UW vs. UNC Pros and Cons?

[hkates]

11 hours ago, Jolie717 said:

I was wondering - when you (and everyone, please chime in) have discussed opinions about the importance of schools' ranking with other SLPs, have any of them come from top-ranked programs?  (Preferably half of them, for a good representation, with several in medicine).  I do understand that we as SLPs are fortunate enough to be in a position where we will all likely be employed very quickly.  

However, for those of us (the 10% or less) who wish to go into MedSLP, the answer may not be quite so simple.  Especially those of us who want to specialize in a specific area of medicine, thus decreasing the job opportunities even further.  One of my profs, who attended a top ten grad school, told a classmate they would be crazy to turn down UW unless it was for financial reasons.  I can't keep that from playing in my head, over and over, and it is driving me nuts!  Anyone???

I think I only have one really relevant example here, but I talked with one of my former professors who works at one of the most (if not the most) highly esteemed children's hospital in town. She told me she was also offered admission at UW, but ended up turning it down in favor of a smaller, private school in this area because she liked their clinical model better. She's pretty young, so I don't think she's had to spend a lot of time working her way up to the position she has now.

The only UW grads I know are professors who did their PhDs there, so I haven't even asked about their experience in the job market since I'm pretty sure I never want to do a PhD. 

I'd be interested to hear other input on this as well, if anyone has any.