slptobe92 Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 Does anyone have any recent reviews or information on this school? I'm looking into schools with a later application deadline in case I get all rejections this time around. I know there was a forum about their bad reputation around last year or the year before, but does anyone have new info? I want to make sure it's not a fishy school before I spend another $50 on the application fee. Thanks!
Rorororosy Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 I reached out to a BUNCH of their students, all from their last year class and they actually all had pretty good things to say about the program. They also revamped their program from 2010-2015 and implemented a whole bunch of changes. The students all seemed happy, the only negative thing they had to say was that the other part of the university, aside from the SLP department was disorganized , they were all happy with their work experience and felt very prepared compared to their peers. I also interviewed with UDC this week and they are a very small program 10-13 students. Hope this helps! shesanecho 1
slptobe92 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 14 minutes ago, Rorororosy said: I reached out to a BUNCH of their students, all from their last year class and they actually all had pretty good things to say about the program. They also revamped their program from 2010-2015 and implemented a whole bunch of changes. The students all seemed happy, the only negative thing they had to say was that the other part of the university, aside from the SLP department was disorganized , they were all happy with their work experience and felt very prepared compared to their peers. I also interviewed with UDC this week and they are a very small program 10-13 students. Hope this helps! Do you know if they have rolling admissions?
Rorororosy Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Yes, she told me they take applications until May. I had read a lot of bad things about the program in threads, but they were really old information. I talked to about 7 students and they all were recently at UDC , last 2 years and they all loved it. They all had jobs and they have a 100% praxis rate pass. I think they revamped the entire program. shesanecho 1
slptobe92 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Awesome, thank you for the information! I might apply if I don't get in anywhere else this cycle.
Rorororosy Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 I got waitlisted this morning from UMD and GWU, still waiting on howard and UDC
shesanecho Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 3 hours ago, Rorororosy said: I reached out to a BUNCH of their students, all from their last year class and they actually all had pretty good things to say about the program. They also revamped their program from 2010-2015 and implemented a whole bunch of changes. The students all seemed happy, the only negative thing they had to say was that the other part of the university, aside from the SLP department was disorganized , they were all happy with their work experience and felt very prepared compared to their peers. I also interviewed with UDC this week and they are a very small program 10-13 students. Hope this helps! Thanks for the info! I hope you get accepted! Its good to know that they revamped the program. I'm applying as we speak right now especially since they have a medical track. Rorororosy 1
slptobe92 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 The application looks incredibly confusing, like some parts are done online but others mailed?
kgehlha Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Their application was actually rather easy! I wondered why my application hadn't been reviewed and they actually called me to let me know that they were missing my transcript. It was rather sweet and they seem like very nice people. Rorororosy 1
shesanecho Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) I'm retaking my gre before I finish my app. Edited March 14, 2016 by shesanecho
yaniqueleshae Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 On March 14, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Rorororosy said: When I interviewed they seemed great! I have an interview with them this Friday. I went to visit the program in August after contacting the dean of the program and she invited me to their grad school program open house. I'm in contact with a current student and she loves it there. I'm so nervous about the interview though. If you don't mind me asking what kind of questions did they ask you? I'm in Houston currently working as an assistant now for the past 4 years!
Rorororosy Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 6 hours ago, yaniqueleshae said: I have an interview with them this Friday. I went to visit the program in August after contacting the dean of the program and she invited me to their grad school program open house. I'm in contact with a current student and she loves it there. I'm so nervous about the interview though. If you don't mind me asking what kind of questions did they ask you? I'm in Houston currently working as an assistant now for the past 4 years! WOO HOO Texas! I am from Dallas and honesty, the questions were hard! I thought it would be a more relaxed interview and they would get to know me better but it was more of , we have 10 questions to ask you and now we will sit here and judge your answer. They didn't give much feedback but besides that, they were so nice! I have reached out to like literally 10 students and gotten feedback from like 6 and they all had amazing things to say about the program. The only negatives were 1. that the school itself is disorganized but that the speech program is separate from the school and that 2. you had to be a bit independent, that they don't hold your hand for everything but some students said that was a positive. They enjoyed the independence and learned more from clinic. Besides that, they all seemed very happy! I had my interview last last friday and haven't heard anything back. I would just say make sure you know the school in and out and that you know exactly why you want to go there!
yaniqueleshae Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Thank you so much ! I figured it would be the generic questions like what do you have to offer and why do you want to go to the school type of questions. I'm at the professors before when I contacted Dr. Colston about coming down for a visit last summer she was nice enough to invite me to their open house and I did get to meet Dr. Nelson and she's the one who called me about the interview. I really want to go there especially since I'm interested in medical speech pathology and I know that they have a separate track where you get to choose between that or if pediatrics . They also told me that they had plenty of different placement sites around the city due to their location which I think is absolutely awesome she also told us about how they get to go to the capital anytime they want to protest any changes being made whether it be for healthcare or anything related to the field! I hope you get in! She told me to expect the link in my Gmail account but how does that work will it be a face to face video interview or are these questions that they just type out and wait for you to respond? Rorororosy 1
Rorororosy Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 On March 23, 2016 at 0:45 AM, yaniqueleshae said: Thank you so much ! I figured it would be the generic questions like what do you have to offer and why do you want to go to the school type of questions. I'm at the professors before when I contacted Dr. Colston about coming down for a visit last summer she was nice enough to invite me to their open house and I did get to meet Dr. Nelson and she's the one who called me about the interview. I really want to go there especially since I'm interested in medical speech pathology and I know that they have a separate track where you get to choose between that or if pediatrics . They also told me that they had plenty of different placement sites around the city due to their location which I think is absolutely awesome she also told us about how they get to go to the capital anytime they want to protest any changes being made whether it be for healthcare or anything related to the field! I hope you get in! She told me to expect the link in my Gmail account but how does that work will it be a face to face video interview or are these questions that they just type out and wait for you to respond? It was face to face and then a phone interview. Did they tell you when you would hear back? It's been two weeks and I have not heard back from them.
Rorororosy Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Spoke to the director and they said that they are working on the applications and we should hear back soon.
yaniqueleshae Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 I'm nervous! I really want to go there! I just want to get in somewhere! The suspense is killing me Rorororosy 1
Rorororosy Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 54 minutes ago, yaniqueleshae said: I'm nervous! I really want to go there! I just want to get in somewhere! The suspense is killing me Did they tell you , you would hear back in two weeks?? The suspense is killing me too! A friend got a rejection letter :/ they didn't even interview her. So I dk!! Hoping this week is the week!
yaniqueleshae Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Still haven't heard. They did tell me it would be about two weeks
Rorororosy Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 14 hours ago, yaniqueleshae said: Still haven't heard. They did tell me it would be about two weeks Been 3 here
yaniqueleshae Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Still nothing but Friday makes 2 weeks for me
Rorororosy Posted April 7, 2016 Posted April 7, 2016 5 hours ago, yaniqueleshae said: Still nothing but Friday makes 2 weeks for me Friday makes it four for me
sincerelycree Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 On 3/11/2016 at 3:07 PM, slptobe92 said: The application looks incredibly confusing, like some parts are done online but others mailed? I know this is a year old but I am having the same concerns. I don't see an option to submit the essays or recommendations on the online app. Do you remember what you did?
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