How to get an m.a admission in linguistics in the us uni`s

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How to get an m.a admission in linguistics in the us uni`s

Answer 1

I am just going to give you a general overview since you didn't include any details about what schools you are considering.

1. Decide on what schools you would like to attend:There are over 3000 Universities in the United States. Your desired course of study has already narrowed the list a little bit.

The best way to find schools is to use the advanced search feature at petersons.com I conducted a search for schools that offer linguistics and it returned the following:

http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/...

You should know that because of the enormous number of schools in the US, it matters what school you go to. Schools have reputations and the higher the reputation of the school you went to, the more your career prospects (That's definitely oversimplifying it a little but you get the idea, I hope). The schools that have "Most difficult" as their selectivity rating on the website are the best schools and down from there.

2. Take necessary tests: Most schools would require you to the GRE and if you are from a non-English speaking country, they would need you to take the TOEFL.

3. Apply: You can apply online obviously. You would need to submit an essay and recommendation letters and so on.

That's the general idea but you would need to do some research once you have decided what school you want.

Good luck to you!