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    MH13 got a reaction from miss_liza_ann in Incoming Grad Student Shopping List   
    I would def. hold off on Simucase subscription for now- your program may have a discount or provide you with the subscription (it's rolled into your course fees). During these Covid times, universities are relying on Simucase for competencies and clockhours as some medical establishments are not accepting students or very few students. Same with Speechpathology.com subscription. We've completed some of those for additional information from lectures. They are really good and packed full of evidence based research information. 
    Epson EcoTank printer. I cannot stress how much I LOVE my ecotank. I didn't think I would print as much as I have in grad school, but I was wrong. This will come in handy when you are printing notes for class or materials for therapy. I do have a small personal laminator, but meh. I have been a SLPA for 6 years so I have had unlimited access to lamination at work. If I choose to leave the schools or go to a new district with lamination limits, I can probably take it to a store like Mardels (Christian books/teacher store) and pay for lamination. It would probably come out cheaper and not be super stiff like the lamination pouches are. 
    I would suggest the Giant mouth model- https://www.amazon.com/Ultrassist-Brushing-Teaching-Childrean-Toothbrush/dp/B0842N6W9B/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Mouth+Model&qid=1626828311&sr=8-5   I unscrew the tongue sometimes because it can be hard to demonstrate tongue placement. 
    Def. be prepared to spend some good money on TpT resources, but there are a ton of good freebies. Same with boom cards. With TpT, if you buy a growing bundle early on, you save serious money later on as they add to it. Its one time and you get all of the updated material. I lucked out with some freebies that turned into paid files-I get those updates too!
    I would also invest in the Super Duper 6 in 1 therapy center. https://www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=mir78#.YPduoehKg2w  Its pricey at $99, but I love it and use it a LOT. The mirror is actually great quality and when I am in a therapy spot without a mirror, its been a lifesaver. 
    If you have an iPad, get the Mr. Potato Head app. I've used it so many times and esp with Covid, you can wipe the screen vs all of the Mr. Potato Head pieces. I would also watch for the Articulation Station/Stories apps. They are pricey but go on sale at least 1 time a year. 
    Games- connect 4, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Uno, playing cards, fishing game, etc. Those are super motivating in therapy. I would definitely use the clinic's games BUT keep an eye out for these during Black Friday sales and start building your therapy stash now. 
    Plastic organization items. I have one that was meant for scrapbooking- its how I store a language bundle I bought on TpT and a second one for cycles bundle. https://www.michaels.com/rainbow-photo-and-craft-keeper-by-simply-tidy/10468242.html
    A LOT of these things are probably available to you as a student in the university clinic site. You may not have access to some of this in an outpatient facility and you need to supply some of your own items. I would slowly start buying this while you can so once you've graduated and an intern it won't make your wallet hurt as bad. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from Arcanelady27 in Deferring?   
    I wouldn’t risk deferring. I’m a distance SLP student. Y’all. It’s not bad at all. I miss the interaction within the cohort, but my program had that pre-covid 1x a week and 1x a week at our homes online. There are some things you do need to do in-person and I know the COVID-19 restrictions will postpone that until we are allowed to go back to our regional educational service centers here in Texas. As of right now, we are strictly online with Simucase and possible teletherapy options right now, hopefully allowing externships to resume in the fall. 
     
    It’s not that bad y’all. I’m a year into it and it’s been great. If anything, you may be able to get some teletherapy experience and if you ever want to do teletherapy as a CCC- SLP, you will be more marketable. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from ItowinSLP in Deferring?   
    I wouldn’t risk deferring. I’m a distance SLP student. Y’all. It’s not bad at all. I miss the interaction within the cohort, but my program had that pre-covid 1x a week and 1x a week at our homes online. There are some things you do need to do in-person and I know the COVID-19 restrictions will postpone that until we are allowed to go back to our regional educational service centers here in Texas. As of right now, we are strictly online with Simucase and possible teletherapy options right now, hopefully allowing externships to resume in the fall. 
     
    It’s not that bad y’all. I’m a year into it and it’s been great. If anything, you may be able to get some teletherapy experience and if you ever want to do teletherapy as a CCC- SLP, you will be more marketable. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from littlet4lks in Deferring?   
