Applying to an AuD Program

Application Process

• Pick schools to apply to• Fill out and send in applications

o GREso Grades/Transcriptso Personal Statement o 3 Letters of Recommendation

• Receive notification of Accept/Waitlist/Deny• Accept an offer

Application Process

• Pick Schools To Apply To

• http://www.capcsd.org/• http://www.asha.org/students/academic/• http://www.capcsd.org/csdcas/students.php

Application Process

• GREs

• Take summer Jr. year or early fall Sr. year• Allow enough time to retake if needed• Study/prepare/take practice tests!!

• GRE has Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and a Analytic Writing sections

Application Process

• GREs

For consideration of admission to our program at U. Iowa, need scores of > 40th percentile on all sub-tests (verbal, quantitative,written)

For our program, those admitted in 2013 averaged 159 verbal (75th percentile)

158 quantitative (77th percentile) 4.5 analytic writing

Application Process

• Grades / Transcripts

• End of the fall semester are your “final” grades• Most schools want your fall sem. grades included• Send official transcripts through the registrar. Allow

time for processing.• On the ASHA website you can see the average

GRE/GPA of admitted students for most schools. This can help you select schools appropriate for you.

Application Process

• Grades / Transcripts

For our program at U. Iowa, need scores of at least 3.4 GPA

For our program, those admitted in 2013 averaged 3.7 GPA (range 3.4 – 4.0)

Application Process

• Personal Statement

• Shows whether or not you can write!• Chance to highlight unique things about yourself• Explain motivation for grad school/profession• Explain problems or challenges you’ve overcome• Usually about a page• If school has a prompt, follow it! • PROOFREED!!!• Not too schmaltzy – be genuine

Application Process

• Personal Statement

For our program at U. Iowa, includeWhy you want to enter this fieldWhy the U of Iowa. Expand on any honors/awards/achievements.

One page single-spaced or two pages double-spaced

Application Process

• Letters of Recommendation

• Usually 3 (some schools allow more)• Select academic references • Ask in advance! Ask personally for a letter!• Ask if they can write a positive letter.• provide a COMPLETE and ORGANIZED list with your

information:• For each school, where to submit (electronic or paper)• Necessary forms

• Ask if writers want other info (e.g. resume, personal statement)

Selecting an AuD Program

• Location• Sites for “outplacements”• Number, expertise and qualifications of faculty• Is there a medical school? • 1st year students - in house clinic?• 4th year – do you have to “find your own”? How do

you register during that year?• Options for capstone• Are there research opportunities?

Finances

• “live like a pauper!”• Instate tuition is good!• Ask lots of questions –

– How many students get aid? How much? Does it cover living expenses?

– Do they need to work for that aid? – Do you register full time summers and for 4th year? – How many students get paid 4th years?– How many graduate in 4 years?

AuD vs MA

• AuD– 4 years to get certified– 6-10 admitted per year– Smaller class sizes– Majority work in medical

setting or private practice.

– You get to be called “Dr.”– Focus is more on

diagnostics not therapy– Clearly superior!

• MA– 3 years to get certified– 20-30 admitted per year– Majority work in schools– Focus is more on therapy– Clearly inferior!

Misc.

• AuD is not a deaf education degree. • SLPs typically are the ones who “teach deaf kids to talk”!• Not all programs require sign skills.• Programs vary in approach to CI/AR• AuD degree covers many areas – General diagnostics,

hearing aids, hearing science/anatomy and physiology, lab instrumentation, cochlear implants, aural rehabilitation, pediatrics audiology, educational audiology, vestibular assessment and rehabilitation, business practices, medical audiology, electrophysiologic assessment.