Cal State Fullerton

[wldnjwid]

Did people hear back from CSUF today? If I didn't get a phone call today does that mean I was rejected or waitlisted? Anyone know how CSUF admission process works?

[Elska]

I got in today and go to CSUF. Dr. Tsao calls people who were accepted and somehow notifies people who are waitlisted. People rejected do not get notified. Today, Dr. Tsao called people from 4-5 PM, and I from what my friends and calculated, about 8 people, at least from CSUF, were contacted. There's 28 spots available. She'll probably call throughout the week. 

Edited March 14, 2017 by Elska

[wldnjwid]

1 minute ago, Elska said:

I got in today and go to CSUF. Dr. Tsao calls people who were accepted and somehow notifies people who are waitlisted. People rejected do not get notified. Today, Dr. Tsao called people from 4-5 PM, and from what my friends and calculated, about 8 people. There's 28 spots available. She'll probably call throughout the week. 

Thanks for letting me know! Maybe I will still keep my hopes up! haha

Congrats on your acceptance!

[Elska]

1 minute ago, wldnjwid said:

Thanks for letting me know! Maybe I will still keep my hopes up! haha

Congrats on your acceptance!

Thank you! Fingers crossed for you!

[kayyyyy_]

9 hours ago, wldnjwid said:

Thanks for letting me know! Maybe I will still keep my hopes up! haha

Congrats on your acceptance!

Pretty sure they are doing phone calls in waves

[imunster]

There was another wave of phone calls early this afternoon. Not sure if there are any left though! 2 waves so far. 

Edited March 15, 2017 by imunster

[AVG244]

Ok, so from my understanding. If you were rejected from CSU Fullerton, you will not get any response at all? No rejection email??? When should we know for sure that it is a rejection?

[imunster]

15 minutes ago, AVG244 said:

Ok, so from my understanding. If you were rejected from CSU Fullerton, you will not get any response at all? No rejection email??? When should we know for sure that it is a rejection?

You won't receive a phone call but hopefully they'll still have the courtesy to send you a rejection email. 

[AVG244]

HAHA! one would hope so...no hard feelings. Already got into a top program so no matter what, future SLP right here ;). Just want the answer so i know if it is an option or not.

[Elska]

48 minutes ago, AVG244 said:

Ok, so from my understanding. If you were rejected from CSU Fullerton, you will not get any response at all? No rejection email??? When should we know for sure that it is a rejection?

Last year, they just posted a generic rejection letter on their website. I also read that due to the amount of apps they receive, they don't send out rejection emails. Last year, their letter said "As of May 5th, 2016...", so I'm assuming they probably uploaded the letter on or around that date. The letter is still uploaded on the website if you want to find where to look if you don't get called. 

[wldnjwid]

I was told from Dr. Tsao to check my CSDCAS portal for my admission status to see if I am waitlisted or not but I don't know how to check that on my account. Does anyone know how this works?

[SLPsingballs]

6 hours ago, wldnjwid said:

I was told from Dr. Tsao to check my CSDCAS portal for my admission status to see if I am waitlisted or not but I don't know how to check that on my account. Does anyone know how this works?

I thought on the CSDCAS FAQ it said that they don't notify you of your admission status.  Hmmm, I am also curious how to check, as I have applied here too.  The Fullerton portal still says that it's under review.  

[BeachySpeechy]

I think she meant the CSUF student portal. Dr. Tsao has a history of giving out incorrect or misleading information. I think she told someone from last year to look on CSDCAS but she meant CSUF. She is the primary reason I have doubts about the quality of their program.

[kayyyyy_]

5 hours ago, SLPsingballs said:

I thought on the CSDCAS FAQ it said that they don't notify you of your admission status.  Hmmm, I am also curious how to check, as I have applied here too.  The Fullerton portal still says that it's under review.  

I don't think you can see "notification results" on CSDCAS either. 

[wldnjwid]

6 hours ago, BeachySpeechy said:

I think she meant the CSUF student portal. Dr. Tsao has a history of giving out incorrect or misleading information. I think she told someone from last year to look on CSDCAS but she meant CSUF. She is the primary reason I have doubts about the quality of their program.

