Hi guys,
I've just been reading through your thread and it's all so interesting. However it's also freaked me out a little bit. Haha. I was thinking of applying for the accelerated course for 2013 (my first degree is in French and Spanish) but now I'm really worrying about a lack of practical experience as a lot of you guys seem to have LOADS. Did anyone take a year out to build up experience and then apply for the year after?
-During school I volunteered for about 3/4 years as a Brownie leader.
-In my first year at uni I mentored a child one on one with the charity Shine.
-My Dad had a stroke when I was pretty young so I have a huge amount of personal experience.
-I've read a fair bit around the subject (your suggestions are all really useful)
-And I've also studied a lot of linguistics modules. Language acquisition and development etc.
However...seeing as I've been away on my year abroad this year, I've not really done anything relevant in a while....I've got a few things set up for the summer hols, volunteering with some children's charities and stroke charities. I was hoping to do some shadowing but the placement has fallen through, although I am going to try and set up another.
I just really worry that this all looks really rushed as it will all be so recent and not sustained volunteering etc. despite the fact I've wanted to be a Speech Therapist for years and years.
Should I take a year out and then apply. Or perhaps should I apply anyway and see what happens and then take it from there?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for all the garbled information!
Char xxx