rjaywong

Just posting to pass the time as well! I was enrolled in a doctoral program at a top 10 medical school, but realized part way into my first semester that I was no longer interesting in becoming a healthcare professional. I withdrew officially from my program last month. I had daily exposure to children who are deaf or hard of hearing (d/hh) during my time in the program. Due to this experience, I am applying to the SSP strand to research how healthcare initiatives and special and deaf education can be blended in a more cohesive manner to promote education equity in primary schools. [Applying directly from undergrad... essentially] Program/Concentration: SSPGRE Score: verbal - 158, quantitative - 152, analytical - 5GPA: 2.74Work Experience: 5 years experience in education working as an independent tutor and as the general manager of three tutor centers. Half a year working with children who are d/hh providing language modeling and teaching behavioral management skills. Internship experience working in a pediatric clinic at a large medical center in the Bay Area assisting providers with direct patient contact and learning testing protocols. Undergrad Experience: B.A. in Linguistics and Psychology from a Top 2 Public University in the US. Research Experience: Experience working in a linguistics lab focused on effortful language processing via eye tracking. Basic familiarity with SSP. Some experience constructing, running and analyzing results from a 30-subject-pool research project. LoR/SoP: Letter from the director of my doctoral program, one of my graduate program professors and a former professor from undergrad.What Other Schools Are You Applying To: None. Wishing everyone the best of luck!!~