Asmhan

I have a scholarship from my country to do a PhD degree next year(fall 2013), I studied English Literature for my bachelor degree, and TESOL for my MA. I am still indecive regarding what I want to do. My interests lean towards Sociolinguistics, but I am afraid this won't be a marketable degree. I want to do Arabic computational linguistics and my concern is my educational background does not meet the requirements for computational linguistics. Right now I am focusing on the gre and I am able to take a class in the fall to help my profile ( probably search skills- related). As you know, studying a PhD is a big investment, and I want to study something that can add some guarantee to my future. I know by now, I should have had a lucid idea regarding what I want to do, unfortunately, I am still lost. So any advice or input is very much appreciated.

Hello, I am an international student, I just finished my masters in TESOL from Duquesne University. I am considering many schools like Georgetown, Colombia, Maryland, ...etc. But all these schools are very competitive. I am sponsored by my government. I have a good GPA, working on GRE, I do not have any published work. I am really anxious about the whole process. Any advice regarding good programs, or things to do to make my application more appealing? Thank you,