letmeinplease

No need to be an asshole and no, that's not what I mean. I would hope that someone from an Ivy League, such as yourself, would know that not all programs are created equal. I am friends with a few young clinicians that specialized in the medical side of peds who never exposed to pediatric dysphagia. It boggles my mind, given the demand for . It's sad for them because I know a bunch of them chose their programs because of the school's name, not because the school was great for speech pathology. So I can brag to future employers that I have trained to treat and evaluate pediatric dysphagia and those other clinicians can brag that they, uh, went to NYU? Hee. Oh well, they should have chosen one of the nation's top speech programs...like me! Good luck, you'll need it.

Well, SLP works a lot differently from other grad programs. We are guaranteed work after graduation because it is such an in-demand field that is understaffed. Also the best programs in SLP happen to be large, public institutions (U of Iowa, U of Wisconsin, U of Washington, U of Arizona, etc) so Columbia doesn't hold as much weight in this field as it would in say, English. I'd rather go to one of those public schools so I could brag about my clinical skills not the "prestige" of my school.

Well the NYC Board of Ed scholarship isn't guaranteed for all SLP students who want it and given the economy, competition is going to be fierce. Plus I've been told that bilingual students (Spanish-English) are the most in-demand and that a bunch of good monolingual students have been turned away because of staffing interests, etc. However, if you are bilingual that is obviously amazing news! But just in case the unthinkable happened, would you be able to pay for TC out of pocket or would you, at least, be willing to take on that amount of debt to attend?

I'm sort of exactly in the same boat as you. My field is SLP too. I got into a top 5 school but the cost is outrageous especially when you add in rent, living expenses and books. Ironically I got accepted to another school yesterday that is more expensive than the top school, but I would be able to live at home in NYC. So the only way I could afford the second school is if I do the NYC board of ed scholarship but I really don't want to be tied down to the public school system for four years, especially when I'm most passionate about the geriatric population. Ugh. I guess time will tell.

I'm a future speechie and I'm really wanting to hear from Teacher's College (they're one of my top choices) but I hear they've been really crappy when it comes to giving out decisions (last year a friend of mine didn't even hear she was rejected until late april...wtf?). Hoping i hear from them soon because I wouldn't mind go back to the east coast.

I am in the same boat so far and although I have a few more apps out there, the chances of getting in are looking more and more doubtful as time passes. The admissions process is hellish to go through again. But your experiences with this cycle will make next cycle relatively smoother. As a poster above me said, an admit is an admit but if it's somewhere you were terribly fond of or, as in my case, financing your education will be a major problem then reapplying might be an okay choice. I guess it depends on how strongly you feel towards the school that admitted you. Best of luck!