What I wish I knew before I started Speech and Language Therapy/ Pathology.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- Hey Friends,
In this video I share all the things I wish knew before starting my Speech and Language Therapy/Pathology Masters.
Hope you enjoy.
Love Emma
Hey this is great I don't see many students talking about their experience on the degree. I'm currently in my last year of undergraduate and the amount of mental breakdowns this course has given me is immense. Especially doing phonetics and sometimes the very emotional topics about neurological conditions. I'm still unsure what I feel about this career but I'm going to get through the degree
Hey, did you end up switching?
@@sbfly1054 hey! I ended up finishing the degree. I'm not currently going straight into speech and language though I got a job at aviva for the meantime, although I'm still passionate about the job and hopefully will find a role in it in the future that I will find fulfilling :)
Hello Scarlett, thank you for your comment! It means a lot. I agree it was really hard! Well done for finishing! I think it is difficult because it is a career that sets you up to work as a Speech Therapist, which sounds kind of limiting? And on the course, when you see all the really difficult or complicated sides you end up thinking maybe I don't want to do this (maybe not for everyone but that's what I felt at times). But what I have really realised is that when practising, you can specify in an area that is suited to you and your interests, where you don't have to think about or use some of the elements that were learnt on the course. :)
@@scarlettscholes1612ah okay! I wish you all the best :)
Thanks for this video, it’s super helpful! I’m starting the MSc SLT course at UCL this coming August so it’s great to know this stuff beforehand!
Your video on prepping for interviews was also really helpful, although weirdly I had the opposite experience to you with the City and UCL interviews. Had my City one first and got on the waiting list. Then had the UCL one second and I much preferred the questions and got an offer a few days later! So excited to start! Thanks for your content x
Hi Rita! I’m also going to start this course at UCL this August! Had my interview on 4th Jan and received an offer the next week! I’m also very excited to start! I have a group chat on wsapp (there’s only a few people currently)! Do you want to be added?
Hey Rita, congrats on your place! Glad you’ve found the videos helpful and good to know your experience was different !! X
Is it okay if you say a bit about what they asked you in your interview for UCL and what you put in your personal statement? I'm thinking of applying and this would really help :)
Love this!! Super helpful, I started my masters last month :)
Glad you enjoyed! Good luck with it :)
How are you finding it? Im wanting to apply for master's but am nervous about finances haha
Intense is definitely the word! We keep saying that we knew it was going to be intense, but never expected quite this level of intense. 🥴
I agree, I think everyone hopes it’s not going to be as intense as they say!!
@@emmajoan8283 Would you say that only the masters is intense? Is the bachelor course as intense?
super helpful video! I've applied for a Masters in speech and language therapy for 22/23 academic year, waiting to hear back, fingers crossed for an interview and place.
All the best with everything!!
Good luck !! Glad you found it helpful :)
Brilliant !!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Emma🌼!
Glad you found it helpful 😊
Hi Emma! Loved this video, I am hoping to start a postgrad in speech and language therapy next year and I am currently trying to gain some relevant work experience. I just wondered how much work experience you think is necessary to get onto a SLT course?
Glad you enjoyed! I think get as much as you can and apply and if you don’t have enough you can re apply. Also I think try to think of anything you’ve already done that require the skills to be a speech therapist and include that as experience.
Currently doing A-levels
Hoping to do this at uni , if I get the grades!
Good luck with your exams!
I'm glad I found this channel. Love your honestly. I've finished BA Hons in Integrated working with children and families(Full Time) and looking for options what to do next. I just realised it might not be for me if its super intense I'm not sure I'll be able. Also never seen SLT with an accent and being polish with a strong accent not sure I could be SLT. Do you know anyone with foreign accent being SLT? please be honest.
Yes I know several SLPs with strong foreign accents. They are very successful. It might depend on where you live. I live in NYC which is a very diverse city.
Great video! I was wondering if you could do a video on personal statements for the Msc? And also did you have to do a lot of work experience before your course, and if so, what kind of stuff did you do?
