What are my chances of being accepted?

[koalalover1]

35 minutes ago, HopefulFutureSLP2016 said:

Let me first say that it has been a while since I have logged on to this forum and I have just now seen all of these comments. While I do appreciate the honestly, I do NOT appreciate the negativity and offensive comments that were made. I am a senior and really just simply did not have the time between work, school and extra curricular activities to spend almost $1000 on GRE prep classes AND reschedule another test date before application season. I am taking my chances applying this term and if it doesn't happen, so be it. I will take a semester off and try again at another time. And with my time off from school, THEN I will take time to prepare myself for the GRE's once again. Let me just say that I am a HORRIBLE test taker and have terrible test anxiety, especially when it comes to standardized testing. To me, standardized testing should not play an important role in judging an individual's abilities. I do realize that some of the schools I applied to do rely heavily on the GRE, which I think is absurd. But regardless, I'm hoping that they take into account all of the other things on my resume/application that I have to offer. I will also say that although my GRE schools are on the lower end, they do STILL fall into the ranges that I've found on ASHA's edfind for each school I've applied to (if they didn't fit within that range, I would not have applied). I posted on here again simply to gain advice/insight from people who HAD NOT commented before, possibly from individuals who are new to the thread or hadn't seen my old post. 

Thank you again to everyone for the KIND support and honesty. But to those of you who are here to simply criticize me, please refrain from commenting on my posts any further. 

I am applying to two of the same programs as you (Bowling Green and Grand Valley State) and six others. I wanted to reply too because I feel like I am in a similar boat to you! I may have commented to you before so sorry if I have, but it's been a while so I can't remember!

Just reading your signature to me even showed you have great extra curricular that will definitely help! It is also good that you expanded your horizons and applied all over, instead of really focusing on one area. I myself do not have stellar GPA and GRE scores, but if it's something you really want to do, all you can do is try, right? Why give up when your fate is completely unknown right now? You have the requirements to apply, so I don't see why you wouldn't try your first cycle. 

There is a positive way to look at yourself, and sometimes reading these forums stresses me out, but they do help!  We are all busy and we all do things in our lives that may not result in getting stellar grades and GRES, but that doesn't make us bad people or people who are not worthy of trying to become an SLP. I appreciate posts like this to see that SLP is a profession that no matter how much it seems like the odds are against us, we do not give up.  I agree that GREs should not tell a professor how smart we are or how successful we'll be. Also I understand that the things we are busy with add up! Work and extra curricular are necessary for so many people trying to afford college, and what you have on your experience section in your signature looks great! I used to be on a sport at my university, which took up more time than I ever thought one thing could. I wanted to work on top of that, and it was just too much. Now I work and do research and go to school. I think if schools can see that you used your time to be working to pay for school and doing extra curricular activities that could make you a successful clinician in the field, you should have a chance at the schools you applied to. Your involvement in your sorority is huge, too! Now I don't know all the numbers, but what you have to offer certainly does not make you not entitled to try and I'm glad you see that! Best of luck to you! 

[Tish22]

6 hours ago, HopefulFutureSLP2016 said:

Let me first say that it has been a while since I have logged on to this forum and I have just now seen all of these comments. While I do appreciate the honestly, I do NOT appreciate the negativity and offensive comments that were made. I am a senior and really just simply did not have the time between work, school and extra curricular activities to spend almost $1000 on GRE prep classes AND reschedule another test date before application season. I am taking my chances applying this term and if it doesn't happen, so be it. I will take a semester off and try again at another time. And with my time off from school, THEN I will take time to prepare myself for the GRE's once again. Let me just say that I am a HORRIBLE test taker and have terrible test anxiety, especially when it comes to standardized testing. To me, standardized testing should not play an important role in judging an individual's abilities. I do realize that some of the schools I applied to do rely heavily on the GRE, which I think is absurd. But regardless, I'm hoping that they take into account all of the other things on my resume/application that I have to offer. I will also say that although my GRE schools are on the lower end, they do STILL fall into the ranges that I've found on ASHA's edfind for each school I've applied to (if they didn't fit within that range, I would not have applied). I posted on here again simply to gain advice/insight from people who HAD NOT commented before, possibly from individuals who are new to the thread or hadn't seen my old post. 

Thank you again to everyone for the KIND support and honesty. But to those of you who are here to simply criticize me, please refrain from commenting on my posts any further. 

I am in a very similar boat as you, however applying to the New Yorks schools. I'm not sure which forum I saw it, but a student of Grand Valley expressed his grades which were average and similar, and he was accepted in a previous year! While everyone is stressing the importance of grades, I believe that a test or a score does not depict the type of person you are. You could be a genius with no people skills. I wish you the best of luck and am keeping my fingers crossed for students like ourselves!

