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  1. Hi guys! I was wondering if there is anyone who went the SLPA route in CA or who has info about that. Experience from other states is welcome too! I have to wait a year to apply to graduate school so I'm considering the SLPA route until I can start graduate school. I don't want to do an associate program because by the end of the year I will have the equivalent of a bachelor's in speech pathology. As far as I understand from the CA SLP website (https://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/applicants/app_pack_slp_assist.shtml ) if I get fieldwork experience on top of my bachelor's degree I can get SLPA certified. My program does not provide clinical experience (just the 25 observation hours). So how do I get fieldwork experience that will be acceptable for SLPA certification? I know in other states you are supposed to "find an SLP that will supervise you." How do I find and convince an SLP to supervise me? Also say I do find an SLP, what does this look like though? What will I be doing? What will the supervising SLP have to do? What are the steps/paperwork for the whole process? I'm also confused because if an SLPA can't work as an SLPA until they are certified, how can they work to get the hours to become certified? Btw, here is what I found from the CA SLP website that makes me believe all I need is fieldwork experience: "...evidence of completion of a bachelor's degree program in speech-language pathology or communication disorders from an institution listed in the "Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education" handbook issued by the American Council on Education, and completion of the field work experience as required in Section 1399.170.10(c)(2)(B) from a Board-approved program, or completion of a minimum of seventy (70) hours of field work experience or clinical experience equivalent to that required in Section 1399.170.10(c)(2)(B) in a bachelor's degree program as recognized in this subsection."
  2. Embarrassing Fixed the error myself, if you are out of state taking the online program make sure you mark “out of state” when putting in the search information while registering for classes. Otherwise even if it says online course you will be charged a completely different tuition than the online $359 per credit.
  3. Ok I'm freaking out. Just looked at the bill for the online sap 2nd bachelor program and it's more than 13,000 for the first semester. Please tell me that's a mistake. I am out of state, but it clearly says everywhere I've checked that online classes for out of state students is tuition only, $359 per credit. I enrolled in 18 credits, how is this 13,000?? I'm calling the financial office tomorrow, but I'm freaking out and just wanted to see if maybe someone else has been billed wrong or went last year and knows the cost.
  4. This is for anyone that ends up in the same boat as me and needs information. I went with the Utah State University's online 2nd Bachelor's Program. I received confirmation from Western Washington University that USU will fulfill their prerequisites except for the "Anatomy & Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms" prerequisite which I will take as a non-cohort student with the CSU San Marcos prerequisite online program. If you happen to be looking at CSU schools that have prerequisites like "Voice Disorders," USU does not have these as part of the post-bacc program, but they do teach these classes. My plan is to either take them as a non-cohort student or ask the advisor to add these classes as part of the post-bacc program course plan for me. Fyi I'm only applying to west coast schools but based on what other people have said, USU seems to fulfill a lot of east school requirements too.
  5. Thank you for your answer! It's good to know that at-least some schools accept and then let you full-fill missing prerequisites))
  6. Thank you for your answer! It's good to know that at-least some schools accept and then let you full-fill missing prerequisites))
  7. Maybe someone has noticed all the post-bacc related questions by me and if you have, I apologize. As of right now I've narrowed down my decision to these two. A lot of people are saying USU is great and I've actually already taken a course with them, but the soonest I can start with them for the 2nd Bachelor's Program is spring cohort. I need to check with USU on when spring cohort ends, but I'm guessing that if I do spring cohort, I can't apply to grad-school for Fall 2021. Anyone have experience with spring cohort? Also I would need to take an Anatomy&Physiology class elsewhere (I know a school that I can do that at). On the other hand Longwood's deadline for fall post-bacc cohort is August 24th which is good! Also they do have an Anatomy&Physiology class. I'm just not sure where people have gotten into (from the schools I'm interested in) after Longwood and if people liked the program. Any thoughts? Experiences? Feel free to inbox me if that is more comfortable for you! Thank you!!! P.S. I'm looking at applying to a lot of the CSUs including Cal State Fullerton as well as Portland State University and a couple of schools in Washington.
  8. Since you have guaranteed admission for 2021, I would ask myself whether waiting a year would be wasting a year of time or not. In a way I have to wait a year too, while I get prerequisites done and school starts for 2021 (hopefully not 2022). I was upset when I realized this but then I started looking for things related to speech pathology like working at a lab or getting a job as an ABA technician and this made the wait feel much more worthwhile. Your situation is very different, so there may not be anything that will make the wait not feel like you are waisting time. If waiting a year won't help you in any way besides helping you pay less for school, I would go with the private school. If during this year you are able to do something that will benefit you in someway, whether it's relevant experience, traveling, or raising your quality of life, why not wait a year? As cheesy as it is, it's about the journey, not just the destination)) But if this year is going to be hell for you, then is it really worth going through that just to save money? You applied there so I'm assuming you were ready to pay that sum if it was the only school that accepted you, so why hesitate now? Hope these thoughts help!))
