GPA's on ASHA site

[Arcanelady27]

Are the range GPA's listed on the ASHA website of those accepted to various programs, or is it the range of those who applied? 

[mr479]

Are the range GPA's listed on the ASHA website of those accepted to various programs, or is it the range of those who applied?

This is a great question. There is already another thread on this, but it was inconclusive. Is there any way to call ASHA and find out perhaps?

[mr479]

The thread is currently in the middle on page 4: "ASHA EdFind Stats"

[MangoSmoothie]

Given that it's under the heading "Admissions" I always thought it was safe to assume it meant of GRE and GPA admitted students otherwise it might be more suited to the "General" header. I did a quick search and that seems to be the case, although it took a little bit more digging than I thought it would.

 

"EdFind includes grade point average (GPA) and Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score ranges for the most recently admitted students."

 

Look under the "Admission to Graduate School" heading: http://www.asha.org/Students/Planning-Your-Education-in-CSD/

 

It's also important to realize the the stats and information on EdFind are submitted by program directors who fill out and submit a survey, part of which is released to the public through EdFind.

 

http://www.asha.org/academic/HES/

 

This also means that they can input what information they please, which is why it seems some programs post an average GPA rather than a range, and I remember seeing one that appeared to post average percentiles for the GRE scores, rather than the score itself. We don't see the actual survey questions (though there are links that will show you the instructions which have some glimpses of the survey). This could also mean that maybe the GPA is CSD GPA or last 60 GPA (although that doesn't seem likely). 

 

If you have more questions about how to use EdFind or how they collect the data, the contact listed on the About page is hes@asha.org. And actually, I'm sure they might like your feedback on this, since it seems quite a few people were unclear on whether it was admitted students or not, and the answer to that question isn't as easy to find as it maybe should be. They maybe could stand to be a little clearer on that, since they even write that one of the purposes of EdFind is for prospective students to gather current data on potential programs.

[mr479]

Given that it's under the heading "Admissions" I always thought it was safe to assume it meant of GRE and GPA admitted students otherwise it might be more suited to the "General" header. I did a quick search and that seems to be the case, although it took a little bit more digging than I thought it would.

"EdFind includes grade point average (GPA) and Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score ranges for the most recently admitted students."

Look under the "Admission to Graduate School" heading: http://www.asha.org/Students/Planning-Your-Education-in-CSD/

It's also important to realize the the stats and information on EdFind are submitted by program directors who fill out and submit a survey, part of which is released to the public through EdFind.

http://www.asha.org/academic/HES/

This also means that they can input what information they please, which is why it seems some programs post an average GPA rather than a range, and I remember seeing one that appeared to post average percentiles for the GRE scores, rather than the score itself. We don't see the actual survey questions (though there are links that will show you the instructions which have some glimpses of the survey). This could also mean that maybe the GPA is CSD GPA or last 60 GPA (although that doesn't seem likely).

If you have more questions about how to use EdFind or how they collect the data, the contact listed on the About page is hes@asha.org. And actually, I'm sure they might like your feedback on this, since it seems quite a few people were unclear on whether it was admitted students or not, and the answer to that question isn't as easy to find as it maybe should be. They maybe could stand to be a little clearer on that, since they even write that one of the purposes of EdFind is for prospective students to gather current data on potential programs.

Wow this is great. Thanks.

[Arcanelady27]

Thank you, MangoSmoothie!