I checked my CSUF portal too and nothing. I guess that means I am rejected.

[jmk]

My CSUF portal says still pending. I assume that means rejected (or waitlist at the very most). 

[SLPsingballs]

29 minutes ago, jmk said:

My CSUF portal says still pending. I assume that means rejected (or waitlist at the very most). 

Ditto.

[Elska]

9 hours ago, BeachySpeechy said:

I think she meant the CSUF student portal. Dr. Tsao has a history of giving out incorrect or misleading information. I think she told someone from last year to look on CSDCAS but she meant CSUF. She is the primary reason I have doubts about the quality of their program.

While it's definitely in your right have reservations, I just wanted to say in defense of the program itself, the rest of the faculty is not like Dr. Tsao. She's truly one-of-a-kind.  But in all seriousness, all the professors I've had that also teach at the graduate level are awesome, and the grad students I've talked to love the program and seem to genuinely be enjoying it. 

[wldnjwid]

Just called to ask for clarification about CSDCAS and waitlist and got yelled at by the secretary who answered the phone. She did not answer my question and only thing she said was "late april"

Edited March 16, 2017 by wldnjwid

[kayyyyy_]

6 minutes ago, wldnjwid said:

Just called to ask for clarification about CSDCAS and waitlist and got yelled at by the secretary who answered the phone. She did not answer my question and only thing she said was "late april"

Well that's a little freaking rude...

[BeachySpeechy]

16 hours ago, Elska said:

While it's definitely in your right have reservations, I just wanted to say in defense of the program itself, the rest of the faculty is not like Dr. Tsao. She's truly one-of-a-kind.  But in all seriousness, all the professors I've had that also teach at the graduate level are awesome, and the grad students I've talked to love the program and seem to genuinely be enjoying it. 

Yeah, she's really giving CSUF a bad name. I'm not the first person to have my reservations because of her. I'm glad to hear the other faculty members are awesome! 

[Elska]

17 minutes ago, BeachySpeechy said:

Yeah, she's really giving CSUF a bad name. I'm not the first person to have my reservations because of her. I'm glad to hear the other faculty members are awesome! 

I know, and I'm sad that Fullerton has an overall negative reputation online because of her when as far as quality goes, it's pretty good. My friends who have her as a professor love her as a person, so perhaps she needs to warm up to and get to know people first. 

[BeachySpeechy]

5 hours ago, Elska said:

I know, and I'm sad that Fullerton has an overall negative reputation online because of her when as far as quality goes, it's pretty good. My friends who have her as a professor love her as a person, so perhaps she needs to warm up to and get to know people first. 

She shouldn't be the point of contact for applicants. She comes off very rude and incompetent...maybe incompetent is too harsh of a word, but honestly I felt like I was talking to a brick wall. 

[wldnjwid]

2 hours ago, BeachySpeechy said:

She shouldn't be the point of contact for applicants. She comes off very rude and incompetent...maybe incompetent is too harsh of a word, but honestly I felt like I was talking to a brick wall. 

I agree. She never answers my questions correctly

[Elska]

3 hours ago, BeachySpeechy said:

She shouldn't be the point of contact for applicants. She comes off very rude and incompetent...maybe incompetent is too harsh of a word, but honestly I felt like I was talking to a brick wall. 

I'm not going to agree or defend, because I simply wanted to say that program itself is of good quality. I get that it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when the point of contact is not a good one (one of schools I applied to was the same way), but since much of the experiences given online in the forums about CSUF's program are centered around Dr. Tsao and not really the program itself, I felt it was fair to at least mention that there is some good about the program. I really am sorry that your experience with her wasn't the best. I'm not trying to invalidate it or say that you are the only one to have it, but I really did want to balance out a negative experience with a positive one about the program itself that not only I experienced by going through undergrad with this faculty, but also by the current grad students I talked to. 

Edited March 17, 2017 by Elska