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

J Matthew Pearson wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > Again, I should clarify that I meant University of Toronto, not Texas. I
> > should have been clearer about that in my original post. Would it matter
> > if I got my B.A. in Canada to apply to a top school in the US for grad
> > school?
>
> The University of Toronto is also a good school.  I know a couple very prominent
> linguists (including my dissertation advisor, Tim Stowell) who got their start
> there.  And no, having a BA from a Canadian university would not impair your
> chances of going to grad school in the US.  There are tons of Canadian grad
> students in linguistics programs down here.  (I'm Canadian myself, although I did
> my undergrad in the US.)
>
Excellence. I've heard a lot of good things about UToronto, but not much
specifically about the Linguistics department. Also, now that I know
B.A.s aren't country-specific, unlike high school diplomas, I'm putting
more weight on U of T as a likely candidate.

> > With all these good things I'm hearing about U of Texas, I might just
> > have to look into it.
>
> Wouldn't be a bad idea--although it would probably be much more expensive for you
> than Toronto, what with out-of-state tuition, taxes, and the lousy (for Canadians)
> exchange rate.
That's true, but in 2 years the exchange rate could change a lot - the
Canadian dollar is supposedly one of the most volative currencies in the
developed world.

--
Robert