anhdang6596

Hi,
I just received my acceptance with funding from UA. I believe that they have sent out all their acceptances. I'm weighing my options and will notify the admission committee of my decision once I have finalized it. You should ask them about the waitlist movement to make sure if they rank applicants or it's more of an area of interest type of waitlist. Hope this helps!

Just an update: The department sent me a letter saying that they are trying to figure out funding for me and will notify me if I get offered funding. I will let you know how that goes and it might affect your waitlist status as well!

Thank you for your kind words!
I think if you come in with an MA, you can finish the program in 4 years if you want (funding is still available for the fifth year if you are making progress toward your degree). But I see a lot of people with an MA finishing their PhD after 4 years. Programs in the UK are different from the US since they don't require coursework. So you come in and start working on your dissertation right after. In the US, you have to take coursework.
You can look at education track for some UC schools, they have some focus on SLA. I don't know much about schools in NY, but Buffalo can be something to look into. 
For Davis, I contacted Dr. Dana Ferris because I'm interested in second language writing. You might want to look at their website for people that have the same interests as you!

Finger-crossed for you!! I'm currently doing my MA at UA and I must admit that they're a lot slower this year because of funding issues ?

All of them should have full funding through assistantships. It's competitive though, since the acceptance rate tends to be between 4-7%. But if you get in, you're usually guaranteed with funding (for PhD students, not sure how that looks like for MA).

Hi iCelestia,
You might want to look into Applied Linguistics or Second Language Studies/Acquisition/Teaching programs as those are designed for your area of interest. Look at Georgetown, UC Davis, University of Hawaii Manoa, University of Wisconsin Madison, Georgia State, Penn State, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Arizona State, UMass Boston, etc. and you might find some that fit within your subfield.
I'm applying this season with a focus in second language writing and corpus linguistics so you can ask me for more information on the process if you would like.
 
To everyone in this thread, I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to join once I got my first acceptance with full funding. Finger-crossed for everyone applying this season! :)