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Hey guys! I've enjoyed browsing the forum for a little while now and decided to get some varied input. I'm about to graduate with a bachelor's in humanities (I wanted to get out of accounting and I love philosophy), so I'm trying to find out what I want to do for a career. Speech and Hearing Science has interested me very much.
My first question is this: I've been looking mainly into SLP, really because of the diversity and surplus of available jobs. But I've visited the local university to observe SLP sessions, and I did enjoy it, but I don't want to disregard Audiology either. I'm very interested in science in general, and I like biology and psychology and the medical field. But I also enjoy linguistics like phonetics and such. I am an introvert, but I've really always worked with people and have gotten along just fine so long as I have had time to energize by myself. When I was telling an SLP professor that I like science and technology, he asked me if I had considered Audiology. So I was wondering if you guys think there are certain personalities or interest areas that do better in one field or the other. I'm going to try to do some audiology shadowing, but my work schedule makes that really hard.
Secondly, I was wondering if the school ranking is all that important, or if the programs are very similar across the universities. The school has a medical school, an awesome allied health building, full SLP and Audiology clinic, but it ranked very low on the USA Rankings thingy. Is that even a real ranking? Should I be worried about the education there? How can I tell if it's a good program?
My first question is this: I've been looking mainly into SLP, really because of the diversity and surplus of available jobs. But I've visited the local university to observe SLP sessions, and I did enjoy it, but I don't want to disregard Audiology either. I'm very interested in science in general, and I like biology and psychology and the medical field. But I also enjoy linguistics like phonetics and such. I am an introvert, but I've really always worked with people and have gotten along just fine so long as I have had time to energize by myself. When I was telling an SLP professor that I like science and technology, he asked me if I had considered Audiology. So I was wondering if you guys think there are certain personalities or interest areas that do better in one field or the other. I'm going to try to do some audiology shadowing, but my work schedule makes that really hard.
Secondly, I was wondering if the school ranking is all that important, or if the programs are very similar across the universities. The school has a medical school, an awesome allied health building, full SLP and Audiology clinic, but it ranked very low on the USA Rankings thingy. Is that even a real ranking? Should I be worried about the education there? How can I tell if it's a good program?