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1. Professor/research in Linguistics 2. JC/CC Professor 3. Book store owner (I stole that one though) 4. Horse trainer/open a place to work with horses and disabled kids. 5. Singer. 6. Politician. I'd be awful at this though.

Everyone's plans sound great! I'm going to Cabo San Lucus right after I graduate for a week with my husband. I'm very excited, I've never been to Mexico before. Then I suppose we will spend the rest of the summer camping, hiking, maybe some weekend trips, looking for a house to rent, reading, knitting, hanging out with friends and family, and practicing things. I think I am going to get bored though because my husband starts work in July so I am sure there will be a lot of sitting around the house.

I feel like I have seen other people saying that Boulder likes to do that.

I got accepted into CU Boulder as an Ma not a Phd liked I applied. I was pretty excited but it's unfunded so there is no way I am going there. But yay a top school accepted me!

Tomatoes.

I live with the firm belief that one should keep as many books as one can. I hate selling them, unless they are really irrelevant, but even then, I still have a biology book lurking somewhere. Buy more book shelves, or get wall shelves. One can never have too many books. Plus, book that I have relative to my major I see as a way to build my library for when I am a professor.

Sounds like you really want to go to SUNY. If that is what you really want to do and you are ok with the possibility of having to pay for your entire PhD and can afford it, than I say go there. Hawkins isn't the only person who does typology, Farrell does some as well, but nevertheless, I do believe you are correct in that Hawkins leans towards a formalist approach.

I love this thread! I majored in Linguistics and Comparative Literature in college. So I love literature and reading. I love classics, which makes me on the outside since it seems everyone loves modern, post-modern etc now. But I also love historical fiction and fantasy. I also love astronomy, geology, history, mythology (it is so interesting to see how myths can be so different across cultures that have had no contact with each other! It's fascinating.), religions, ancient history, ancient culture, bird watching, and the science of nature. I also know all the words to the extended additions. Tolkien lovers unite!

I would choose the funding, that seems much less stressful to me. If they both have people you want to work with that seems the clear choice to me. But I am not that big on prestige either.

1. Get my honor's thesis published 2. Go to Mexico 3. Hike a ton 4. Have some great camping trips 5. I'm considering driving across the US before my husband's job starts but I don't know if that will happen. I just really want to do it but I don't know when he will have three weeks off again any time soon. Hmmmm. 6. READ 7. Find a house.

Unfortunately that is pretty much how the one bedrooms run. I currently rent one for that price. However, the on-campus housing is a little bit cheaper but you have to get on the wait-list for a lot the places. http://www.housing.ucdavis.edu/prospective/graduate-professional-housing.asp Now is actually the time to look for housing and sign contracts. Lots of places are already signing contracts now. When I transferred to Davis, I signed my contract the April before the Fall quarter. Another place to look for housing is on facebook groups like this one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418689684823205/ The down side about commuting with a car is that Davis has ridiculously expensive on campus parking passes. And driving over the causeway is a pain in the butt during peak hours, suddenly no one knows how to drive. Inside Davis there is a very good bus system but it does cost grad students one buck per way. Though I believe you can purchase bus passes.

I totally agree with fuzzy, but I understand the hesitation. You possibly could work with the PI from SB after you graduate. If you stay in this field you will undoubtedly be able to work with her/him at some point.

Right after I tell my dad I got my first rejection: My dad- So what is your plan B? Gee thanks dad. My husband gets a job offer. My dad takes us out to dinner. My dad is clearly rooting for the job side. -.- All my friends: So what are you applying for? Me: Linguistics Them: What do you want to do with THAT? Me: *in a small voice* teach and do research. I want to be student for the rest of my life. Them: *looks of horror* How long does that take? Me: 5-6 years Them: WHY?

I hope you don't remind me responding, I'm currently going to Davis so I thought I'd add my insight. The campus is a good size but not big you can't walk across it, though it's too big to walk across in 10 minutes. They have a great bus system here, which isn't quite as good on weekends but it still works out if you don't have a car. People are still around after 5 but it is a bit quieter then. A lot of people are on campus studying or attending clubs in the evenings. I hope that was helpful.

I agree with bsharpe269. I looked for schools around areas where my husband could get a job and it luckily worked out for us that he has a job near the grad school I got accepted into. However, if I had a child I wouldn't live away from she/he. Being absent for 2-6 years of their life at a young age is a long time. I would try to work something out, either where I was in the same area as my child or my husband could get a job in the other state.