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  1. As someone who was once considered to be "developmentally delayed," but does well in standardized testing (IQ 144, SAT 2050): These tests don't measure intelligence. I have known plenty of people who I feel are more intelligent than I am, but they often do worse on standardized tests. Do not let these tests affect your self-esteem. These tests are testing to see how upper-middle-class white man you can think. Think in linear straight-forward ways. Practice this using practice examinations. Read guides on how to do well on these tests - they are flawed and can be manipulated to your advantaged. As they are standardized, the tricks guides give you will be useful in the exam you take. There should be no surprises. Take practice tests until you feel like you know the language of the test and the answers they expect of you. Take the same test multiple times. Keep taking the tests until you score higher than your goal. You need to be familiar with the language. Do not spend long periods of time reading and rereading the question. Read them once or twice and underline important points. If you don't feel confident with it skip it, highlight it (it's a test of time) and come back after answering all the ones you're confident with. I hope that helps!
  2. Hi everyone! I'm a newbie here and I have to admit I joined in hopes of alleviating the stress I'm feeling about applying to grad schools next year. I really just want to know as much as I can about applications and such so that when the time comes to do it I won't be surprised. My ideal school is the University of Toronto. I wish to be accepted into their Linguistics doctoral stream M.A. program. If anyone could tell me how competitive that program is, I'd be extremely grateful. My GPA (University of Manitoba) is only a 3.86, but in my last 3 semesters it has been a 4.0. Is that competitive for admission into the doctoral stream? Is it even competitive for the non-doctoral stream? Also, when I apply do I apply for the doctoral stream or is it that the graduate unit decides if I am to be a doctoral stream master's student? To clarify: Do I apply to be considered for doctoral stream or do they just decide which applicants qualify for doctoral stream (and all applicants apply using the same process)? I'm currently finishing my third year, when should I begin applying for grants and funding? Can I be directed to a guide for applying for funding in Ontario and to the SSHRC? Other than creating a good rapport with my future referees what can I do to increase my chances of being accepted into this program? Is there anything that you didn't know when you applied that you wish you knew? Thanks everyone! I'm sorry if I sound incompetent, but I really just don't know how to find the answers to these questions.
  3. Hey! I'm a linguistics undergrad on course to start an M.A. Have you thought of what kind of linguistics you'd like to study? Different schools have different reputations for different schools of linguistics. For instance, I study generative syntax at the University of Manitoba (though I'd like to do both generative syntax and sociolinguistics). Although I chose the school more for economic reasons (I'm paying my own way through), I am lucky enough to study under a generative syntactician who is of some renown. Though I didn't have the greatest opportunities available to me, I do know enough about Canadian (and some American) universities and their respective Linguistics departments. Cognitive Linguistics (especially if you wish to study polysemy and metaphor): Berkley Sociolinguistics: Stanford (Language and Gender, and Language and Ethnicity) McGill (Standard Canadian English) University of Toronto (Sociolinguistic Theory) Generative Grammar: My personal opinion is the University of Toronto for this one, but that can be debated. MIT is a good choice if you want to have access to Noam Chompsky, the father of generative theory. Though I believe he doesn't instruct students anymore, he is supposedly always available to speak with. Phonology and Phonetics: I can't remember what's good for these - I'm not a fan of these disciplines. Psycholinguistics: I'm thinking Berkley again, but I'm not totally sure... If there's a discipline I've skipped over, just ask me - I'm sure I'll either know something or can find out for you. Also, it's entirely possible that what you wish to study is the study of World Languages. Linguistics is the scientific study as language and human faculty for language. It is not the study of specific languages, but many linguists know more than one language so that they can have more data to draw upon.
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