Hello!
I am a sophomore majoring in Social Work. My university does not offer an undergraduate degree in SLP or communication sciences, so I was advised that a BSW would be a good fit, considering a BSW degree requires quite a lot of elective space, and in that elective space I intend to take all of the SLP grad school prereqs (as those are offered by the university).
I understand that grad school is incredibly competitive, which is why I want to start beefing up my resume early on as much as possible. I was wondering, either if from personal experience or just common sense that I don't have, if anyone here has any suggestions on how to get some sort of internship, shadowing opportunity, or anything of the like with an SLP, audiologist, etc.? Is that even possible? Is simply shadowing an SLP something I could even put on a grad school resume/log hours for and would doing this even help me?
I've thought about calling local SLP's, but I also thought that maybe would just be really annoying to them. In all of the research I've done online, I haven't found a single "internship" opportunity for undergrads, which is really frustrating.
I know I'm a long ways away from applying to grad schools, but I can't help being completely overwhelmed with anxiety, seeing how difficult it is to even get in! I have a high GPA and I hope to maintain it/continue raising it, but I'm a terrible standardized test taker, so the GRE is a new nightmare all on its own. I'm still going to try my best to do well on it, but I want to be able to boost up my chances of getting into grad school with GPA/shadowing/internships/letters of rec. etc.
I'm sorry this is so long! I sort of went on a tangent here. I hope to hear from some of you soon!
