Suggestions for Writing a Letter of Intent

Historically, I've written several posts on writing a letter of intent and responding to essay prompts when applying to Speech-Language Pathology graduate school. But I have more to share. I have opinions and ideas based on my reading of 45 letters in the past 3 weeks. Ladies and you few gentlemen, read on to hear…

Soundable: A Review

If you’re currently in an SLP undergraduate or graduate program, Soundable is your new  “Rosetta Stone®” for learning phonetics. I distinctly remember meeting in empty rooms with my undergrad friends taking turns yelling out words, then seeing who could phonetically spell it out the quickest. If only we had this app back then. Sure, you could practice workbooks or…

Deciding to blog about SLP

I love to type my thoughts out. I started blogging in 2011 and it wasn't about who would read it. It was that I had these opinions and ideas that no one else was saying or sharing. Nobody wanted to address the lack of real information in the SLP  graduate school world. It was all…

“Less Competitive” SLP Graduate Schools discussion

I've recently become fascinated by the SLP sub category on Reddit.com. It's an open forum for questions, links, and information; in this sub-Reddit (as they say), there has been quite the discussion on "less competitive" SLP graduate schools.  When I was applying, I didn't think any grad school was less competitive than another. I thought they…

Acceptance and Rejection

Were you accepted to an SLP graduate school? Or Did you receive one of those disheartening rejection letters? Acceptance letters. I remember opening the email that held the golden ticket. I jumped up, screamed, and danced around my apartment. I tried calling my parents...no answer. I just sat there and cried. I had already been…

What are my chances of getting into SLP grad school? Part 2

In 2012, I wrote "What are my chances of getting into grad school for SLP?". It's my most read post I've ever published. I know exactly why, too. People want to know if investing in a career as a Speech-Language Pathologist is easy or difficult and worth the investment. In 2013, a joint publication by…

A Must-Buy book for New SLPs

There hasn't been a week during this first year as an SLP that I haven't turned to pages in this book with an unmistakable urge to hunt down the authors and hug them forever. Secord, W. A., Boyce, S. E., Donahue, J. S., Fox, R. A., & Shine, R. E. (2007). Eliciting sounds: Techniques and…

Which SLP university should I pick? – At least consider the debt

I've had a few moments lately where I started thinking about what I was thinking, and how I came to think that way. It has little to do with the school's name on my diploma or how much it cost me. It has everything to do with the supervisors and professors who taught me there.…

A follow up to “Craft a Stand-Out Application”

In the January 2014 publication of the ASHA Leader, there was  a post entitled "Student's Say: Craft a Stand-Out Application" As far as my Google search of "ASHA + SLP grad school applications" took me, this is one of the first of it's kind for ASHA. I've been blogging about these same issues for over…

Good Student or Good Therapist?

I recently tweeted about an illustrated quote  by the gentleman over at ZenPencils.com; it's called "Erica Goldson - Graduation Speech." Nothing, as of late, has inspired me more than reading this quote ( please check it out before you continue). My SLP graduate school graduation is this Saturday, July 27 and I won't be attending…