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Hello, I think what your friend means is that your coursework is not valid for grad school admission after 5 years. I graduated with my bachelor's in speech a while ago and did a career change in a different area, then decided to go back to speech. By the time I applied for grad school, it was 5 years post-bacc. When I went to info sessions at different NY grad programs, they told me that I would need to retake my speech coursework needed for prerequisites as they were no longer valid after 5 years, so that's what I did. I retook the courses that those programs required and essentially took a big chunk of my undergrad speech courses again. Your bachelor's degree remains intact and valid, but your coursework is no longer considered admissible for grad school. I didn't know this when I was younger and I wish somebody told me that my classes can "expire." Hope this helps clarify things and helps you guide your decisions!

@JerryChaing- It might also be helpful to ask your funding/scholarship source if they have a preference of whether the recommendation is from an instructor or a professional. There are a few scholarships that I am applying for that requires recommendations from instructors only. On another note, as others have said, if the people have already written grad school recommendations for you, then they should be able to provide you with a scholarship letter rather quickly since they have something of substance written for you already.

If you are planning on living in NYC after you complete your degree and you are interested in working in a school setting, the NYC Board of Education offers a full-tuition scholarship you can apply for. The catch is that you have to work in the NYC public school system as a SLP for a certain amount of year. I know someone who attended Columbia for speech with the NYCBOE scholarship and she did not have to pay a dime for her education. At the end of graduation, she had a guaranteed CFY and job lined up. This is a good option if you know you'd like to work in a school setting. The con might be that they would likely send you to a rough neighborhood since they are looking to serve areas with higher risk/needs.

CUNY Lehman College in NYC offers spring admissions

Hi! Just saw this post and felt really excited that there is someone else who's interested in bilingualism and coding/apps as well! I was learning to code for a while but had to put that on hold because of time constraints due to grad school applications/GRE's/school. There are a lot of programs in New York City offering or starting to offer the bilingual extension program. Teacher's College is well known for it's bilingual extension program and based on their website information, they integrate technology into their treatments (via teletherapy...not sure about using actual apps). Other programs in the area that are starting to offer bilingual extension are Lehman College, Brooklyn College, and Long Island University. If you are interested in working with the Spanish-speaking population, I think NYC will be a great location for you as NYC is very diverse and has a large Latino community. How long have you been coding? How have you been learning (e.g. online courses, books, etc.)? And what are you interested in creating?

If you are looking at schools in New York, Lehman College has spring admissions.

Is there one for Brooklyn College?