Name: Abby Lindsley School: University of Central Florida Program: Speech-Language Pathology Year: First Year (began spring 2014) Clinical Interests: My ultimate goal is to become a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS) or most of you have probably heard of it being called an Auditory Verbal Therapist (AVT). What is an LSLS exactly? LSLSs work with children and infants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in order to help with their listening and spoken language skills. The LSLS certification takes 3-5 more years after completing a Masters degree. For the longest time, I was on the fence between Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; however, once I heard about this program, I found out I could get the best of both worlds! So, if you are someone who is interested in both Audiology and SLP, I would definitely look into this program! What do you enjoy most about UCF’s program? I really like the faculty at UCF. They all have so much experience and I really believe I’m getting a quality education. I also like how UCF's program prepares you to be a clinician in all different types of settings; it isn’t just geared to the working in the schools or a hospital. If you come here, you will be able to learn what it is like to be a clinician in all different settings. What clinical experiences does UCF have to offer? UCF does their program a little differently than most of the other programs. In your first semester, you don’t have a clinical placement because they want you to feel prepared going into clinic by having a strong foundation. I know for your second semester, we will be working with the pediatric population in the Speech and Hearing Clinic on campus so your first semester you learn all about language disorders, speech disorders, voice disorders, etc. in the pediatric population. Other than that, I’m not quite sure yet of what they have to offer, but once I do, I’ll let you know! How prepared did you feel going into grad school? I felt very prepared coming into grad school. At this point in the semester, there has not been anything taught that I haven’t heard before. That being said, I would definitely recommend to try and truly learn the information being taught in your courses. I wouldn’t just try to memorize facts for a test just to get an ‘A’ in the course because it makes grad school that much harder. The professors already expect you to know the information from undergrad and won’t go back to review. In undergrad, I know it is really easy to get caught up in the whole “I just need to get an ‘A’ so I can get into grad school’ mentality; I’m guilty of that as well. Just speaking from experience, try and make your life easier in grad school by learning the basics in undergrad! How do you feel your grades, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, resume, etc. affected you during the application process? I’ll just go ahead and say it: For those of you who aren’t the greatest at standardized tests (like myself), do not panic! I had a low GRE score (below average), and I got into graduate school. Standardized tests are one of the things in the admissions process that I could go on and on about but I won’t. I’ll just say this: There is way more to an application than a GRE score. From the very beginning, I knew my test score would be one of my weakest points in my application so I made sure to have other strong areas in my application to make up for it. My sophomore year, I went to go talk to Dr. Troche about becoming involved with research. This would give me an opportunity to build my resume and to have PERSONAL letters of recommendation. In my opinion, I feel that they weigh letters of rec the most in the application process. This shows the admissions board what a student is really like from an academic standpoint (not like some standardized test). I also had a high GPA and played club sports while at UF. So, if you know that you will be one of those people with a lower GRE school, don’t freak out; just start early on working on other parts of your application to compensate for your score. What do you wear to class and clinic? To class, I wear just regular clothes - jeans, shorts, athletic shorts, etc. Unfortunately for clinic, UCF’s program just implemented a new dress code this semester. They require us to wear a shirt provided by the clinic and black or khaki pants. The department said that too many people were dressing unprofessionally so they had to implement a dress code. When I heard about that, I was a disappointed but I just have to look at the bright side and think that now I won’t have to worry about what to wear on clinic days! J What’s life like in Orlando? Orlando is much busier than Gainesville; the traffic is horrible. But, it is really nice being close to the beach and also, as students, we get discounts on ticket prices to the theme parks which is awesome! I do miss the Swamp though! Any last tips or comments? People always told me graduate school is “an adjustment” but never really told me why. Grad school is an adjustment for a couple different reasons. One, you aren’t trying to just get an ‘A’ anymore; you can’t just go to class and wing a test to pull off an ‘A’. You actually have to learn the information so you can go into clinic and know what you’re talking about. So mentally, it’s kind of a big switch. Two, your average day is super long. Many of the days, I don’t have a lunch because I have class all day, two 3 hour blocks back-to-back. Also, you are constantly running around trying to get things done like reading your textbooks, working on assignments and meeting with your groups for group projects (half of my assignments are group projects so pick your partners carefully!). One last comment I have is don’t forget about the cost of graduate school. It is easy to forget about when you are looking at other aspects of a program such as clinical placements or where you want to live but cost is still really important to think about. One of the main reasons I picked to go to UCF over other schools is because they have a lot of grant and graduate assistantship (GA) opportunities to help out with my finances. As a first semester graduate student, I already got a job at the clinic which will help pay for some of my tuition. Just something to keep in mind! Thank you, Abby! If you have any suggestions for the next grad school spotlight, please email me at [email protected].
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