Linguistics 2012

[Canadianlinguist]

100 Freestyle yes I did, did you? what was your undergrad in? where?? I am so worried about it because Eastern Mich is like my saftey school I have to get in and get funding! lol

[100freestyle]

@LinguisticMystic--I had a dream the night before I was accepted that I did my perfunctory login to the website (not expecting anything but doing it just in spite of myself), and found that I had been harshly denied, so maybe that's a good sign? Haha

@wame0601 I majored in English and minored in Linguistic Anthropology. If I get into EMU with funding, I'm going to have a really hard time turning it down despite the allure of Georgetown...

[Canadianlinguist]

EMU in a lot of ways wouldn't be the end of the world, to me though, its not as tempting as like lets say Michigan State. Where did you do your undergraduate degree?

[Canadianlinguist]

100Freestyle, I am curious, becuase there is a chance, and a decent one we may end up being classmates (if i get in with funding to EMU, and don't get funding at Michigan State or the U of M, I'll go), what are your research interests? and whats your faviorte area of linguistics?

[100freestyle]

I did my undergrad at the University of Michigan. My favorite area of linguistics is definitely socio (really interested in the intersection of language ideologies and education), but I am also interested in the Language Technology certificate EMU offers because it would open up more job prospects. How about you, wame0601?

Edited February 29, 2012 by 100freestyle

[Canadianlinguist]

Yeah that certificate would be amazing, I am interested in it as well. However, I am most interested in language aquistion or pyscholinguistics, I think I want to research (in my MA or phD) the potential barriers that second language learners can encounter, and what teachers can do to help those students overcome them. I may want to focus that on students with learning disabilities. My faviorte area though would be phonetics. Do you know 100 freesyle when EMU plans on letting us know?

[busbus]

Which one of you posted the UH Manoa result?

[elizabethrose14]

Getting all the rejections I expected.. c'mon good news! Pitt, can you please tell me if I'm in or not? It's late February, and I've been patient!

[Canadianlinguist]

Question does funding usually come with acceptance letters or is it typically before or after?

[Canadianlinguist]

for an MA

[LinguisticMystic]

For the MA programs I applied to: U Washington - I'm a finalist while they figure out funding, so I assume that when final decisions come out, they will include funding. I've heard that they are only offering admission to those that they can fund. UW Madison - No funding as far as I know. It has not been mentioned in any correspondence I've had with them, but it doesn't really matter to me. NCSU - Funding information comes after they've announced acceptances. At least it did last year.

So... like everything else, it depends.

[Triple Tall Cappuccino]

FYI everyone: Dr. Tyler is finally sending out the acceptance emails for the Georgetown Ph.Ds! Good luck to everyone! Keeping my fingers crossed for you all!

[LinguisticMystic]

What about rejection emails? Haha.

[Canadianlinguist]

LinguisticMystic- Thanks, ahhhh gosh waiting sucks!! i wish I applied where you did for the shear fact you have heard some stuff and I am still waiting

[Reddawg50]

funding comes after, although some schools you can take it for granted (b/c the funding is part of the deal)... but it basically comes after.

[Canadianlinguist]

Thanks so basically I have to sit back, and not worry about it! Geeze waiting is way worse then applying lol

[busbus]

Question does funding usually come with acceptance letters or is it typically before or after?

Cornell sent funding info with the acceptance letter.

[snoods]

dear georgetown: please hurry up, I'd like to plan my life.

yours truly

[LinguisticMystic]

Preach on, re: GTown! I'm having /such/ a hard time concentrating on my research project right now with my life hanging in the balance here! This is ridiculous, but I've been sleeping in each day this week in hopes that a higher email accumulation by the time I wake up = greater likelihood of finding an acceptance email in my inbox. I'm clearly going insane.

[Canadianlinguist]

Your not going insane, I can't concentrate on my senior research project either, its this really tough (I think at least) phonology thing, and I am very lucky to be doing it under the professor I am working under but all I can think about is graduate school

[busbus]

*looks at results board*

Wow, who knew Yale's program was that popular? ;-P

[elizabethrose14]

@busbus That's what the e-mail said for the whole GSAS.. I guess I should have clarified

Edited March 1, 2012 by elizabethrose14

[busbus]

@busbus That's what the e-mail said for the whole GSAS.. I guess I should have clarified

Wow, really? I thought it was a typo. Hah, that's pretty unusual. Usually schools cite the number of applicants to a particular program instead...

[elizabethrose14]

Yeah, I thought it was odd too.. I read the e-mail a few times before I finally figured it out. I kept thinking, "surely 11,200 people didn't apply to the linguistics program.." and then it said GSAS.. which I still found odd but.. oh well!

[LinguisticMystic]

It worked! Woke up to an acceptance from NC State! Ahh! So excited.