fuzzylogician Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 ...the current trend suggests an overwhelming # of women, especially married women, in graduate school. Another current trend suggests an overwhelming # of misogynists, especially ones who deny that they are sexist, like to point out the number of women in different professions as a way to devalue them. Scarecrow24, isilya, Soleil ت and 2 others 5
fuzzylogician Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (I've been away for a bit, so a collective congrats(!!) to everyone who got acceptances and interview invites, and |fingers crossed| for those who are still waiting!) Scarecrow24 1
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 How can someone with the name gendertreachery be a sexist? That assumption is simple-minded. The truth is that a lot of talented young men out there have no source of monetary support and are left with crippling amounts of debt. It's irresponsible for universities and their professors to encourage young people to matriculate in their graduate programs without 100% funding. As an academic, I would be appalled.
fuzzylogician Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 How can someone with the name gendertreachery be a sexist? That assumption is simple-minded. The truth is that a lot of talented young men out there have no source of monetary support and are left with crippling amounts of debt. It's irresponsible for universities and their professors to encourage young people to matriculate in their graduate programs without 100% funding. As an academic, I would be appalled. I'll bite one last time because having a debate with a troll is not exactly the best use of my time. Good linguistics programs (like the ones people on this board are applying to) offer full funding for their students, including a tuition remission and a decent stipend. Go spread your negativity where it is relevant (=not here), and leave the misogynist remarks out of it if you want to be taken seriously. bubblespinky 1
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 What makes me a troll? bubblespinky 1
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Two years ago David Harrison, a prominent linguist and co-founder of Living Tongues mentioned at a conference that he felt terrible writing letters of recommendations because there is just so little funding nowadays. And the only sexists out there are those who assume I'm a man. I said nothing about women, just married women. And I bet all of you are married, right? Lol bubblespinky 1
isilya Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Haha, now this is just funny. I guess our forum names are a direct reflection of our beliefs now! Too bad gradcafe doesn't have one of those laugh-crying emojis bubblespinky 1
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Good luck everyone. Funding is essential. Don't take that lightly. bubblespinky 1
isilya Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Good luck everyone. Funding is essential. Don't take that lightly. I'm not sure how much luck I'll need given that I already have 5-year funding packages from multiple universities. Goodbye!
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Haha, now this is just funny. I guess our forum names are a direct reflection of our beliefs now! Too bad gradcafe doesn't have one of those laugh-crying emojis What are they then if not an expression of ourselves?
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I'm not sure how much luck I'll need given that I already have 5-year funding packages from multiple universities. Goodbye! Well, I don't think you realize how lucky you are. Wake up!
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 And unfortunately I think Linguistics is still dominated by a few male names who care only for their own ideas. I think it's great there are so many women, but my guess is they also have a financially solvent male figure in the equation. bubblespinky, RunnerGrad and limegin 3
wuglife427 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 What makes me a troll? You live under a bridge and ask a lot of questions, eating those who answer incorrectly. bindlestiff 1
LinguisticMystic Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 To be fair, I DID choose the program that I did because of the impressive placement rate of their graduates in both academia and industry, the emphasis they place on finishing students within 5 years, and the overall generous funding package in addition making every attempt to provide students with summer funding... I don't think every "fully funded" program necessarily has those characteristics and they're good things to consider...
Garyon Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) So Guys -since I don't really have interest in troll-induced conversations- how are you doing? Do you think the interview period to be over? If so, all we have left is the waiting Personally, I am counting UMD, Upenn and NYU (sigh) as lost. But I wonder about Yale: do you think NOT being invited to the Open House is a no (I guess so, but ...)? Edited February 2, 2015 by Garyon
Laniel Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Hey Garyon! I think the interview period is definitely coming to a close (in the next two weeks ish?) but I still have two schools that haven't contacted anyone, as far as I know.. so not totally over yet! I'm also counting UMD as lost (also UCSD and Michigan) because I didn't get invited to the open house. About Yale - I don't really know about chances without an invitation, but here's some of the text from the email I was sent: "The Open House is a chance for us to learn more about your interests in linguistics, as just as importantly, for you to meet and talk with faculty members, to see Yale, and to meet the other shortlisted candidates (your potential new colleagues)." So I don't know if that means that everyone who was shortlisted was invited or not. Also, even if it does, there's a chance that everyone at the Open House will be crazy or royally screw up in interviews, in which case, they'll contact others. I should note, however, that as one of the invited, I really hope they don't deem us *all* crazy :P' In the meantime, you and I can both sit and freak out over UMass together! In the past their interviews/admissions have been really erratic so I have no idea when I should expect to hear anything from them.
