My long-term aspirations involve a PhD in linguistics and a large cherry wood desk with a stacks of my own research surrounding me. Short-term, I need a more flexible career so that I can get a jump start on this higher education thing I adore so much. Working 8:00-5:00pm with an hour-long commute each way [...]

I took the GRE yesterday. Two months of preparing for the GRE, two weeks of fretting and 3 hours later, I emerged unscathed. While I am not going into the GRE hall of fame, I shouldn’t have any trouble getting into my program with my scores. I do believe that there were quite a few [...]

I adore school– really I’m serious! I am so high-strung and test day stresses me out to the point of being physically ill, but I love it. I feel so accomplished when I succeed and so motivated when I don’t quite succeed. It’s been this way for as long as I can remember. For a [...]