Roses

Hello jmk, Thank you for letting me know about University of Texas Austin. Texas is one of the states that I am considering but I only looked at University of Texas Dallas. Do you have an experience applying to any of those programs ?

Hello PhDinSLP, I am also thinking that it is a lot easier to get into SLP PhD than in Psych. As an example, I checked UCSD , for their PhD in Clinical Psychology they received 427 applicants this year but for the SLP the number of applicants was only 33 ! I did not do a thesis in my master but I was focusing all my projects in topics related to brain and language and also language disorders for children with ASD and I will talk about this in my personal statement. Do you think it is important to have research experience before applying to PhD in SLP ? a lot of my friends have worked in labs for years but unfortunately I did not have that opportunity. Thank you so much.

Hello, There are some programs that will allow you to work on your certification while you are in the PhD program. As an example, here is what UTD says about this in their web page. "Admitted students who are interested in concurrently obtaining professional certification in either speech-language pathology or audiology should contact the program head" This is one program that I am very interested in.

Hello, I have been interested in applying to an M.A/M.S in Speech Pathology for several years but when I did not get in the first time I applied , I applied and got accepted to M.A in Psychology and I just graduated that program with a GPA of 3.9 I also took a lot of SLP pre requisites as a Post Bac student. Now I am thinking to apply directly to a PhD program because this is my ultimate goal. I just feel like I paid a lot for my M.A and it might be a better option to go into a PhD program that will also guarantee that I get licensed as an SLP. It will take a bit longer but I think it is really worth it. I just wanted to ask if anyone has applied /accepted to a PhD program in Communication Disorder. What are your experiences ? what advice would you give to future applicants ? Thank you so much, Roses