  I think many schools give you a complete education in the many areas of SLP, but the "reputation" of the placements that you can get is probably what jumps UNC above some of the other programs on the US news rankings. 

[midnight]

FYI many of those numbers are likely old. I just checked what EdFind said about my Masters programs acceptance rates and newly enrolled students (today is my friday and I just got out of a mid term so I'm being lazy) and I know for a 100% fact that the newly enrolled students stat is incorrect (by quite a bit). As the math works out, it can be deduced the rest of the numbers are old as well. I assume, based on what I know about the size of the second year class, that they are the numbers for the incoming Fall 2011 class (so only a year behind). It doesn't change your over all point (that the schools are competitive but that schools accept more students than they expect to enroll so the acceptance rate is more like 13% instead of 5%), but as there were a few posts about the numbers on ASHA's edfind I thought it was worth pointing out the application season those numbers reflect. 

 

Good to know! ASHA updated the EdFind information a few months ago, so I (wrongly) assumed that the data was based on the incoming 2012 class.

[SLPjmar]

Good to know! ASHA updated the EdFind information a few months ago, so I (wrongly) assumed that the data was based on the incoming 2012 class.

Even though they made some updates, I am positive a lot of the info is still old. For instance, some of the schools I applied to still have their average GRE scores on the old scale. It doesn't help at all if the information is incorrect. 

 

I think what we hear directly from the school is probably the safest information. Anything else is just pure speculation.