Re: A bit of advice re University and such is requested

Cathy Whitlock wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2000 2:47:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pearson@HUMNET.UCLA.EDU writes:
>
> *snip*
> << Having given you all that hard-nosed advice, though, I should repeat what
>  other people have said, which is that you'll have plenty of time to decide
>  what you want to do, so don't worry about it too much at this stage.  Just
>  worry about deciding what you really love to do.  If you *do* decide to
>  pursue a career in linguistics, getting a BA from U Texas is a great way to
>  start--but who knows?  You could decide to go in a completely different
>  direction in two years... >>
>
> Exactly- thank God we don't have to declare majors until our junior year!
> (I'm off to the scary world of college next year too hehe) At least pick a
> university which has other great departments than linguistics in case you do
> change your mind- and from the mail I've gotten from U of Toronto, its got
> great areas of study (a tad cold for the lieks of a MIamian though)!
> Personally, I think I'll end up a career student, I change my mind about what
> I want to do an awful lot! And once we get all the introductory classes our
> first year or so, I think we'll have trouble deciding what we want to do, or
> at least temporarily doubt what we've decided on. Also, you can always
> transfer- rumor has it its not as annoying when dealing with papaerwork as
> applying as a freshman. I at least hope so- this whole application thing is a
> major pain in the neck! At any rate, no matter what you do, good luck!
>
Thank God indeed.
I'm going to read the next Maclean's Canadian University Guide when it
comes out, that's where they review all the Canadian universities. I've
heard good things about U of Toronto in general. I could see how it
could be cold for a Miamian, Miami is to hot for me.

Good luck to you too!

--
Robert