<p>Hey, I'm currently looking to transfer schools to study linguistics and was hoping for some guidance on choosing a program.</p>
<p>I have a strong academic record, so that's not much of an issue, but costs are, and for that reason I have to limit my search to within Washington and Oregon (in Oregon I am a resident in, and in Washington I could become one fairly easily if I chose to) and to public schools. This is for undergraduate work, and I have a preference for medium sized schools. Quality of life is a big issue for me, as it's part of why I'm looking to transfer. </p>
<p>So far, I have looked at Washington State, Western Washington, University of Oregon, Portland State, and University of Washington.</p>
<p>I didn't care much for WSU, and couldn't stand to live out in Pullman for two or more. UW just felt too daunting to me, and I feel like I would simply be student #1095686, which is something my sister complained about while there. I like UO well enough, and I love Portland (where I grew up) but their program is specifically applied linguistics, which concerns me, though I'm not entirely sure if it should. Western is great from a standard of living perspective, but I'm not sure if the linguistics program is very good.</p>
<p>I did some research into the professors at UO and WWU and I found that (at least on Google Scholar) UO professors tended to have more articles and papers that were vastly more cited than those at Western. I do know that the research activity of the faculty isn't the end-all be-all of a program and that a good researcher isn't necessarily a good teacher. Anyway, sorry for rambling off all of that, I was just hoping for the opinions of more knowledgeable people than myself for information on the perception of each of these programs.</p>