50 Great Value Colleges for Linguistics (8/3/2021, dated)
But state laws still apply.
2 Likes
i see
I think this is something each student has to decide for themselves.
There are plenty of trans students and residents in Texas and the deep south. They have great experiences.
Whether or not the laws are something they are comfortable with, is up to them. A lot of them are based on minors. Others are more extreme.
It doesn’t mean that a student cannot successfully and happily attend a school in those states. That is really up to them, as to their comfort level.
But a law doesn’t define what campus life (day to day) will be like, etc.
Ultimately, the decision to attend a school is up to you but you should talk to others on campus. You can find them through clubs or even admissions if they have an ambassador. They can help you - and then you can make a decision on where to apply, etc.
Of course, if your school list is top heavy, you could end up with nowhere.
I would check LGBTQ life at the entirety of the Questbridge list - as that will be a great starting point for you with potentially better odds, even at the need aware schools as they’re committing to take some kids via the program. You can rank 15 schools - and I wouldn’t personally rank those that everyone will (Harvard, Yale, etc.)
2 Likes
This will give those responding exactly what courses you have taken, whether they satisfy the recommended or required courses for the colleges you want to attend, etc.
Right now…we have no idea whether you will satisfy theses course requirements and therefore, we can’t really make good suggestions to you.
Bathroom regulation is one example that can be a daily reminder.
State identity documents can be another.
Presence in public places may be an issue.
So can off campus housing.
5 Likes
Exactly. Most students don’t want to be confined to campus for 4 years either.
Texas overall is one of the most trans-unfriendly states.
4 Likes
But that doesn’t take away from the fact that many students go to college in Texas and many will enjoy their experiences.
But that’s why OP should talk to students on any campus. But first things first - OP needs a full ride - and we don’t yet know rigor…a 4.0 without knowing classes means little but Rice likely isn’t in the cards.
A less selective, but great name in Texas that meets need, is Trinity. They have a minor (not major) in LInguistics so it may not work for OP.
I’m certainly not suggesting OP apply to a college in Texas - but if they truly wanted to and know what that entails up front (i.e. they go in with their eyes wide open), I don’t see an issue. Many will and many will, day to day, have a fine four year experience.
Students hold Transgender Day of Visibility demonstration - The Rice Thresher
1 Like
On the other hand, some states don’t have the need for marginalized groups to have a “day of visibility”.
From the article you linked,
In a speech made on the day of the demonstration, Li said that legislation such as Executive Order 14168, and Texas House Bills 3817 and 3399 were especially worrying for transgender individuals.
Proposed Texas House Bill 3817 aims to make “gender identity fraud” a criminal offense with a maximum prison sentence of two years and a $10,000 fine. A person commits an offense if they “knowingly [make] a false or misleading verbal or written statement to a governmental entity or the person’s employer by identifying the person’s biological sex as the opposite of the biological sex assigned to the person at birth.”
Proposed Texas House Bill 3399 aims to expand Texas’ ban on gender transition resources for minors to adults, prohibiting medical procedures “for the purpose of transitioning a person’s biological sex.”
Let’s assume that the 1340 SAT remains a 1340—anyone can hope for anything, but we have to deal with what we have in front of us.
That constrains the list, given the “really low budget”.
You may be best suited looking at the sorts of universities that don’t get much love on CC—linguistics is offered at a number of regional public universities, and languages (though which ones? that may make a difference) are offered pretty much anywhere, and those places are more likely to be affordable in the first place, and to offer merit aid for applicants who aren’t the 4.0UW/1600SAT types.
So for a linguistics major you should include in your search schools like Western Washington, Portland State, Oakland (the public university in Michigan), maybe Montclair State. There are a few in Texas, as well—e.g., North Texas, Texas-Rio Grande Valley—but like others have said, Texas, and so you’d have to decide your level of comfort with that. Also, among flagships, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has a linguistics major and is removing their OOS surcharge. Alaska is a solidly red state, but it’s more of a classically libertarian red, so trans policies are mixed to good. But, of course, you’d have to live in Fairbanks, so there’s that
.
