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  1. I got into Hunter and TC (didn't apply to Queens or Lehman but I heard they're good programs) a few years ago. People are very nice and have a cooperative atmosphere at both schools, but Hunter students are super close knit because of their small cohort size. TC has more students and you may be split into 2-3 cohorts with different schedules, but you will still interact with each other in clinic or electives. I ended up choosing TC because of a few reasons: 1. TC is well known for its multicultural focus and you only need to take one extra class to satisfy the bilingual extension requirements. I was told that I would need to do an extra semester (of bilingual education classes rather than SLP classes I think) at Hunter to fulfill the requirements. 2. At Hunter you had to work with a faculty and write a thesis in your 2nd year. 3. Prestige. 99% of employers don't care where you go to school but my family did lol. 100k at TC vs 25k at CUNYs is a huge difference so it is definitely important to weigh your options. Hope it was helpful!
  2. I interviewed a few years ago so don't remember much. But it was a group interview (2 faculty & 6 students), the questions were pretty generic but trying to get noticed from 6 people was a little intense. Then we got to do a tour led by current students and it was pretty chill.
  3. I didn't go to NYU but from what I've heard it has no issue with helping students find medical placements... Their own hospitals takes NYU students every semester.
  4. @Leighfslp I've never lived anywhere else so I can't be much help, but we had people from VA and they're doing just fine. Once you get on campus then you can reach out to professors for (relatively few) paid GA positions in their labs.
  5. You should definitely apply this year! Schools will accept you with expectation that you finish the prereqs before the fall so you're fine.
  6. Most of the professors at USU are very willing to do it if you ask early. I asked two professors in September and after providing them with my info they submitted in a week! It's probably rather generic though so I supplemented with a strong recommendation from work.
  7. I used www.proliability.com which was recommended by my school and it was $32 per year.
  8. Like the other poster said above, if the program is good you don't really have to study much in order to pass (when I was studying I realized I already knew most of the stuff from classes and just needed a refresher). And it doesn't necessarily mean that they have bad externship opportunities but it is very competitive to get externships in the NYC area, especially medical placements. If other schools can better prepare their students, why would hospitals need to take students from LIU Brooklyn? If you are inclined to go I would ask about what specific places they have a relationship with.
  9. I'm a current grad student and honestly, it's not super difficult to pass the praxis since they are multiple choice questions and there's a curve. Since other schools in NY have 90-95% praxis passing rate, I would consider the quality of education that you'll be getting at LIU Brooklyn and how that can also possibly affect what kind of externships you will be offered.
  10. @roxthespeechie It's competitive but yes definitely possible! There is a CF at my current placement right now
  11. If you want to get a medical CF in NYC definitely stay here for school. A lot of times people get their medical CF from doing well and making connections at their medical placement. Also it's much easier to get TSSLD by graduating from a NYS school because the school handles a lot of the paperwork for you.
  12. USU's exams are proctored but it's set up through an online system so you don't have to find a proctor nearby. The professor was great but you have to understand the material to do well.
  13. USU! around ~300 per credit I believe and the class is very straightforward.
  14. My experiences at USU: Audiology is very straightforward and easy if you know how to read an audiogram. Speech science is not a lot of work BUT the tests are challenging because you have to understand the material (rather than straight memorization). Anatomy is not hard but takes up a lot of time for memorizing the material. I think all 3 together will be doable because there's a variety of difficulties, but obviously this depends on how much other stuff you have going on in your life.
  15. @slp1921 If you are interested in a lab you can definitely be involved! There's minimal paid positions but everyone who wanted to participate in a lab (without pay) got to do that. Switching to the bilingual track is very easy you just need to fill out a form when you get here I think the people who definitely want to work with children (not just in the school setting) vs adults is about half and half and some people like both! We have really great faculty for adult classes who are well known researchers. The clinic has adult clients as well as weekly aphasia group that you can participate in. And everyone gets at least one medical placement (like the other poster said, we can't guarantee a hospital placement, but the placement coordinator really tries to get everyone what they want). I really feel like I got a good education here. Let's be real, some professors are meh and sometimes I don't pay attention. But most of the faculty were great at teaching and I learned a lot! The supervisors in the clinic have all been so supportive and encouraging, which was so helpful as a first time clinician who didn't know what I was doing.
