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And while we're at it, has anyone heard from Princeton Seminary?

Not I.

HI everyone, 
 
I am currently a ThM student at Candler School of Theology part of Emory University. I am also an applicant for Hebrew Bible for Fall 2015. I saw that some people are convinced that Emory's GDR has already notified the accepted students. This is not true. Today, 2/13/2015, the GDR met and went through the top applicants for all programs. I know this because I am at the school and know the faculty. All subfields are discussing the best applicants today. If you are one of the lucky ones, maybe, just maybe you heard from Emory today. The majority will hear sometime next week. I hope this calms some anxious souls. 
 
Philip

SLEEP. And alcohol. Not in that order. Oh, and trash magazines. #don'tjudgeme

SLEEP. And alcohol. Not in that order. Oh, and trash magazines. #don'tjudgeme

What's to say that they don't already restrict it to "highly qualified folks?" This whole thread reeks of academic superiority. Who defines this term? HDS, even with its high acceptance rate, is still a very well regarded program, and still operates under the auspices of the name "Harvard." The students that are getting in are not idiots, as this thread makes it out to seem.

If anyone else read the report quoted above, it clearly stated that part of the reason HDS can admit so many MTS candidates is due to funding. It is a well known fact that Harvard and HDS on the whole have much greater endowements than most all other universities, and can afford to take on so many students. I can't imagine that more "selective" programs (and, it has to be noted, smaller--in all respects--faculty, resources, cohort size, funding, etc) would ever actually want to operate under such limited resources as they have been. And, as a point of clarification--a 50% acceptance rate is NOT "infinitely higher."

What's to say that they don't already restrict it to "highly qualified folks?" This whole thread reeks of academic superiority. Who defines this term? HDS, even with its high acceptance rate, is still a very well regarded program, and still operates under the auspices of the name "Harvard." The students that are getting in are not idiots, as this thread makes it out to seem.

If anyone else read the report quoted above, it clearly stated that part of the reason HDS can admit so many MTS candidates is due to funding. It is a well known fact that Harvard and HDS on the whole have much greater endowements than most all other universities, and can afford to take on so many students. I can't imagine that more "selective" programs (and, it has to be noted, smaller--in all respects--faculty, resources, cohort size, funding, etc) would ever actually want to operate under such limited resources as they have been. And, as a point of clarification--a 50% acceptance rate is NOT "infinitely higher."

Your personal interests should have no bearing on the language you learn for your work. You can learn German, like another poster said, while you're there or on your own time later. If you are doing work with French theologians, you need to know French. It's pretty simple.