Recent graduate - awaiting licensure

[ingrid001]

Hello! I am curious to see if there are any recent graduates finding themselves in the same boat as me. I JUST finished everything I need to become an SLP (Praxis passed, last clinical rotation completed, clockhours accumulated, etc etc) and am waiting for my university to post my transcripts so that I can apply for temporary licensure in the state of California. HOWEVER, my university will not be posting my transcripts until JUNE and the California state board of licensing for SLPs warns that processing times after receiving transcripts can be around 6-8 weeks. That means that I am currently unemployable as an SLP and look to be for about the next FIVE MONTHS! I do have a great-paying job lined up for August working as a licensed SLP. But that is five months away and I have no money and no license in the meantime. Is any one else experiencing this lag time for processing? Has anyone? Does anyone have any recommendations? I am currently looking to work the next 5 months for minimum wage as a barista or look at if it is even possible to get a SLPA license in the meantime and do that work.. I don't even know if that's available to me. I'm just curious as to HOW I can avoid working a minimum wage job in the licensing interim after doing all that work to earn a high paid job. Sorry- does this sound whiny? ANYWAY, let me know if anyone is experiencing anything similar! Or if you have any advice! Thank you so much!!! Ingrid

[NorcalSLP]

Yeah CA is crazy slow. Contact the licensing board and see if a letter of competition from your school would suffice. I'll be honest it probably won't, but you may as well ask. Explain the situation and ask what the possible solutions are. You also need a CF supervisor to complete your RPE paperwork and start working so if you haven't started looking start now. And make sure you follow the instructions on the paperwork to a T. While I didn't have issues (luckily) I know people who used the wrong color ink and had their license delayed ?.