OverCaffeinated Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 so anyway, my undergrad gpa will be garbage low, even if i ace ALL of my courses in the next 2 years it will be 2.7.... however, i plan on taking a post bacc certificate for speech language pathology assistant (this is in canada, so this is what it is called) however all the courses im taking now count towards my last 20 courses / 10 credits / 60 credits however u wanna put it and so far im getting a 3. something in those so i plan on kicking that up. in my post bacc cert which is 1 year i plan on doing well. so say i get 3.8 in that, is that a significant enough improvement to get me into schools? considering this certificate will covert what i need in terms of csd courses (since i dont have a lot of options in undergrad as of right now) thoughts?
ImHis Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 I want to caution you that the CDA courses are community college level. Check with the schools that you're interested in first if they match up or accept them.
Persis Posted September 29, 2014 Posted September 29, 2014 Yes, i agree. CDA courses are not used in the calculation of GPA for grad school nor do they care about college courses.
OverCaffeinated Posted September 29, 2014 Author Posted September 29, 2014 a few people have done it and had no issues. states college vs uni might be different
VanTech Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 From what I've experienced, Canadian schools do not consider the CDA program in GPA calculations (which totally sucks).
Persis Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 a few people have done it and had no issues. states college vs uni might be different If you are talking about American Post Bacc program that is different. That is undergrad course work. If you are talking about Canada CDA program, then no, they are not going to consider your grades as it is a post graduate certificate program, not an undergraduate program. Canada does not consider college courses as university undergrad courses.
OverCaffeinated Posted September 30, 2014 Author Posted September 30, 2014 so in canada, we dont have undegrad in csd, so in order for me to get the required pre req courses that asha put forward, im taking a one year post ungrad, grad certificate program from a college here it is for reference http://www.georgiancollege.ca/academics/full-time-programs/communicative-disorders-assistant-coda/ http://www.durhamcollege.ca/programs/communicative-disorders-assistant-graduate-certificate there is 2 more. so these courses are gonna be my pre reqs so it should at least be obvious that i am now serious about my education... if anything...
Persis Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) so in canada, we dont have undegrad in csd, so in order for me to get the required pre req courses that asha put forward, im taking a one year post ungrad, grad certificate program from a college here it is for reference http://www.georgiancollege.ca/academics/full-time-programs/communicative-disorders-assistant-coda/ http://www.durhamcollege.ca/programs/communicative-disorders-assistant-graduate-certificate there is 2 more. so these courses are gonna be my pre reqs so it should at least be obvious that i am now serious about my education... if anything... allissavar, yes, i took the durham college program. Those are not the courses that ASHA or Canada wants because it is from a college. You should know this if you are a Canadian. Yes, Canada has an undergrad in CSD. Brock university. That is where i did my undergrad. I also did the durham college CDA program and i applied to schools, and i know that the certificate is useless for graduate schools. If you want a certificate program, you can take the one offered at Brock. I know a lot of people who took the certificate at Brock to help them get accepted both in Canada and America. But, if you are taking the CDA program thinking it will help you get into a graduate program, then you are so wrong. It is not going to help you. Colleges are different than University in Canada. Edited September 30, 2014 by Persis
OverCaffeinated Posted October 1, 2014 Author Posted October 1, 2014 allissavar, yes, i took the durham college program. Those are not the courses that ASHA or Canada wants because it is from a college. You should know this if you are a Canadian. Yes, Canada has an undergrad in CSD. Brock university. That is where i did my undergrad. I also did the durham college CDA program and i applied to schools, and i know that the certificate is useless for graduate schools. If you want a certificate program, you can take the one offered at Brock. I know a lot of people who took the certificate at Brock to help them get accepted both in Canada and America. But, if you are taking the CDA program thinking it will help you get into a graduate program, then you are so wrong. It is not going to help you. Colleges are different than University in Canada. weird lots of people i know did it and had no problem....
ImHis Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 weird lots of people i know did it and had no problem.... Very interesting! I suppose it might vary from school-to-school. In the meantime, do your best to aim for A average in your last 60 credits now that you have 2 years left. This is the part of your application that you still have control and will increase your chances of still applying to Canadian schools. Most US schools also look at last 60 credits, but the strong emphasis is on the speech credits for 3.75+.
OverCaffeinated Posted October 1, 2014 Author Posted October 1, 2014 Very interesting! I suppose it might vary from school-to-school. In the meantime, do your best to aim for A average in your last 60 credits now that you have 2 years left. This is the part of your application that you still have control and will increase your chances of still applying to Canadian schools. Most US schools also look at last 60 credits, but the strong emphasis is on the speech credits for 3.75+. exactly my plan... i mean my overall is not great. but i already have a few programs in mind that focus on last 60 and im doing my best to just hit that 4.0.... if i come close i'll still be pretty happy
hopefulspeechie16 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 exactly my plan... i mean my overall is not great. but i already have a few programs in mind that focus on last 60 and im doing my best to just hit that 4.0.... if i come close i'll still be pretty happy Someone told me that U of T undergrad had some courses in speech, is that true?
OverCaffeinated Posted October 4, 2014 Author Posted October 4, 2014 Someone told me that U of T undergrad had some courses in speech, is that true? Under the linguistics and psycholinguistic dept ya. I'm taking all the ones I can
ImHis Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) alissavar, I did see child language disorders, adult language disoders and reading disorders. What was your experience overall? Do they grade hard? Edited October 4, 2014 by Articklish
hopefulspeechie16 Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 alissavar, I did see child language disorders, adult language disoders and reading disorders. What was your experience overall? Do they grade hard? Yea those are the courses my friend took and overall U of T courses are a bit more advanced than some of the U.S. COMD courses. She also took Phonetics and Disorders of Speech and Language. She got in to a U.S. school with those courses and not doing a post bacc so...
kumapanda Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 Not a post-bac, but do you think graduate programs care more about major gpa than overall undergrad gpa?
SLP_in_the_making Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 Not a post-bac, but do you think graduate programs care more about major gpa than overall undergrad gpa? For California schools they look into the communication disorders courses and last 60 units. They don't care about your previous major grades. That's the case for at least a majority of the CSUs
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