[sarah4153]

To the person who asked on the results page whether anyone had heard from Religion PhD programs - nada. I haven't heard a thing!

[rafnow]

Ah...our own thread. Other than Emory, haven't heard anything either.

[sarah4153]

Yes, I'm sure we're not the only two on the board waiting to hear from Religion departments, so maybe everyone else will come out if we have our own board. :-D

It always seems to take Religion departments the longest. My co-workers say it's because they're waiting for a sign from God. Clever, I know.

[Philmajor]

Waiting to hear from U of Chicago Divnity. I'm an AM student at UChi Divinity and submitted my application last Friday (2/1). Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Cornell07]

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It always seems to take Religion departments the longest. My co-workers say it's because they're waiting for a sign from God. Clever, I know.

:)

[amida]

I received a phone call from an Emory professor about two weeks ago. It was implied that I'd get another call to set up a visit, but nothing explicit. And today I received a call from Duke, inviting me for an interview.

Other than this, I've heard nothing. I'm still waiting on Vanderbilt, Yale, Boston College, and U-Chicago.

[veiltender]

I'm waiting on Yale. I got rejected from Duke a week and a half ago (by email), so I guess I didn't even make the first cut. Oh, well. I'm studying Hebrew Bible, and so for the rest of my applications I applied to Near Eastern Studies Phds, and not religion department programs.

[nosebleeder]

All I know is a repeat of other information on this site. FSU has admitted, Duke has admitted or called for interviews (the same thing there) and rejected almost everyone, and Emory already invited several down for their weekend visit. I have not heard anything from anyone. Will keep you posted.

[GSStudent]

Thanks for creating this thread. I am going crazy waiting for answers. I have applied to 7 doctoral programs in early Christianity and have only heard back from Duke. Rejected so early! I am waiting to hear from Princeton, Yale, Harvard (PhD, ThD), UNC - Chapel Hill, and UCSB.

GRE Q: 690
GRE V: 710
GPA: 3.9 (master's)

[applicant292513]

Hi all,

I'm not in Religion, but two people I know got into Buddhist Studies at UCB...

[sarah4153]

I applied to the Asian Languages and Cultures Program at Michigan (Buddhism) instead of the Religious Studies department. I saw that someone received an acceptance email today. I didn't get anything. :|

[Philmajor]

Sarah4153 - don't give up hope yet - the mail may be a little slower getting to you. Be sure to post when you hear and my fingers are crossed you receive good news tomorrow!

[sarah4153]

Thanks philmajor. Nothing today, but maybe I'll get an email Monday. :-/

[sarah4153]

Rejection letter today for Michigan. :-(

[rafnow]

Sorry, Sarah. Life is suffering indeed. Michigan's too damn cold anyway.

[sarah4153]

rafnow said:

Sorry, Sarah. Life is suffering indeed. Michigan's too damn cold anyway.

Indeed it is - the suffering bit. You're also right about the cold. It's about 20 degrees out, and just this morning I was thinking how much colder it must be in Michigan!

[Morgenstern]

My friend and I applied to Emory. He was invited to campus for an interview that took place this past weekend. He said that something like 4 of the 5 final candidates in Theological Studies were internal, i.e. had done MDiv or MA degrees at the Candler School.

[cmmimg]

That may be the case at Emory this year, but it's not usual. They didn't accept anyone internally last year.

[Morgenstern]

My friend had the impression that it was precisely because they hadn't taken many internal candidates in recent years that this year there were so many. This is, however, hearsay.

[mconsul]

Duke: got emails last Friday from L. van Rompay and E. Clark (and also J. Warren Smith today) inviting me to interview at the beginning of next month for the field of Early Christianity.

ANYONE WAITING ON BROWN RELIGIOUS STUDIES?!?!?!

If so, I was informed by Gail Tetreault that they committee met jointly Jan 28-29 and have met by specific tracts since then. They final meeting was supposed to be this week (so she predicted last week), but I don't know what day or if it is actually happening.

She is super nice and if you email to ask her she will give you whatever info she has. I'd email again, but I'm afraid that I may be overdoing it! Anyway, she said that if you're on the "short list," you will get an unofficial notice (email, phone call) from a professor in the dept. Should happen sometime this week or next week...........