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theorykween

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  1. I was accepted with only three semesters of Koine greek under my belt (and a bit of high school and travel-related French that I think I mentioned somewhere in my applicaiton materials). With two ancient languages, my guess is that you're more than well-prepared for doctoral applicaitons.
  2. I graduated from the MDiv program at HDS this past May and would say that you should expect to be on campus for 15-25 hours a week for classes and the like. Lectures tend to meet for more course hours than seminars (lectures typically are twice a week for 1.5 or 2 hours and then have hour long discussion sections once a week, whereas seminars are typically 2-3 hours once a week) and language classes often meet more often than that (depending on the level of the language course you may have class three times a week for an hour or two). During shopping week you get to go around to whatever classes you're interested in, both in the yard, at other graduate schools, and at HDS, so you can look at the syllabi, experience the teaching styles of your professors, and sample what discussion might look like. So you can have a great deal of say in how much time you're in class/on campus each week, reducing it as low as 2 or 3 days a week if you're savvy. That said, there is a lot of work outside of class, so to be successful you should plan on committing at least 50 or 60 hours a week to your duties as a student. I've seen people slim it down to just 40, but that often comes with a ding to their GPA and the overall quality of their work and engagement with the materials. Finally, HDS and Harvard have a TON going on in terms of student activities, clubs, conferences, etc. and I highly encourage you to find at least one or two things and get involved. In my experience, the students at HDS will be your greatest teachers, so taking the time to push beyond the culture of business and forge real casual and collaborative relationships with other students will be well worth the effort. Looking forward to seeing you in the fall too, Pertyion!!
  3. At HDS, and I assume at most grad schools, your job is to be a student and therefore to attend classes. Missing more than one class (and even missing one will not go unnoticed, especially in seminars) will often affect your grade and/or your professor's opinion of you. If you do need to miss classes, particularly for work at another job, it would be best to coordinate directly with your professors in advance. I'd also suggest that you coordinate with your employers at this other day job, explain to them the situation and the constraints it will place on your time, and ask them to help work around your class schedule. In most cases you will not have class 5 days a week, and even then you will only have class for a few hours each day, so with a small amount of flexibility on their part you shouldn't have a problem fulfilling all of your committments to both of your jobs. Congrats on coming to HDS! It's a wonderful place. I'll look forward to meeting you in the fall!
  4. Thank you!! I know another internal applicant who has been told by a professor of being accepted, but other than that no word yet. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
  5. I didn't want to post on here until I got second confirmation but I was the one who got the Harvard admit in Religion, Gender, Culture subfield. Still no word on funding and the like, just two POIs sending me congratulatory emails.
  6. Harvard Committee on the Study of Religion decisions are being made on Thursday, no one has been officially (or unofficially) admitted to the PhD program yet.
  7. I recently graduated from HDS with my MDiv, and I'm pretty sure that you're required to be enrolled for 6 semesters as part of the graduation requirement. Meaning that you'd need to do 3 full years of study at HDS to get the degree (no study abroad, and no graduating early). However, you could take a year or semester off in the middle of your degree (which is pretty common) and do whatever you want with that time.
  8. Stipends are only given to a very small number of Masters students at HDS, and only as the result of a specific scholarship (President's Scholarship, any number of denominational scholarships, etc.). From anecdotal experience, unless you have a large number of assets in the bank, most people are given full tuition scholarships and are then expected to take out loans or find other sources of funding to cover their living expenses. You should not have dramatically different funding packages when you switch between the degrees. Also, it is very very common for people to switch between the degrees during their time at HDS, and from everything I've seen students aren't penalized in any way for doing so. I'm pretty sure that if you're set on doing the MDiv (and I highly recommend that degree, it changed my life) that you can switch to it in your first week or two of school and register for the MDiv required classes in your first semester, meaning you'd be right on pace with the rest of your class in fulfilling graduation requirements. Good luck!!
  9. My guess (and hope) is that many of the subfields have not sent out invitations yet. The older one was sent to an international student (according to the info posted) which may have something to do with why they recieved such early notice. Last year, interviews invitations were sent out on Jan 25th and slightly after. Unless we hear from someone with more knowledge, I'm going to give it another week until I assume the worst. Cheer up! We're going to go (back to) grad school soon!
  10. Did anyone here get one of the Yale interviews that have been posted? If so, what subfield?
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