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    AARTH reacted to nwslp in What do you wish you had known?   
    I'm a second year so I haven't already started but I do have some advice! I was so so set on being a medical SLP and grinding my way through hospitals to get a competitive medical CF - then COVID happened. My advice is just to open and know that this a field you can jump around within for your entire career. So my advice is more about doing this during COVID.
    Think of everything you do and every supervisor you interact with as a chance to figure out what you like and don't like and what type of SLP you want to be. I was annoyed the semester I had a full peds caseload but found that I was just as excited working on social skills with neurodivergent kiddos as I was when seeing post-stroke adults but I had to adjust my thinking to accept that. I felt like if I ended up with a CF in a school I was a failure but after mourning the reality of COVID, the fact that our externships are limited and our resumes will look different than expected, I've been able to just keep running lists of what I like about every population I encounter. You might still have a shot at medical externships depending on how the virus goes! Unfortunately, we've been told that hospitals are off the table for Fall and Spring (our only remaining options). We've ALSO been told that hospitals are actively thinking about how to combat this loss of experience and planning to add structured training to CF positions. The whole field is figuring it out!  
    Oh unrelated: keep a positive feedback file on your computer! Anytime my supervisors give me something really positive or new I keep it in there so I can refer back when I start letting constructive feedback feel too personal. You got this!!! 
    TLDR; Be open! Don't limit yourself! Get as much variety as you can and don't get stuck in your thinking. 
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    AARTH got a reaction from bibliophile222 in Bilingual Speech Pathology Extension   
    Hi!! With my newfound free time, I’m also trying to improve my Spanish as I’m stuck at home! My goal is to work as a bilingual SLP, but I also am not quite at native proficiency. My mom’s first language is Spanish, so I’m used to hearing it, but I’m not great with the grammar and everything. I’ve been using a free trial of Rosetta Stone, but I found that it seems to be more helpful for learning vocabulary than teaching explicit grammar. I think Duolingo is a great free resource if you haven’t tried that! I also think Studyspanish.com has fantastic explanations of a lot of grammar rules. There are some good YouTube channels and podcasts out there for Spanish learners as well. One thing I haven’t tried that might help with conversational Spanish are some online services where you Skype with a native speaker to practice talking, but I think those are usually somewhat pricey. 
     
    Following for other people’s suggestions! 
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    AARTH got a reaction from Cece93 in Bilingual Speech Pathology Extension   
    Hi!! With my newfound free time, I’m also trying to improve my Spanish as I’m stuck at home! My goal is to work as a bilingual SLP, but I also am not quite at native proficiency. My mom’s first language is Spanish, so I’m used to hearing it, but I’m not great with the grammar and everything. I’ve been using a free trial of Rosetta Stone, but I found that it seems to be more helpful for learning vocabulary than teaching explicit grammar. I think Duolingo is a great free resource if you haven’t tried that! I also think Studyspanish.com has fantastic explanations of a lot of grammar rules. There are some good YouTube channels and podcasts out there for Spanish learners as well. One thing I haven’t tried that might help with conversational Spanish are some online services where you Skype with a native speaker to practice talking, but I think those are usually somewhat pricey. 
     
    Following for other people’s suggestions! 
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    AARTH got a reaction from lifeispeachy in Help me choose between schools?   
    Just accepted the offer at University of Illinois today! Thanks for all the help!! I ultimately decided that I wanted to choose the most financially-stable option, especially given all the craziness going on in the world right now. Best of luck to everyone else who is waiting/deciding!
     
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    AARTH reacted to MadisonMachelle in Help me choose between schools?   
    I'd say Vanderbilt because it's such an AMAZING program plus your loans will be pretty minimal since they're covering all of your tuition anyways. The autism track will make you more attractive for jobs since you have a form of specialization. Vanderbilt also is a college town with LOTS (and I mean LOTS) to do there. You'll easily be able to pay back your loans. Go for the quality of life. Plus, IT'S VANDERBILT.
    Congratulations man!
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    AARTH reacted to lifeispeachy in Help me choose between schools?   
    I’m very in favor of taking out no loans, even if it means pushing through two more winters in Illinois. With no student debt holding you down, you can take any job that interests you out of grad school. You can do your CFY specializing in autism in a state where you can soak in the sun everyday — and get paid to be there instead of racking up debt to be there. Vanderbilt is obviously an amazing school, but highly ranked schools don’t really make a difference in where you are employed afterwards when it comes to speech. And you can definitely specialize in autism without going to Vanderbilt. 
     
