MGH Housing and Roommates

[slpfall2019]

Hey everyone! I committed to MGH this past week, and I'm looking for housing and roommates. If anyone wants to be message me, feel free to do so! Also, if anyone has any advice on finding both, that would be appreciated too! Thanks!

[BioCook]

5 hours ago, slpfall2019 said:

Hey everyone! I committed to MGH this past week, and I'm looking for housing and roommates. If anyone wants to be message me, feel free to do so! Also, if anyone has any advice on finding both, that would be appreciated too! Thanks!

Hi! I've lived in the Boston area for a few years and will be happy to help figure out places to live and finding roommates. DM if interested.  

[samiamslp]

Hey all, I am officially committed!!

[BioCook]

On 4/14/2019 at 9:48 PM, samiamslp said:

Hey all, I am officially committed!!

Omg hi!!

[ELISLP2B]

Hi all! I am committed as well! and in need of roommates/housing. I made a facebook group too. It's called MGH IHP CSD Class of 2021  https://www.facebook.com/groups/271954027042282/  

Let me know if the link or search feature work! I look forward to meeting everyone ? 

[samiamslp]

2 hours ago, ELISLP2B said:

Hi all! I am committed as well! and in need of roommates/housing. I made a facebook group too. It's called MGH IHP CSD Class of 2021  https://www.facebook.com/groups/271954027042282/  

Let me know if the link or search feature work! I look forward to meeting everyone ? 

'Sup, my subreddit pal!

[samiamslp]

2 hours ago, ELISLP2B said:

Hi all! I am committed as well! and in need of roommates/housing. I made a facebook group too. It's called MGH IHP CSD Class of 2021  https://www.facebook.com/groups/271954027042282/  

Let me know if the link or search feature work! I look forward to meeting everyone ? 

It works for me!

[LaurGirl11]

On 4/13/2019 at 2:19 PM, slpfall2019 said:

Hey everyone! I committed to MGH this past week, and I'm looking for housing and roommates. If anyone wants to be message me, feel free to do so! Also, if anyone has any advice on finding both, that would be appreciated too! Thanks!

Hi! I just found out I got accepted off the waitlist for MGH and I am very excited but am also very confused at this point. I know this is a weird question, but what lead you to pick MGH? I am trying to figure out if it is worth all the extra money lol

[samiamslp]

1 hour ago, LaurGirl11 said:

Hi! I just found out I got accepted off the waitlist for MGH and I am very excited but am also very confused at this point. I know this is a weird question, but what lead you to pick MGH? I am trying to figure out if it is worth all the extra money lol

Congrats! That's amazing!! And not a weird question at all. Fair warning, this is no particular order! So, for me personally: Our scope of practice and all of the things that we can pursue as SLPs is HUGE, but what I've always been most intrigued by is the literacy aspect of speech therapy. MGH offers classes and clinical experiences in written language disorders, which I've really never seen at all in other programs, and because they offer various tracks and the electives to go with them, I can really focus on the part of speech that I love the most, while also getting a well-rounded academic and clinical education in every other aspect of the speech world. I love that they are in Boston, and it's not totally in central Boston which I personally actually prefer, because it's not as wild people-wise and is set on this beautiful location on the water, and yet you can easily drive or take the T to placements throughout the Greater Boston area. I really like that we don't start clinic until about a month in, so they ease us into it that way with seminars and whatnot, and then after the first two semesters, everyone does three different placements (medical, school, and one more which tends to be in some specialty-- the grad student I spoke to was doing it with an AAC specialist, which sounds AMAZING), so you really get to experience so many different of the subfields in our career and get comfortable with it all. And I really like the professors are not old and retired lol, they're still working and doing research and are completely up to date on best practices, yet everyone I met seemed so ridiculously down to earth and welcoming, to the point where students call their profs by their first names? I wanted to go to a program that was warm and welcoming, yet would give me a great education and make me come out feeling confident in my abilities as an SLP, and I feel like their combination of electives and clinical opportunities will really help me with that last part. Cons: the price of the program and Boston in general is obviously really high, and the courseload seems more than other programs. But I feel like for me, the pros outweigh the cons, because I honestly wouldn't have the opportunities that I would have in my future specialty as an SLP anywhere else. 

[LaurGirl11]

@samiamslp wow thank you so much!!

[slpfall2019]

@LaurGirl11 Hey! I actually got a decent scholarship from MGH so money wasn't a huge factor for me. But, I really liked the school when I visited. The faculty and students all seemed very welcoming, and they looked excited that we were there. As for academic reasons, I really like the variety of classes that MGH offers. None of my other schools had such a wide range. Even though the workload may be more than other schools, I think it will be worth it cause you may appear to be a more competitive applicant. One grad student I was talking to said that for clinicals, MGH students stand out due to the extra courses we take. Hope that helps!

[samiamslp]

12 hours ago, LaurGirl11 said:

@samiamslp wow thank you so much!!

Of course! Feel free to message me if you have any questions. 

Do you have a specific interest or specialty that MGH offers? I feel like that is a lot of the reason why many people choose MGH over other programs. 

Are you leaning towards the program you previously accepted or towards MGH at this point?