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  1. Yep. Chicago does NOT do waitlists, so they accepted students expecting about a 50% enrolment rate. Last two years, well, more than expected of the students who came to the accepted open house really liked the place *shrugs*. So they're trying to lower the acceptance rate this time around to not have the classes be so big. There were ~130 applications, and they're still winnowing them down, but the final accepted number should be smaller than in past years, probably under ten. Good luck to those here who are applying --- we can't wait to welcome you!
  2. UChicago made all of their decisions already. Good luck to the people here.
  3. You think so, but you'll actually be antsy and anxious as anything. Don't stress too much about the GREs. In my experience and that of people I know (and during prospie visits and after being admitted, we hardly mentioned the GRE), beyond not bombing it, they have almost no correlation with grad admissions in linguistics. People with average scores get in, people with stellar scores get turned away. It's all in the other factors.
  4. Glad that you're interested, Radioalfredio, as Prof. Yu's research is indeed cool; other people whose work you may wish to look at are Jason Riggle and Diane Brentari possibly if you think you may branch out to sign language phonology (much easier to see the articulators.) They, and Ming Xiang for speech processing, are doing some really neat stuff (I am an S-side myself, but I will have to know something about it, as UChicago does not let you stay just on S-side all your grad studies.) Elizabethrose - back when I worked with Spanish in my undergrad days, I also vaguely remember hearing good things about University of Southern California for its program in Hispanic Linguistics, besides the schools that other commenters have already mentioned.
  5. Well, Elizabethrose, I am at U Chicago, so I can try to answer questions you may have about it. I was actually going to suggest, with that full disclosure, that Radioalfredio think about giving it a look, if his/her circumstances permit - the phonology people there are actually doing quite interesting research on speech perception lately, both on the psycholinguistic and the computational side.
  6. P.S. Application fees range between $50 and $120 in my experience, but it may be higher for professional programs, and they are non-refundable - if they reject you, they keep your money. So applying to six or seven different schools, with the GRE fee and postage, can run you close to $1000 USD. If you are asking a friend to put it on their credit card, they should be aware of that.
  7. Pretty much any school's website will have a section in their department website for Prospective Graduate Students. They spell out pretty clearly what they are looking for. It generally seems to be a completed application form, usually done online; a Statement of Purpose (called SOP on this board); a GRE score; transcripts from all postsecondary institutions you attended (with translations if they aren't in English; letters of recommendation, generally three; and for many programs, a writing sample. And an application fee, generally paid with a major credit card; the department generally says how much. Some schools allow you to upload most of the materials, such as SOP and writing sample, online, so you will not have to pay postage. Others, you have to print out some of the materials (generally SOP and writing sample) in hard copy and mail it to them, which will be pricey (especially since you want to send it by registered mail or the like, rather than ordinary mail, lest you risk it getting lost). Transcripts will usually be mailed, and should be sent in sealed envelopes, with a stamp from your institution(s) across the front, so they know you did not tamper with them; but some schools allow you to upload a scan with the application form, but them mail the genuine hard copy later. Generally, your professors will send/email the letters of recommendation themselves, but you may be asked to mail them, in sealed envelopes with the professor's signature across the seal (so they know you didn't forge the letter yourself). So the steps would be: 1) Decide what schools you want to apply to 2) Check their requirements. 3) Write the GRE (you should do it SOON to make sure the scores reach the schools in time). On the GRE, you can ask it to send scores to up to four schools for free. For more than that, you have to pay, but you can request it online. 4) Start filling in the schools' application forms. 5) Order twice as many transcripts as you are applying to schools, as they generally ask for two copies. 5) Notify your recommenders that you want them to write letters for you. 6) Many application forms allow you to click a button to email the recommender with a request, if they have an email address linked to a university. 7) Write your statement of purpose for each school. 8) Write and perfect your writing sample. 9) Submit those. 10) Pay the application fees using a major credit card - if you do not have a Visa or Mastercard, get in touch with a good friend or relative who would be willing to put it on theirs and you pay them back. That's generally it. Some schools and programs may have additional requirements, though. Always check the department's website and if necessary, call them, rather than rely on the advice of this board.
  8. What are you interested in, Elizabethrose14?
  9. Calling all linguists applying for 2012 to chat, celebrate and commiserate! (I'm already in a grad program, but I learned a lot from the fun and insightful threads from previous years.)
  10. Why does it matter? If you aren't sure, that means you've been able to handle both without flunking too badly - so why do you ask? I personally do not believe, beyond extreme cases, that people should be divided into quant people and qual people. Saying, "I'm just not a X person" seems an excuse not to develop skills that very well can be learned.
  11. As long as your name and the department you're applying to is clearly indicated, most universities will start a file on you. Application materials often come in bits and pieces - LORs from one direction, GRE scores from ETS, etc. You can call up the departments you are interested in and ask, but I recall the application information on mine saying that they would start a file on every candidate when materials on them start coming in.
  12. My professors suggested schools - and POIs at these schools - based on what they knew of my interests.
  13. I expanded a 10-page paper into 20 pages, and asked one of the professors writing my LORs to critique it. I was living in a different city, but emailed the essay to her in advance, and we discussed it for a bit when I made time to visit in person. Giving you some advice and support is part of the recommender's job - as long as you do not abuse it. Be polite, give them lots of time with a paper already polished as far as you can make it, and send them a nice handwritten card afterwards. The key thing is to do it well in advance, not be stuck doing it on December 1 when the deadline is December 7 etc. Since you are already planning to do it two years in advance, I think you can do it.
  14. Has anyone (particularly Canadian international students) driven up to the port of entry? That is what I plan to do rather than flying (can bring more stuff), and I wonder what the experience is like. I would guess the people at the guard shack have a stack of I-94s in the back that I can fill in.
  15. Ten thousand hours is the time it takes to become a world-class expert at something: enough to win a Nobel Prize or an Olympic medal, play at Carnegie Hall, or revolutionize an industry. It always drives me nuts that this number is bandied around as the minimum, rather than what it actually is, the standard to reach the peak. A thousand hours will get you good enough to handle most things the ordinary person needs, including a master's degree.
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