Amiwil

Keep going amvat. The people in this profession are not all as rude as your professor. I won't tell you that graduate school is any easier. It is A LOT harder. There's much more work involved. They want to see how well you can handle yourself and push through adversity. Speech pathologists don't get paid little, but if you were looking into schools then the pay is fairly lower than private or hospital placements. If I told you about all of the deterrents people at schools placed before me then we'd be here all day. Everything that means something is hard to achieve. The key is to remember that the hardest part about any profession is getting the degrees and certifications. Afterwards, you will be able to enjoy life and look back at all you overcame. Graduate school is meant to break you, so be prepared for more adversity. I have been through ups and downs, fighting depression and stress all year. But I have completed 1 year of grad school! To add to all of my stress I am also a mother of a 3 year old girl. There's no such thing as sleep. There's no such thing as a life. There's no such thing as time. Things could be worse though. Just keep pushing and realize you aren't alone.

Keep going amvat. The people in this profession are not all as rude as your professor. I won't tell you that graduate school is any easier. It is A LOT harder. There's much more work involved. They want to see how well you can handle yourself and push through adversity. Speech pathologists don't get paid little, but if you were looking into schools then the pay is fairly lower than private or hospital placements. If I told you about all of the deterrents people at schools placed before me then we'd be here all day. Everything that means something is hard to achieve. The key is to remember that the hardest part about any profession is getting the degrees and certifications. Afterwards, you will be able to enjoy life and look back at all you overcame. Graduate school is meant to break you, so be prepared for more adversity. I have been through ups and downs, fighting depression and stress all year. But I have completed 1 year of grad school! To add to all of my stress I am also a mother of a 3 year old girl. There's no such thing as sleep. There's no such thing as a life. There's no such thing as time. Things could be worse though. Just keep pushing and realize you aren't alone.

I do not work because I am a mom, and that's a whole other job in and of itself. There is a lot more work involved in graduate school. I say to take the time to feel out what your schedule will be like first before attempting to work. Take into account the amount of class time you will be doing, then double that for studying/homework. If you happen to not have clinical duties one semester, that may be the best time to do a part time job. I do not recommend anything over 20 hrs a week if you so choose to do this. Once clinical work begins, it becomes much harder, especially depending on the amount of clients you can get. My school can give up to 3 clients per semester during our internship practicums. However, keep in mind that the externships do not care about your job responsibilities, they feel your responsibility is to the case load you are responsible to serve. Hope to God that your externship supervisor doesn't drop their entire caseload on you and tell you to go. LOL unfortunately it happens. Good luck!

I felt the same way in undergrad and even now in grad school shaking that perfection mentality is difficult. Sometimes I feel like the grad programs still get lost in grades, competition and "weeding out" students for certain placements. It almost feels like the students are fighting against the system and have to come to terms with accepting a B (oh no it's the end of the work?!) or being completely drained, losing sight of what our field is about, and focus on the grade rather than learning. My best advice is to try and find a school that values the fundamental aspects you find important when applying for grad school. We as a field can get so caught up in perfection and sometimes that does not end in graduate school because the mentality becomes so engrained. Find a grad program that values the student and sees their program as a platform for collaboration and learning and hopefully graduate school won't feel like an extension of post bac/ undergrad. I've had a hard time coming out of the perfection mode in a field with so many type A people and professors who make it seem like grades are the be all end all - it can be so challenging! Good luck! You can do it!