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  1. I have a source from the Philosophy world who gives me the following information: NYU phil has already contacted their admitted by email, and Columbia status should be posted on your online application. You might just contact the programs you haven't heard anything from, since you're so far away!
  2. An email arrived in my inbox in the middle of the night with an (unofficial) acceptance to JHU CogSci - I'm thrilled (and shocked). It came from my intended advisor, so they must each be sending word to their individual students. (That is, anyone else who is waiting on Hopkins shouldn't worry about not having heard anything yet.) Good luck, all! And I'm done.
  3. There's been little activity on this board lately - any news, anyone?
  4. Did anyone else get an email this morning from Paul Smolensky (from the JHU department) requesting a phone interview?
  5. chillofrito, if U of G does fund you, you might consider going and then trying to transfer to a department you like more, after they've awarded you an MA. At least that way, you have your foot in the door, get to start doing graduate-level linguistics ASAP, and improve your r
  6. I also noticed the top-notch professors recently hired there; they stole away some of the very best people from the two departments I'm hoping to decide between (I only know for sure that I'm admitted to one of the two, but I'm cautiously optimistic). If I had looked all around the country for departments, I would have very seriously considered Yale as a top choice!
  7. I just realized that the end of February is near, and that means that MIT decisions are on the horizon - the best of luck to all of you!
  8. I didn't ask; I thought I was already being pretty audacious by asking how many people would be there (though that information will be much more readily available at the event than will possible admissions decisions). I would love to have found out, though. My understanding is that the decisions are ultimately up to each individual professor, and none will take more than two, while some will take none at all. Thirteen sounds like a very high admit number for such a small department, so I'm not letting my hopes get too far up there.
  9. I just called Hopkins Cognitive Science to confirm my attendance at the interview day, and I found out that 13 people were invited, though apparently around 11 will be attending. Also, the events are expected to last from 8:30 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening, and then there are the "festivities" at the home of one of the current grad students. All candidates will be very well fed, it sounds, so I wouldn't worry about the long hours. The secretary said that the whole thing was rather informal, though it seems like we'll be having lots of interviews, both in the morning and in the afternoon. Which professors did those of you attending request to meet? And Phonologist, you're iffy on coming to the JHU visit day? How come? What would be your top-choice programs, if I might ask?
  10. Nice to finally find some linguists milling about - should we not be envious of the philosophy grads, with their ever-current who_got_in obsessions? At any rate, I'm one of those who got into linguistics a bit late, but nevertheless I have at long last settled on a bevy of sub-fields, namely, syntax, semantics, and the interface thereof; phonology and cross-linguistic variation; optimality theory in various applications; and language acquisition, mostly first-. Due to some very constraining personal circumstances, I could only apply to DC-area schools, so I am giving it a go at UMD-College Park (Linguistics); Georgetown (Spanish Linguistics); and Hopkins (CogSci). I dashed off the UMD app too hastily, and unsurprisingly I did not receive an interview invitation (congratulations, anyli!), but there is good word from Georgetown, and I am wringing my hands as I await the JHU interview. Any insight into how these interviews are conducted, or perhaps, into what their purpose really is? Or maybe we can figure out how many people will be at the Hopkins interview - it seems that in such a diverse department, those invited will scarcely overlap in research interests. But that may just be my impression.
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