hdoug913

Hi Everyone! I'm a senior at The university of Texas at Austin and will be working as an SLPA at a private practice in Houston for a year before starting graduate school. I was wondering if SLP grad programs take your school into consideration along with your GPA? My reasoning would say yes, because a 4.0 at some schools could easily translate into a 3.4 or worse at more difficult universities. Any thoughts?? As well, I was curious if anyone had any feedback on what my competitiveness for grad schools might be once i've worked in the field for a while? I have a cumulative GPA of a 3.1 (i will premise this with the fact that my first 2 years my major was geophysics/pre-med -- so the grades bringing this down consist of multiple calculus, Biology, chemistry, physics, etc. classes). My last 60 hours gpa is a 3.7, My CSD gpa is a 3.75 (including all A's and 2 B's…UT uses the plus/minus system) and I've made the dean's list for the last 3 semesters. As well, I have 25 + observation hours and have worked with children who are autistic in a therapy type setting for a couple of months. In addition to this i've participated in the IE pre-graduate school internship offered with one of the SLP grad students currently studying at UT and will have 3 strong recommendations from fairly recognizable names in the CSD field. Thanks and Hook'em!