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Ashlée

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  1. I originally intended to apply to four, but then missed the deadline for one (I'm a horrible procrastinator) and then someone fudged up the application for another, so I ended up only officially applying to two. Thank God one of them accepted me. I didn't really have the money to apply to any others, especially when those three schools required me to pay about $300 CAD just to apply.
  2. Hi! I'm not in your area of study at all, but I'm preparing to start school in Montréal as a student from the US, so I thought I'd insert my two cents. In a list of pros: - I have found that Canadian schools (at least in Québec) are astronomically cheaper than in the US. Although, again, I have a different discipline, so that might not be the case for speech pathology. - None of the schools I applied to required me to take the GREs. Again, this could be a discipline- or province-specific thing, but not having to shell out money to take those tests was extremely helpful. - The fact that you have dual citizenship will probably lower your tuition even more since you'd be able to get non-international tuition. Cons: - The process of trying to get a visa has not been fun, however, the process for you to study in Canada as someone with dual citizenship will probably be much easier. Anyway. I'm sorry I can't be more help as someone in a completely different discipline, but I highly recommend studying in Canada! In terms of cost, at least, I've definitely found it to be worth it!
  3. I've reached the last week. I've been in Kentucky with my mom and sister for the past three weeks, kind of living in limbo after I finished up my job on my undergrad university campus and now as I wait to fly up north to Montréal, which happens on the 28th. Luckily, I'll be living in grad student housing, so I won't have to worry about trying to find an apartment, roommate, and all that fun stuff. But classes don't start until September 8th, so I'll have some time to get acclimated to Montréal, figure out the transit system, and all that fun stuff. I'm painfully excited, but also painfully apprehensive.
  4. I'll be 24 at the end of this month and am starting my first year of grad school straight out of undergrad. Although I was class of 2009 for high school, just took two years off before starting college.
  5. I just got my visa! Due to "technical difficulties" from my school in processing my financial aid, a process that should have taken no more than a month took about three. But I FINALLY got my visa, just two weeks before I'm due to fly out! It feels like a HUGE weight has been lifted and now I kind of want to spin in circles and sing.
  6. In 2009, I dropped out of high school in my senior year, just months from graduating. I had previously discovered the music of a francophone singer from Québec thanks to a friend I met on deviantART, fell in love, and decided to teach myself French using various websites just so I could understand his lyrics and interviews. I had no car and therefore no way to get my GED or a job. I lived with my mom, sister, and aunt, surviving off of food stamps and welfare. Even if I DID get a GED, I didn't think it would ever be possible for me to go back to school - my grades had been bad and, in some cases, positively terrible. One year later, the parents of the aforementioned best friend flew me out to visit them in the next state over without ever having met me previously. They decided to help me. They paid for me to get my GED (the test for which I finished so quickly that they scored it then and there). After that, they paid for me to take the ACTs. In just a year-and-a-half, I had gone from thinking my life was a dead end to applying to university. I applied to three different universities, the top choice of which being the school the aforementioned best friend and her other best friend (and my new best friend) attended. I was admitted into all three. In 2011, I moved in with them, becoming a permanent resident of Missouri and changing my address to theirs. They helped me get a job, get my driver's license, get new glasses, go to the doctor, everything I'd been unable to do before. I started university that Fall as a French major, having tested into the highest intermediate level after two years of studying on my own. Throughout undergrad, I participated in eight French plays, was vice president and historian of the National French Honor Society, studied abroad for five weeks in Québec City, and tutored intermediate and elementary-level French students. As a senior, I was named Outstanding French Student at the Academic Honors Awards. I received a 4.0 GPA in my final semester (the first 4.0 of my life) and received a spot on the President's List. I had a choice between attending a TA program in France or attending grad school in Québec, and I chose the latter. Now I'm spending two more months in the States before moving up to Montréal for two years. I spent two years thinking my life was going nowhere, that I was stuck because of my decision to drop out of school. But then people came and picked me up. I cannot believe how lucky I've been. Five years ago, I was sitting in my room, playing video games, bemoaning how much my life sucked because of my own decisions and because of other things I couldn't control. Now I'm preparing to move to my favorite city in the world and study the language I love and literature in the language I love. So I think I've come pretty far.
  7. Thanks for all the responses, everyone. Definitely helpful! I was never really planning on going to the concert, but now I have proof to get my friends off my back. ("It's just one class!" And you think peer pressure stops when you stop being a teen. )
  8. Hey all. Sorry if there's another topic like this; I looked around but I couldn't find one. So my question is concerning missing classes. I'm going to assume that it's a big no-no. I mean, it's frowned upon in undergrad, but a lot of the time (at least at my school), you could get by with missing two or three classes without lowering your grade. I've already assumed that missing a single class in grad school will leave me royally screwed. Is this the case? (The reason I ask is because I have horrid friends coming into town in October who are trying to peer pressure me into skipping class and going to a concert with them. Not very nice, if you ask me.) Thanks! Ashlee
  9. I've met two of my favorite singers, though it's unlikely anyone here has heard of them since they sing in French and are mostly famous only in Québec. But one is Bruno Pelletier, whom I've met four times after/before his performances. The other is Gabrielle Destroismaisons; she was doing group vocal coaching, so I was able to spend three hours with her and two others. 'Twas awesome. Another singer I've met is Hana Pestle (although I think she's just going by her first name now) when she came to my university to perform. At the time she was dating Ben Moody, one of the founders of Evanescence, but I was too shy to say anything, so I just kind of... stared. Awkwardly.
  10. Reality TV in general. I just do not understand the appeal. Yoga pants or yoga in general. Tea. A lot of mainstream music. Game of Thrones. Posting passive aggressive and/or vague Facebook statuses, which leads to concerned friends asking "What's wrong?" followed by the equally vague response of "You know," or "Text me." If it's private, why post about it in the first place?
  11. Yessss. God, yes. Unfortunately... yes. I've been emotional. I've not been to the point of crying yet (although I did cry happy tears when I received my acceptance), and now that all my required visa and financial aid forms are in and there's nothing for me to do but wait, I've become extremely antsy. Anxiety has increased tenfold and today I had to put on calming piano music and lavender incense in an effort to force myself to chill out. I'm just so worried that something is going to go wrong with the visa or financial aid stuff. Even though my school has accepted me, it's still not 100% that I'm going. And if I don't... I've no idea what I'm going to do. So... yeah. Fun stuff!
  12. Just finished listening to Ludovico Einaudi's album, Divenere. Now I'm onto Bruno Pelletier singing J'aurai ta peau.
  13. Ashlée

