Applying to Grad school presentation

APPLYING TO GRADUATE
SCHOOLS in SPEECH &
AUDIOLOGY
Preparing To Apply
Where do you want to go?
Contact schools for information
Find out timelines for your schools
Arrange to take GRE
Professional Organizations
ASHA:
www.asha.org/gradguide/
AAA:
www.audiology.org/students/audprog.php
NAFDA:
www.nafda.org
GRADSCHOOLS.COM
Letters of Recommendation
Faculty who know you well
Work supervisors who know you well
Letters (part 2)
Rating Forms
Letters on Institutional Stationery
Some Schools: directly to school
Some: back to you
Personal Statement:
Personal Statement:
Typically 1- to 2-page DS typed
Covering:
Interest in Field
Experience
Plans
Avoid melodrama, exaggeration
Writing Sample
Some schools
have an essay
component
proctored or not
THE GRE
Verbal
Quantitative
Analytical Writing Test
Schools vary in weight given to GRE
V+Q > # ?
Should I take it again?
Transcripts
of all previous UG work
and grad work, if any
INTERVIEW!
University of Florida
3 letters of recommendation
personal statement
GRE (V+Q and A)
Transcripts (Upper Division GPA)
Fall admissions only
Deadline February 1
University of Florida-Timeline
Letters go out early March
Accept // Deny // Waitlist
Accepted Students reply by early April
Waitlist notifications go on until class is filled
University of Florida 2004
AREA
Applied Accepted Attending
SLP
97
52
23
AuD
96
23
13
University of Florida 2004
Applied Accept Attending
GRE
1021
1106
1090
GPA
3.62
3.77
3.75
AUD GRE
1049
1189
1168
GPA
3.64
3.85
3.79
SLP