Hi,

My name is Jessica Levine and just recently joined this group. I have a
profound bilateral hearing loss and I benefit from a cochlear implant. I just
graduated from Tufts University in May and currently taking a year off to work
and apply to graduate AuD programs. Tufts did not offer any communication
disorders or audiology courses and I double majored in Biopsychology
(neuroscience) and Biomedical Engineering. During my senior year, I have
decided that i wanted to become an Audiologist.

I was wondering if any of you are familiar with the graduate programs
primarily on the north east coast. I am looking at schools in Mass, New York,
Maryland, and the Washington DC area. I prefer going to a school that's near
a city/metro area. Since the majority of the top/best AuD programs are in the
midwest, i'm choosing to stay on the east coast for personal reasons. I'd
appreciate any feedback about these programs and whether they'll be
accomodating about my hearing loss, the quality of their programs, and any
other advice for the application process. I wont have all of the pre-requisites
finished by the time I apply but I am going to try convincing some of the
schoosl to let me finish the pre-requisites the summer before starting school
or during the school year. I've heard that some programs wont even accept
some of the pre-requisites, I can't afford to re-take some of the classes if
they
wouldnt accept them.

I'm interested looking at U Mass at Amherst, City College of New York, the
Long Island Consortium, University of Maryland, and Gallaudet University. I
am also going to apply to Washington University in St. Louis and
Northwestern University just to see if I can get in.

If you have any other advise, especially for those who had a non-
communications disorders background while undergrad, would be helpful.
Sometimes i feel like im walking through the application process blindly.

Thanks a bunch!
Jess