    Greenville, NC

    Hi, everyone! I saw another thread about MTL, but it seemed really catered to McGill, and as I'm going to Concordia this Fall, I was hoping we could have a broader thread, not necessarily about one or both of the campuses and the surrounding area, but also Montréal in general! So, to start, I'm in love with Montréal. I spent a week there last November and fell fast and hard. I'll be living on campus, but I'm really looking forward to immersing myself into Montréal life and culture. Ashlee
  14. Now, when you say current... I assume you don't mean Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I've started watching again. For the third time. As for shows that are actually on the air, there's not much. Sherlock, but those episodes are few and far between. Trying to get into Doctor Who, but I'm stuck on season two and my heart yearns for Christopher Eccleston. Oh, I know! Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's amazing. I just finished season one and I'm waiting impatiently for season two to appear on Netflix.
  15. Any future Concordia University (Montréal, QC) students here? I haven't seen a thread, so I thought I'd make one! So... hi! I'm Ashlee... I'll be going for my MA in francophone literature this Fall! (Officially program is called Littératures francophones et résonances médiatiques, but that's a bit wordy.) Words can't express how much I'm looking forward to living in Montréal. I love it there. Plus... poutine. Drool.
  16. I wasn't doing anything in particular. I was 95% sure I was going to go to France to teach English with TAPIF (Teaching Assistant Program in France) after I received a rejection from a school, assuming that I wouldn't be accepted to the other one and that, even if I was, I could defer admission. I came upstairs to my bedroom in the apartment I share with my best friend/roommate, checked my email for the thousandth time that day, and about fainted when I saw an email waiting for me. I believe the first words out of my mouth when I opened the PDF file and saw "Congratulations!" were, "Oh, my God!", at which point I practically flew downstairs and exclaimed to my roommate that I had been accepted to Concordia University, my top choice. We jumped around and shrieked, and I cried, and that was pretty much when I knew there would be no deferral.
  17. Hey, everyone! I'm Ashlee. I just graduated with a BA in French from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. This September I'll (hopefully, if all goes well with my visa and stuff) start at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, pursuing an MA in francophone literature. (The actual title of the degree is much longer and French-ish.) Gotta say, I'm so glad I found this forum. I've been stewing in my terror for the past month since my acceptance.
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