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I thought I should add my perspective here, because I didn't want to hijack the other forum referring to leveling courses. I would agree that teacher and student interactions vary by professor. However, I would say each semester had maybe one class with prerecorded lectures and the rest were self taught with textbooks. The majority of classes met before midterms and finals and maybe one or two times more than that. The only consistent zoom meeting we had were in the first two trimesters were we met with clinical supervisors for simucase. I was able to get all As without issue, but some did not. As speechie03 stated, it's about application of information (Except for the drawings no one got 100% on lol). We are not allowed to get below Bs (I think can only get one C) and they want everyone to pass. Most professors have been helpful when you email them and will provide answers and examples when needed. Not all are pleasant or accomodating, but most are. Really its expected at all graduate schools that there will be some rude professors. The main issue is that the school preaches flexibility but know that a handful of students have been given full time placements with a full load of coursework, which is atypical for slp gradschools. People have had 40hrs a week placement with a commute, on top of 4 classes. It's really not flexible and when faculty says prepare for no life with graduate school they mean it. They also began a virtual clinic that is a big struggle. Many people were assigned clients within a short period of time (sometimes a day before) and have to work this around their regular clinical placement. It is non-negotionable, and honestly unprofessional to the placements we have contracts with. With COVID, they asked half of the students to move for placements this trimester. Even thought it is a pandemic and financially difficult. Also there have been two tuition increases since my start in the program. The third one was scheduled but postponed due to COVID, so when you start here just prepare for that.

Yes I am. There are no concerns with accreditation. It is in candidacy for accredidation. Essentially all schools have to be pre-approved, with a trial period before they can be fully accredited. While they are in this trial period anyone that graduates at University of St. Augustine can be certified by ASHA and the approved states on the St. Augustine website with a little more paperwork. From what faculty has said, USA is likely going to be fully accredited by the end of this term or early next year, so if you are applying right now you won't be affected either way.

@robtoon4 If you have any other questions about the school let me know! If the price is right for leveling I wouldn't write it off but I wouldn't recommended it as a grad school. @MBA2SLPsorry I am not too familiar with other leveling programs, as my BS was in Communication Disorders. I have heard mostly good things about ENMU though!

Someone in my cohort took prereqs through them and chose to go to their masters program. She said when they redid curriculum they required her to retake a class with those updates to continue at their graduate school. I'm not familiar with the prerequisites classes but as a current grad student at USA, I regret going there. Many professors were newbies to the online format. They all seemed good SLPs but I don't know if I would call it teaching. More often then not they have you buy a textbook and read it cover to cover, without any lectures and occasionally accompanying powerpoints. Clinical placement organization is terrible (and not just because of COVID) and their virtual clinic is a nightmare. I still have maintained a 4.0 so I am not a disgruntled student. I have felt personally disrespected by faculty and can say at least half have said that they regret going to this school. Although they put up a good front, they really do not care about their students. Everything is about money and making the school look good.