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I applied to 10 schools, and have 4 decisions left, 5 rejections, and 1 masters admit. It's really frustrating how long I've been waiting, and I feel like I might not get into anywhere :(. My recommenders said they wrote me good recs, and expected me to have a good chance at the top schools, but unluckily it doesn't seem likely. I wish I had applied to jobs and internships earlier, but everyone said I would get in somewhere. Now it's too late for the good positions. Just want to improve my chances for the Fall 2019, but not sure if I'll be able to work with anyone that'll give me another good rec...

Hi all, I am a prospective PhD application for this round of admissions. I'm doing a BA + MS at the same school for Computer Science, and should get my Masters this May. I was looking into PhD programs that fit my experience and interests, and I saw that Carnegie Mellon's Language Technologies Institute offers pretty much exactly what I am looking for. Do you all have any recommendations as to any school with similar programs? My interests are in speech and natural language processing, and I have related research experience + internships. I'm coming at applications from more of a linguistics background (did a minor in undergrad), which is what the LTI seems to emphasize more than regular CS PhDs. I don't have the strongest machine learning background, and I understand that more statistics-driven side is very, very competitive, and not exactly what I'm interested in. Of course I'm thinking about all the well known CS programs, but what else is there? Thanks!