Applying this fall out of field...can you help me refine my application list?

[Chandru1]

Hi everyone,

 

The quarter is winding down to a close, so now I'm trying to focus on taking summer courses to boost my GPA, and finding schools to apply to.

 

My stats: I have a very low GPA (it will be at about 3.0 by the time I apply). I took a practice GRE offered by Kaplan, and I got in the 150s range. Though I'm out of field, I do have observation hours and research experience.

 

I have a long "short" list of where to apply. I am currently in CA and would ideally stay there:

 

Portland State Postbac

U of Oregon-Eugene Postbac

Sac State Second Bachelor's (if offered for Fall 2015)

University of the Pacific 2 year Extended Master's (however, they recommend postbac first, due to my GPA)

SJ State Extended Master's (likely to get in?)

CSU East Bay Extended Master's (same concern as above)

CSU Fullerton Postbac

CSU Long Beach Postbac

Redlands Postbac

Chapman Postbac

CSULA Prep Program (likely to get in?)

Iowa Extended Master's (I really like that they do child language research)

Marquette Extended Master's (I heard about them on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, and they seem fun).

 

I'm worried that I have way too many schools on my list, and that I won't get into most of them. Which ones should I cut out?

 

Thank you all in advance!

CSUN Online Prereq 

[caterpillar]

Quite frankly, if you have around a 3.0, I wouldn't waste the application fees applying to SJSU. They have a huge applicant pool for very limited spots and require both a CSDCAS application ($100 or $45, depending on how you look at it) plus the CSUMentor application ($50), plus transcripts to both CSDCAS and the grad school at SJSU. It's a ton of money and I would only recommend it to extremely competitive applicants. I would offer similar advice regarding CSU East Bay. 

 

Portland State's post-bacc is non-competitive, though (or was in 2010 when my husband applied). It's expensive but a great program.

Edited May 19, 2014 by caterpillar

[sayjo]

I see that you have some extended Master's programs on your list.  From what I've heard, these are extremely competitive to get into since there are many career changers going into SLP.  If your stats aren't the best, you might consider cutting those programs and focusing solely on postbac programs. 

 

From what I've heard and seen on these boards, it appears as if postbac programs aren't very difficult to get into, so you shouldn't have a problem with those.  I did my pre-reqs online via USU and (to me) it seemed like everyone who applied for the 2nd Bachelor's was accepted.  

 

Hope that helps.

[Chandru1]

Thank you all for your replies!

 

Are there any Extended Master's programs that I have a chance of getting into? 

 

Also, Portland State and UO are still non-competitive. Should I just apply to those two schools, or would I have a chance for postbacs at any of the SoCal schools?

[SoCalSLPGrad]

California schools are extremely competitive and that goes for their post-bacc programs. If you have a 3.0, I wouldn't recommend the California public post-bacc programs, you might have better luck with the private post-bacc programs.

[Chandru1]

Thank you for your advice! I've contacted pacific, and they recommend postbaccing before applying to their program. Do you know if Chapman and Redlands feel the same way?