A handful of less-selective private institutions with a linguistics major might offer solid merit aid for you as well (e.g., St Joseph’s, Hofstra, and Seattle University—not Seattle Pacific University, yes, it’s confusing—come immediately to mind, if I had more time I would think of more), but you’d have to look closely at their net price calculators to see if they’d be affordable for you.
3 Likes
Just want to say, as a completely apolitical aside here, that any idiot legislator can file a proposed bill.
The important thing is whether it’s gotten co-sponsors, whether it’s likely to pass, and so on. I do not know what the likelihood of passage is for the ones listed. But I do know that mentioning a proposed bill without any discussion of support simply means that someone vomited words onto a page and filed it with the clerk of the legislature.
1 Like
which grades (g9 too?) should i list? i will reply back in a bit after i wake up
Grades 9-12. I realize some will be projected for your last high school year. But this will help folks. And if anyone sees a hole in your courses, they can suggest things for your grade 12 year.
G9
-english, art, general biology, geometry, health, ITC, introduction to business, music, Thai, PE (all courses were mandatory, no electives)
G10 (i moved schools)
-art/music, general biology, english, mandarin (elective), PE, math, health science, ICT, world history 1, Thai (every class mandatory except the one elective)
G11
-math, thai, world history 2, PE, thai (all mandatory
-psycology (elective)
-general chemistry and physics (didnt choose the AP courses)
G12
should be similar, I’m not sure the exact courses, i will be taking AP lit and my schools working on adding AP lang
theres no other APs i can take really as my school is pretty limited (well aside from AP comp sci or AP art and a few others i cant remember)
Is there some reason why you took general biology twice?
What math courses did you take in grades 10 and 11. Do you plan to take another math in grade 12.
Many colleges here suggest four years each of sciences, math, English, foreign language, social studies. I’m not sure I see four years of each on your schedule of classes…but I might be misunderstanding something you wrote.
Your foreign language proficiency is impressive!
But they also understand students at schools in other countries may not have the same options. I know as an example two students from my home country (kids of friends) going to Princeton and Harvard this year, our home country curriculum does not allow for the same breadth that a US curriculum does and they will not have met these suggestions aimed at US-educated students.
1 Like
True. Hopefully the OP will explain their course limitations to us.
This can only mean you need to find a full ride scholarship somewhere. It’s not impossible but it will be difficult. To maximize your odds, you will have to look for every college and university that pledges to “meet 100% demonstrated need” and apply to ALL of them. Big or small and whether or not they have linguistics as a major. If you get a full ride somewhere you can go into linguistics through the back door by majoring in an adjacent topic. When your college budget is essentially zero, getting in somewhere/anywhere is the absolute priority.
You could in theory also get a very generous merit-based scholarship at colleges/universities that don’t promise to meet need, but those scholarships are very competitive. So you can include some of these in your mix of colleges to apply to, but don’t over emphasize them.
You may need to think outside the box too. Find a family or friend in the US you can live with for very cheap and commute to a college. Or go to college in your current country, do excellent work, then apply to grad school in the US. There should be graduate programs that offer teaching or research assistantships and tuition waivers so you support yourself through school.
Sorry for a less-than-rosy picture but that’s the big picture.
1 Like
I moved schools in grade 9 its kinda customary where I’m from and unfortunately I had to take gen bio twice because both schools had it. in my country its normal to have barely any choice in your classes unlike the US, i heard that most universities would be understanding if youre coming from a different country and understand restrictions (?)
and thanks!! its kind of my thing, the research im doing right now has to do with the linguistic landscape and how its changes depending on the between socioeconomic zones
basically how the language changes depending on if an area is high-income or low-income
the professor I’m working with is also pretty well known in the field and he’s been really enthusiastic to help me with this and offered himself to write my recommendation letter
1 Like
thanks!! i was thinking about studying in other countries first if i didn’t find any US universities it for my undergrad years then moving to the US for higher level education like you suggested, i appreciate the help!!!
1 Like