shywatergod

Sorry for the super late reply - I just started with a summer internship this week - been crazy busy - didn't even turn my laptop on this whole week, ha! Ok, so the visit consisted of an 1-hour meeting with the admission committee chair - who is also a faculty member within the program. Here are my impressions: UF's program is good if you are interested more in the medical side of SLP - there's a lot of clinical opportunities within the Shands hospitals system as well as other medical centers within the Gainesville/FL area. I think there's a bit less of an emphasis on the education side of things. Also, there are opportunities to be involved in research - there's a thesis option for graduation instead of the cumulative exam and there's the FAR program which lets master's students explore the PhD program - doing some research, interacting with PhD students, etc. - to get a sense of the work involved in getting a PhD degree. Cons? - I think there's not as much individual attention - or there is but you have to actively seek it out. As a student within the program you have to be very proactive and seek out opportunities and get involved with the faculty. I think because UF is such a large university with all these connections, it's easy to get a bit lost in the crowd. You can be very successful here, but you have to do a lot of the work yourself. At least that's my impression based on the limited amount of communication I've had with them. Compared with some of the other schools I've been accepted to that sends out all these informational emails and different reminders, UF seems a bit slow in dealing with its students. But then again, who knows, maybe once we're in the program it'll be different - since it is a very small program and you are with the same people throughout - so yup. Anyway, sorry sorry for the late late post, but hope it helps! I'm definitely going to be a Gator come August, so....

Hey guys - so I'll be visiting on Monday - the 8th - any particular questions you want me to ask? I'll also be going in as an out-of-field/3 yr student and I although I'm from the area I didn't go to UF for undergrad so everything is pretty new to me as well. And yup there is no funding at all! for Master's students I was very sad - the faculty member I spoke to told me they used to have them 7 years ago but then the economy went south, so nope. But let me know if there's anything in particular you want to me find out.

hey - well, not sure about a FB group, but I'm a UF accepted student! I just emailed the department to set up a visiting time ... so will report back when I do visit and etc.