Bumblebee
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Hi! One of my areas of specialization is Phonology. For your question about Praat, there's a website that has published a manual about how to use Praat. It's quite useful and it's well written. You can find it in savethevowels.org (http://savethevowels.org/praat/UsingPraatforLinguisticResearch.pdf).
As for places where you can go for information, it would help if you specified what kind of phonology you're working with (generative or laboratory phonology) and what kind of specific information you are looking for.
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When I was doing my applications I had a similar situation. One of the schools told me they hadn't received my results. I contacted ETS about it and they submitted the results again. They did it very fast and they did it for free since it was not clear if it had been their fault or if the school had misplaced it. Fortunately for me, the school told me that they considered my application as complete since it wasn't my fault.
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I'm a Mac user and the linguistic software I use (Praat, GoldVarb) works fine on it. There were a couple of months were I couldn't use GoldVarb because it was not compatible with Lion, but they released a new version and I'm back doing statistics in my laptop. My plan is to get a Mac desktop next fall because I need a bigger screen for my spectrograms and because, since I've just been admitted to continue to the PhD, I predict many hours in front of my computer and having a bigger screen will make it easier on my eyes.
As for class, I always have my iPad with me, to have access to all the articles/chapters we're discussing in class and a notebook for taking notes.
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I work with Spanish but I will be working with some Basque as well (I would like to do research on phonological consequences of the contact between Spanish and Basque in the Basque country)
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I didn't do anything special. Some schools had a special form for international students where you could write down your GPA in your country's scale, but there was no room for writing comments about the grading system.
However, when I did the campus visit to my current school, one of the professors in the ad com told me that they knew exactly what my GPA meant, that they already had experience with them.
My guess is that schools with a large international student population like mine are familiar with the different grade systems, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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As a non-native speaker of English, I don't think I should be treated differently from the rest of the students. When I decided to stay in the US for my degree I knew that it included being able to write research papers in English. My first papers were hard, since I had never studied real academic English and my English was considered too informal. However, I have worked hard to improve. I've read tons of research articles and I have asked fellow students to help me with my writing. I still make mistakes, but I've noticed that now I'm much better than when I started my degree. Nobody has treated me differently for having a different native language and this has pushed me to improve. If I had had special accommodations or if the professors had been more lenient with me, I'd probably play the not-a-native-speaker card often and I'd be too lazy to improve.
As I am pursuing a degree in Hispanic Linguistics (I'm a native speaker of Spanish), some of my courses are in Spanish and some in English and I write papers in both languages. But I have a professor who teaches in Spanish but when it comes to writing the final papers, he always makes us write them in our L2. Native speakers of Spanish have to write them in English and native speakers of English have to do it in Spanish. He always says that we should all be able to write proper academic papers in both languages. At the beginning I didn't like the idea very much, since the class was already in Spanish, but I now thank him.
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No, they keep your DS-160. When you travel to the US all you need is your passport with the visa sticker and the I-20.
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@radioalfredio I'm not sure about the General Linguistics program at IU, but at least the Hispanic Linguistics program offers an AIship with tuition remission and stipend
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@elizabethrose14, there are several Hispanic Linguistics programs you might want to look at (that I can think of): Arizona, New Mexico, Penn State, University of Florida, Georgetown, Ohio State, UMass Amherst, Texas, Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University, among others. I know Indiana University does a lot of Sociolinguistics (mainly variation both through the Spanish Dept. and the Linguistics Dept. and some language contact).
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In my first J-1 visa they stamped "cancelled without prejudice" when I went for the interview for my second visa. Since that first J-1 visa I've had another J-1 (that I extended, so I had two visa stamps in my passport) and an F-1. I've never said that my first visa was cancelled, since it was cancelled because it had expired, not because I had done anything wrong. I've never been questioned about it and I've never had any problem with it. I hope that helps.
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I take the bus to go to campus (a 15-20 minutes ride), which is not bad, but buses don't work on Sundays and on Saturdays the bus runs every hour, so I'm going to move to a place which is slightly closer to campus and, more importantly, much better connected (more frequencies on Saturdays, bus on Sundays). It's a pain when your classmates want to create study groups/hang around on Sundays and you have to say no because there no way to can go (there's a limited amount of times that I can ask for rides, I don't want to abuse).
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This is from last year's application season, but I wanted to share anyway.
I was supposed to go on a field trip to Ottawa accompanying the French department of the school I was working on. The day before leaving for Ottawa (a Thursday) I was rejected from a school and the trip was cancelled because of a snow storm. So on Friday I was feeling a little bit depressed with the rejection and my cancelled trip. I started cooking lunch (curry chicken - I will never forget) and went to check my e-mail for the 187th time in the day. I had received an e-mail that read something about admissions and thought it was a mail from the school that had rejected me (they said they would send an official notification). But then, I saw it was from a different school. The first too lines said something about me getting a hard copy in the next days. And then... the magical word: CONGRATULATIONS!!! My heart stopped for a few seconds. I started screaming out of excitement.
Then I started reading the e-mail and had another mild heart attack: full ride. But that was not all, the third heart attack came when I read that I had the opportunity to teach in my own home country during the summer.
I had to run to turn off the stove so that I could start calling my family and sending e-mails to my recommenders and friends. Two hours later, I could finally finish cooking and had lunch (although I was not hungry with all the excitement).