  9. Thank you! That was so helpful, I want to apply to San Francisco State and Portland University so that is really good to know! Also congratulations on all your acceptances and your decision
  10. Hi! Trying to find the right pos-bacc program (in terms of prerequisites fulfilling potential grad schools) and I need a bit of help. So, I'm wondering: 1. What post-bacc programs did you choose and complete? 2. What schools for grad-school where you accepted into? Was it conditional? 3. Did you take any prerequisite (SLP) classes outside of your post-bacc program? Also how did you decipher the prerequisite class names and descriptions? Any tips? Any class titles that you know are equivalent to each other? I've tried e-mailing and calling academic advisors but so far, I haven't received much help. Also I took a physics class on "Life in the Universe" in undergrad because I was told it would work for the ASHA physics requirement but, I'm not sure it will. Any experience with that? What physics class did you guys take? Thank you!
  11. Hi! You got into a lot of the grad schools I want to apply to. I'm looking for a suitable post-bacc program and was wondering if you majored in Speech Pathology or did a post-bacc. If you got a post-bacc, what school? Thank you!
  12. Hi! Trying to figure out which post-bacc to take and I was wondering which grad schools you applied to matched their prerequisites to the Longwood post bacc program. Thank you!
  13. Hi, random, but did you do a post-bacc for SLP? Some of the schools you got into are the ones I would like to get into and I'm deciding on the most suitable (prerequisite wise) post bacc program. Thank you!
  14. Hi! Besides CSU San Marcos, I'm looking at CSU East Bay, San Francisco, and Fullerton for graduate school. I'm wondering, for those of you who did the post-bacc at CSU San Marcos, was it enough to be at least conditionally accepted at any other CSU schools? What schools (outside of CSU) where you accepted to? Was it conditional? Did you take any prerequisite (SLP) classes outside of San Marcos? Also more general question: How did you decipher the prerequisite class names and descriptions? I'm stuck on that. I keep comparing programs and I can't seem to find two programs that completely match in their prerequisites P.S. I'm aware that CSU East Bay accepts non-majors and Fullerton also has a post-bacc. But I need to choose a suitable post-bacc and San Marcos is open for spring cohort applications. It would be nice to start this spring rather than next fall. Anyway, anything you can tell me will help so much! Even if it's about other post-bacc to grad school successful transitions.
  15. @bibliophile222 Thank you so much for your answer! :) It's reassuring that schools take you even if you are missing one or two classes and it's good to know which classes you took as prereqs. Did you get conditional acceptance and then the school you chose for grad school let you take the missing class with them? Also did you have to take phonetics again with Pacific University, assuming you took it for your linguistics major, or did they count phonetics from your undergrad? I am mostly applying to California schools because of in-state tuition, so thank you for the heads up. That actually explains a lot about the difference in prereqs I see between the different schools I've looked at.
  16. I am applying for SLP Fall 2021 as well! I am also feeling overwhelmed. I didn't do my undergrad in SLP so I am trying to figure out prerequisites and make sure they are all done.
  17. How did you decide whether or not you should do a post-bacc or just take courses separately? How did you know for sure that the courses you took were fulfilling prerequisites? If you did a post-bacc but then still had to do another requirement after post-bacc because each school has different requirements, how did you find out you were missing this requirement? What is the cheapest post-bacc available? Anyone in the same boat as me where as a linguist and cogsci minor (or as other majors/minors), you took a lot of similar courses to prerequisites but ones that don't fit the pre-requisites perfectly?
  18. I'm in the same boat and also looking for answers! I'm applying for fall 2021 except I already graduated with an undergrad linguistics degree. My struggle is that I've taken a good amount of prerequisites, but not all of them. So I still need coursework, but going into a post baccalaureate program doesn't make sense. The courses I've taken are often similar to the prerequisites that grad schools have but don't fit perfectly. For example a school requires Speech and Hearing Science but I've taken Hearing Science and a second class, Speech and Hearing Disorders. Like does this work or do I have to take another class that is specifically Speech and Hearing Science, I don't know. And so far the universities haven't helped much they just send me the links to their post baccalaureate programs. Here is the best answer I can give to your question: the prerequisite coursework you need to fulfill is generally the same grad school to grad school, but some courses are different, it doesn't really depend on ASHA (beyond the bio, chem etc requirements) but on the school. You kind of need to do your research now on which grad schools you want to apply to and look at their specific prerequisites. If you don't find it directly on their application page, checkout their post-baccalaureate pages. These usually have the list of coursework that you would be taking if you were part of their program. These are also the courses that are prerequisites for grad school. I would use these as guidance for which courses to take, but yes it's freaking tricky. Also if your school has a speech pathology/communication disorders major, go to their department and ask them. My school unfortunately didn't have one.
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