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For me, my decision came down mostly to the money. Everything i've heard from my undergrad profs that got fancy expensive educations (teachers college, nyu etc.) is that they are still paying off their loans and regret it, lol. Seton hall is a great program, but it very expensive per credit and it is also more credits than most of the NJ programs--so it gets extremely expensive. However, if money isn't a concern for you, they are a great option. Since they don't have a clinic, you experience 3 externships instead of 2 like most other NJ schools. Personally, I like the idea of an on campus clinic, because you get more hands-on experience in more of a controlled university environment, but that is preference. There is also opportunity for study abroad, which is super unique. Montclair State is also great and has some high-profile research staff. if you are interested in research, they take it really seriously there and there is a lot of opportunity for that. Their classes/clinic are all in the same building and it is not on the main campus, so that could be a plus or negative based on your individual situation. I believe they don't really have room for electives in their program, because everyone takes the same classes at the same time (they split the grade into 3 cohorts and you stick with that cohort the whole time). This could also be a positive or negative depending on the person. William Paterson is the program I chose to commit to, mostly based off of the fact that I was offered an assistantship and I was not about to pass up free tuition. I also went to visit and got a really warm feeling from the head of the department and the clinic directer. The clinic and most of the classes are all in a brand new building on WPU's campus, so it is super nice, clean, and new. They also mentioned that the cases they get in their clinic are really diverse and theres a lot of variation to experience basically anything. I know with this program, you jump right into clinic with clients on your first semester, which is exciting to me, but could be a negative if you're not quite ready. Ranking wise, it is not the most impressive, but from everything i've heard, no one really cares about that. Luckily, SLPs don't really ever have problems getting jobs out of grad school, because there is such high demand everywhere. Kean I don't know much about, except hearsay, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt. I have heard that have a great program for speech, good graduation stats etc. and a nice campus. However, their administration seems a little disorganized and I think they are experiencing a high turnover of staff right now and the Univ president is leaving. This could definitely explain their late admissions decisions for fall compared to everyone else. I am a North Jersey person, so I don't know much about Monmouth or Stockton. Hope that helped, at least a little!

Just created a facebook group! Search "William Paterson SLP Fall 2020" and request to join:)

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Hi everyone--I just received a graduate assistantship at WPU and will be accepting! Has anyone else committed for the Communication Disorders Fall 2020 cohort? Also, if anyone has made a facebook group (or plans to make one) please leave a link:)