I’m from overseas and hope to attend an american university as an undergraduate in speech-language pathology. I’m doing practice tests and find it hard to raise my score further to 1900 and 2000. I know 2000 is a guaranteed score to enter SLP in top universities like Boston Universitiy, but my score stagnates around 1700-1800 and I tend to screw up in the reading sections. Is SLP out of my reach? Do universities go soft on international students on SAT scores? Or it is just too competitive for me that I don’t even stand a chance? My desirable universities would be Boston University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Wisconsin-Madison, but I’m open to any other schools in SLP, as long as they can help me to pursue my future career as a Speech pathologist.
In addition, I was planning to pursue some degree courses on geography or business if SLP is out of my reach. Any suggestion on which course and school I’m capable of entering in? Thanks a lot guys!!
Both schools are reaches for you with that SAT.
Try to get top 25% SAT score in each school for better chance.
Also, where on earth did you hear that 2000 is a guaranteed score for BU???
My friend is studying in BU, she told me that, I just want to learn more about it though.
What is SLP?
@GMTplus7: Speech Language Pathology
OP: Unless your friend is in Admissions, I would be careful about the idea that any score will guarantee you admission to any university that doesn’t specifically offer say so. The rest of your application will also matter. There are a lot of universities that you should be able to get into for SLP with your scores (examples, Purdue and James Madison)-
You do know, though, that to practice in SLP typically requires a Masters, right?
Also, US school districts are the large employers of speech pathologists and they are on strict budgets. They will not sponsor international students for their visas.
You may like to consider smaller colleges and ones that use rolling admissions decisions. USAO is one such university with a SLP major. My dd received her admissions acceptance in SLP within three weeks.
They do not offer a master’s degree program, but they do have an strong SLP program. They have a high success rate of getting SLP graduates into graduate programs. This is due to the fact that the students acquire clinical SLP hours while still in an undergraduate degree program. It makes USAO’s graduates very competitive for graduate school acceptance.
Are your parents able to pay the full costs or will you need a scholarship?