Monday, October 7, 2013

The Importance of Connections..

As told by an SLP student..

It is really important to attain effective and positive connections with your advisors and professors.  They will be your coworkers once you finish graduate school and they want you to do the best you can!  At Stockton some of the professors for the undergraduate Speech-Language Pathology program advise and teach at the graduate level, so knowing your professors beforehand can relax you a little before starting the program.  But, if you're not a returning Stockton student, you will quickly be come accustomed to the school and will be welcomed with open arms by your program, professors and classmates especially in the CMDS program.

It is also extremely important to make an effort to connect with your classmates because you will be part of that cohort for 2 and a half years (more or less depending on your program).  Like I posted before, in the CMDS program you are expected to complete numerous group projects with different team members from all different backgrounds and from all over NJ, so it is important to maintain good relationships with your classmates.

Having friends in the program or out of the program but in graduate school can really help.  It will relax you to vent to some of your friends, get advice from them and use them as resources for ideas if you need some guidance or inspiration.

- Kaitlyn

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