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Hi Ivan! Congratulations on the acceptance and funding! I know a little about funding as I have two dependents as well. I asked several schools about this and all of them told me that I needed from 3000 to 4000 USD per dependent. In my case, I needed to show proof for two people (husband and baby) If I was accepted. I was not, so I don't have to worry about that right now. I will have a whole year to put some more money together to take my family with me for 4 years. I don't know the situation at the schools you applied to, but check the information web page for international students a those universities and that would def be helpful.

Hi Jess!, This is actually very good advice! I do feel a little deflated as I really want to do a PhD and do research in this topic as my way of living. I also love teaching, so this is a little discouraging. Like I said, this was my first try in the American system, so I think I really have to work harder next year. I will def. read the texts you mentioned and give my writing skills a boost. I am still finishing an MA in social sciences, so I still have a lot of adrenaline going on. I am in the process of making interviews and analyzing the data, so I feel really excited about the writing process. I haven't got much time to feel bummed, so I will get to work and get better at researching, writing and proposing. Do you think I should contact both universities and ask for an evaluation? I would really like to know what the evaluators thought about my whole application. Is this possible? Is it something schools could/would be willing to do? I figured that if I want to apply again next year I might as well correct/improve my application based on what the evaluators thought of it. Again! Thank you for reading this and giving an opinion on it. May I ask what is your research about? -V

Hello everyone, I just read all your conversations and I must say I feel really happy about the people that got accepted to their program of choice. I was not accepted to the two programs I applied to this year, and even though I thought about this year's application as an "experience", I do feel really sad. I don't know what I did wrong, but I think I will figure it out. I would really appreciate your insight here. I might have applied to a program that does not really match my interests. I assure you I did extensive research on the Universities programs, but still I feel like I have a strong topic, but maybe my SOP was not strong enough. So I applied to Georgetown (socio) and Chicago (Ling anthropology) and my topic is related to the linguistic experiences of migrant minors (to be very general). I feel really passionate about my topic, but right now, it feels like I should be applying to other type of programs like SLA(T), educational linguistics, etc. Does anyone have a focus on language and migration? I would really love to hear/read your ideas. Again, congrats to those accepted!!! :D