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Post by no yark shark on Jul 6, 2016 15:11:19 GMT 9
it's amazing to me how short your application period is....I have to apply this December to stat school in August 2017 T^T
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jul 6, 2016 15:15:45 GMT 9
That was fast. I spend weeks on these things... Ive been doing it for a long time. I just havent really liked it. Then I looked at the examples on lots of websites and I was like hmmmmmm..... this seems.....ok. Ah, I see. Mostly I just have a tendency to constantly second-guess myself and never be happy with anything I do.
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Post by Researcher Irish on Jul 8, 2016 10:35:39 GMT 9
So Professor who I am trying to get to supervisor replied to my mail. Everything is so up in the air. So I originally mailed a proposal to her aaaaaaaaages ago. She said this is cool but please narrow it and change it and mail it back to me. Now I dragged my heels on that lots because the deadline for applications is like the 31st of July so that felt ages away back in February. Anyways, I sent the new one back to her two weeks ago. In our first correspondence she seemed to think I was going for a PHD. This was not correct. So I stated clearly I wanted to do this translation masters . So she responded back to me a couple of days ago and she was like there are still some things I would fix but its coming along great. Maybe we meet in September in Dublin. Seems like it would be fun. There are scholarships you can apply for from next January? Also you should skip the masters, just go for a PhD son. Im out for a month from Wednesday so have fun. So can I apply for school or not? Like why keep me in limbo. However, if I am doing a PhD I can just enter the uni whenever I want. If I am doing the masters I have to apply by the end of the month. Hmmm
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Post by Caic on Jul 8, 2016 10:45:59 GMT 9
cheeky dr. irish
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Post by Marta on Sept 20, 2016 11:54:37 GMT 9
So I've stumbled upon this magical (albeit fairly inactive) thread.
I just got info about recontracting, which is really hammering in the fact that I want to go to grad school as soon as possible. I'm broke af, but I was hoping that another year if work while taking classes in between could get me to where I wanted to study.
Thing is, I want to go to Boston U. and study engineering. I'm a Japanese major with limited official background in anything scientific or mathematical. My main goal is to study mathematics and work as a professor at some university, but this engineering program will take me in as I am as long as my application and GRE score looks good enough. I'm so worried that I can't do this though, like I'm never going to get into this school or find any school that will let me study maths or engineering, so I'm mostly here for moral support and advice ^^;.
Please 落ち着て me.
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Post by no yark shark on Sept 20, 2016 13:57:49 GMT 9
Hi I'm going to be applying to PhD programs soon.
When are you taking the GRE? I'm signed up for October 21st but I haven't managed to get into a good study routine yet...I'm kind of worried about the math portion because my boyhulemdo just took the test today and he said it was harder than his practice books...
Before the deadlines started approaching I loved looking at different schools and programs but now that it's becoming more and more real I feel the tendency to avoid it...
it's all very intimidating but I know that I'll regret it if I give up before I even try so I'm forcing myself to just do it.
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Post by CaptainSeery on Sept 20, 2016 14:10:07 GMT 9
The great thing about US grad programs is that you don't necessary need to have a bachelor's degree in that field to be able to get in, although depending on the program you may need to take some prereqs. So I wouldn't worry about your Japanese major! I think interest in the program is the most important thing. I'm also applying for grad school now and am really worried about it all. Especially cause for me the deadline is REALLY SOON (ugh). But I think that all of us have proven that we can be good students, are hard workers, and can be successful in a graduate program. People keep telling me that of course I'll get in, and if I think about it logically I think they're probably right, but at the same time I have major imposter syndrome and think there's no chance... But like no yark shark I'll regret it if I don't, plus I've already asked my references and everything, so I'm trying to be positive and do a good job. I've having a super hard time with the essays though... On the plus side I don't need to take the GRE for the school I'm applying to We can do it! がんばろう~!
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Post by King Quailbee on Sept 20, 2016 15:41:35 GMT 9
I took GRE for grad school and the math portion is definitely strange - it deals with a lot more symbolic reasoning rather than actual math.
But even if your math score comes out atrocious, do not worry too much about it. Mine was probably not the best, but I managed to get into my department just all right (probably because my writing and reading scores were good enough).
Just try it out. If you are desperate for a higher score, look into testing again - but I believe recommendations, essays, and course work and what you are planning to do have a lot more weight than test scores (at least from what I judged at UW)
Edit: I'm sorry if this doesn't help out with engineering though...I think you would need a bit more of a good score in that section. It was kind of more aimed at no yark shark
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Post by no yark shark on Sept 20, 2016 15:43:57 GMT 9
I took GRE for grad school and the math portion is definitely strange - it deals with a lot more symbolic reasoning rather than actual math. But even if your math score comes out atrocious, do not worry too much about it. Mine was probably not the best, but I managed to get into my department just all right (probably because my writing and reading scores were good enough). Just try it out. If you are desperate for a higher score, look into testing again - but I believe recommendations, essays, and course work and what you are planning to do have a lot more weight than test scores (at least from what I judged at UW) yeah I think so too... I'm not sure if I'll be able to take it again because I waited so long to take it the first time...UW at least suggests you take it by October. But I think you're probably right and the rest of my academic record is pretty good, so I'm not too worried.
