Canadianlinguist

Yeah sometimes I wonder if they take pride in making us misterable.

So I am looking for the TA coordinator?

Hawii eh? sweet I am kinda jealous You never know I'm waiting on Mich State and when I called they literally said they just haven't fone them yet.

Should I just aks my advisor because i have no idea?

Yes it does, but is it possible to get one out of your programz?

Very interesting where are you going to school?

Hey guys, My interest is in language aquistion from a phonological standpoint for speakers with specific native languages. You can probably tell I am not in graduate school yet because that isn't very clear but basically I am interested in language aquistion, phonetics and phonolgy. I am going to get an MA before I get a phD...anyways I don't know if this name will ring a bell with anyone but my POI as an undergrade is Ettien Koffi. His research isn't super well known but it is kind iof (I think at least) he has also done some cool stuff investigating the samali language

Question: If you (meaning me) was admited into a program, that is far too dam expensive to go too but usually gives MA students TA's, and is just choosing not to fund me what should I do? I have tons of teaching experience glowing references, and its applicable expereince, I even have an education degree. I am disappionted (clearly) but who knows with applciatiants and budgets and whatever. Oh also, I have a french degree and am a bilingual french english speaker. What I want to know, is hwo you guys got TA's? Did your programs give them to you? who at your schools did you contact? That school that won't fund me wasn't my number one choice, but I am very worried that finances in my number one chocies department won't allow for much masters funding. So I want to do what I need to do as promptly as possible to increase my funding odds.

Does this mean when you get somewhere and they fund almost everyone in your class, but you? because this happened to me in a MA program. They felt that my teaching background didn't warrant a TA, and I can't go without it, and I don't know what to do....but its so costly funding is essentail....

Thanks you guys!! I have sent you all a PM

Thanks guys its far too late for me to type to you now and make snese so I am going to do it tommorow, but its a question related to PRATT and another relaated to where I can find some fairly specific information....like what journal.

Thanks I appeciate it hopefully I'll get better news soon! I am so hopeful

Oh my gosh thanks!! If no one responds by the end of the day tomorrow I will PM you! I appreciate this...my advisor is brilliant and I know I am lucky, but hes almost so smart he doesn't understand why students can't figure stuff out. Having said that, I owe him so much, I don't mean to complain, and I do appreciate you, and anyone else who offers to help!!

Congradulations we are pleased to offer you a teacher asssistant position in the college of arts .....Letter went on to explain I'd be teaching remedial English ....I was thrilled went around with a huge smile on my face, told all my LOTR;s, my parents (my mom cried) me in a funded masters I think is her dream, all my classmates who know the crap I have gon e through in the last two years who were all so happy for me. Woke up the next to an e-mail saying "It is with real regret that I must inform you that we cannot offer you admissions....." What the heck?? Can someone explain this too me! I cired, like a baby had to tell everyone again. Burst into tears at the end of the day. See I have several other apps to hear back from. But this university (where I plan to apply to do a Phd since apparently I am not even waitlisted to do my MA) is near my undergraduate school, it is a very well respected school that would allow me to stay close to what is familar, my boyfriend and freinds. Not only that, there is no program in the country that better matches my research interests. Two of my LOTRS worked at that school (one currently teaches a night class thier each week). When I inquired as to why, they said they mistakenly offered me the TA becuase the department that did it assumed I had been accepted. Anyways if you wanna talk painful rejectiosn.....this could not have hurt any worse.....and it makes me feel like all of this is for nothing (because other then it, all I have thus far is one acceptance from a way too expensive school with no fudning for me) I am Canadian and therefore its much harder to get loans...and this rejectoion was from one of my lower ranked schools.....I was so sure I was going to get in, especially after the TA

Hey guys! I am lucky enough to be doing my undergraduate senior research project under a phonologist. He gave me no choice on my topic, and despite having a strong phonetics background, I never took a course with any phonology until this semester. Anyways enough whinning, well today when he found out i've hit a bit of a road block, he told me that I have all this potential but if I didn't learn to use my resources I'd never go anywhere in graduate school. Well, this forum is a resource, and my question is just about where or how I could find some fairly specific information, and what I am missing. If there anyone has a phonology background (especially graduate level), and wouldn't mind if I PM'd them please let me know, you would be doing me a huge favour!! thanks guys!

Lol very true, atually I am doing a really interesting phonology project right now, on that very idea!

Thanks guys I am about to call now! ahhh

In case it comes to this is there a way to get ETS to fast mail the scores?? Thanks LingusiticMystic, I am assuming you just called graduate admissions to figure that out? Thanks guys I appreciate all of your help!! Its scary to mid march realize you have something liek that missing, from the school you want to go too.

Thanks i am going to call MSU and ETS tomorrow bright and early and hopefully there was just some hold up but if not I will order a new copy

How do you order a new copy? Sorry I am so blonde, my faviorte teacher and mentor is of course at a conference at the time I need him the most. Also, do you think this would affect funding deicions? Would they, in your experience come with offical admissions?

So Michigan State hasn't done acceptences and i have had a few funding interviews. But I called today to find out what the deal was, turns out that a month ago when called and sent them my GRE scores (just a scanned unoffical copy) because they didn't have the offical ones yet (I wrote the test Jan 5), it never got put with my application. So nmow its with my application but they still didn't have the offical ones. I am like freaking out, please please please give me advice on what to do! Thanks guys!

Yeah meep, I agree 100% that is a much simpler way of stating my mistake. lol