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  1. Yes that is precisely why I am concerned! I know that a B is like C in grad school. But as I said I had to find out my mistakes through several courses and am wanting to improve. I am just wondering if I do improve will they hold those first year B's against me and not permit me to pass through .
  2. I want a PhD to teach. The department gives positive feedback and encourages us for the most part, but I was under the impression that B's or should I say more than 1 B is very bad-or so I was told by 1 professor. But of course I think it's all relative, like let's say if I get B's in my first year and no B's in second that should be a positive thing. I can go abroad for a year but that usually is done in year 4. If I leave right now after my MA then I would technically lose a lot of time because most likely if I come back I would have to re-apply for programs and that would be 4+ years more, so technically I would finish (after my MA)5-6 years. But if I stay here I should be done in3-4 years. I mean if you were in my place- if you really thought that living, getting another degree would help with the language part, would you take the extra time? Keep in mind I am not 23-25 years old..bit older:) (in my 30's). I already have an idea what I would like to work on- (for the PhD)so that is not a problem. Thanks
  3. I am posting this question in this subfield of our graduate forum because I would like to get direct responses from students in Language departments. I am in a foreign language program that has an MA program and a PhD program which is not 100% combined but where a student, after passing the MA tests can be recommended to continue onto the PhD. Now, So far my first year has been not that easy, and as I am learning how to effectively write a good research paper I did receive so far several B's. I am wondering (assuming that I will improve this year), whether or not this is a BIG problem and I should just give up the hope of being accepted to the PhD, or it is possible to recover from this?? I must note that my B's were mostly in courses where I had to write in a foreign language and thus had to juggle the language mistakes and the form of writing a research paper. I think now, that I have gotten some feedback about my errors I can improve and my plan is to also get detailed feedback from professors before actually submitting the papers in the future. I found, by method trial and error, that after undergrad- where we actually get to improve our papers through drafts-graduate school only expects 1 final paper from us, and thus I think in order to become better it is to my benefit to actually write them in advance and get feedback before final submission. I am wondering if anyone else had any issues like this...and what they did to improve? I believe that it is possible to improve and do not want to give in just because my writing is not "up to the level". I also find that in programs like mine where MA students take courses together with PhD students (most of which already have MA's)-it all makes it even more difficult. Anyway just trying to vent!
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