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YES. King Lear and Richard III are tied for my favorite Shakespeare play. Perfect characterization.

The debt question has been mentioned several times in this thread, and it's definitely one I have considered seriously. I've been doing and redoing the math, and I think I could squeak by if I took out a $20k loan (over the two years - I'd have to figure the timing out). I'll definitely be looking for some part time work in tutoring or editing (or both), which pays well and is flexible (it's how I paid my rent the last two years in undergrad). It's also a question of how expensive the programs are - both universities are public institutions I think, they just have horrific tuition fees. I'm still waiting to hear back from what will be undoubtedly a cheaper option if they accept me. Now that I have the confidence that it can at least be done without 100k in loans, I guess all I can do is wait until all my options are in and then chart them out!

Hey Cokohlik, I'm really glad to hear you got in somewhere with funding! I got in to one of my top choices for an MA without funding, so I guess I should just stick with a tall...

Surefire I tried to give you +1 and ended up in the same position! Oh, the irony.

I KNOW. I practically live for burritos when I'm visiting home, and now I can't eat half of the ingredients. I can't eat pizza for the same reasons, and while my stomach is happy, my brain is SO VERY SAD D: D: D: Hell, that's another glass-half-full about Austin - I couldn't eat most of their delicious, delicious food anyway.

As I mentioned in another guilt-inducing thread somewhere, I haven't read Macbeth. I also haven't read Pamela or Clarissa. And there's a giant, glaring hole in my "I've read that" mental bookshelf with the 17th and 18th centuries should be. I just seem to have missed them some how.

I got in! Even if I'm unfunded I'm getting hammered tonight. There are a few bottles of wine around here with my name all over them...

Vancouver has no Mexican food, in case any of y'all were considering UBC. Well, there are a couple upscale Mexican restaurants and then one taco place...so basically there's no Mexican food. What's worse though, having been raised in California, is that I have recently learned that I can't eat Mexican food for weird dietary reasons. I'm almost dreading my next trip home for that reason.

I need to learn to not go to work when I get a decision. Hearing back from UW-Madison and NOT hearing from UT Austin in the same day means I literally got no work done. A sympathetic coworker told me to stay home today cause I just kept hitting the refresh button. Sigh. I guess we'll know by the 24th. Application still says "In Review". I wonder how often the draw from their waitlist? Last year I was reading it was a very holistic process that included an unranked wait list and the individual reevaluation of all waitlisted apps.

Texas is way too hot anyways. I hate the heat.

I suppose for me the question is of how much of no "B" is there. In other words, what would I do if I didn't accept either of my unfunded masters offers (and don't get any other offers of funding)? Find a job (I would rather quit and move back in with my parents than work my current job any time past July) and kiss academia goodbye I guess. I want a masters, I also want to commit to a career path, and another year in limbo might just end me. Before I started this thread I had heard mostly opinions from the "absolutely not" camp, so this is the position I came from when realizing that I missed the funding bus this time around. Hearing from people who have done it is cheering me up some cause as far as I can tell there isn't another option right now, but it's good to remember how much it really sucks to have student debt.

Oooh awesome! I would love to work on that. Though I think my boyfriend would kill me if I left early for my two year degree I'd ditch my current job for it though for sure Neat, are you in Milwaukee? I've never been to Wisconsin before, though I think if I end up accepting the offer I might go for an early trip to scout out potential housing. Madison looks like a rad city, so if I can survive the snow I think I'd really like it!

No one studies linguistics but me, is what I'm taking away from the UT Austin admits. Also, they must not have admitted any lang/ling hopefuls. Or something. *Faint*

I want to sloppily hug you all while spilling wine everywhere. And then cry about how no one loves Orwell but me. Some wounds from undergrad never die

Thank you everyone for sharing potentially very personal details with me, I really appreciate it. I managed to dodge the loan bullet for my undergrad, so facing up to the reality of out of state tuition has been a big shock for me. I feel a bit better knowing that you all have made it across the no-funding abyss and lived to tell the tale. I am really looking forward to making the most of whatever degree I get in to, and I feel much more confident both about taking on an MA program and about taking out a small loan/burning through my savings now that I've heard your stories. JeremiahParadise, that is the best GIF ever.

So what does that mean if our applications are still in review? I guess it means they're deciding whether or not to waitlist us. Oh well, good to know.

I was crushed to find out the MAs don't get funding, even though UW Madison offers an English Language PhD! The Literature MA/PhDs have funding options, but there is very little to nothing available for AEL MAs. The degree is only terminal because the department says it is - you can still go on and do a PhD, just like the Lit kids can. *harrumph* But it's an acceptance! I've been bipolar like this all day

Yay!! I got all gloomy once I finally understood the funding landscape at UW-Madison though. Sigh. Still, I'm really glad to hear you got in!

Oh hanoverkontent, me too. Sigh. *Hug*

Hi everyone. I've received two offers now for Masters at great institutions, hooray! Unfortunately, neither of them are funded, and I don't have my hopes up for admittance/funding at the other three. I know many of you on here have MAs, so I'm curious about the often touchy subject of funding. Did you have to take a loan out to complete your MA? Did you get partial funding or a scholarship? Were your partners/families/anonymous benefactors able to help take the edge off of $40k a year, or did you just stay in state and go to a school you could afford? Is there anything you know now, post Master's degree, that you wish you had known about MA funding going in to the MA? Thanks

Yeah Marlowe! So stoked for you!

My status on the website has changed to say I was "recommended for admission" for the Applied English Linguistics MA. Does that mean I'm in? Almost in? Gaaah I can't handle this!

Things I'm telling myself: No one but me is interested in this specialization, they've got to accept me yet!

Historical sociolinguistics in a broad sense - more specifically historical shifts in attitude about the English language and their evolution into contemporary prejudices about grammar and language usage. I'm also interested in English Syntax as a more general topic, as well as discourse analysis and language issues facing marginalized communities. I come from a literature background though. That's how I ended up applying to English Language/Linguistics programs in various English programs. The Edinburgh program I was accepted into is the only program that is in the Linguistics department.

Yeah I'd be curious to know if any of the acceptances have been for English Language/Linguistics. Eeep!