SLPeechHopeful

Hey all, About a month ago I got a postcard from U Washington and their Master's program. Not sure how they got my address, but did anyone else get a postcard or is this a rare thing? Not sure to take it as them trying to pull in everyone or just those they find promising... Thanks for any help! Also, is anyone going to ASHA? I most likely am going and just want to see how many other undergrads are going! (Or grads too)

@lululuna I knowww! It's extremely addictive... and some of the results are crazy. Some with 3.2 get in while others with 3.8 don't or that have like 100+ volunteer hours. But yeah, it's good to remember that those on the results page aren't all encompassing! @yumangous Thanks! It's lots of work, but worth it, especially since I know it'll help others!

@sayjo thanks! I'll be sure to take a look at those and send it to the person that asked me. @lululuna have you looked at the results search on this page? you can search by school/ major (just put them in the search bar) and you can see some stats from ppl that were accepted or rejected over the past years. just look for the red diamond and hover over it. Not all people post their stats though, or they will in the comments.

I think that you brought up some excellent discussion items and presented them thoroughly and with evidence that was sensible and more valid than the prompt's 'evidence'. Everything is concise and your vocabulary/ phrasing illustrates you have control of what you write. On a related note, I read somewhere that they prefer quality and length over grammar, so for the essay portion of the GRE try to write a good amount with valuable support and don't worry so much about the nitty gritty grammar. They mostly want to see that you can write well. (Although I'd still try to go back and check for major errors. I'd still take this advice with a grain of salt, though, as I'm not a GRE grader and neither was that person who said the comment about length over grammar.)

@lorenzojojo, I hope the GRE went well for you yesterday! Thanks for the pointers from the admissions guy. Does anyone know of some online post bacc options? Someone asked me about those and I only know of USU and have heard of others but forget them

I'm not very well-versed in this since I'm an in-field applicant, but I think the shortest you're gonna get is 6 semesters. The shortest for in-field is 5 I believe, so you can't really get much less than that. Perhaps if you take pre-reqs in summer then it can be 5 semesters for you? I do think (if you're willing to go abroad) that some Canadian schools might be less. A few I looked into didn't even require pre-reqs! I think those programs are two years as well. The schools I looked at were McGill and Univ. of Toronto. Canada doesn't have SLP undergrad programs, so all their students study something related then apply to grad school, so maybe all of their schools don't require pre-reqs.

Thank you guys very much for the input! I hate making decisions like these, but at least it's a great field to get into. You guys brought up some great points, and I'll be sure to not over-emphasize my SOP. The only reason I mentioned UC Boulder was that several students had mentioned their dislike for the administration organization. I wouldn't let that completely deter me from a program, at least not without visiting it first and checking the people out myself, but since several all have the same problem it raised a small red flag.

Pitt tends to be medically oriented as well, at least for the clinical doctorate

Hey all! I'm currently a junior at Pitt. Although I'm not 100% certain, I'll most likely be working with children, but I'm not sure of what setting. Currently the medical/outpatient setting is looking interesting, but I know I'll eventually work in the schools for at least some time. I guess it's good there are so many options in this field!Since I'm interested in the medical side, I'm sort of learning towards mroe medically based programs as it might be better for finding jobs later (I've heard its easier switching medical to educational). I'm also looking into schools on the eastern side of the US... Pitt, PSU, LaSalle, Univ. of Memphis, UNC, USF, NYMC, Vanderbilt and maybe MGH or even Univ. of Toronto! The last one is a new idea... still looking at programs but these ones seem the top! Not sure if I was to do a thesis or not... or do Pitt's MScD program. So many options ayy! Oh, I alo have an undergraduate SLP blog! (Haven't seen many of those, so I wanted to start one to help others and just give info) http://speechbubbleslp.wordpress.com If anyone has ideas for posts, feel free to let me know, I'll give credit! Or if you're interested in guest posting, I've been thinking about having a few. Just send me what you might write about and we can talk!

I was just wondering if some people could give me insight on some schools. Does anyone have knowledge/attend these schools and can tell me the pros and cons: Pitt, Penn State, LaSalle, NYMC, UNC, Univ. of Memphis, Vanderbilt, Univ. of Tenn, and Univ. of S. Florida?? or are there any programs I'm not listing that are really good (or that should be avoided... I've heard UC Boulder is bad)? I'd generally like to stay Tennessee and eastward. (You can say what made you decide not to attend a school after visiting it, too.) Also, does anyone know if you go to a more medically based school but maybe do one school practicum if that affects you getting a job in education settings later on (or visa versa)? Hope that makes sense!

Thanks so much! That helps ease my concerns somewhat. It's so competitive, that any little bit can set you apart. So I'm trying! Congrats on your acceptances!

Hi all, I'm currently a sophmore studying CSD. I'm constantly looking at the Facebook groups, this forum and blogs to get any info on grad school and SLP in general. After seeing how it's prettyyy difficult getting into grad school, I've become slightly concerned, as I'm in a special predicament... I've noticed that many people have lots of extra experience, even the freshmen and sophmores in my Intro to SLP class, and some of them aren't even accepted. Some of the kids in my class have been volunteering in walk or with kids with ASD, etc for like 4-5 years... and they're only freshmen! Then many will graduate with 4 years in NSSLHA and other clubs since they entered as freshmen and had CSD/SLP in their mind from the get go. I have two issues: 1) I transferred here, and will only have 3 full years here, but only started getting really involved in extracurriculars this semester, which will equal 2.5 years of involvement in NSSLHA and a couple other clubs, and I may join another next semester ending in 2 years of involvement by graduation. I do have some experience with kids from babysitting and working at a daycare, and I plan on shadowing SLPs and am volunteering at a school that has some kids with special needs, including speech impairments. But non of this is equivalent to 5+ years of walks/volunteering and 4 years in NSSLHA and other clubs. 2) I didn't originally transfer in as a CSD major. So this makes me even more slightly behind the game. As I said before, I'll only have 2.5 years in NSSLHA instead of 3.5 years (time from when I came here), and time can make a difference. So I guess I'm wondering... did anyone transfer schools/ programs as an undergrad causing less time involved in clubs and such to be displayed on their application? Did anyone make it into grad school their first time applying after transferring schools or changing their major half way through and/or having less experience as others? Thanks! Sorry it's long!