[Jolie717]

5 minutes ago, Pennsatucky said:

Well my name ain't Pennsatucky for nothin'. Hypocrite. 

I pray (the euphemism for what I really do) that I'm wrong.  

Yup, she's definitely a hypocrite!  Thirteen more weeks!

[mr479]

On 17.2.2016 at 11:21 AM, HopefulFutureSLP2016 said:

Let me just say that I am a HORRIBLE test taker and have terrible test anxiety, especially when it comes to standardized testing. To me, standardized testing should not play an important role in judging an individual's abilities.

Honestly, my first thought was, "Good luck on the Praxis!" 

Ok, but, no, seriously, if test taking is an issue for you, for instance because of timing, maybe you qualify for testing accommodations? Like for anxiety? I have them for that very reason. It helped me immensely on the GRE, and I will definitely need them for the Praxis as well. I say this because I know someone who qualifies and was at first unaware such things existed, but was then too stubborn to get them, and now what? She's flunking out of grad school. I guess it's things like this that frustrate me, because I told her so. I understand the shame and worry associated with having accommodations: What will my professors think of me? What will my classmates think? Will everyone notice that I'm not taking the test with them? I can tell you from experience, your professors will think a lot worse of you if you fail (or, in my case, skip) a test than if you do well with appropriate accommodations.

I'm as brutally honest with others as I am with myself. If I'm honest, this doesn't always work well for me, either. I can go to that dark place very easily because of self destructing thoughts. I need to be nicer to myself too. Your response to me above was very powerful I think. You have a strong voice, and I'm sure you will make a great leader in the field of Speech-Language Pathology. And yes I know, test scores are not a reflection of anything. We all have bad days. Or several thousand. I'd be one of the first to sign the petition to ban the GRE from admissions' decisions. I'm excited for the day you give me the middle finger and become an SLP.

Edited March 19, 2016 by Pennsatucky
none of your beeswax

[hopefulspeechie16]

I hate to sound bitter. But in my own experience, I can say that a majority of the schools are really hung up on those two scores that start with "G". Last year, my school's pres. of NSSHLA who presented at the ASHA conference got rejected from all schools simply because her scores were average. On the other hand, there was another girl who wasn't really involved anything but had a 4.0 and high GRE scores, who got in with some funding offers. Is it unfair? TOTALLY! But there's a part of me that believes that people like us ( lower scores) will be amazing SLPs someday. We just need the right school to appreciate us.

[Arcanelady27]

3 hours ago, Pennsatucky said:

27 minutes ago, hopefulspeechie16 said:

I hate to sound bitter. But in my own experience, I can say that a majority of the schools are really hung up on those two scores that start with "G". Last year, my school's pres. of NSSHLA who presented at the ASHA conference got rejected from all schools simply because her scores were average. On the other hand, there was another girl who wasn't really involved anything but had a 4.0 and high GRE scores, who got in with some funding offers. Is it unfair? TOTALLY! But there's a part of me that believes that people like us ( lower scores) will be amazing SLPs someday. We just need the right school to appreciate us.

Honestly, my first thought was, "Good luck on the Praxis!" 

Ok, but, no, seriously, if test taking is an issue for you, for instance because of timing, maybe you qualify for testing accommodations? Like for anxiety? I have them for that very reason. It helped me immensely on the GRE, and I will definitely need them for the Praxis as well. I say this because I know someone who qualifies and was at first unaware such things existed, but was then too stubborn to get them, and now what? She's flunking out of grad school. I guess it's things like this that frustrate me, because I told her so. I understand the shame and worry associated with having accommodations: What will my professors think of me? What will my classmates think? Will everyone notice that I'm not taking the test with them? I can tell you from experience, your professors will think a lot worse of you if you fail (or, in my case, skip) a test than if you do well with appropriate accommodations.

I'm as brutally honest with others as I am with myself. If I'm honest, this doesn't always work well for me, either. I can go to that dark place very easily because of self destructing thoughts. I need to be nicer to myself too. Your response to me above was very powerful I think. You have a strong voice, and I'm sure you will make a great leader in the field of Speech-Language Pathology. And yes I know, test scores are not a reflection of anything. We all have bad days. Or several thousand. I'd be one of the first to sign the petition to ban the GRE from admissions' decisions. I'm excited for the day you give me the middle finger and become an 

The GRE are a joke. Absolutely no connection on how one will do in school. I took them after completing a MS degree. My poor scores don't reflect I graduated with a 3.75 GPA.