-: You want to major in Communication Sciences and Disorders,
that's the track for speech language pathology.
When you go to graduate school
or when you're admitted to graduate school
your major is gonna be speech language pathology.
Sometimes they call it Communication Sciences and Disorders
but I feel like in graduate school it's usually
speech language pathology.
As an undergraduate you really need to work hard,
I'm not gonna lie, you need to you know
get that GPA up, you need to get involved with activities.
I would definitely recommend getting
especially involved in a leadership position.
I think having those on your resume, you know,
really makes you marketable and really makes
you stand out to graduate schools.
Once you get into graduate school
you need to continue to work hard
and I would advise if you want to be a medical SLP
you know kind of focusing your classes
and your coursework on that.
A lot of times graduate schools have electives
that you can take so I would gear
more towards the medical side.
And then on those same lines I would also
try to gear your internships and externships
on the medical side as well.
You know the more experience that you have
the more you're going to be growing
your clinical skill set and as well as your confidence
which will ultimately prepare you for your first job.
I don't think it hurts to have your GPAs.
If you do really well
in both your undergraduate and your graduate coursework.
You know if you want to write a thesis, go for it.
I did one when I was an undergraduate.
In terms of other things that will make you marketable
you want to also put your clinical internship
and externship experiences.
And you know list the clinical responsibilities
and skills that you've learned during your time there.
And you know any other involvement that you may have had
both at the undergraduate and graduate school level
I would leave both on there.
And then you know you also have to you know
make really strong connections in graduate school
and in your undergrad so that you can have people
as references for you.
You know the stronger the reference the better.