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I'll be a college senior next year, and I'm considering going for a second degree in CSD (my degrees are in psych and social work) and applying to AuD programs if my grad school applications for psych don't work out this year. I've long had a passing interest in Audiology--I spent a substantial amount of time around Deaf people when I was younger and used to be decent at ASL, though I'd now need to relearn it--but my school only started their CSD program this past year, so I didn't have time to add a major in it. I have a lot of psych research experience (some of it relating to psychosocial aspects of Deafness and disabilities) and a good deal of volunteer experience (clinical and non-clinical--again, some of it is indirectly related to Deafness and speech and hearing impairment). I have a solid GPA (3.75+) and a GRE of 1250.
Questions:
1) Is it necessarily to have solely audiology-related clinical experience? I'm planning to shadow an audiologist, but beyond that, I'm a tad lost.
2) Honestly, how does my profile sound now?
3) Will my psych-related clinical and research experience matter at all?
4) If I choose to get a CSD degree, I'll have three possible routes:
a. Stay at my current school, pay OOS tuition, finish the CSD in two semesters (should be doable if I can take some of the basic CSD courses this year). If I can keep my research job and pull together a few more hours a week, I'd take on about $5k in debt. However, I have good connections here in terms of research and volunteer opportunities.
b. Take a year off and work, get state residency, and then complete the CSD degree. Would be cheaper but I would also lose my residency in my homestate, which has two public AuD programs.
c. Return to homestate and do the CSD degree there. I would maintain state residency but would give up my research job and have to seek out new volunteer connections. Could take up to $8k in loans, but I could possibly find some sort of job on campus to help pay that down a bit.
Which one sounds best to you? How much debt do AuD students usually take on?
Thanks!
Questions:
1) Is it necessarily to have solely audiology-related clinical experience? I'm planning to shadow an audiologist, but beyond that, I'm a tad lost.
2) Honestly, how does my profile sound now?
3) Will my psych-related clinical and research experience matter at all?
4) If I choose to get a CSD degree, I'll have three possible routes:
a. Stay at my current school, pay OOS tuition, finish the CSD in two semesters (should be doable if I can take some of the basic CSD courses this year). If I can keep my research job and pull together a few more hours a week, I'd take on about $5k in debt. However, I have good connections here in terms of research and volunteer opportunities.
b. Take a year off and work, get state residency, and then complete the CSD degree. Would be cheaper but I would also lose my residency in my homestate, which has two public AuD programs.
c. Return to homestate and do the CSD degree there. I would maintain state residency but would give up my research job and have to seek out new volunteer connections. Could take up to $8k in loans, but I could possibly find some sort of job on campus to help pay that down a bit.
Which one sounds best to you? How much debt do AuD students usually take on?
Thanks!
