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I attended the first open house for UT Health SA, so I can provide some feedback! The professors were amazing, kind, and extremely knowledgeable, and provide lots of opportunities to participate in research with them. The current grad students kept raving about the program and how glad they were to be able to attend it. The building the SLP classrooms are in is renovated and very nice, and the campus was great as a whole. The curriculum has a strong medical focus, and the professors emphasized how they will work with you to get the internships/placements you want. I also live in San Antonio, and everything Amanda said above I agree with--- the city is great, the people are friendly, and there's lots to do.  My friends and I left the open house and immediately committed to the program because we were so blown away by everything it offers. Feel free to message me if you have any other questions!

I'm also from an even more outside field (international studies, and for the past six years, I've been working in hospitality).
I feel your nervousness, but plenty of people have been accepted from outside fields.  If you have solid grades in speech pre-reqs and can write a good statement, then there's a good chance! I like to think that being from an outside field is a positive thing, as I'm adding a different perspective.  I also refuse to go down the rabbit hold of reading where people apply, where they interview, whether or not they get in.  There seems to be very little rhyme or reason to acceptances, so you just have to submit your application and see what happens!  
Good luck! 

Has anyone ever gone outside the US for their masters (in a country that is in the Mutual Recognition Agreement with ASHA) and come back to the US to practice? Did you have difficulty getting licensed in the US? Pros and cons of your experience? Debating applying to a couple abroad programs but want to know if it's worth the time and effort that an international application is.  
 
Thanks!