[SLP Career change to Masters in SPED]

what school did you get into, I'm curious because my stats are similar to yours.  Thanks

On 4/28/2017 at 1:53 PM, jess5822 said:

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum and have been reading some insightful forums over the past few weeks.

I was wondering if anyone is in the same position I am in.

I didn't get accepted into programs, except for one but I couldn't make it work financially, and I'm looking for other ways to end up with a good career. I asked one school why I wasn't excepted and they said that my GPA and GRE scores were low. (overall GPA 3.06 and CSD GPA 3.11; GRE is 147 Verbal, 148 Quantitative, and 3.5 on AW) She suggested retaking the GRE and some of the classes I got a B in, but said it would be very expensive and hard to retake those classes. I've been debating on retaking those classes but I don't want it to be a waste of time and money if I end up not getting accepted again. I've been looking into other careers and I'm kinda interested in obtaining a Masters in Special Education. Has anybody thought of this route or has done this route before? The program I'm looking into offers initial certification in K-12 Sped as well as the Master's Degree. I would just like to know if I would have to take any prerequisites--I have contacted the director but have not heard back. And if I need to have a teacher certification before I apply to a program. Just want to know if somebody is going through this same ordeal. 

I am going to apply for SLP schools again but I also want to have a solid back-up plan in case I don't get accepted. I'm also going to obtain my certificate for SLPA and volunteer more than I did last time. Thoughts??

 

[Chance of SLP grad school]

Hello all,

So, I have a tough decision to make.  I have struggled to find out what I want to do as a career then I came across SLP.  I researched it and learned about it from my sister, who just passed her PRAXIS for SLP.  I knew this would be something I would enjoy doing.  I love the idea of it, it is very interesting to me, I love working with kids, and I would like to work in a hospital or school.  However, I do not have a very good GPA and I am nervous about being screwed in life if I don't end up getting into a masters program for SLP even if I reapply and don't get in because I don't want to be reapplying for years and years.  My GPA is 3.04 right now entering my spring semester as a junior, it is low due to me starting out in biology and figuring out that is not for me, I also didn't have good study habits and didn't try as hard as i could have.  My first semester of this junior year I did get a 3.8 GPA and took a language development and communicative disorders class and got an A in that.  My current university does not offer CSD major, so I am trying to decide if i should transfer to university of Minnesota Twin-cities and further pursue this or find something else like Athletic training which I am also considering as my other choice if I choose not to go the SLP route.  Also, if I did transfer it would be 4 semesters of work to graduate with a Speech language hearing sciences degree which is the same as CSD.  Is it possible for me to get into a program?  I am a male by the way, so I don't know how much of an advantage that gives me in the selection process because I see there are few males in the profession.  I have read posts like mine where people have gotten in with low GPA's with bolstering other things like GRE and experience but I am just nervous because I feel like that is only a couple people and that doesn't mean it would happen for me.  Any help or suggestions would be great!