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Accepted into Yale MAR (History of Christianity) and Duke MA Religion. Come on financial aid!

Rejected by Indiana - I wasn't the single MA admittance. I'm starting to sense the handwriting on the wall for this year...

Also waitlisted for Notre Dame's ECS. Evidently I'm not the top alternate, so here's hoping TWO people defer!

So, things aren't going as planned so far, and hearing that Indiana's only taking one MA student didn't help. Anticipating striking out this year, I'm wondering how to best improve my chances for next year. Some parts of my application are strong (4.0 GPA, 1600 GRE), but having merely a BA in Liberal Arts from a Great Books school, I lack specific theology training. Also, though I have done a lot of language self-study, I haven't had the opportunity to take many language classes. I'm trying to get into Early Christian Studies (something like Notre Dame's ECS Master's Program, ideally); would it be more beneficial to try a one year MST program, or a one year Classics post-bacc to strengthen the languages? Hopefully this will be an irrelevant question, but I fear not...

Waitlisted by SMU. I'm afraid there might be a lot of those.

I would focus on historical theology if I went, but unless I get some sort of financial aid I won't be able to attend. They did say I was a "financial aid alternate", although I'm not putting a lot of hope in that.

Just got an acceptance letter from Marquette (MA Theology). No funding at this time though.

Just got the first rejection letter: Catholic U (Early Christian Studies). Do these get any less painful?

Got my rejection letter today.

The program director told me a couple of months ago that they were only planning on accepting one new student this year. At least they ought to get decent funding.

eskidd, Two of my transcripts showed up on Notre Dame's website at least a month after they did at other schools.

Greek - 2 years Latin - 2 years Biblical Hebrew - 1 year Basic reading knowledge of French and German How hard is Syriac to learn after Hebrew? I figure that's the next one I'll need to learn.

Thanks LateAntique. I'm hoping the grades make up for the generic undergrad degree.

Applying to: Notre Dame: M.A. Early Christian Studies Duke: A.M. Religion Yale: M.A.R. Marquette: M.A. Historical Theology Indiana University: M.A. Religious Studies CUA: M.A./Ph.D. Early Christian Studies SMU: M.A./Ph.D. Religious Studies Background: B.A. Liberal Arts (small liberal arts college) UGPA: 4.0 GRE: 1600 I'm hoping for Notre Dame, but I imagine they're not accepting many into their program.