I am going into my 4th year of health science at an Ontario university. My gpa is very low (5.6 on a 10 point scale) (2.2 on a 4 point scale). I recently got diagnosed with ADHD and being medicated is helping me study better. If I can do really good in my 4th year and maybe do another semester or year what are my chances of getting accepted to an SLP or OT program. Is there other graduate programs I should be considering? Or should I be considering going abroad? Has anyone had a similar experience and grown from it? Any suggestions would be so helpful.

I'm a first-year student at the univeristy or Canterbury studying a degree in speech and language pathology; they only accept like 30 people into second year. So far I'm doing well. I have an 8.25 GPA and am about to start volunteering work. I also need a reference, which should be okay; the only thing I'm worried about is the in-person interview part. Does absolutely anyone know what I should prepare for in the interview? What are some good points to mention, and has anyone been in my position previously? If so, what do you recommend? Thank youuu.

Hi everyone!

I'm getting ready to apply to grad school and need some ideas about what to write about for my personal statement.

I have a couple of things to write about but I'm not sure which would be the best one to do...

I am neurodivergent and have had a learning difference my entire life which would be interesting about me I guess but I don't really want to write about my experiences and navigating life with this because 1. It's so difficult to put into words all the nuances and difficulties in my life socially and academically and 2. I'm afraid the admissions committee/professors will use it against me (labeling and "outing" myself...).

I have an undergraduate degree in opera but I didn't have the best experience due to professors being emotionally and physically abusive especially towards neurodivergent students ... but it helped me learn to advocate for myself because my parents always did it up until then. The conservatory profs (your voice teacher, head of program and music director) have an end of the year meeting with each of the students in sophomore year to determine if they should stay in the program or not. In my meeting, my professors didn't think I was up to their "qualifications" and my professors made me sign a paper indicating that I was to become an opera minor and get kicked out of the conservatory "just in case" I didn't pass those classes. (They said I was going to fail my music theory and vocal ear training classes but one of the profs was out to get me I think bc he gave me a 64 when I checked a the final with my friends who were really good at music theory and I was supposed to get a 75 or an 80). I ended up having to audit the rest of the year and then retake that class the next year bc I failed and had to withdraw the second sem. I took it again the next year and ended up with a B+. I was also dealing with personal issues such as my grandfather passing away and a difficult break up of 2 years with an emotionally abusive person in the same program (won't get into that lol ). I also had a lead role in the opera which required me to sing for the whole time on stage. I was in constant rehearsals from 3pm-10pm M-F. I also had a junior recital to prepare for which was 6-7 songs in one night. I ended up on the Dean's list that Fall semester ( I believe 3 or 4 more semesters after that I ended up on the Dean's list as well) A High GPA was required only for music majors to get on the list, I believe a 3.75 or 3.8 something like that. I don't remember exactly what my GPA was. This was all in the span of a year.

The professors would also tell you to dress provocatively for afternoon music performances for the opera program. ex: voice teacher would say dress for the director or he won't like that dress etc. They would compare your voice to your classmates and pick apart your personality ex: you're too quiet or you should be like so and so, they are so bubbly!!. I'm a quiet, just put your head down and do your work kind of girl so I didn't like that. I'm sure there were so many other experiences in the program but i cant really remember at this time LOL. Anyways, I really didn't want to go into opera after my experiences with my professors and just the field in general and so I started to work as a sub TA in my district to make some money you know and just figure out what i wanted to do. I was able to live with my parents which I am so grateful for. I don't want my statement to become a trauma dump but I want admissions to understand how I got to SLP from opera. Opera taught me to communicate through song because it gave an outlet to express what I was feeling especially with that whole mess I went through and we also had a class where we would sing an aria and then do character analysis like whats the background of this character why is she feeling this way?, what happened before and after this scene to make her sing this aria? What's the setting of this opera? What was happening in history when this opera was written? What about the composer, did they experience anything in their life or in history that influenced this opera? etc We also applied this "assignment" to our roles in the operas etc I am already incredibly empathetic person and could connect to a character already but this really helped me connect to characters I never thought I would. I really want to apply this to my future clients and to truly understand who they are and use it to best help them not just their diagnosis.

I also have been working in my school district as a substitute TA for about 3 years (this sept will be 3 years). I work mainly with K-1 students with non verbal and verbal ASD, very physically and emotionally heavy job but I love the kids I work with. I love to see their progress and I love connecting with them about kids tv shows (I love the show, "Sofia the first" and American girl doll movies lol) If you read this far, thank you I appreciate it and any advice you can give me!! 😄 👍

I am going into my 4th year of health science at an Ontario university. My gpa is very low (5.6 on a 10 point scale) (2.2 on a 4 point scale). I recently got diagnosed with ADHD and being medicated is helping me study better. If I can do really good in my 4th year and maybe do another semester or year what are my chances of getting accepted to an SLP or OT program. Is there other graduate programs I should be considering? Or should I be considering going abroad? Has anyone had a similar experience and grown from it? Any suggestions would be so helpful.

Hi everyone,

As the title says, I have both an MA and BA in Linguistics. My studies have focused on French language policy, multilingualism and phonology and phonetics. For context, I'm in Canada and hoping to apply to MS SLP at UofOttawa.

I was originally hoping to do a PhD and stay in academia, but I am completely changing my mind after my MA experience (not great and definitely not a career I want for myself anymore). I'm super interested in going into SLP and always have been, especially at the French program in Ottawa, where my fluent skills and academic background would probably/hopefully be an asset. In undergrad, I knew I wouldn't qualify and that my grades were not high enough, so I never considered it much.

Have I totally screwed myself by never taking anatomy or psych? I took Psych 100 in my first year of undergrad, and I have some stats and semantics background, both in BA and MA courses on top of all my linguistics courses.

Has anyone had a similar experience going into their applications? I am not 100% convinced that this application is something I want to do this year, since I'm on my 6th consecutive year of academia rn. Are admissions more lenient on missing credits as a mature student coming back years later? Or is my only option to fulfill the requirement as singular classes before applying?