HELP UW, PSU, SDSU, UT-Austin

[tapuach]

Hey everyone,

I know, I know the deadline is coming up fast. In fact I had already made my decision before receiving an email from PSU. 

I was planning on attending the University of Washington's CoreSLP program, with a grant from the university and the prospects of continuing working on the bilingual language acquisition research project I am working on during my gap year. (I should mention that I was an undergrad at UW and my family lives close to Seattle). However, I received an email this morning from PSU offering me a position in their Bilingual Research Lab, a modest tuition remission, and a monthly stipend. In the end, I think the cost is about the same. 

So, this isn't a research degree, but since I love it I am planning on doing research while completing the program. PSU, along with SDSU and UT-Austin also offer bilingual certifications, which while not totally necessary (from what I understand) might give me an edge if I am hoping to practice in English and Spanish. 

I haven't really heard about funding from SDSU and UT-Austin, but I believe RA opportunities etc. are only offered after an offer is accepted. However, the PSU email kind of gave me hope that I could have a chance at those. 

Given all of this, do any of you have opinions about any of these schools/their labs/bilingual certifications that could make or break my decision? I just don't want to make the wrong decision  

[Jolie717]

On April 12, 2016 at 5:34 AM, tapuach said:

Hey everyone,

I know, I know the deadline is coming up fast. In fact I had already made my decision before receiving an email from PSU. 

I was planning on attending the University of Washington's CoreSLP program, with a grant from the university and the prospects of continuing working on the bilingual language acquisition research project I am working on during my gap year. (I should mention that I was an undergrad at UW and my family lives close to Seattle). However, I received an email this morning from PSU offering me a position in their Bilingual Research Lab, a modest tuition remission, and a monthly stipend. In the end, I think the cost is about the same. 

So, this isn't a research degree, but since I love it I am planning on doing research while completing the program. PSU, along with SDSU and UT-Austin also offer bilingual certifications, which while not totally necessary (from what I understand) might give me an edge if I am hoping to practice in English and Spanish. 

I haven't really heard about funding from SDSU and UT-Austin, but I believe RA opportunities etc. are only offered after an offer is accepted. However, the PSU email kind of gave me hope that I could have a chance at those. 

Given all of this, do any of you have opinions about any of these schools/their labs/bilingual certifications that could make or break my decision? I just don't want to make the wrong decision  

I saw this too late to give an early opinion, but if cost is the same, I would choose UW.  You have unique bilingual experience there already that would make you stand out from the crowd.  I see no reason for a specialty bilingual track, given the previous exposure you have.

Edited April 26, 2016 by Jolie717