    Just my my two cents, but if I had a free grad school option I’d be jumping all over it! Good luck making your decision?
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    AARTH got a reaction from amanda_rensch in Vanderbilt timeline   
    They just canceled classes for a week as a precaution due to Coronavirus, so that might cause further delays maybe?
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    AARTH reacted to brich11 in Vanderbilt timeline   
    I really hope we find out this week. The suspense is killing me! 
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    AARTH got a reaction from ie.slp in Help choosing- BU, MGH, UPitt, Northwestern ???   
    I currently attend Northwestern for undergrad and would be happy to answer any questions about the university, CSD department, or city of Evanston!
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    AARTH reacted to lifeispeachy in UT Austin Fall 2020   
    Me too! Congratulations ? 
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    AARTH reacted to maskingeffect in Nerves, stats, and thank you!   
    if you can open yourself to the possibility of matriculating at other programs, I would apply more broadly. You seem to have a great profile, and if you can channel what you've written in your post into a coherent and thoughtful SOP, you are a shoo-in somewhere. As you already know, the programs you're applying to are, by the numbers, some most competitive in the country. Those programs receive hundreds of applications and accept ~10-20% of applicants, many of whom are admits from their undergradute program; however, if you aren't willing to compromise and are hellbent on an elite education, then don't. 
    Let's go concern-by-concern:
    I'm concerned I didn't apply to enough schools/should apply to more. See above. Maybe I should be aiming a little lower. See above. It never hurts to have safety schools. I'm in my early 30s. I mean, it's fine but I'm a little scared about being in a cohort with fresh-faced undergraduates and not measuring up. Cohorts are creeping up in age. Think of what you were like at 21. You are every bit as worthy. My GRE could be better. The first time I took it, I did worse on the multiple choice and better on the AW, so it could definitely be worse. Admittedly I'm a lot better with quantitative reasoning when I'm not a total ball of anxiety, which is why I haven't forked out another $200ish in an effort to earn back that 5.5 and push my quant up. Maybe if I fail this round again I'll revisit that. *shivers* It's solid enough that it shouldn't barr you from admission. My SOP was SO HARD to write. As you may have noticed, I'm not very good at being brief. I'm concerned I didn't say everything I should have, or what I said may not have illustrated what I wanted it to.  If there's still time, there are a handful of folk here who are willing to revise SOPs, myself included. Send me a PM if you're interested! My old GPA is still haunting me like Moaning Myrtle and looking at it in CSDCAS was like that part in "What Not to Wear" when you look in the 360 mirror, but not getting a $5,000 shopping spree afterward. ;_______; It's not a big deal; admissions committees don't harp on decisions made a decade ago. The idea of getting rejected from everywhere again after all of the work and sacrifice makes me more than a little sick to my stomach. Limbo is a mediocre game at best, but it's absolute murder when it becomes what your life looks like for too long.  Stay strong, admissions season is mentally exhausting. Make sure to take care of yourself.
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    AARTH reacted to slptobe! in Statement of Purpose - Too "Fluffy" vs Too "Dry"   
    The purpose of a PS is for the admissions committee at the school to get to know you, your experiences, your academic abilities, and if you are a good fit for their program. It is becoming an increasingly difficult task to do as schools shorten the word limit because of the amount of applications to get through, but striking that medium is definitely a tricky thing! For me, I wrote an outline first one what I wanted to include to supplement the rest of my app and then I wrote way too much then edited down further and further. I asked many people (speechies and non-speechies) to read it and give their honest opinions. This really helped me. For me, I wrote about how life events and experiences have led me to where I am now and how that passion fueled my academic interests and motivated me to gain experience. Because while you don't want to write a sob story, those experiences for most have impacted their decisions and become one of the reasons they want to be an slp so it's an important factor. So for the sake of a word count, I did my best to weave all those aspects together. It's definitely not easy! Let me know if any of you have questions! I would be happy to try and help or send my ps as an example.  
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    AARTH reacted to zurako in Out-of-Field Anxiety   
    You should definitely apply this year! Schools will accept you with expectation that you finish the prereqs before the fall so you're fine.
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    AARTH reacted to Lwc23 in Out-of-Field Anxiety   
    I don’t want to discount others’ experiences, but I wouldn’t say that THAT many apply 3-4 times before getting admitted. Although not totally applicable to your situation, about 20 out of 30 in my CSD undergrad cohort applied our senior year, and everyone got into at least one school; I applied one round and got into 4/6 schools. Your stats sound good, you’ve got some experience, and schools want to have a variety of applicants and have nothing against out-of-fielders. I really think you’ll be fine, especially if you research schools and apply to ones in your range. And worst case scenario, if you aren’t accepted you can work for a year before trying again.
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    AARTH reacted to cef26 in Out-of-Field Anxiety   
    I was an out of field as a psych major and got into all 12 programs I applied to! I had a few prerequisites done but a few weren’t done until that spring after I already got into the schools! You’re so fine as long as your gpa, GRE and essays are good, 100% apply. 
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