Some good advice 1. use python + NLTK 2. read papers and posters from current conferecnce such as ACL or even WWW 3. start an incremental project and try at lea

Some good advice 1. use python + NLTK 2. read papers and posters from current conferecnce such as ACL or even WWW 3. start an incremental project and try at least getting a poster published in a tier-1 conference 4. If you have good grades + work ex go to CMU Advanced Lang. Tech Masters program