Garyon Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) About Yale - I don't really know about chances without an invitation, but here's some of the text from the email I was sent: "The Open House is a chance for us to learn more about your interests in linguistics, as just as importantly, for you to meet and talk with faculty members, to see Yale, and to meet the other shortlisted candidates (your potential new colleagues)." Thank you for sharing this with me! I really appreciate it. I think it is pretty clear. I guess I'll better start counting Yale as lost too. So I don't know if that means that everyone who was shortlisted was invited or not. Also, even if it does, there's a chance that everyone at the Open House will be crazy or royally screw up in interviews, in which case, they'll contact others. I should note, however, that as one of the invited, I really hope they don't deem us *all* crazy :P' In the meantime, you and I can both sit and freak out over UMass together! In the past their interviews/admissions have been really erratic so I have no idea when I should expect to hear anything from them. Ahahaha. I'm sure you'll do just fine! Good luck! And yes: UMass Committee, please just let us know!! Should we be waiting for interview invites from them? I know I asked this already and I recall onze was kind enough to provide some kind of info over this, but I'm writing from my phone right now and I just can't find the post! Also Chiki, you are currently at Umass, aren't you? Can you provide us with some info on how the process is going? Edited February 2, 2015 by Garyon
selbstverteidigung Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 You live under a bridge and ask a lot of questions, eating those who answer incorrectly. No.
fuzzylogician Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Do you think the interview period to be over? If so, all we have left is the waiting Personally, I am counting UMD, Upenn and NYU (sigh) as lost. But I wonder about Yale: do you think NOT being invited to the Open House is a no (I guess so, but ...)? I have to say, at this point in my application cycle I think I had only heard back from one school. There are still quite a few schools that will take another few weeks to finalize their decisions. Re: interviews/open house visits, it depends on the school and situation. If you know the school interviews all its candidates pre-acceptance (I believe Stanford and Harvard might be good examples, though my information is somewhat outdated), then not getting an interview invitation probably means you are out of luck. Some schools only interview people unofficially to follow up on anything that wasn't clear in the application, so the interview is not an integral part of the process and not getting one doesn't necessarily mean anything. Same for campus visits; I think some schools have funding issues and may not invite people from very far away, but I imagine that in that case they may want to talk on Skype. It's probably not a good sign if you know invitations have been sent out and you didn't get one. However, hard as it is, at this point you have to keep the hope alive, until you know otherwise.
carmen7077 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Looks like Georgetown is sending out their admission this week. Just saw one from the result page Edited February 2, 2015 by carmen7077
Garyon Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 However, hard as it is, at this point you have to keep the hope alive, until you know otherwise. Thank you, you are right! To be fair, I am really excited and grateful about Stony Brook (No matter what, I will do a Ph.D. in linguistics! I've been dreaming about this for almost two years!). It's just hard not knowing about the others.
magnoliamano Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Looks like Georgetown is sending out their admission this week. Just saw one from the result page carmen7077 I've also seen it! What's your concentration? I'm also wondering about the concentration of other two people who have been accepted. Edited February 2, 2015 by magnoliaman
carmen7077 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 carmen7077 I've also seen it! What's your concentration? I'm also wondering about the concentration of other two people who have been accepted. Hi, I'm in the applied strand. Heard that both socio and computational people have got their admission. Feel stressed out....
Scarecrow24 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Hi, I'm in the applied strand. Heard that both socio and computational people have got their admission. Feel stressed out.... I'm in socio and haven't heard back from Georgetown yet. Assuming the worst, looks like Michigan, UPenn and Georgetown are all out
magnoliamano Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Hi, I'm in the applied strand. Heard that both socio and computational people have got their admission. Feel stressed out.... Me, too! Don't know if they have admitted any students in the applied strand.
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