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  1. Crimson Wife
    Some grad schools will accept the Miller Analogies Test and that has no math. I have heard of people scoring MUCH higher on the MAT than the GRE.
  2. Crimson Wife
    A bunch of reasons: #1. It is cheaper to do the leveling classes at the undergrad level through USU than it is to take the same classes at the grad level. The difference could be as big as $20k and at my stage of life (turn 40 next month, eek!), I want to minimize student loan debt. #2. Having a bachelor's in CSD opens up more grad schools and the possibility of working as a SLP Asst. either during grad school or if I don't get in on the first try and need to reapply. #3. My 1st bachelor's was completed in the 20th century and I needed current academic LoR's to apply to grad school. #4. My daughter's hearing loss was discovered in Feb. '15 and going back to school that May was what pulled me out of the funk I had fallen into. I was able to start the USU program pretty much immediately after I decided on CSD. Schoolwork was just the distraction I needed at that low point in my life.
  3. Crimson Wife
    Snort! Also, a certain Aural Rehab professor comes to mind (and I actually have a professional interest in the topic so I really wish they had found somebody else, like Dr. Pitt, who teaches the grad-level course on cochlear implants). I actually started taking it this semester because I was hoping to finish my degree but had to drop it since it was too hard in addition to 4450 and 5200. I never took physics in either high school or college and hated the acoustics module in 3400.
  4. Crimson Wife
    I took 3400 and 5900 together and thought it was a good balance. I wouldn't take 3400 and 3120 together as they are both fairly challenging. It's funny seeing this old thread resurrected now that I'm 11/12 of the way through the USU 2nd bachelor's. I only have 5070 left to take next semester, plus I'm taking 4680 (Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss) to finish up the Deafblindness Intervention certificate. I don't think 5200 is a repeat of 3120+4450 at all. Those classes focus mostly on the "speech" aspect of SLP while 5200 focuses on the "language" part. I actually wish that the continuation course to 5200 (COMD 6020) was part of the 2nd bachelor's rather than the master's since 5200 only covers birth through age 5. I wish that there had been a way for me to have tested out of 5100 and/or 3500 and taken 6020 instead.
  5. Crimson Wife
    I want to say that South Carolina has a medical track Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (new program) University of Pittsburgh doctoral level
  6. Crimson Wife
    You may want to enroll in a formal observation/clinical methods class. I know at least one school I looked at required a minimum of 25 in-person observation hours (can't be recorded videos like SimuCase) and only through a formal course. I can't remember off the top of my head which school had that requirement (it didn't end up on my list) but if your school doesn't offer one, Utah State online does (it's the 2 credit COMD 5900).
  7. Crimson Wife
    I'm doing my leveling classes online as I see them as hoops to jump through in order to get into grad school and I want to do them in the most convenient and cheapest way possible. I've got a full life and certainly don't look to my classmates to provide socialization. That frankly seems a bit juvenile and when you're going to be investing $$$$$ in graduate education, you need to be pragmatic about what's going to provide the best return on your investment in terms of career opportunities.
  8. Crimson Wife
    I'm not sure what you mean by "separate cohort for 3 year grad students"? Are you talking about an extended master's vs. a school with a post-bacc but separate admission to the master's like CSUN? I don't understand why it would matter whether or not you're taking leveling classes with UG students so long as you've been admitted to the master's program.
  9. Crimson Wife
    (1) Cost (2) Bilingual specialty track (3) Location Ranking can help you with CF placement but bilingual SLP's are in demand so going to a lower-ranking school with a specialty track would help you more than going to a higher-ranking school without one.
  10. Crimson Wife
    Are you applying to schools that look at the last 60 credits? I would focus on those since your master's GPA is strong.
  11. Crimson Wife
    It's either 1 year post-bacc + 2 years for the Master's or 3 years for the extended Master's. 3 years = 3 years. No time saved. I'm doing the 2nd bachelor's on a PT basis plus an optional certificate so it's going to take 2 years. But if I had wanted to go FT and not do the certificate, it would've taken me just the single year.
  12. Crimson Wife
    You won't save time and probably will wind up spending more money than if you did the 2nd bachelor's, but you will have a guaranteed acceptance to grad school. Obviously that's worth something, but each applicant has to decide for himself/herself whether it's worth the extra costs for taking the leveling courses at the graduate vs. undergraduate level.
