[nagdu] School Applications

[Julie J.]

Welcome Miranda!

I'm Julie, one of the moderators.  I have owner trained my guides, so I 
can't speak to wait times during the application process because I have 
no idea.  Quite a few people do apply to several schools at once though.

Before finding Monty and deciding to owner train again, I did research 
my options in regard to guide dog programs and the time between 
beginning the application and placement.  The shortest time was claimed 
by GDB at 6 weeks, but I think this would reach the level of a miracle. 
*smile*  Possible, but not probable.  There is a lot of paperwork to be 
filled out and returned by others as well as doctors appointments and an 
interview.  Six weeks seems a crazy short amount of time to accomplish 
all that, but apparently it has been done.  Most of the programs fall 
into the range of 4 to 6 months between the application and placement.  
The really small programs have the longest wait times extending up to 1 
year.  As Tami has mentioned the more particular you are with the type 
of dog you will accept the longer the wait will generally be.  Also if 
you have additional disabilities or an unusual situation that requires 
additional training for the dog that can extend the wait time too.

At any rate calling or emailing to inquire about the status of your 
application is totally acceptable.  You are the consumer after all. 
*smile*  If you aren't satisfied with the results you are getting, I'd 
move on, but that's just me.  I'm not very good at waiting or being 
patient.  Something I'm working on. *smile*

Anyway that is the very long version of saying hello, welcome to the 
list and good luck!
Julie
On 9/5/2011 2:47 PM, Miranda Morse wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
>
> I am new to the list and currently applying for my first guide dog. I joined
> the list of couple of weeks ago and I have found a lot of the information on
> here very helpful. I also was part of the teleconference a couple of weeks
> ago. I am from Iowa.
>
> I was wondering what is a reasonable amount of time to wait for an interview
> from a school or any correspondence from them? I was also wondering is it
> appropriate to apply for 2 different schools at the same time?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Miranda MOrse
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/julielj%40neb.rr.com
>