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Soooo there's a bit of my journey floating around this forum...ok probably a bit more than 'a bit'.
Here's the rest of the context...
I'm in my final semester of my Australian Bachelor of Occupational Therapy undergrad degree (Honours).
I have a long road ahead to transfer my Australian Registration to the US. It took me 12 months just to find out how I could even get there.
I found one viable option.
Basically I need to complete US post-grad study, go through the extensive education equivalence process with the NBCOT, be approved to sit the NBCOT OTR exam once all eduction equivalence criteria are satisfied, then hope like hell I can find a job.
Annnnnnyway I have developed a very good relationship with the head of one post-professional OT doctorate program. Thankfully it is one of the top programs in the US. Due to other various intercontinental reasons that preclude me from other programs I am focusing on this program in the first instance.
So I've found the avenue, successfully sat my GRE, collaborated on the doctoral project topic with the program head, obtained a career advisor and an academic advisor, and found a scholarship avenue that will help with a portion of the tuition, and found my two referees.
But I'm dragging my feet on actually putting my application together (it's a rolling application submission)....I added in all my demographics a few weeks ago. It was a token effort.
I am not quite sure why I keep stalling. It's the only avenue I have to transfer my career to the US and given the program and the opportunities it's a darn brilliant one. But it's huge nonetheless and I think it scares the hell out of me and it's probably just feeling like years and years of climbing Mount Everest with no certainty that I will actually reach the peak of being able seek employment. The US academic system is pretty intimidating to me and I think I'm experiencing imposter syndrome.
(As a side note I also just got my first article submission rejected. While the feedback was invaluable it took the wind out of my sails a little bit so to speak).
I guess it's another situation I find myself in with no one around me here that can really relate to the complexities of the task at hand.
Hence I thought here would be a good place to borrow some motivation from if there's any up for grabs
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Thanks for reading my war and peace story.
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Here's the rest of the context...
I'm in my final semester of my Australian Bachelor of Occupational Therapy undergrad degree (Honours).
I have a long road ahead to transfer my Australian Registration to the US. It took me 12 months just to find out how I could even get there.
I found one viable option.
Basically I need to complete US post-grad study, go through the extensive education equivalence process with the NBCOT, be approved to sit the NBCOT OTR exam once all eduction equivalence criteria are satisfied, then hope like hell I can find a job.
Annnnnnyway I have developed a very good relationship with the head of one post-professional OT doctorate program. Thankfully it is one of the top programs in the US. Due to other various intercontinental reasons that preclude me from other programs I am focusing on this program in the first instance.
So I've found the avenue, successfully sat my GRE, collaborated on the doctoral project topic with the program head, obtained a career advisor and an academic advisor, and found a scholarship avenue that will help with a portion of the tuition, and found my two referees.
But I'm dragging my feet on actually putting my application together (it's a rolling application submission)....I added in all my demographics a few weeks ago. It was a token effort.
I am not quite sure why I keep stalling. It's the only avenue I have to transfer my career to the US and given the program and the opportunities it's a darn brilliant one. But it's huge nonetheless and I think it scares the hell out of me and it's probably just feeling like years and years of climbing Mount Everest with no certainty that I will actually reach the peak of being able seek employment. The US academic system is pretty intimidating to me and I think I'm experiencing imposter syndrome.
(As a side note I also just got my first article submission rejected. While the feedback was invaluable it took the wind out of my sails a little bit so to speak).
I guess it's another situation I find myself in with no one around me here that can really relate to the complexities of the task at hand.
Hence I thought here would be a good place to borrow some motivation from if there's any up for grabs
. Thanks for reading my war and peace story.
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