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BonnyLass

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    2015 Fall
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    speech language pathology masters

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  1. I was waitlisted and subsequently accepted from both of the schools I applied to back in the day. I sent the author of the waitlist email a thank you and a few reasons why their school was a great match for me, with specifics. I feel like it made a difference. It at least did not hurt!
  2. Hi there! I have a small tip: if you are thinking about going into AAC at all, many of the apps that you can get online for programming and playing with device software are only available for PC right now. Just something to consider in case you were deciding between Mac and PC.
  3. You can do it! Just be honest about what you can do and try to find something flexible that you enjoy or is convenient for another reason. I work on campus during textbook rush season, but babysitting (if you're down for that) is a good alternative. I've heard good things about care.com!
  4. I was an out of field applicant, and am now in a program that admits me as an 'extended masters student' and allows me to complete prerequisites for one year and then spend the next two years as a graduate student. Some of the other people in my program are also completing some of their ASHA prereqs in their summers or winter breaks (so they didn't need them to get into the program, they just have to be done with them before we graduate, super doable). Are you set on doing a post-bacc or are you looking into being admitted as an out of field applicant?
  5. Definitely develop some camaraderie with your cohort if you can, contribute to a culture of sharing info and helping one another out, even if grants are competitave, even if not sharing gets you an edge. Study together, share resources. Talk to your professors. Ask them if they have side projects they need help on. That's how you get the little research grants and the extra help/info, and the reference letters! Attend the extra workshops and events your program provides and start to develop a niche interest, see which populations/environments you most want to work in, look to see if there's some topic that your program offers that isn't as available other places, especially if grants are available for those topics! Maybe extra aac training, Maybe early intervention stuff, special popultions, cultural sensitivity, etc. If you can, try and find 1 thing extracurricular that you can do to show that you're a really well rounded student. Maybe volunteer tutor or something, but only if you feel you can handle that. Its just a question I am often asked when applying for extra $$, whether or not there's anything outside of school I'm doing (workshops etc) And get a fitness related hobby to balance out the sitting time writing stuff! Haha
  6. My good friend's birthday is coming up, and I was thinking of getting him a reference book for diagnostic reports or assessment reports. I'm not in the psych field anymore, I'm in school for speech language pathology, but I know how useful a good diagnostic report reference would be. Anybody in the field have some reccomendations?
  7. Thanks for the input y'all! I think I can just work hard to make sure that I round myself out for any small deficiencies in the program, but it's good to know that there are not huge marked differences between each degree
  8. Sorry if I should be posting this elsewhere but I have to make a decision fast. Got accepted off the wait list for both programs (woot), will be happy with either. As far as my rresearch goes, they are both about the same in terms of quality, but am I wrong? Is either school miles ahead of the other in a way I do not know about? Thanks so much gradcafe for being so helpful and all of your support.
  9. Sorry if this is a question already asked elsewhere, but I can't find a clear answer online. I notice Some schools offer masters of science, masters of arts, and then masters of education in speech language pathology. I have heard that ma vs ms is not a huge distinction, but is masters of education the same?
  10. If you are looking to be more competitve for next year, Perhaps look into diversifying your work/volunteer experience? Working as a para is probably really good relevant experience, if it interests you, perhaps apply to different ABA/autism type jobs, or work with adults with disabilities or traumatic brain injury. See if you can shadow a few SLPs or do informational interviews where you can find out how they dealt with applications, why they like what they do, if they have any suggestions for you regarding your next steps. If in fact you are considering giving up on SLP, think about what it is you really enjoyed about the field or wanted from it and try to find something with those same qualities. Perhaps post them and see if anyone here has ideas about what other fields or jobs are similar. I found that I liked what SLPs do through my current job (working with TBI) and if I don't get in this year, I'm going to try and work more closely with the SLP who works there, maybe shadow/informational interview other SLPs at other sites, and I'm applying for online post bacc programs. You can continue to work where you live and still improve the quality of your application for next year. I understand the urge to move on with life and stop waiting for people to give you the go ahead, but I guess these are he es moments where we decide if this is really the field we want to be in. If the answer is yes, then there are always paths to our chosen careers, even if the path is meandering or takes a little more time than a straight one.
  11. Well UOP finally emailed me yesterday. Waitlist :/ le sigh. I tried to keep my expectations carefully low but I'm surprisingly bummed. My GPA isn't the greatest and I think I over-estimated how good my work experience was going to look on paper... Now to wait for sjsu....and start thinking more seriously about California post baccs.... Quick query: does anyone have any opinions about which is better, a 2nd bachelors or post bacc pre req program? And is the Utah online program pretty affordable/worth not having the classroom experience? Also, how have you all been responding to waitlists you want to be on? Some people are suggesting I send them a 'making my case' email, but I'm not sure if that's really the way to go...?
  12. Has anyone heard anything from UOP? My graduate application checker says 'decision made' but there is no way of finding out what the decision is, from what I can see... Anyone else getting that status or more fortunate than I and able to figure out how to find out what the decisions are?
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