jc4844

Finally got registered here. I'm finishing my master's at NYU in religious studies-- and applying to PhD programs also in RS-- but not in any specific tradition. My research interests are deeply theoretical (continental thought/critical theory/psychoanalysis/metaphysics) and oriented towards building scholarship on modernity and secularism in social life. So most of the programs I'm applying to are ones where the subfield or track is more oriented towards philosophy of religion type stuff. Just finished my applications to: Brown (Religion & Critical Thought) Princeton (Philosophy of Religion) Columbia (Philosophy of Religion) Rice (Gnosticism, Esotericism, Mysticism) Boston University (Religion & Society) Fordham (Philosophy of Religion) Northwestern (Critical Theory) I'm really nervous and expecting rejections from probably every school. My GREs and GPA aren't great, though my letters and research proposal are. I really made an effort to meet the faculty of each program, particularly the ones I want to work with. I didn't hear back from any professors in Northwestern or Princeton (so that looks slim). The faculty in other programs were all glad to talk to me, and my meeting with all the faculty in the subfield I'm interested in at Brown were all very enthusiastic about my application. Almost all the faculty members I spoke with said I was a good fit based on my research interests and proposal. It's just luck at this point, I suppose. I also spent my anxiety time looking at Peterson's graduate school guide and looking at the statistics of admission for each school. ha. DYING OF NERVES.