What are my chances?

[jblaida]

Hey Y'all, 

I'm new to the forum and was hoping y'all could give me a realistic idea on my chances on getting into an SLP program. A little about myself, I graduated from the University of South Carolina a semester early with a BS in Public Health. The school gpa I graduated with was a 3.52 (straight A's my last semester really helped ), I do not know what the csdcas gpa was but I think it was somewhere around a 3.35. I bombed two courses throughout college and retook them with good results. I worked for a senator for 1 1/2 years, worked in a neurolinguistics lab my last semester, was an assistant baseball coach, and worked for a public works department for a few summers. I was also my fraternity treasurer in 2014 and president in 2015. My GRE scores are at or above what my schools are looking for: Verbal: 154, 63rd percentile; Quantitative: 155, 60th percentile; Writing 4.5/6, 80th percentile. 

I applied to: 

Northern Arizona University

University of Montana

Western Carolina

Appalachian State

U of SC

I couldn't afford to apply to any more schools unfortunately. 

Thank you for any feedback.

-J

Edited February 22, 2016 by jblaida

[thespeechblog.com]

11 hours ago, jblaida said:

Hey Y'all, 

I'm new to the forum and was hoping y'all could give me a realistic idea on my chances on getting into an SLP program. A little about myself, I graduated from the University of South Carolina a semester early with a BS in Public Health. The school gpa I graduated with was a 3.52 (straight A's my last semester really helped ), I do not know what the csdcas gpa was but I think it was somewhere around a 3.35. I bombed two courses throughout college and retook them with good results. I worked for a senator for 1 1/2 years, worked in a neurolinguistics lab my last semester, was an assistant baseball coach, and worked for a public works department for a few summers. I was also my fraternity treasurer in 2014 and president in 2015. My GRE scores are at or above what my schools are looking for: Verbal: 154, 63rd percentile; Quantitative: 155, 60th percentile; Writing 4.5/6, 80th percentile. 

I applied to: 

Northern Arizona University

University of Montana

Western Carolina

Appalachian State

U of SC

I couldn't afford to apply to any more schools unfortunately. 

Thank you for any feedback.

-J

J, you´ve got decent GRE numbers. Your GPA is a little low. It sounds like you´ve had some good experiences that will hopefully have helped you to write a strong personal statement / letter of intent.

As for the chances - it just depends on the competition that year. Look at the numbers from each of those school you applied to and compare your numbers. Also think critically / fairly about factors like LOR & Personal Statements. I interviewed an SLP for my blog and she had similar numbers to yours and it took her 3 application cycles to get in. On the other hand, I´ve seen cases of people with numbers lower than yours get in on the first round. 

Try not to stress and remember the fact that you´ve got a chance  Good luck! 

[jblaida]

11 hours ago, mcamp said:

J, you´ve got decent GRE numbers. Your GPA is a little low. It sounds like you´ve had some good experiences that will hopefully have helped you to write a strong personal statement / letter of intent.

As for the chances - it just depends on the competition that year. Look at the numbers from each of those school you applied to and compare your numbers. Also think critically / fairly about factors like LOR & Personal Statements. I interviewed an SLP for my blog and she had similar numbers to yours and it took her 3 application cycles to get in. On the other hand, I´ve seen cases of people with numbers lower than yours get in on the first round. 

Try not to stress and remember the fact that you´ve got a chance  Good luck! 

Thanks for the response! I know my GPA throws up a red flag to schools. Knowing that someone similar to myself eventually got in does help ease the nerves. 

[jblaida]

Just in case anyone looks at this thread, I got accepted into U of SC. They were the first school to give a response and I do plan on attending. For anyone questioning if they will get in somewhere, do not give up hope. If this is your dream, do all you can to get accepted.