    I wouldn’t risk deferring. I’m a distance SLP student. Y’all. It’s not bad at all. I miss the interaction within the cohort, but my program had that pre-covid 1x a week and 1x a week at our homes online. There are some things you do need to do in-person and I know the COVID-19 restrictions will postpone that until we are allowed to go back to our regional educational service centers here in Texas. As of right now, we are strictly online with Simucase and possible teletherapy options right now, hopefully allowing externships to resume in the fall. 
     
    It’s not that bad y’all. I’m a year into it and it’s been great. If anything, you may be able to get some teletherapy experience and if you ever want to do teletherapy as a CCC- SLP, you will be more marketable. 
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    MH13 reacted to littlet4lks in Deferring?   
    My program said they won't have a definitive answer until mid-June but I am going to attend regardless. I would only defer if you are set on moving away from your home and going to school out of state, because I think that would be extremely difficult to do during a pandemic (but YMMV). I'm going locally, so whether it is online or not does not make much of a difference to me since I am living at home still and would just be commuting. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from Radamel in Texas Woman’s University SLP Distance Program 2020   
    Hey- I’m in cycle 10. I was looking at the page with my coworker who may be applying. I think they are waiving the GRE requirement for Cycle 11 due to COVID-19. As far as difficulty to get in, I know you need 3 solid recommendations- I got mine from 2 SLPs- 1 previous supervisor and my current supervisor. My 3rd recommendation was from my special education director. I’m sure that helped a lot to have my sped director’s recommendation letter since you need a sponsoring school district. I also had a really good, honest personal statement letter outlining why I needed to transition from a SLPA to a SLP and how that will benefit both myself professionally and my district. My GRE scores were in the 150 area and a 5 on my writing. Since that’s not going to be factored in, I would HIGHLY suggest that you do extremely well this semester and summer if you’re taking summer courses to have a good GPA. Mine was 3.75 I think for my last 60 hours. I think now, more than ever GPA of your last 60 hours of credit, great recommendations (preferably from professors, those in the field or someone like a special ed director where you will obtain your practicum hours at) and personal statement will count most. 
    For me- the process of applying was pretty simple. You will attend an informational meeting, most likely Zoom now rather than attend the meeting through the regional education center. They give you a TON of information, and it’s required to apply- that’s how you get the packet to apply. The wait for decisions can be difficult- I decided to just not think about it until it was close to time for acceptance letters to be emailed. I checked my TWU email a week before the acceptance letters were due to go out and I had been accepted. After I emailed my acceptance I took chemistry online to fulfill my conditional acceptance requirements. 
    The classes are what I expected for graduate level classes. The professors are amazing and always there to answer questions. Same goes for Mrs Chance and Mrs Lynch (program directors). They seem kinda scary, but they aren’t. They’ve helped me navigate the WORST practicum supervisor in history through the fall semester (she was fired). Right now, we are 100% canvas/zoom due to COVID-19. Practicum has changed- depending on our districts and whether we are providing teletherapy. We are going to use Simucase for adult competency this summer, as most of us- if not all will not be able to do this externship. Normally we go to our region ESC on Tuesday afternoon-evening for class, Thursday is home on collaborate, but that’s changed due to closures for COVID-19. Do I like the program? YES! I’m able to continue working full-time and attend full time. Is it hard? Yes. It is difficult because being a SLP is difficult! I know I have heard from people who have worked with graduates from this program and other university programs, they say TWU grads are more prepared and competent than grads from other programs. I feel that although we do more than other programs (weekly lesson plans for practicum students), group and individual projects, we are going to be better prepared to work with a variety of clients in a variety of placements. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from BlackGirlSLP in Denied because of sexual orientation?   
    Girl. Stick with TWU. In Cycle 10 we have 3 out and proud L and G people! No one blinked an eye. 2 are gay males- one legally married to his husband and I think the other one is not married but VERY committed- his SIL is in the program as well. We have one girl who is VERY proudly lesbian and legally married- her wife just started her graduate program as well. Like NO one has said anything to them and they are respected as humans. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from BlackGirlSLP in Denied because of sexual orientation?   
    Don’t let the competitiveness scare you. There are multiple components to admissions, such as diversity factors and letters of recommendations. Those can help boost your application! 
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    MH13 got a reaction from JordSLP2Be in How do you become an slpa?   