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Last year I was admitted at a program with full funding, I declined the offer since I was more excited about another school and in September (when the semester had already began) they sent me a rejection letter. I couldn't help but laugh. So I guess they don't take rejections as well as we do. Are you rejecting me? No, wait, we'll reject you instead. Nobody says no to X school!!!
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I agree with @latte thunder. Grad school is vocational, not an easy way to avoid facing reality.
I would also like to add that I waited 8 years since I graduated from college to go to Grad School and I think it was my best decision ever. During these 8 years I've worked in 4 different countries, I've matured, I've found out what my real passion in life was, etc. In other words: I've enjoyed life! When I graduated from college one of my professors advised me to pursue a PhD. At that time, I saw it as a really scary thing to do, something I couldn't handle. When I finally applied to grad school, I was very excited knowing that I had finally found what I really wanted to do in life and knowing that these 8 years had helped me be ready for an MA and a PhD. After enjoying traveling and meeting people all around the world, I'm finally ready to focus on my studies for the next 7 years.
So, after this lengthy paragraph, this is my advice: graduate from college, travel, work, enjoy life, and think about what you really want to do in life. And then, if you feel you're ready, apply to Grad School.
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Haha, no man, as I said, it is not my opinion
I just shared what I have been told. And, no, I am not going to visit, since the ticket is waaaaaay to above my budget. Just way to above. That would be one of my main reasons.
And, yeah, I am leaving a lot (mom, dad, bro, sis, and a fiance back home...so, tough call but still, a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do).
I didn't mean it was your opinion (sorry if I led you to think that)
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No going home. As you can see, I am pretty close to ur homeland
. I ttalked to couple of previous recepients of the scholarship that I got, it turns out that they are not very ahppy to see the recipient going home every now and then. It makes you look immature. That is what they told me. Not my opinion and experience. Therefore, I don't want to gamgle :9 and besides all that, I don't have the great urge to go home.Wait! What? Going home to see your family makes you look immature? As we say in my country, from which tree did they fall??? I would go visit my family no matter what these people thought. My family always goes first.
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I got an email response literally three minutes after sending my confirmation email to the program director (at 10:30 at night, no less!) where she mentioned she was thrilled with my decision, blah blah, and I would be receiving information about registration soon.
Wow!!! That was fast!
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I joined TGC last application season and this season I've been around, mostly reading, although I've posted a few times. I'm planning on being here for next application season in case I can share a little bit of my "wisdom".
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I agree with HopeHope. Wait a few days and, if they don't answer, send them another e-mail.
Last year, when I sent an e-mail accepting the offer I didn't get any reply from my DGS. I also sent a hard copy of it, to make it more official. A week passed and I hadn't heard from him (although I hard heard from other profs I had contacted to tell them I had accepted). I then decided to send the DGS another e-mail and he answered back apologizing and saying that he was convinced he had replied but for some reason hadn't and that I shouldn't worry because the spot was mine.
In other words, maybe they're busy and don't have time to reply just yet, maybe they're busy and forgot to reply, or something else. You never know. Give them a few days and if you still don't have an answer, send them another e-mail.
Good luck! And congrats on your great success with your applications.
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I go twice a year: Christmas and summer. And my parents have come to visit me a couple of times during Spring Break. I know travel fare can be really expensive, but I cannot spend too much time away from my family (I have a biological need to go back to my family every 4-5 months). Thankfully, my parents help me a lot with the tickets, so it's not such a burden for me.
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I'm an international student from India and have been admitted to Rutgers/UMDNJ joint Ph.D. program in Molecular Biosciences. My admission is through UMDNJ and the "Request for I-20" form contains a section for financial documentation. I had provided the financial documentation at the time of application but apparently they need the documents dated no later than 3 months prior to the application. Also being admitted as a Ph.D student I'm being supported with full financial aid and a stipend. Do I need to show any particular amount of funds as proof or is it unnecessary....Please help me out with this.....
You should contact the international services office (or equivalent) and let them know that you are being funded by the department. They should include this information in the I-20. You can forward them the e-mail where you received your financial offer or ask them to contact your department to verify it.
Also, just to let you know, you should have posted this in IHOG: International House of Grads forum. It's specific for international students and there will be plenty of them that can help you with these issues.
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I think it's pretty normal. I visited my school before I made my decision and now that I'm here, we have had some MA accepted students coming to visit. The school didn't pay for my visit, but I don't regret spending my money on it. What I did was contact the school saying that I wanted to visit the campus if possible before I could make any decision. They organized my schedule and set appointments with the DGS, some profs and some grad students. It was an intense visit, but it made my decision way easier to make.
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Don't feel bad about it. I'm on the other side. I met one of the prospective students during his campus visit and few days later he said he had accepted an offer from a different school. I totally understood his decision. The other school was a much better fit for him and that's what matters. So don't worry, they should be understanding about it.
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If you're looking for places for lunch, you can go to 4th street, where you'll see plenty of international restaurants. It's a nice area, too. My favorite are Anatolia (Turkish) and Taste of India. In Kirkwood Ave. there are also some sports bars and if you're looking for good burgers, you can try Upland. It's a little bit further from campus, but both their burgers and their beer are great. I know there's some other place that have good burgers too, but I don't remember the name. If you want good pizza you can try Mother Bear's (third street) and for good breakfasts, The Runcible Spoon.