  13. Crimson Wife
    The only one of those I'm familiar with is University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA and that is SUPER-expensive. It's 6 semesters @ $22k/semester. Ouch!
  14. Crimson Wife
    3 year extended master's probably won't save you money because grad level tuition is typically higher than undergrad tuition. I took a grad level class last summer and it cost me $434/credit vs. only $335/credit for the UG tuition. And that's at a relatively inexpensive school. Some grad schools I'm considering the difference could be $20k more than taking the leveling courses as part of the 2nd bachelor's. I decided to finish out the 2nd bachelor's for a bunch of reasons but the potential cost savings was a biggie.
  15. Crimson Wife
    I'd save your money and not bother applying unless you can raise your verbal score by 20 points and your quant score by 10 points before apps are due. With a low GPA, you're going to need decent test scores to offset it.
  16. Crimson Wife
    Everyone's situation is different. Someone who is single and fully supporting himself/herself is going to have a different debt comfort level than someone who is married and has a spouse to help pay the bills (and even among married folks, the spouse's salary and whether the spouse has his/her own debt is going to vary). Another factor is whether you anticipate qualifying for the public service loan forgiveness program. If you go to work for a school, the government (e.g. Early Intervention, the VA, etc.) or a non-profit hospital, then any remaining loan balance will be forgiven after 10 years. If your goal is to have your own private practice, you won't qualify for the PSLFP. Some place super-expensive like NYU I would personally only consider doing as distance ed while working as a SLPA or other job to help finance the tuition. Even though my hubby is supporting our family on his salary (I'm a SAHM), I don't want to take on six figures' worth of debt just to get my master's.
  17. Crimson Wife
    Look into taking the Miller Analogies Test as there's no quant section. There are a number of schools that will accept the MAT in lieu of the GRE. A strong score on the MAT will give you more options.
  18. Crimson Wife
    I would absolutely not mention it unless you had to stop working during treatment. And even in that case, I would frame it as needing medical treatment (don't specify the reason and they legally can't ask) and you are healthy now. It's none of their business your personal health information.
  19. Crimson Wife
    You're not working on oral language and articulation goals? SLP's working with school-age clients often do work on literacy goals but that should only be part of what the SLP does. My daughter is 2nd grade and her SLP does target literacy goals but also articulation, syntax, listening comprehension, and pragmatic language goals. So in a 50 minute session there might be 10 minutes spent on each area.
  20. Crimson Wife
    Northern AZ has a summers-only program for working SLPA's and I've heard it isn't that competitive. If that isn't already on your list, I would definitely add it.
  21. Crimson Wife
    FWIW, I've heard that as long as it's 4+, the AW score plays almost no role in admissions. I've heard they look at the verbal score first since that is most relevant to SLP, then V+Q, and as long as the Q is >150 and the AW is 4+ those don't matter. I would only retake if you think you can improve your verbal and V+Q.
  22. Crimson Wife
    SLP programs are rigorous and if you have "special circumstances" where you don't think you can handle a FT load, you should seriously consider alternatives. #1 is expanding your search out of CA to include schools that offer a part time track. #2 is taking time off and working for a while to get a handle on your life before heading to grad school. Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but better to have someone level with you before you apply rather than winding up getting overwhelmed while you're in grad school and dropping or worse flunking out.
  23. Crimson Wife
    Did you look at ASHA's EdFind list of CA schools: http://www.asha.org/edfind/results.aspx?area=SLP&degree=MASTERS&location=CA
  24. Crimson Wife
    That doesn't make sense. Master's in SLP are 1.5 to 2 years if you've got a CSD undergrad and 3 years if you're out-of-field. None of them are 5 years. If you want to do the 2nd bachelor's online, look at Utah State, Eastern New Mexico, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Idaho State. There may be others offering a 2nd bachelor's online but those are the 4 schools I looked at.
  25. Crimson Wife
    What's your GPA? What relevant work experience/extracurriculars/etc. do you have? How compelling a "story" do you have for why you want to become a SLP? I'd only prepped for the verbal portion when I took the GRE last year because I felt it was more important to do well in my 2nd bachelor's courses than to raise my quant score. I'd gotten a 720 (max was 800) on the math portion when I took the GRE back in the late '90's so I know I could do better with prepping. But I decided against retaking the GRE because I don't think it would improve my chances enough to be worth spending less time on schoolwork, volunteering, etc.
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