Those applying for Speech Sciences / Speech and Language Therapy / SLT for 2010 Entry

heyy have most people heard from newcastle now? im still waiting to hear from them..

i think it's just the uni's way of doing things, and each uni emphasises different aspects so at Reading you might see alot of cleft lip, whereas at Sheffield you might only briefly touch upon the subject. i think Sheffield/Newcastle are more medical because they have hospitals nearby and have medical students, whereas Reading doesn't offer medicine so they can't have joint lectures, and Newcastle because they can offer joint lectures with med students can also offer face/neck dissection i'm not sure about UCL or city though sorry!

heyy have most people heard from newcastle now? im still waiting to hear from them..

Thankyou, you too mines unconditional, what about yours? I know, it's so scary!

No I had no idea it was really funny because my boyfriend said the night before it would be weird if she was there! There were 4 people interviewing though and I hadn't heard of the others.

The questions were really standard... Why Speech Therapy, what will be hard for you, what are you looking forward to, what do you know about challenges facing an SLT. She didn't ask that much specifically about my work exp I just brought it up into every question to demonstrate knowledge and give examples etc. I got the impression she wanted to know I really understood what's involved and what I'm getting into - so be honest about anything that scares you, i think I mentioned being a bit worried about getting upset if adults had had bad accidents and things.

Then at the end she asked why City and I pretty much reproduced the talk they'd given - City pride themselves on giving their students more than the minimum advised placement time and having emphasis and support in place there so I harped on about that. She probably talked about as much as I did it was more like a chat!

Everyone at my interview was going on about how hard Reading is to get into - isn't there only 6 places or something?! I only applied to City and UCL as I want to stay in London. I'm excited but going to have to defer to save up enough pennies to survive through the course! BTW you know you don't get fees paid in Edinburgh? As I was thinking of applying to there but someone told me that and I was like...uh oh!

Hi, i'm going for the Post Grad courses at Essex, City and Greenwich, and i've been invited to interviews in March and April. Has anyone been to those ones yet? I'm really scared! What questions do they ask???? help!!!!!!!!

heyy have most people heard from newcastle now? im still waiting to hear from them..

Hi there,

Sorry I'm new on here and didnt realise you had replied! Thanks for the info i'm really nervous as I have an interview for city in April, its the day after I come back from holiday and im gonna be jetlagged i imagine!
So you are deferring?? Is that because you have just realised its going tot cost more than expected?? Its not as if you can have a part time job with this course due to the intensity of it.

To be honest i havnt looked into funding, i have kind of presumed that it will be provided for but i think ive been a bit nieve, I didnt realise that about Edinburgh, doubt i'll be going there then!! How did you get on with UCL? I missed the deadline for applying there. I keep meaning to apply to essex but havent got round to it, shouldnt keep putting it off!

Yeah a friend of mine is at reading this year, she is one of those perfect all rounder types, im not surprised she was accepted lucky thing! So what made you want to be a slt? Is it related to a job you are doing now?

same! I think they're waiting on my january module exam results - well, either that or they've forgotten about me!

but i'd love to go there though. Is it one of your top choices?

also is BCU still doing there SLT course, coz i couldn't find the page about it one their website, it sed no longer available?

Hi
did you study post grad or under grad??

Im thinking of going BCU to study speech and language therapy undergrad and got an interview on wednesday ... and its written so don't really know what to expect.... any tips??

also whats it like studying at BCU? do you get both adult and child placements? how many people are there per year?/

thanks

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i really hope they dont wait for january module results.. i dont think they went too well for me!

yeah manchester and newcastle are my top atm i think, but i havent looked round sheffield yet so when i go for my interview im going to have a good look round is newcastle one of your top choices then?