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This question pertains graduate admissions. I don't know necessarily what hand you have in it where you are, but I figure you probably still have a good bit of perspective on it. I graduated with a 2.9. Didn't get in to the one place I applied (as kind of a litmus test), and certainly wasn't surprised. I took a couple graduate level courses in the fall through their continuing education program to try and work on proving myself outside of the holes I'd put in my undergrad transcript. I was doing fine in these courses until the end of the semester when I choked putting together the papers at the end of the semester. This has been my perennial problem knuckling down and getting the big important things done. Anyway, at that point I didn't bother reapplying for this coming fall, but I'm still trying to sort out my next path. Getting a handle on the bad habits which dog at me aside, I'm trying to figure out what I should probably do next. I've continued to shoot myself in the foot. Would it be productive to go pursue some things which later on would look good when reapplying? (teaching English abroad, foreign service exam are things I've considered) Or continue taking courses while not in the program? Or maybe do that at some other school? Ignoring the fact that I have a gulf between my interests and my actions, do I have any hope of digging myself out of the hole I've made?
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BrideOfUglycat posted:I've been considering going back for post-bacc training. However, some of the stories I hear about doing so makes me nervous. Is it true that you need to be fluent in two other languages? What else can you tell us lowly Bacc grads about getting a Masters or our PhD? Personally, I've never really heard that before. I mean even in linguistics it's not a requirement (anywhere that I've encountered, though it certainly wouldn't hurt).
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FoiledAgain posted:For my PhD (in linguistics) two languages other than English are required. When I was checking out schools, this seemed normal. One language other than English was usually required for the MA. I was looking mostly in Canada. It might not be that way elsewhere. Sorry, I was mostly referring to MA. PhD most definitely. Though, yeah, I mean I can't think that I've met too many linguists who hasn't put at least a little substantial study to a language beyond their native tongues. Head Movement fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Jun 11, 2009 |
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Jumping in as a linguist, there's no such thing as a "secondary modal form". That said, obviously, from a descriptive perspective there is nothing wrong with using "can" to ask permission.
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