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

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!

~Cathy~