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everlearning
Wed, 01 Apr 2020 03:41:19 +0000

@nirvanaa
Linguistics advice:

1. There are several linguistics summer schools. The one organized by the Linguistic Society of America is well-regarded, for example. There is also a much smaller one in the Netherlands, at Leiden University. Attending those may show your dedication to the field, and also give you some more detailed interests that will allow you to write your personal statement more compellingly. Apply early for their financial aid.

2. Probably the top grad school for your combination of interests would be Georgetown Univ. Take sociolinguistics and/or language policy (and/or language revitalization?) classes at the LSA summer school, if you’re interested.

3. Ask your professors what professional organizations you should join. I would say the LSA and/or maybe the AAAL.

4. Apply for an NSF REU (National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program. There are usually one or two each summer related to linguistics, and they are usually designed to build pathways to grad school. They are pretty hard to get into though. But THEY pay YOU, unlike the summer schools.

5. Read research journal articles regularly. Develop specific interests that you dig deeply into and practice talking about them with all kinds of other people.

Sorry I can’t help with law school or international relations.