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Scarecrow24

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  • Birthday 10/24/1987

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    New Jersey
  • Interests
    Language and Identity, Language Ideologies, Dialectology, Sociomorphology, Sociopragmatics
  • Application Season
    2015 Fall
  • Program
    Sociolinguistics, PhD

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  1. Thanks for the encouragement! I just sent out the emails thanking them for the opportunity and being so hospitable, but that another school is better fit. I do hope someone else is able to benefit from that!
  2. Hello Everyone, I made a decision regarding the school I'm attending and officially notified them last week. I still haven't emailed one school to "turn them down" just yet because I've been waiting for a reimbursement check for traveling to the open house (which was March 16-17) and didn't want to ruffle any feathers. Question: Should I keep waiting for the check before I notify them? Will they not reimburse me for deciding a different program is a better fit? What's the best way to go about this? Many thanks!
  3. Thank you so much. It hasn't been an easy journey, but I've definitely learned that everything happens for a reason, and usually for the best. I've learned a lot about myself as an individual and researcher and think that very few decisions have worked out poorly. As they say, "the only failure is when you don't learn from your mistakes." Best of luck with your Spanish linguistics path
  4. Thank you all so much! While it's my top choice, there's still so much to consider. I don't know how this decision making process is going to be for all of us.
  5. Ahhh! Finally got into Pitt! Has been my top choice since emailing my POI back in October! So excited! Open house is in a couple weeks and I'm all over the place this month and this process has been so difficult and I can't stop crying and laughing at the same time. Sorry I'll stop babbling now.
  6. I don't think there's any one set way of going about things. I knew from my sophomore year of undergrad that I wanted to pursue doctoral studies in sociolinguistics. Language and identity has always been my main interest. After graduating my BA (double majored in linguistics and Spanish linguistics with a minor in Modern Greek from Rutgers), I applied to only 4 PhD programs with very little knowledge of how I wanted to approach research. I was rejected from each. I worked for a few years, ultimately getting teaching experience as a substitute teacher until I found a niche in editing for a small publishing company. On a whim, I applied to a one-year MA in Spanish linguistics with NYU in Madrid and got my master's that way. I applied to 7 PhD programs the year after, now with a legitimate writing sample and a focus on what I want to study and was rejected from each. Did not let that deter me, however. I got a research fellowship in Greece and Turkey and presented on a paper I wrote and here I am applying to even more schools and finally have found some acceptances. In short, never give up hope. There are many roads to Paradise.
  7. Awesome, congrats! Now the fun decision making process
  8. Just heard from UVA (well got an email at 1 AM). Rejected. Few positions available with competitive applicants.
  9. The most cathartic aspect of this whole process is when rejections don't even phase you anymore.
  10. Nevermind! I figured it out. Was rejected. It's all good. Over it.
  11. Ah, when I submitted the application back in November I received an email notifying me that "Rackham Graduate School will send you an acknowledgement email to confirm the program," but they never did! I received email when each recommender submitted their letter, but nothing about the wolverine access. How should I proceed?
  12. I just saw that a bunch of people received rejections from Michigan the past few days, either by email or website. I still have yet to receive any notification and have checked my application status through the rackham website multiple times. Any thoughts?
  13. Thank you! And yes, it's been weird lurking on the two boards (ling and anthro). I definitely have more experience from a sociolinguistic perspective, so I might PM some of you guys for input
  14. Hey there! I was the acceptance. Just got an email a few hours ago. This is a nerve-wracking process and there is just no way of knowing when or why things happen. I hope you hear some good news soon, though!
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