Master's in Speech-Language Pathology: Personal Statement, Resume and Writing Sample FAQ

Faculty from Nebraska's Speech-Language Pathology program answer common questions about the personal statement, resume and writing sample sections of the application to the graduate program.

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• [00:00:11.020] Really there are none.
• [00:00:12.490] There's no page minimum or maximum
• [00:00:14.580] and no specific format required.
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• [00:00:21.860] Simply, make it personal.
• [00:00:24.120] This is your chance to help the admissions committee
• [00:00:26.590] get to know you and what makes you stand out
• [00:00:29.220] from other candidates.
• [00:00:30.940] So for example, don't just tell us
• [00:00:32.700] that you are interested in speech language pathology
• [00:00:35.080] because you wanna help people.
• [00:00:36.210] I mean that's obvious or you wouldn't be drawn
• [00:00:38.700] to the profession in the first place.
• [00:00:40.880] Think instead about how you first learned about the field
• [00:00:43.700] or about how your interest in the field has grown
• [00:00:46.380] through various experiences that you've had.
• [00:00:49.550] Additionally, if there are any hiccups in your transcript
• [00:00:54.020] this is your opportunity to tell the admissions committee
• [00:00:57.218] about those situations.
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• [00:01:04.800] Some things to include on the resume
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• [00:01:09.570] professional involvement and affiliations,
• [00:01:12.690] volunteer experiences, research experiences,
• [00:01:16.910] any local, regional or national presentations
• [00:01:20.580] and then anything that you feel would help
• [00:01:22.670] the admission committee make a judgment about admissions.
• [00:01:26.270] None of the above items are required
• [00:01:28.620] to be included on your resume but sharing this information
• [00:01:32.590] will allow the admissions committee to make a better,
• [00:01:36.080] a more complete judgment about you as an applicant.
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• [00:01:46.420] Any extensive explanation or inflated details
• [00:01:50.720] about the experiences that you listed on your resume.
• [00:01:53.870] For example, if you were a student who helped
• [00:01:58.270] as a volunteer for coding research for a doctoral student
• [00:02:02.820] or a faculty member's research project
• [00:02:05.830] and that research project eventually went on
• [00:02:07.740] to be presented as a poster at ASHA,
• [00:02:10.160] you would not want to say
• [00:02:11.570] that you presented a poster at ASHA.
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• [00:02:19.600] A writing sample is optional.
• [00:02:21.050] It is not required and it does not
• [00:02:22.910] have to be speech language pathology specific.
• [00:02:25.750] If you do choose to submit a writing sample
• [00:02:28.340] it should be a significant example of your writing ability
• [00:02:31.310] and examples could include an undergraduate thesis,
• [00:02:35.060] a comprehensive research paper,
• [00:02:37.180] an undergraduate capstone project, or a research article
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