Awkward turtle languagewaffle says hi

[languagewaffle]

Here is my awkward turtle greeting. Hi!

I am applying for my master's in linguistics but also suggesting pre-master's to schools which have it. I've been teaching on a highly competitive program for 4 years in Japan, from the US originally. Almost none of my friends have gone/applied/are interested in grad school so I have almost no one to consult for advice or what not about the experience, admissions, etc. 

 

This is my second round of applying to grad school. 

I made one program last round but I could not take up my admission due to timing of receiving the notification and the current job program I am on, mainly I would have needed to round up all of my belongings to move out in one month, sell what I don't need, plus I'd be leaving the school I teach at without a teacher for my position for a few months, etc. I also only applied to five places last time, this time I have upped it to 10 but I'm on the fence with other possible additions.

 

I feel like applying this time around is a lot harder after facing almost a full slew of rejections last time. Motivation is a lot harder admittedly because I want my application to be perfect but then I end up procrastinating. Also being out of undergrad for four years now makes me feel a tad unimpressive and out of the loop perhaps x.x Anyways, I don't want to make this a depressing greeting, I am certain others have felt as I do though. I want to improve my application and renew my sense of understanding and confidence, so I am here to have a better grasp of the application process, get advice, and hopefully contribute as well and establish some form of online networking with other grad linguistics students, though connections with any majors are naturally welcome. 

 

Nice to meet everyone.

[fuzzylogician]

Welcome! That's an interesting selection of schools you have there. What are your interests? 

 

(Actually, this conversation would perhaps be better relocated to the Linguistics forum, where it won't be pushed down by other posts as quickly and probably more linguists will see it.)

[languagewaffle]

My interests are perhaps too broad, but my main interest is Historical and Comparative linguistics, but I hold other interests in constructed/fictional languages, language typology, lexicography and language documentation, and broadly morphology and phonology. Sadly, not many places focus on historical/comparative linguistics but the schools I've chosen are based on if they have advisers who do/have done research in historical/comparative linguistics or in one of the smaller interests I have. 

 

And thank you for the heads-up about the linguistics section, admittedly being new, I haven't fully explored all the regions of the site. I will repost this there as well.