SLP Decision Help!

[afitz15]

Hey guys!

 

So I really have no idea where I want to go to for next year's graduate program. I have a lot of great options. I think I'm interested in TBI/concussions/cognitive ability, but all locations will have good hospitals for me to do clinic work at... Any opinions on these programs?

 

Admitted: Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Bowling Green, University of Tennessee

Rejected : UNC Chapel Hill

[midnight]

Congrats!

 

Have any of the schools offered you aid that might help with your decision?

[SLPjmar]

What initially attracted you to each program?

[afitz15]

Bowling Green offered me 1 year paid with a stipend to teach, but they aren't in an ideal location - they're in a rural part of Ohio and within a 25 minute drive of a bigger city with some hospitals and clinic sites.

[afitz15]

OSU - high rank, current undergrad, close to family and boyfriend, nice clinic and awesome hospitals, but no professors with similar interests

Pitt - high rank and unique program, medical focus, not to far from home

BG - safety school but got a LOT of money

Tenn - unique TBI research going on with lots of on campus clinic sites

Cinci - close to home, good ranking, awesome hospital, metropolitan city

[midnight]

I'd probably pick Pitt, Cincinnati, or Tennessee based on your info, but I know that doesn't narrow it down much.

 

Have you visited the programs?

[afitz15]

I've visited all of them.. I think my top are Ohio State, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh. Pitt would be an awesome choice but it's so dang expensive. How important do you think it is to have a professor with similar interests at the school? I know all of the faculty at OSU, and the clinical faculty has TBI interests. There are a lot of patients that come through the clinic with various neurogenic problems..