How many schools did you apply to?

[HopefulGrad2017]

I am not in any position to move to go to grad school. My husband has a good job here that supports us, and we have two kids. I live in Colorado, and the only schools near me are University of Northern Colorado, CU Boulder and the University of Wyoming. I have done some searches about these schools, but would love to hear from anyone attending or anyone that recently applied to these schools. How competitive are they? Anyone in my position that could only apply to a few schools because of not being able to move? Is it foolish doing this?

 

And no, I don't have any stats to post. I am at a community college right now, have about 64 credits (about 20 are 15 years old, I am a second-career student) planning on transferring to a university in the fall. I have a 3.84 GPA now, but no CSD classes yet. But I have been taking classes such as Bio, Chem, A&P, Stats, Psych, Calculus, English. All As. No GRE taken yet either. I understand it's difficult to figure out how I will do in a Speech Pathology program, or on my GRE. But I really don't want to transfer to a SLP undergrad program if I have little or no chance of getting into one of three grad schools.

 

Also, I know both Colorado schools have a SLPA certificate. How much of a difference is that when applying to grad school?