    Usually all you need is your bachelor’s degree. Check with your state to see if you have the courses required. In TX, levelling courses usually don’t fulfill the educational requirements, but it’s only 1-2 classes short.  You do need to have 25 hours of observation and 25 hrs of direct client experience, meaning you’re providing therapy with a CCC’ed SLP supervising the entire 25 hours. Most UG programs fulfill the observation, but don’t offer opportunity to provide direct therapy services. Most jobs you can obtain that quite easily. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from Procaffeination in Buying books- necessary?   
    Oh I would be annoyed about that too!!! That’s one of those tricky questions that doesn’t make a hill of beans when it comes time for the praxis. I loathe those questions!!! 
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    MH13 got a reaction from jsieges in Personal statement help   
    Oh Lord. Those are literally THE worst questions to ask. I mean, you obviously want to be a SLP to help people. Maybe you had experience receiving speech services, but so do several applicants. I understand your aggravation- I felt it too! I was like UMMMM you want me to put it down on 1 page and sell myself? I’m NOT good at selling myself! That’s not my strong suit at all. If you had prior experience with speech such as you received services or a family member did and you had a memorable experience, write it for those that ask why you want to be a SLP. For me, my mom was a reading interventionist and I saw the correlation between reading and speech and wanted to help kids before they hit the reading learning years and became frustrated. That was my first letter of intent. What got me in was that I’ve been a SLPA for 4 years and in order for me to grow as a professional I must obtain my master’s degree... and in my title 1 district 98% of our students only receive services in school and can’t access outside therapy for a variety of reasons. THAT got me in. Lol. Both letters were my truth, but one stood out more than the other and was the difference in acceptance and waitlist! 
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    MH13 got a reaction from aaaslp in Buying books- necessary?   
    Yes! Several of us in my cohort are renting and will buy if we feel it was a good resource. I will say, never cracked the cultural and linguistic diversity book, barely opened and read part of 2 chapters in speech sound disorders and read 1 chapter in my diagnostics class. It really depends on the professor I think. 
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    MH13 reacted to SpeechieMagee in Survey for current SLP Grad Students   
    Hello everyone,

    I just wanted to let you know that this survey is still open for anyone interested!

    Also, if you are a Graduate Student in an SLP program, feel free to share this with others that may be interested.

    Thank you!
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    MH13 reacted to BlackGirlSLP in Baylor Universtiy-Online Masters program   
    Wow, the program is nice! Your stats are really good. This is definitely your path! I can see the passion, amazing. Congrats again on getting in! I'm looking to applying.  
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    MH13 reacted to BlackGirlSpeechie in Anyone applying or currently in Speech masters online program?   
    Hi!!
    I was recently accepted into Baylor's online program this week! For me it took about 7 weeks to receive a decision due to finals, etc. My admissions counselor was super helpful and nice throughout the entire process and kept an open communication policy the entire time. She was the one who called me to notify me of my acceptance. The cost is daunting, but you have to remember that you are investing into your future and your career and you will pay it off!! The in-person program is super competitive and the same is to be said about the online, so I've heard. I'll be apart of the first cohort which begins in August, so I imagine it'll be some trial and error this first year online. I didn't have a super competitive GPA or GRE, but I have been working as a SLPA for three years, and received awesome letter of rec letters as well as I feel wrote a strong letter of intent. I don't have too much information on what happens next and will be meeting with my counselor soon for the next steps, but feel free to message me on here and I will try and be as helpful as I can! Good luck!
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    MH13 reacted to mainespeech in Speech @ Emerson   
    I interviewed on 5/8 and just found out I was accepted yesterday! I was also accepted at NYU and told my Emerson Admissions Counselor and that helped move the process along because I was on a deadline. Good luck!! 
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    MH13 reacted to fyoung in Canadian SLP - Brock Speech and Language Sciences Post Grad Cert   
    I guess I just want it as a backup plan if I don’t get into grad school.. at least having a cert can possibly get me something like a SLPA job vs. wasting all my time taking the prereq courses on its own and not having a cert + not getting into grad school. 
    It’s comforting to hear that 5 courses isn’t a lot haha there will be an observation course. Thanks for your help!
