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    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

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    1 minute ago, zahraamir said:

    I checked the website to see my rejection from UMass and my status was wait listed! I wonder why I didn't recieve any emai about it! but I am really happy! 

    waitlisted by my dream schools MIT and UMass! I really hope I can get in this year.

    Ahhh! Sending positive vibes your way!

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

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    8 minutes ago, historicallinguist said:

    But to be very honest, I am afraid that this is not a very good sign. The chance is that you can never exclude the possibility that many of the accepted people may decline their offers for various reason. Let's wait and see what will happen.

    I mean, realistically, I do have a really good offer from a school that I'm happy to go to. So, it's not as heartbreaking- I just want the closure.

    WINE, WAIT, AND WHINE THREAD

    in Waiting it Out

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    36 minutes ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said:

    Yeah, for me it was UIUC. Didn't hear anything, not accepted or rejected or waitlisted when I saw plenty of results on the board for all 3. Then I got an acceptance like a month later :) 

    Oooh, well. I'll hold a tiny bit of hope. (It's so much better now that I have acceptance elsewhere so that would be nice from this school, but it doesn't make or break me.) 

    Also: I have a glass of wine right now and it is glorious. 

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

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    I mean, I know I didn't get into UCLA- but it seems people have got acceptances, wait-lists, and rejections? Did anyone here get a rejection from them? How/when did you hear about it? I've gotten no emails and when I log in to the website, it says that no decision has been made yet :/

     

    Fall 2016 Application

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    2 hours ago, adel rahimi said:

    may I ask how was your CV?

    In my case it was my top school,I had related papers and related writing samples. I made sure that my recomms are personalized and my SOP was great (I had my thesis proposal ready, and since I was going to work on phonology  I even recorded my corpus!) actually my cv's weak points were 1.I just got my undergrad degree so my research experience was close to none and 2.my degree was from a rank ~20 in Iran.

     

    Anyone heard from U-M ? it's my second top choice.

    I do phonetics-phonology interface. I'm doing a masters degree in Canada at one of the better schools here. (My BA school was second tier.) I have a relatively prestigious Canadian MA level federal scholarship and two years of lab experience. I have two conference presentations and a publication in a small conference proceeding. 

    My research fit wasn't 100% though. The location would have been awesome though because I want to work on west coast dialects and phonetic realizations and how they support phonological theory. 

    UCLA was one of my top choices. UBC is second I think. I'm assuming rejection from Michigan. But oh well.

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, vonham said:

    ~positive thoughts abound~ 

    *when* you get into a Canadian school, there will be a day when you're sitting at your desk sipping tea and reading ridiculously interesting articles, and you'll hear a ridiculous news story about something totally weird going on in the US, and you'll sigh happily, knowing you dodged a bullet there. 

     

    (disclaimer: I've never actually been to Canada, but I've always thought it'd probably be a better place to live) 

    Well, I mean, one of my biggest fears was going to the US and then Trump getting elected and then everything being a mess. So, I guess that's not a concern anymore! 

     

    Fall 2016 Application

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    7 hours ago, adel rahimi said:

    I got my unofficial rejection email from Sun-ah jun (UCLA) ?? it was my top choice and I really wanted to work with her... Congrats to those who got in. Great school and great faculty...enjoy.

    and by the way she said that they have notified all the accepted and waitlisted applicants. So if you haven't heard from them you are probably rejected.

     

    *sigh* that sucks. I'll console myself with saying that the fit wasn't good enough to justify moving to the States.

    Here's hoping for good news from the Canadian schools...

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

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    13 hours ago, historicallinguist said:

    I was thinking to apply to U of Alberta in Canada. But I eventually did not, because it looks like that it is not a good academic fit for me.  U of Alberta places more emphasis on empirical and experimental aspects of linguistics. They require applicants to imply in their SOP which language area (s) one wants to work on. This is certainly a reflection of the empirical emphasis of the department. I feel I am more interested in taking linguistic theories as the objects of research, rather than taking theories as instruments for some other ends. 

    But Alberta does have a very good funding support for both MA and PHD students. Have u applied to Alberta?

    No, I didn't apply there. And that's probably out of an unfair bias more than anything. (I really don't want to live in Alberta.)

    I hear decent enough things about it though and Canada does have funded MAs and UAlberta is one of the better ones for that. 

    WINE, WAIT, AND WHINE THREAD

    in Waiting it Out

    Posted

    The worst thing is that I'm obsessively checking time zones. Three of the schools I applied to are on PST and so it's 6:30PM here and I'm like, but hey, it's still only 3:30PM on the west coast... (And in the mornings, I look at the clock and if it's before noon I just want it to be later.)

     

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, NoontimeDreamer said:

    Not sure if it will help or hurt to know, but I'm one of the short-listed postings. My POI is Pam Beddor, so hopefully that can give you some hope! I'm not sure how many they're planning on contacting or when different professors are contacting though.

    That definitely makes it a little worse, but I'm happy for you. It's a great program. (Though, I'm consoling myself by telling myself that I didn't really want to move to/live in Michigan...)

    Did the email say anything about the number of applicants this year?

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

    Posted

    10 hours ago, vonham said:

    same here :( 

    Though I'm giving it until Monday to assume the worst. Could be that they didn't send out all the invites yet, or that only certain POIs sent them out. And that the rest will be sent on Monday. 

    Don't mind me in my corner of sweet, sweet denial. 

    Maybe they contacted domestic students first or certain subfields... I'm curious about the POI/subfield of those with the invitations. (But I'm pretty sure my undergrad GPA isn't competitive enough for them anyhow.)

    </3

    Fall 2016 Application

    in Linguistics Forum

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    On 1/12/2016 at 2:36 PM, Iwanttogotothere said:

    I've been nervously waiting to hear back from schools and stumbled across this forum. This is my second time applying so hope it works out this round. I'm still finishing up my Toronto SOP- cutting it in half to fit the 1 page rec.- but other than that just hoping to hear back soon.

    Are you applying for U of T's MA program or the PhD one?

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