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Post by ザ・penguin54 on Sept 21, 2016 20:01:44 GMT 9
*emerges from shadowy depths of lurkerdom*
congrats on deciding to go to graduate school, that alone is a big step that takes many people (←me) a lot of time, effort, and agony to get to. grad school is a wonderful option if you hate having free time and money want to get ahead in your career. I can't speak for specific fields, but two general pieces of advice regarding the GRE:
-may not be feasible at this point, but try taking it as early as possible (even if you don't necessarily feel prepared for it). hopefully you're satisfied with your score the first time and you don't have to spend extra money to register for the test/go to one of the testing cities a second time, but if you're not happy, it's a big relief to know that you can take it again and still have it ready in time for the application deadline.
-if you can spare the extra $$, definitely sign up for Magoosh. not only is a great way of structuring your study (they let you choose the amount of time left until your exam and then propose a day-by-day study schedule according to that), it's also a treasure trove of extra practice problems, including explanations. they also have an algorithm that predicts your score (which, for me, ended up being lower than my actual score, but YMMV).
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Post by Researcher Irish on Apr 12, 2019 20:16:34 GMT 9
Hi fellow CHIRPERs, As some of you may know I have been carrying out research into the work of CIRs at Dublin City University. I have previously posted a link to a now finished pilot survey about CIRs on this forum and I would like to thank anyone who participated in it. The response rate was really great. I am currently in my second year and looking to move into my next phase of data collection. For this I will be using the insights I have gathered here as a CHIRPER over the past number of years. My proposed PhD title is The Impact of Professionalism and Agency on Translator Ethics: The Ethics of CIRs Working in the Japanese Government. I believe that CIRs have a lot to offer academics in the area of translation studies, given their position as both translators and pseudo-diplomats in a country which is not their own (or at least one whose citizenship they do not currently possess). For this reason, I want to understand more about the challenges faced by CIRs in their day to day working lives and I think our forum is the perfect encapsulation of the CIR world. The forum analysis is a small part of a much larger project and I am primarily looking to analyse themes, therefore there is a very small chance of any particular anecdote appearing directly in the body of my PhD. However, in the event that a particular post is used in the document, I will assure that no usernames or locations or any other identifying information are used and limit in as much as possible In the event that you wouldn’t like to me to look at any of your posts for this research, please let me know via a direct message and all of your posts will be immediately removed from my analysis. Once I have some concrete findings from my research I will be sure to share them here with you all in a suitable way. If you have any question at any time, please feel free to DM me. I can also provide you with my university e-mail over DM. Thanks, (S.hane) (My actual name is a cheeky phrase )
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Post by shachou on Apr 12, 2019 21:01:23 GMT 9
we've done it
we've finally become a scientific study
I am one happy hamster
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Post by nikinee on Apr 15, 2019 11:03:50 GMT 9
Ooh looking forward to seeing what comes of your research!
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Post by marudate on Apr 15, 2019 12:01:54 GMT 9
Sounds like a great project! I look forward to hearing what you turn up and am happy to offer more info in case it's useful.
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Post by Researcher Irish on Apr 15, 2019 18:22:45 GMT 9
Sounds like a great project! I look forward to hearing what you turn up and am happy to offer more info in case it's useful. Thanks, that's incredibly kind of you!
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Post by Rosario on Nov 8, 2020 20:08:33 GMT 9
Cheers, Good stuff. Best Essay writing the saints and the roughnecks case study
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Post by long johnson on Dec 8, 2020 11:30:42 GMT 9
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Post by Hokuto on Dec 9, 2020 13:49:04 GMT 9
kiseki what is going on, should we delete this?
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Post by kiseki on Dec 9, 2020 13:51:21 GMT 9
kiseki what is going on, should we delete this? This thread is fine I think since it’s not spam. But I’ve already blocked the bot
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Post by Leita on Dec 9, 2020 14:19:47 GMT 9
kiseki i didnt click the link but maybe the post with the link should be deleted if that site is fishy
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Post by しくchill on Dec 9, 2020 15:24:15 GMT 9
total crapshoot and potentially wrong thread but:
I am very interested in contract and patent translation as potential career fields post CIR. I legitimately love wrangling technical, dense, confusing text. Does anyone know if law school, if not a whole ass law degree, would be required to break into this field? Or conversely does anyone want to shoot down my dream by telling me it's way harder than I think?
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Post by Dee on Dec 29, 2020 13:30:45 GMT 9
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