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Ashawkin

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  1. I really appreciate all of your replies! @ Wandering_Tine, I'll definitely check out those books. First and foremost I want to get my master's and further my education but I am certainly planning on obtaining my PhD and my long-term goals are to do research as well as clinical work. I hope to conduct in-depth research about language acquisition, Autism Spectrum Disorders, bilingual language acquisition, language structure, neurological development, and different ways in which receptive and expressive language can be taught. I know I have a lot of interests but I can never imagine myself not learning something new! Clinically, I am most interested in working with the lowest functioning of communication clients; and hope that my research and clinical work can aid one another.
  2. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your insight! @GandalfTheGrey, I messaged you but I'm still new to gradcafe so I'm not sure how it works/ if it worked
  3. I have read a lot of people with undergraduate degrees in linguistics then pursuing SLP Master's degrees, so I was curious how closely related they are. I do like languages(have studied Spanish extensively and Sign Language at the basic level), but my passion is to become an SLP. I am entering into my senior year next year with a 3.5 GPA/ 3.4 Comm GPA. It's hard to bring up this close to the end (esp. Comm. GPA) and I got scared of how competitive SLP programs are! I was curious about a possible segue I could take to increase my chances of admissions. I am planning on applying to 7-8 programs and am terrified I will be rejected from every one! I've thought about applying to related programs such as Audiology, Linguistics, or Special education (all in addition to SLP), but have never considered entering those fields as a professional
  4. I have a double major Speech and Hearing Sciences and Family and Human Development at Arizona State University and I want to go into the field of Speech Language Pathology. I am considering applying to a couple of M.A. Linguistics programs as well as master's programs in SLP/ Comm. Disorders. If I get a Master's in Linguistics after I finish my bachelor's, could it help me get into a master's program for SLP/Comm. Disorders? Would it be worth it? Any thoughts would be a great help!
  5. I didn't know that CSU San Marcos was not yet accredited, I was planning on applying there. I know that they accept about 20% of applicants and have rolling admissions. The average GPA is about 3.3 and their admissions process is based on a sample of your academic writing, transcripts, GRE scores, personal statement, and 3? Letters of recommendations. Please let me know if you find out more about accreditation!
  6. Thank you for all your responses! I really want to boost my CD GPA, but the problem I'm having is that there really isn't a lot of classes I can take to boost it! I'm waiting to hear back from my petition to retake the only class I got a C in, everything else is pretty much split between As and Bs so far. For the 18 credit hours that I have left, even if I get all As, it will only boost my CD GPA minimally maybe from a 3.4 to a 3.5. Congratulations on your guys' admissions! For my research internship, I was an active part of their team and even translated whole documents for them (I was the only bilingual research assistant), so I was also elected to pilot bilingual observation studies within schools for them, so I think I can get a pretty good letter of recommendation from my professor. The CD professors I am planning to ask for recommendations I have also developed pretty good relationships with and have had both of them for at least two classes. I've had a kind of rough time in my undergrad experience, which I think I can make a case for kind of sort of in my personal statement (I have an epileptic seizure disorder among some other personal experiences). To Mocha: Vanderbilt is 3rd in the country for SLP programs! CONGRATS! From what I understand, their research focuses are on Autism, Audiological (re)habilitation, and neurogenic disorders but if Baylor is giving you $ that is AMAZING. It is hard to get funding for grad programs. Is money or location a determining factor? I am planning on applying to NAU, CSU Chico, CSU San Marcos, Loma Linda University, University of Nevada Reno, Eastern New Mexico University, and New Mexico State University.
  7. I know there are a few similar threads, so I'm sorry if I'm redundant! I really want to list my undergrad stats and get an idea of how I can make my applications stronger and how good or bad my stats are! Cum GPA: 3.4 (1.5 years remaining, 4.0 this semester thus far) CD GPA: 3.4 (18 credit hours remain, maybe 21 credit hours pending petition to retake only CD course with a "C") UD GPA: 3.8 Grad GPA: taking one grad class next fall, not yet graded but anticipate an A GRE: N/A (not yet taken: mock GRE scored 55% verb and quant, taking a GRE prep course this summer) Experience: 1.5 years supervised research experience for C3 a teaching research project, 2 years habilitation therapy children Autism, 3 clinical internships under SLPs, 2 years managing experience I graduate Spring 2014 with a double major Family Human Development, Speech and Hearing Sciences, a minor in Spanish, and a certificate as an SLPA from Arizona State University
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