<p>Hey everyone!
I'm a second semester freshman at CUNY and I would like to attend graduate school at a private University (hopefully dorm for the experience). I know that Boston University has a Speech Program, can anyone be kind and list some more? Is it rigorous to get in? What classes? Any experience?</p>
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<p>Two things struck me as unusual about your post:
First, you specifically said you wanted to attend graduate school at a private university;
second, you indicated that you wanted to dorm (for the experience) when you attend graduate school.</p>
<p>Since you currently attend a public university, I was wondering if you were under the impression that a private university was somehow better than a public university. I ask this since I frequently come across posters from your region of the country who have that impression. For your intended field of graduate study, some graduate speech pathology depts. at private universities are highly ranked (e.g., Northwestern, Peabody College at Vanderbilt), but the vast majority of programs in speech pathology are offered at public universities. There really is no basis to say that private universities have any significant edge in that field. Usually, prospective graduate students in that field apply to the best programs for which they qualify and at which faculty have interests that match their own. More often than not, it’s a public university. While there often are certain negative features of public universities (size, faculty access, etc.) at the undergrad level, in graduate school you usually take your courses primarily in your own department and have plenty of interaction with the faculty. For speech pathology, you need a master’s degree from an accredited program and a certificate of clinical competence in order to engage in practice. If you don’t have an undergrad degree in speech pathology (or, communication disorders, or speech & hearing sciences, as the field is called at some universities), you usually must make up some undergrad pre-requisite courses. [Communication</a> Sciences & Disorders (CSD) Student Information and Resources](<a href=“http://www.asha.org/students/]Communication”>Information for Students Interested in Communication Sciences and Disorders)
[Speech-Language</a> Pathology and Audiology Certification](<a href=“Sorry! That Page Cannot Be Found”>Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Certification) BU has a good program. Others include Iowa, Minnesota, U Washington, SUNY-Buffalo, and Purdue. Admission is somewhat competitive. You can check program requirements on the website of programs that interest you.</p>
<p>As for “dorming” in graduate school, there are some universities that have graduate dorms, but it’s a different experience than at the undergrad level since most grad students are pretty busy with their coursework, practica, etc. and tend to socialize with other people in their department. In my experience, most graduate students live in apartments, either those managed by the university or those that are privately-owned.</p>