[nabs-l] Grad School and Training Center?

[Cindy Bennett]

Hi,

First, congratulations on being accepted to a graduate program! That
is a hard thing to do and I would be excited about my future as well.

I am exactly like you. My undergrad experience realized to me how much
I needed training. I chose to wait to apply for grad programs until I
was in training, but I think there are a couple of options. You could
do as Arielle suggests. Some people go for 2 summers to complete the
requirements. However, I imagine that after you start your masters
program, you will probably want to do an internship the next summer.
Also, some graduate programs allow students to defer their acceptance
for a year if they give an extenuating circumstance. I think training
absolutely fits this category. You could try to enter your program in
the spring of 2015 although in my experience, fewer graduate programs
start students in the spring as opposed to schools who will allow an
admit to defer for a year.

I would tend to say that you should get training as soon as possible
even if it means putting off life plans a bit, because I learned so
much in training that I will now use in grad school, but I also
understand your predicament. If they will not allow you to defer a
year, I think you should absolutely accept this opportunity and either
go to training for 1 summer, 2 summers, or postpone training until
after grad school.

Cindy

On 4/7/14, Sarah Meyer <sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Arielle,
> Thanks so much for your response and your creative suggestions. :)
> I'm going to be doing some research into various options.  I didn't
> realize it was possible to attend only a portion of the training
> program.  I'm sure this would be beneficial but the more time invested
> the better as is true with most things.
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah
>
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Cindy Bennett
Secretary: National Association of Blind Students

B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
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