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Thanks for the advice GeoLing! You reminded me about something else I wanted to ask. For those who have done it, how doable/possible is having a job while studying? I think it depends, obviously... I'm saving all the money I'm making with my current job but I've never worked and studied at the same time. Thanks for all the help and comments everybody!

Hello MoontimeDreamer! I don't know that much about specific sociolinguistics programs, but you could check out the linguistics dept in CU Boulder. They seem to be strong in the area of linguistics and sexuality/gender, too!

Good to know then! I still have two F's from the semester I decided to quit Econ from two years ago, but my GPA is still 3.6, so it's not so bad. Thank your anyways, and good luck with your admission to the PhD!

Thank you very much for your response! Yes, that's the main reason for me to get an MA. I've seen that most of universities that offer what I'm looking for in an MA seem to have very competitive programs, and I have no clue of how competitive I am. lol I did find a couple of MA programs to be "general and complete enough", like the one in UC Boulder for example, but yeah, most of terminal MAs I've seen are mostly about applied linguistics. So do you think I shouldn't worry too much about my GPA? I'm not trying to get into the biggest MA program in the most prestigious university, I'm just looking for a complete enough program somewhere (right now I don't care too much about where I go as long as I can find someplace with a good program). I still need to take the GRE, and all that extra stuff. I took one linguistics and two sociolinguistics classes, and I got A on all of them. Also most of my electives where language-related courses (Italian, Russian, classical Greek), so I hope that helps!

Hello y'all! I don't know if this is the correct place to post this, but here's my situation, I have a BA in French and I'm hoping to get into a MA program in Linguistics. Even if I didn't technically take any course from the linguistics department in my uni, I did take some linguistic-related courses during my undergraduate studies, but nothing strong (I did take two sociolinguistic courses). But there are a couple of things I feel that affect me... a lot! First, I feel like my GPA (3.27) is affecting my competitiveness in a very bad way. I used to have a minor in Economy which I quit but which left me with a couple of very ugly grades that make my transcripts look quite ugly... I still have a GPA of 3.8 in the Languages major curriculum alone, but I don't think it works that way... I'm planning on applying for an MA for next fall 2014. I have an interest in endangered languages and language documentation, but also historical linguistics in general. I still have no specific area of interest in mind (I do lean towards Near East and Caucasus languages) which is why I want to get into a MA program where I can develop myself and later work for a PhD (which is what I think people in my situation without an actual background in linguistics do). Anyways, I'm asking for suggestions, comments or whatever of what should I do and where should I apply with my current academic background. I know I'm not being that specific in what I'm asking, but I'm looking for a bit of orientation I guess from others who might be in the process of applying or starting postgraduate studies in linguistics. Do y'all think it's okay what I intend of doing of pursuing a MA in (General) Linguistics and after that pursuing a PhD in the area where I find an interest in?