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

J Matthew Pearson wrote:

>  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.)
Indeed.  I've had a handful of Canadian TAs for classes, and they all seemed
as qualified as the US ones.

> > 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.
Hmm... what taxes would those be? Texas has an extremely low tax burden relative
to other states -- no personal or corporate income tax at either the state or the municipal
level, and minimal sales and property taxes.  (This is naturally because Texas also has a
minimum in social services.)

But as for the out-of-state tuition, and the exchange rate between the two dollars,
sure.

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