kbburn

I go to the University at Buffalo (UB) currently for undergrad and will be attending for my Master's in the fall. UB is a research university and if you attend, you have the chance to actually work in the labs with some really well known researchers in the field. I currently work in the Motor Speech Disorders Lab there and have had the opportunity to help with pilot studies and lots of TF32 analysis work. Everyone there is wonderful and there are specific courses dedicated to research (such as "Research Methods"). There is also a huge emphasis on EBP. I currently have a client with aphasia in the clinic and my supervisor would not let me finalize any short term goals without evidence that supports what I planned to do in therapy sessions. It's a great way to learn and so important for SLPs. UB is also the highest ranked SLP school in New York state. I would truly recommend the program, I love it here! (Plus, Buffalo is an awesome city) I hope you find a program that suits your interests!

Thank you both for your responses! I'm stressing about the GREs, but I think studying over the summer will definitely bring my scores up.

It's so unclear what an average score is if you're going for a master's in Speech-Language Pathology. I actually only had 2 weeks notice that I had to take the GREs and I just took them yesterday with basically no studying. I got a 153 on verbal and quantitative, but I don't know my writing score yet. I had to take the GRE because I was applying to an early admission program at my current undergrad school. I'm planning on actually studying for them throughout the summer and retaking the test in August because I want to apply to more schools and improve my score. Are my current scores sufficient enough? If not, what should I shoot for? And, are GREs even important for this field?