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That Grad School Personal Statement: Do's and Don'ts

Most schools, if not all, require some form of personal statement. I can go more in-depth about this later if you guys want, but here are some general do’s and don'ts.

Don’t consider it the same as a college essay. The basics are the same, yes. But it’s different for graduate school. They don’t only want to know who you are, they want to know why speech pathology? Why their program? How have you prepared yourself? How much do you know about their program? And, if accepted, how will you utilize their program and contribute? They want to know. Make sure to tell them.

Do tailor your essay to each individual school. Write one general essay as a template, but change it to include something that is unique to that school. Do you they have a specific emphasis that interests you? A professor who is doing research you enjoy? Add it in. It shows you took initiative to research their program. Also, all the prompts may not be the same for the essays. Answer. The. Prompt. It’s why it’s there.

Don’t go over the word limit. Admission representatives have a lot of essays to read (one rep told me they had over 800!). This may not seem like a lot in comparison to college admissions, but when a program has 30-40 slots, every little bit matters. Take note of the word count.

Do have people read it. Revise it. And have other people read it again. Make sure that includes people in the field (professors, peers), as well as those who aren’t (parents, career services, friends). It’ll make for a well-rounded essay. And you want your essay to stand out.

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It’s about that time of year again– don’t let that personal statement wait until the last minute!

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Reblogging for those future speechies getting ready to apply!

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Hi! I'm currently an undergrad CSD major and I was wondering would you say it was a good idea to double major in psychology or minor in psychology?

Double majoring never hurts–and it diversifies your application. My only piece of advice would be to make sure that you are not overloading yourself. You CSD grades are one of the most important things to apply to grad school. If you can keep those up to a high standard, you should be good.

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I’m baaaaaack...

With a great new resource! We all, as speech and language pathologists, are required to use as much evidence based practice as possible. But, with our crazy schedules, it is difficult for us to read all the articles that we may need to.

This website has someone read the article for you and summarize the important details so you can use it in therapy. Some you need to pay a subscription to read, some are free.

Read away, speechies.

Any questions? Send them my way!

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Great short description of aphasia and some simple explanation on how it affects the brain

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“So if you’re an SLP, you must work with kids who stutter, and who can’t say some of their letters right?”

I’m like,

But then I’m like,

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Throwing it back because this is still relevant as ever

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Every. Time.

Sorry for the hiatus, friends! I’m still working on that podcast. Any other suggestions? I’m making a list! :)

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Podcast in the works...

Quick, speech friends!

What topics would you want to hear about?

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Going into your CFY like

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Hi there. I graduated 3 years ago as a mass comm major, and I'm basically not loving the field. I've been considering going back to become an SLP. I have a lot of pre-reqs to take, but my main worry is getting into a masters program. As someone who is returning to school to change careers, might this make it more difficult to get accepted into a program and what can I do to create a stronger application when the time comes? Thank you!

Congrats on your possible career shift!

And nope, not at all! Many programs actually look to diversify their incoming class, so your background will probably be more of a help than a hindrance. Get good grades in your pre-reqs, get involved in research/ASHA, and apply! Try to focus on why you’d be a good candidate BECAUSE of your differences, not in spite of them.

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Hi, so I'm really interested in speech language pathology and was reading about it on different websites. On one of them I was reading about a lot of speech language pathologists being miserable with their jobs because of stress and bad pay. I was wondering if this is true for everyone, or just some people complaining? Thank you!

Speech therapy is a field with a lot of paperwork, people to see, and very little time in between (usually). Pay varies on location and setting. I think burn out comes from a lot of different areas: high caseloads, “not enough time in the day”, and bringing your work home with you. I would say its true for some but not for all. And there are definitely ways to avoid it.

http://speechisbeautiful.com/2015/02/ways-to-avoid-burnout/

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Logo Design

Anyone up for helping me design and logo and a name?

I want to get this in the works :)

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Possible Podcast?

Thinking of starting a SLP based interview podcast.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thoughts? Ideas?

Any advice from anyone would help!

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If I don't major in CSD and apply to graduate school for slp, is 2 years really enough to get all the info & experience to be a good slp? Is it all jam-packed into 2 yrs? I barely found out about slp yesterday so I'm not very knowledgeable yet sorry

Never apologize!

So, before you apply to graduate school, you need to complete pre-requisite courses. These usually include the building blocks of the field: linguistics, anatomy and physiology, speech science, research methods, behavioral science courses, and a few others depends on the program you’re applying to.

Graduate school doesn’t teach you EVERYTHING (because, regardless of what field you go into, you will never know EVERYTHING), but it is a jam packed two years that takes what you’ve learned about the building blocks and applies it in a real life situation.

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