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I got all those emails as well! So excited to finally hear from them haha.

Haha, sorry about that. Yes, I meant for Fall 2013. And that's a great idea! From what a previous poster said, MGH was going to set up a forum later this month, but a facebook group would be nice.

You honestly don't need to create the account. It won't redirect you or anything like that. I would just keep checking your application account because that will be faster. Just keep holding on, I'm sure you'll find something out soon!

Just wanted to bump this conversation up a little bit. Haven't heard of many people attending MGH next year, so I wanted to see if anyone else had decided to accept their offer. Can't wait for next fall!

I officially declined my offers to BU, Emerson, and Northeastern last night. I really hope that helps someone (or multiple people) out!

There are multiple universities outside the US. I don't know them by name off the top of my head, but they're mostly in England, Australia, and Canada that I've heard of. They're each accredited through their country's version of ASHA, though. However, the US and those countries have an agreement that they'll honor each country's accreditation, you would just have to get state or town licensure to practice outside of the country you get your Masters from. I'm sorry if that was confusing, but I hope it helps!

Not at all. It might make you a little more qualified to work with that population in the future, but all around, SLPs have to be trained to work with the deaf and hard of hearing. Which means you'll be qualified from the beginning of your job. I've talked with one of the audiology professors in my undergrad, and she says that SLPs work with CI all the time. They're learning how to speak as close to what's typically deemed "normal" as proper, and we're the ones they would work with. I think you'd be fine either way working with that population. Just my two cents :-).

As far as I know, at the graduate level, it's a much more in depth look at those classes. I have also taken speech science, and wouldn't want to take it again. But from what professors told me, the undergrad level just skims the surface. So hopefully it will be new material. For both of our sakes haha.

I heard of something while I was at the MGH open house. As an SLP, if you work in a non-profit setting for 10 years out of graduation, all of your remaining loans will be forgiven completely. This is apparently nationwide, so it could help people here.

I was in the same situation until recently. I go to BU currently, and I always thought that I wanted to stay, because I had built up BU as the best program. However, I went to another open house, and realized that other programs are just as comparable. In all honesty, the tuition at BU doesn't differentiate it from. Other programs. The tuition mostly goes to things like being able to use the school gym and other things like that. Granted, the program is amazing, but I personally don't think it's worth paying that much more money for the same classes you'll get anywhere else. The difference comes down to clinical placements. If your program can offer you good placements, I think you'd be set. This is just my honest opinion. Best of luck in your decision!

Congrats jmarti! I'm very happy for you, and wish you the best next year!

As a BU undergraduate myself, I can tell you that while BU has great resources for literacy and reading, it doesn't really prepare you for medical speech-language pathology other than through your medical placement. As much as I would love to stay at BU, because it really is a great program, I felt that MGH would prepare me better in terms of the medical side of the profession. That's ultimately my goal. Also, MGH has the reading certificate which BU doesn't. As wonderful as the BU program is, I feel that MGH definitely has it beat in some regards like these.

Yes, it's just basic information. Classes offered in the summer, information on BU and Sargent, information on financial aid, information on housing around the Boston area, and a little card that you send in if you decline their offer. It also says that the open house is on April 5-6, and to RSVP by March 28 to Brie Goellner. If you need any other information, just post and I'll answer!

Yes. CSD undergraduate majors have all of the speech-path prereqs accounted for in their curriculum. There might be some variability as to what topics were covered, but they do fit the prereq conditions for grad programs. Most institutions encourage the ASHA prereqs, but those aren't necessarily required and accounted for. I hope that helps!

I have definitely decided on attending the MGH Institute of Health Professions! Congrats to everyone making decisions, and to those of you still deciding, best of luck :-).