Hey Matteo, I do have a video where I speak about application for the MSc that I think you might find that helpful? I did get quite a lot of experience as I had time and 2 years out- I did some shadowing with speech therapists in hospital, I volunteered in a nursery, I did the City Lit course and worked for the Alzheimers society :) Hope that's helpful.
@@emmajoan8283 Thank you for your help ! :))
Hi emma you are so cute I love your videos ,Im also a speech and language therapy student nice to know you ☆
Hey!! Thanks so much, nice to meet you!
This is super useful. I’m starting the undergraduate course at city in September. Are there any books you’d recommend reading?
Good Luck!! Hopefully you got a reading list 😊
Hi, very informative video!
Do i need to be good at STEM to do well in speech language and hearing sciences linguistics in university?
Hey Emma! Great video. I was wondering, is it essential to have work experience before the Msc course?
Hi, I think it is really beneficial! Unsure it is essential but I think most people who apply and get a spot, will have work experience.
Hi Emma, Great Video. I've been offered a place on a masters fast track degree. I have a 1 year old and two older children who are both under 8. I'm really excited about starting next year but on reflection having watched Lots of video's I want to ask if there is any days 'off' to do reading etc...what is a typical day? Have you met any fellow students who have a young family? Have they coped?!
Hello, I met so many parents on the course, who were all great and did well from what I have heard! I think it will be harder for obvious reasons but we had reading days which were mostly for catch up on Fridays.
Hi Emma, thanks for sharing all of these, it’s super helpful. Just curious, do u know any foreigners getting in this course? Coz I’m not locals but I wanna study SLT in the uk…
Hi Cher, Thank you, I’m glad you found them helpful! We had quite a few international students on our course. The best place to look I would advise is on the UK university websites to see what requirements are necessary.
Hi Emma, thanks so much for your videos!
I am looking to apply for an SLT masters next year, but I’d be 25 (going on 26) at the time of starting. I’m feeling a bit self conscious about this - silly, I know. I was wondering what the age range is like in your cohort?
Hey Alice, Good luck!! Oh don't worry about that as there is such an age range. I reckon (this is a big assumption) that the average age of people on our course is late 20s to 30. Some people have been working in other jobs for many years before starting and then others are straight out of undergraduate so I wouldn't worry at all.
Go for it! I’m in the U.S. but I started my masters program for speech at 28 years old and many of my other classmates were also in their later 20s. I also had a classmate in her early 40s👍🏾 Hope this encourages you!
I’m 29 and about to begin my second year of grad school! Never too late :)
Hey don't worry about it! I have friends on my course from age range of 20-40. Everybody on your course is likely to be lovely because of the profession so I wouldn't worry too much!
Hi Emma, I've applied to city for Bcs speech and language therapy in September. Would you say the undergraduate course is just as intense as the masters? xx
Good Luck!! Hope it went well. I think it is still intense as there is lots of content and as it is likely your first degree you are learning a lot about how to write good essays, analyse research etc (which the masters does too, but there is an expectation you have some of these skills to begin with). However, the content is the same but spread over the 3 years. It depends how you look at it, but I think it will still be really challenging ! I have had a few comments from Undergrad students highlighting how hard it is. But from my experience, although it is hard it is so rewarding and worth it !
thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Thank you for your videos, they are super helpful! Are you guys back at uni normally ? Or is it all online?
Hi, glad you find the videos helpful! We are currently in University one day a week, on placement one/two days a week and have a day of online lectures one day.
Are you an introvert? Would explain why meeting a lot a people in short time can be tough :)
Hi, I wouldn't actually say I am an introvert. More extrovert I think but I think a lot of it for me was post COVID ? But maybe I am slightly introvert ? :)
Do you have an instagram acc? ☺
This video is drawn out way too long. U really need to get to the point in 5 minutes or less. Geeze
I see your point for other types of video content. That said, I do appreciate all the details that Emma is sharing. After all, we don’t know what we don’t know, so at least for me, I quite appreciated how she shared so much on this topic.