Alison+Boyer

Bloomsburg University of PA

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/bloomsburg-university-of-pennsylvania


 * 1) SAT or ACT must be taken
 * 2) early decision action available
 * 3) **__activities__**: dance, theater, music, sororities
 * 4) bands: concert, jazz, pep, marching
 * 5) newspaper, tv station, yearbook
 * 6) __**majors**__: speech pathology, audiology, other health
 * 7) education, sciences, engineering, business management
 * 8) math, psychology, the arts
 * 9) master's and doctorate in audiology
 * 10) other master's programs in health and education
 * 11) many bachelor's degrees available
 * 12) SAT in by Dec. 30
 * 13) medium-sized (9,256 students)
 * 14) somewhat selective of applicants (63%)
 * 15) average age: 20
 * 16) freshmen allowed to have car
 * 17) no pets
 * 22:1 ratio of students to faculty
 * 1) rural setting
 * 2) large town
 * 3) english required all 4 years
 * 4) math and science required for first 3 years and recommended for 4th year
 * 5) history, social studies, and academic electives required for first 2 years
 * 6) class ranks of incoming freshmen: majority (71%) in top half
 * 7) SAT scores majority from 400-600

http://www.bloomu.edu/

Speech Pathology
 * 1) __**courses**__: voice, language and fluency disorders
 * 2) swallowing 1 and 2
 * 3) field experience in speech pathology, aphasia
 * 4) research in speech pathology, clinical instrumentation in speech pathology
 * 5) augmentative and alternative communication
 * 6) speech disorders in preschool children
 * 7) __**required**__: must have bachelor's with major in communication disorders
 * 8) must have 3 recommendation letters
 * 9) must have one page with background experience
 * 10) completion rate: 100%
 * 11) exam pass rate: 100%
 * 12) minimum of 55 semester hours to graduate
 * 13) must maintain GPA of at least 3.0
 * 14) **__prerequisites__**: phonetics, clinical observation
 * 15) science of sound, applied speech science
 * 16) auditory training and speechreading
 * 17) __**clinics**__: language, speech/articulation
 * 18) fluency/stuttering, voice/resonance
 * 19) dysphagia/swallowing, cognition/memory
 * 20) augmentative communication, phonology
 * 21) May 1: college will notify student of admission
 * 22) __**offer financial support to**__: graduate assistantships, international tutition scholarships
 * 23) minority graduate assistantships, teaching associate
 * 24) private scholarships
 * 25) graduates are eligible for certification in teaching speech to language-impaired students