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Sep 5, 2014
Graduate / 'inadvertent road' - Graduate admission essay for Master in Speech Language Pathology. [7]
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How often are you able to incorporate passion and profession in your career choice? As a Speech Language Pathologist you have the ability to improve the overall quality of life for children and adults by helping them acquire, improve, or regain their ability to communicate. I have always known I wanted a career in the health profession, which is why I pursued a Bachelor in Applied Biological Science. My senior year I researched different Master degrees, and I came about the SLP program. My advisor informed me that I first need to complete the pre-requisite courses. This is when I learned how extensively speech impairments can affect someone's life.
Could you imagine what life would be like if you could not communicate? The constant frustration and embarrassment could easily take over your life, and even alter your self-identity. That is no way to live, and I find great gratification knowing that as a SLP I could assist people to change their perspective on life by giving them the tools and skill sets they need to communicate more effectively. As a SLPA intern I had the privilege of helping a client (Zorion) reach his articulation goal of pronouncing the phoneme /r/ in sentence form. Zorion smiled from ear to ear as he ran eagerly down the hallway to inform his mother that he reached his goal. After his mother gave him a huge hug, he turned to look at me with tears in his eyes and said, "thank you Miss Angelina". At that exact moment I knew this was the rewarding career I desired.
I am eager to use my passion and enthusiasm to help clients reach their goals. It is my greatest ambition to become an educated, well-rounded SLP, and I know that Arizona State University will help me to achieve that.
I have used all of your suggestions. What do you think of the revisions? What needs to be worked on?
How often are you able to incorporate passion and profession in your career choice? As a Speech Language Pathologist you have the ability to improve the overall quality of life for children and adults by helping them acquire, improve, or regain their ability to communicate. I have always known I wanted a career in the health profession, which is why I pursued a Bachelor in Applied Biological Science. My senior year I researched different Master degrees, and I came about the SLP program. My advisor informed me that I first need to complete the pre-requisite courses. This is when I learned how extensively speech impairments can affect someone's life.
Could you imagine what life would be like if you could not communicate? The constant frustration and embarrassment could easily take over your life, and even alter your self-identity. That is no way to live, and I find great gratification knowing that as a SLP I could assist people to change their perspective on life by giving them the tools and skill sets they need to communicate more effectively. As a SLPA intern I had the privilege of helping a client (Zorion) reach his articulation goal of pronouncing the phoneme /r/ in sentence form. Zorion smiled from ear to ear as he ran eagerly down the hallway to inform his mother that he reached his goal. After his mother gave him a huge hug, he turned to look at me with tears in his eyes and said, "thank you Miss Angelina". At that exact moment I knew this was the rewarding career I desired.
I am eager to use my passion and enthusiasm to help clients reach their goals. It is my greatest ambition to become an educated, well-rounded SLP, and I know that Arizona State University will help me to achieve that.
