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Tunnel King

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    Ph.D. - Linguistics

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  1. The way I see it, you get a PhD because it's something you love, not because you just want to get any PhD. I didn't get into PhD programs the first time around. I had the option of doing something related (Speech Langauge Pathology, TESOL), but instead I got my masters in my field, and now I've been accepted into my first choice PhD program for my ideal field (theoretical linguistics). It took me three years to get my masters (working/part time) but now I can fully commit to my PhD and it is something I know I will enjoy doing. While I don't know your whole situation, I am saying that I support option 3.
  2. I will be attending Rutgers in the fall to start my PhD in Linguistics. I'm very excited. I'm eager to get to know some of the other people who will also be starting there in the fall. I've seen a few people say they were wait listed but so far I haven't seen anyone say they were accepted (and in turn have accepted the offer). So, anyone else out there?
  3. I see you've already accepted Stony Brook's offer, congrats. To answer your question, though, I think they accepted 4 people and that's the size of the class they're trying to bring in. Did you ever hear anything back from Rutgers? The open house was almost all other wait-lists so I have no idea what my incoming class will be like.
  4. I don't know, a 400 seems very low. Which section was it in? As a reference, I got a 570 Verbal and was worried that that might be too low. I don't want to scare you because it really depends on the department and on the rest of your application, but a score like that would definitely set off a few alarms.
  5. This may be a bit much, but if you're really concerned, I would sign up for google voice and have your voicemail forwarded there if you can. That way, you'll be able to check your voicemail online (in case you have internet access but no cell service).
  6. Anyone else accepted to Rutgers? I've already accepted their offer and I'll be going to their open house this week.
  7. Grew up in South Brunswick, avoided Rutgers like the plague coming out of high school, spent the last seven years in Boston getting my BA and MA in linguistics, then I found myself with Rutgers as my first choice PhD program. And I got in. Even though I grew up around there, I never went into New Brunswick much except to go to the train station. I get the sense that I'll be living in Highland Park which seems to be popular with grads. Anyone else heading to Rutgers?
  8. I had 570v/740q/5.0. I was displeased with my Verbal score but all the percentiles for my test were above 80%. I ended up getting into 2 out of 4 schools so far, both PhD and both with full tuition + stipend. I also had a 4.0 GPA, coming out of an MA, grant funded research, etc, and I'm sure all that mattered a lot more than my GRE scores.
  9. There are a lot of things that could mean. I doubt they'd give you your decision that way, so it either means it's missing something (but they probably would have told you what) or that it's under review and that you can no longer make changes to it. But you'd have to ask them to know for sure.
  10. I'm sure there are similar stories like mine out there. After a lot of hard thinking, I recently broke it off with my SO of 3 years. I had gotten into my first choice school, but it was five hours away. Not the longest distance by any means. It wasn't her first choice to move, as it has taken her a while to finally be confortable with her friends and her job in the city, and I completely understood. She said she would move, but I had been thinking, if I can't commit myself fully to the relationship (especially for the 5+ years the program would take, plus whatever comes after it), and if I don't see us having a future together, then I shouldn't keep it going. So, last week, I broke it off. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but I know in the long term it was the right thing. It's been quite the bittersweet application season.
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