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    MH13 got a reaction from Kirstenpricee in What GPA’s were accepted in Texas School’s   
    My school (TWU) only looked at the last 60 hours, which was okay, as it didn't make much difference in GPA- I had almost a full MEd in special education by the time I applied for the distance venue, so my average was mostly grad-level classes...which did not make a difference, as I know a few with a M Ed in sped like myself who did not ultimately get accepted. I think it is just too common now that if you do not get accepted for grad school in speech pathology that the back up is M Ed sped...so maybe they aren't as impressed by it? I don't know and I am often times GLAD I do have a solid education now in sped, as I am a SLP-A in the schools and now a grad student for speech (freaking finally!!) My undergrad class at Texas Tech- SUPER competitive and I was lucky to probably be waitlisted by them with a 3.8 speech lang hearing sciences GPA... several girls in my classes were around a 4.0- again... SUPER competitive. Tech often feels that they can 'cherry pick' as they have so many applicants...which is probably true. Have you looked into West Texas A&M university? I know they weren't so great a few years ago, but now they have improved their program, from what I was told by a couple of people I had undergrad at Tech with that ultimately ended up going to WT. WT often gets over looked in favor for Tech or Eastern New Mexico... WT is in Canyon, outside of Amarillo TX. I would say look at mine but my program is distance and you really want to continue working in TX in the schools (that's the basis of the program)...which I plan on while my kids are in school...but also do PRN work in other settings. Anyways, good luck.. this is just a super competitive field to get into. 
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    MH13 reacted to bibliophile222 in Accepted off the waitlist and feeling INADEQUATE - SLP   
    I have no idea who in our cohort got in off the waitlist, so if you don't volunteer that information, they'll never know! Professors will either not know or not care--they're not going to treat you any differently, and they will all be rooting for you to succeed.
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    MH13 got a reaction from SoCali in Has anyone taken chemistry online?   
    I did. I took it online through Central Texas College. It was tough, but I got my credit. They have most classes like that on a “shortened” long semester. What I mean is that my class started Jan 14 and ended April 10, took off a week for spring break. I literally had homework every weekend and what killed me were the tests. They were more difficult and like 30-40 questions in a 1 hr time limit. A lot of them also required math. My grad school only requires me to get a C or better for chem. Thank GOD Bc I am super proud of that C. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from Jess3863 in West Texas A&M - Why so few applicants?   
    Right.. you said exactly what I thought- small area (Amarillo/Canyon) and people kind of forget about them. I know that applicants (including myself) apply for TTUHSC first...and if they are waitlisted (I was) or denied admission, the next move is usually ENMU if they are out here in the Lubbock area. I didn't ever finish my application to ENMU, I had started it, but never finished... I wasn't jazzed about spending at 2 afternoons a week in their clinic during the long semesters for my first practicum. I work in a school district as a SLPA not too far from the TX border and I actually forgot about WT until I met my first SLP supervisor. She had been a prof there a few years ago and told me about the program and we discussed how I couldn't quit for 2 years to finish my degree. Anyways, I'm glad you enjoy your program!!
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    MH13 got a reaction from Jess3863 in West Texas A&M - Why so few applicants?   
    I’m not sure. My first SLP supervisor was a professor there. She said it was a good program, just you have to live in the Amarillo/Canyon area. I mean, I haven’t been over to the area in a LONG time. I’m in Lubbock (TTUHSC) is where I did my UG. I think most people want to go to TTUHSC and then ENMU as their second choice in the area, and overlook WTAMU. But my supervisor said it was a good program- I trust what she says. I am starting TWU online in May. I have to work (married with kids... lots of financial responsibilities) so I can’t afford to quit or I would have probably gone there. I admit I forgot about them until someone talked about WT in general at work. TTUHSC is super competitive, but a great program. 
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    MH13 got a reaction from EK0922 in TWU TETN Cycle 10   
    Call Monday and see what is going on. I was under the impression this past Wednesday during the webinar for admitted students that they set the class for cycle 10. Call Ms Tomlinson or Mrs Chance and see if there was an oversight in letting you know your status. Classes start Monday for the observation class for students who did not obtain the 25 university directed hours of observation. 
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    MH13 reacted to GeeLee in West Texas A&M - Why so few applicants?   
    Hi!! I’m currently a grad student at WTAMU and I loooove it! I think they don’t receive many applicants because they don’t utilize CSDCAS and it’s located in a really smal town. Not many people know about their out-of-state tuition waiver (I had no idea until I was accepted), which is a shame because it would save a lot of ppl from taking out a lot of loans. Feel free to message me if you have any questions about the program! 
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    MH13 reacted to KO! in TWU TETN Cycle 10   
    I created a group just now on FB. It’s TWU TETN Cycle 10 - feel free to join! And Merry Christmas!  
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