AghaDehlawi

Cast your net far and wide, that's the only advice I'll give.

You need to cast your net far and wide, 2 is just not enough. I graduated from an ivy league university, with a 3.9 GPA and LORs from 3 of the best Islamic studies professors out there. It still took me 3 cycles of applying to get in somewhere.

This wait is killing me!

Even the results page is lacking any substance concerning ICIVS. has anyone else even applied?

Any word on acceptances and rejections from the Emory Islamic Civilizations Studies (ICIVS) committee?

Congrats! Georgetown > NYU anyways

Also, any noise from University of Southern California?

What are you planning on specializing there? I got an acceptance as well, but don't know if I should go for it since I already have a MA in Islamic studies.

NYU MEIS results are out

I have been told that UMich NES and Duke Religion decisions are out!

I've been told that they are aiming for early March. I didn't apply there even though I did half my MA there as an exchange student because the two main anchors in regards to Islamic studies, Cook and Modarressi, are nearing retirement and aren't entertaining new PhDs... Good luck to all who applied there though!

Are there schools that accept students without interviewing them, or is an interview a mandatory procedure?

I'm with you here, I haven't gotten any interview requests at all. I'm too tense. Nonetheless, I have decided if it doesn't work out I'm leaving the US for either Iran or Turkey, maybe even for good.

Any word from Georgetown? I heard they are finalizing decisions very soon.

They also sent my application to CMES MA...