  16. It's an annoyance having to take it and study for it, but I wouldn't decide on a program just based on that. What matters most is how well the program will prepare you to become a good SLP! If you love both programs equally then maybe you can consider the comps as a factor?
  17. Hi all I'm a current student and just want to clarify a few things The bilingual "program" is literally one extra class that you have to take where we specifically talk about bilingual assessment/treatment/education. We have a multicultural focus in that considerations for serving culturally and linguistic diverse clients will be woven into every single class you take, and I think that's very important even if you're not bilingual because we could always meet diverse clients with different backgrounds especially in NYC. There are a lot of grad programs in NYC so it is very competitive to secure externships. Everybody will get placed but you shouldn't expect the perfect placement with your favorite population that is next to your house (it can still happen if you're really lucky). No matter the grad school in NYC, commuting for an hour is pretty typical and common especially if you want a specific kind of site (e.g. there are only so many hospitals in Manhattan so you may go to Brooklyn or Queens). For the record, I live in Brooklyn and only asked for sites in Brooklyn and commute time for me has been 30 minutes to an hour. It does suck to leave externship and then go to night classes, but in my second year I only take 1-2 classes so it's still doable. All classes are technically in different buildings but they're all connected and taking up the entire block, so in actuality you never leave the "building." Having gone to high school in NYC, I don't think that the classrooms in TC are like a high school at all but that's a matter of opinion. We divide into two cohorts to reduce class size so that students can get more attention! I've maybe taken a few classes with students from other cohorts and have definitely worked with them in the clinic. Yeah the electives are annoying and expensive. The only possible upside to this is that for some people it helps them make the entire graduate program to be over 60 credits so the school system will pay a higher salary lol. Hope this was helpful and I'll be happy to answer any more questions!
  18. Nope! You have to take the same classes to get the same certification and absolutely nobody cares if you got a MA or MS.
  19. @Aspire_to_Be it's really a great deal since you won't be 100k in debt!!! And since your career is gonna be like 25-30 years 4 years in the school really isn't that much time. I'm sure you can pivot if you work hard to keep yourself relevant for the medical field. You're required to serve high needs areas (predominantly POC areas and district 75). For TC students they almost only exclusively take Spanish bilinguals because of how expensive our program is. And they really want to see that you care about NYC public school kids.
  20. @kamtea well I never got to take the medical course so can't comment on that... We have relationships with hospitals, snfs, rehab centers in NYC/upstate/New Jersey.
  21. @psychslp everyone has to take the prereqs before the grad level classes so there's really no significant difference academically. The only small disadvantage might be knowing about real life stuff like requirements for certification or what setting you want to be in but you'll be fine! I do complain about minor stuff about TC sometimes hahaha but things work out eventually and overall I am glad I chose to go. @kamtea So the cohort after my year got to take a course on being a medical SLP so that's pretty cool. The adult classes are all very good, I learned a lot. We have good relationships with a lot of medical sites and people get at LEAST 1 medical placements out of the 3 we need to do (some people get 2). Some people will be doing their CFs right out of grad school in medical settings!
  22. The students are pretty collaborative and there really is no competition because everyone has already made it to grad school. Faculty are all great researchers/clinicians, but some are better at teaching than others... Some classes might be taught by adjuncts but they've been great actually. I would say we are slightly more diverse than the typical programs due to our bilingual program and being in NYC but still not diverse enough. In a class of 50, there would be around 7 POC, 2 males, and 1 older (~30) students. We do have a lot of people from non-speech backgrounds but they're mostly related disciplines (psych, linguistic, education, etc). Hope this helps!
  23. Yeah basically what it says on the funding letter (scholarship, work study, etc) is what you get. There might be smaller outside funding opportunities that I may not know about, but the DOE scholarship is your best bet. If you can get the scholarship (very competitive, they prefer bilingual candidates) I really think it will be worth it because you'll come out of school debt-free and are free to pursue whatever setting you want after a few years.
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