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Congrats! Those are the two I've been admitted to so far... what concentration did you apply for?

Congrats! By UTS, you mean Union...? I was accepted, but it was MAR in NT. I also got into Yale's concentrate in Bible, and if I get good enough funding there, or get into ND, I'll be turning down Union's offer, which was full tuition for 2 years. But I have to tell Union yea or nay by Friday... so I'm getting just a little bit anxious : / If I don't get good enough funding from Yale, and if I don't get in to ND, I'll likely be going to Union with that offer.

LOL, so... I was kind of #1 and also #6 last year. Except I wasn't actually wearing a three piece suit, and I caught NT Wright randomly after he stopped in to a group that he wasn't in the program for, and thus wasn't being waylaid. We actually walked most of the way to our next sessions together. It was actually one of the highlights of the conference for me!

Do not despair! I actually just talked to someone there asking about financial aid, and they said that all the admissions decisions hadn't even been made yet... so it sounds like it may just take until Friday for all the decisions to be made.

Ok, that makes sense, I thought they had gone out last Monday... oh well, no word today, so now I can look forward to a weekend of waiting and going crazy.

Oh, I thought the PhD applicants had already found out... : \

So, tomorrow being Friday, I wonder if we MTS applicants will get word from Notre Dame or Duke...?

Hi cadences, I don't have any special inside knowledge, but yeah I've heard the process is something like what you outlined. I just got accepted for the MARc in Bible, and I didn't meet any faculty or really talk to anyone except a couple of the admissions people, so while I'm sure it would be great to visit or try to meet the faculty, or get in touch with them early on, I wouldn't say it is something that's absolutely necessary.

Congrats man!!

Nice! I know how that goes... I'm now checking my email for Duke and ND every 20 seconds or so, especially now that I have to pretty much decide by the 15th. Does anyone know when notifications will be for those schools? Duke said 6 weeks from the Feb 1st deadline, ND website just says "by the end of march," but it seems like last year it was the 8th when everyone found out... hoping it's closer to the 8th...

Well, that would work--whatever works right?

Thanks for the advice! I think I will do that, but probably wait until the end of this week.

I don't think I had to list any specific focus beyond just Bible, but it would be NT (Is that what you're asking?) It sounds like the MARc is something which gets decided when specific faculty make the decisions, so not all at once. It said that my application status would be officially updated March 15th, and that's when I'll get financial information, but that they wanted to tell me now... so yeah, March 15th is the date, but I would expect people to start also getting notifications. Shalom, and best of luck!

Looks like there's a few Portlanders on this thread! Best of luck Josh, and maybe, depending on how things work out for us in the coming weeks, I'll see you in Durham next year.

Just found this site--I must say it's pretty cathartic reading these posts! I applied to: Duke Div MTS, Yale Div MAR concentrate in Bible, ND MTS, Union Theological Seminary MAR NT. Got acceptance emails from YDS and Union today. WHOO! No word on finances from YDS; they said that would be on March 15th. For Union, I was offered essentially full tuition/fees (27,500) for each year. Which is pretty awesome and surprising (didn't expect that kind of scholarship from Union) except... I have to accept/reject it by March 15th : / Here's hoping that Duke and ND let people know before then!