I recently figured I wanted to become an SLP. At first I wanted to become a Doctor but I wanted a career that I could have a little more freedom. I jumped from wanting to be a doctor to wanting to become an ESL teacher to something else in the healthcare field. I felt like SLP would allow for me to work with language, work in a medical setting, and also being so rewarding! I have experience with language due to my dialect/ethnicity (I’m of Gullah descent) and I was an ESL intern at a technical college during my senior year of undergrad.

I saw a masters in SLP program at Howard. I saw that they had a medical concentration and I got super excited and realized I finally found something that I wanted to do! As I began to read the requirements for admissions, I got nervous for two reasons: 1) I have a BA in an unrelated a field (sociology). 2). I saw that the program doesn’t offer part time, so I would have to get back in the swing of juggling school and work. 3). I saw that the program offers at 1 year post baccalaureate track for those who have a degree in an unrelated can take pre-reqs. Can anyone offer any advice?