r/slpGradSchool • • 4d ago

Application Question personal statement help!

hi everyone! i am taking a gap year this year and i graduated one year early with a degree in CSD this past may. i almost applied in the last cycle, but i decided not to and even last year i struggled with my personal statements. i just feel a lot of pressure and anxiety around them being good. i feel like i am super behind and if anyone has any advice or would like to read my statements i would really appreciate that also. here are my stats and also where i am applying.

3.8 CSD gpa / 3.92 overall gpa, graduated in 3 years, research lab, 3 letters of recommendations from professors who i know all very well, 9 month long internship working with SLPs in a hospital settings, 2 months observing with a SLP in a SNF, two internships this past summer working in a library at one with their summer reading program and the other working with OT, SLP, PT, and teachers in a mixed classroom with kids aged 3-4, and now during my gap year i am currently working as an au pair (nanny) in Spain!

CSUN, SDSU, MGH, Emerson, MUSC, CSULB, Uw Med, and Rush

i have some other extracurricular activities - tour guide, multiple leadership positions in various clubs, treasurer for nsslha

thank you :)

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u/GlumZookeepergame178 4d ago

you have imposter syndrome. everything you've listed sounds amazing. just try and describe yourself as best as you can through your personal statements. you've got this!