Comments on: senior

By: areyouastoler

areyouastoler — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:16:10 +0000

that is SO AWESOME. i would be proud if that were me so congrats!!! wow, senior, we should throw you a party .. . there’s money to be made at parties. . . :-D i’m glad everything is well with your nephew! kids are the best. take care!

By: cathelin

cathelin — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:15:38 +0000

grin how could the niece *not* be excellent when she’s a small branwyn clone?

elementary, my dear…

glad to hear the little one is doing well…

By: snowpeanut

snowpeanut — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:14:43 +0000

hey, congratulations! i like your description of your nephew & happy to hear he is doing well. you’ve been busy!

i’m glad you are back for a bit. dryadsage has some good advice that you might want to consider.

By: mallaidh

mallaidh — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:14:24 +0000

Great news! Not only about your nephew doing so well, but also that others are starting to realize you’re as fabulous as we’ve all known you were for quite a while!

By: twiddle38

twiddle38 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:14:08 +0000

Wow…sounds like you are going to be in demand! Always good!

By: dryadsage

dryadsage — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:13:46 +0000

Sounds like great news, all around. Congrats in a big way!

As for grad school thoughts, one thing to consider is that terminal master’s programs (e.g. MA only) don’t tend to fund students (exceptions exist, but they’re rare), while PhD programs fund students far more often.

As far as PhD programs go, they’re often structured where you earn an MA en route to the PhD. Many people do drop out of PhD programs after earning their MA (for one reason or another), but they did enjoy the benefit of funding to complete their degree. Is the Linguistics programs you’re interested structured differently?