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    pwe5000 reacted to jsant09 in Chicago Div MA Discussion Thread   
    This is exactly my situation with Vanderbilt. Living expenses are just too much without a stipend. Would need a full time job just to cover those costs without accruing more debt.
     
    Couple options are looking at external scholarships and fellowships; problem is, at this point even if you got them you likely wouldn't know before a decision has to be made. Work study is pretty much a guarantee if you apply for those jobs so that will give you anywhere from 2-4,000. You can also look for part-time jobs at area churches or elsewhere. Definitely find a roommate. In Chicago you don't need a car. And set a budget on food and entertainment and stick to it. Even after all this you will still likely need to take a loan for several thousand in addition to your tuition. 
     
    Everyone I talk to says do not go into debt for this degree. Very tough situation. 
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    pwe5000 reacted to Paraclete in Chicago Div MA Discussion Thread   
    Hi folks! Congrats on the UChi admissions--it's a magical place. Just to answer a general question or two, here are the dates for the upcoming autumn quarter: 
     
    Autumn 2015 Date Event/Deadline Sunday, September 20 College Orientation Wednesday, September 23 Incoming Student Registration (College) Monday, September 28 Autumn Quarter Begins Thursday–Friday, November 26–27 Thanksgiving Break Thursday–Friday, December 3–4 College Reading Period Friday, December 11 Convocation Saturday, December 12 Autumn Quarter Ends
     
     
    (Link: http://www.uchicago.edu/academics/calendar/#year)
     
    And as for on-campus student jobs, here is where you would find the official listings: https://studentemployment.uchicago.edu/index_jobs.php
    You do, however, need a student log-in to see the actual listings, but you'll be receiving that very soon from the school because they issue that to you before you either accept or decline precisely because they know that you'd like to have access to this kind of information. Since y'all are in the Div School, the Dean of Student's weekly newsletters actually have a lot of relevant information for jobs that don't get posted to the official student employment page that I just gave you. Pay ranges from $9.50-$15ish/hour as far as I know. The coffee shot in the basement of the Div School, for example, are constantly looking for students to hire, and they pay $10/hour.
     
    Finally, work-study is not that competitive to get. The general range seems to be about $2500-3000 for the three quarters of the academic year. On top of whatever you've been offered on your admission process, there will be just one university-wide grad student financial aid application (it's really simple) that you'll also be getting access to soon, though you can view information about it here: https://sla.uchicago.edu/page/graduate-financial-aid. You'll also gain access to this application with the same ID that you'd use to get a look at the student employment page. 
     
    Finally (wait, finaally..?), here's a database that can be used to search for outside funding: http://grad.uchicago.edu/fellowships_funding/fellowship_database/
     
    Hope this helps a bit!
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    pwe5000 reacted to Isaac32 in Masters Application Discussion - the latest and greatest.   
    Rory chose Yale over Harvard in Gilmore Girls, so it has that going for it.
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    pwe5000 reacted to tdwightdavis in What's your jam?   
    Theology and race, specifically the work of the Duke School (J. Kameron Carter, Willie James Jennings, and Brian Bantum). Hoping to do something that combines race, liturgy, sacraments, christology, and theological anthropology.
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    pwe5000 reacted to Body Politics in What's your jam?   
    The interface of orality and writing in early Christian media culture.
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    pwe5000 reacted to -vive2ladifference in What's your jam?   
    Islamic studies, anyone? My main interests are in the Indo-Persian tradition, Shi'ism, mysticism and the intersections between the three in history.
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    pwe5000 reacted to Isaac32 in What's your jam?   
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    pwe5000 got a reaction from GREman in another M* or PhD?   
    Good points about 1 vs. 2 year M* degrees. It does seem like the best option would be to apply for PhD programs as well as a handful of MA/MTS programs.
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    pwe5000 reacted to Texan_Air in I graduated 3 years ago...   
    Did you research or write a paper with any of the professors you are thinking about asking? I actually asked two of my professors 2.5 years ago if they could write me a recommendation in the future because I knew I was going to work in the industry for 2+ years before applying. When I emailed them a few months ago I attached my project/report and research papers I did with them to the email so they would have something to remember about me. I also typed up a document (with lots of pictures) on what I have been up to since last seeing them. It broke the ice quite well and they both came through for me.
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    pwe5000 reacted to xypathos in Vanderbilt Hebrew Bible PhD   
    Knight and Sasson are both retiring this year.

    EDIT: From a dean, the general advice of the university is for profs not to take on doctoral students their first year. That said, it's entirely up to the prof and they're not aware if Seow has made a decision.
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    pwe5000 reacted to AbrasaxEos in Is my SOP intro overly personal?   
    I don't think so - you make it sound a bit parochial, but no more so than I would expect from a Southern Baptist or Pentecostal who did the same.  I'm also not 100% sure I quite catch mdiv's drift in the post above, despite its having been edited.  I don't think your statements suck or are boring either, though they are probably a bit more self-referential than I'd go for with regard to the type of degrees you are applying for.  A few of the places (most notably St. Vladimir's) *might* be interested in this aspect of your application, but overall I'd tone down the "can't come home for Thanksgiving/crying mother/disappointed family" end of things.  I think you could talk some about how your conversion to Greek Orthodoxy has been an important influence on your desire to study theology without bringing all of this extra stuff in.  I know that this has been an important aspect of your decision, so you don't necessarily need to leave it out, but just use your conversion (in truncated form - i.e. "I recently converted to Greek Orthodoxy") to tell a story about how you then moved towards readings, thinkers, or ideas that really motivate your desire to learn more about the subject, and then how each school would allow you to do this. 
     
    So briefly, I don't think you trash Mormonism in the letters, but I actually don't think you need to bring it up at all. 
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    pwe5000 reacted to cadences in another M* or PhD?   
    Two cents worth: in addition to what newenglandshawn has said, I think Notre Dame is a great option for HB/OT theology as well; and the best part is, they all cut their scholarly teeth on the ANE (all the HB full professors there are students of the late Frank Moore Cross, and they just hired Gary Knoppers), so you get the best of both worlds. I'd definitely try really hard to get into their MTS.
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    pwe5000 reacted to sacklunch in another M* or PhD?   
    Apply to both and see what happens. As you already know, you will be applying (PhD) against folks with 3.8+ GPA's and 3-5 years of M* work from top programs. Fit, of course, will trump another person's app who may have better on paper prep. While your biblical languages are fine, many of your competitors will have classical Greek, Latin, and/or other Semitic languages. If you apply to a more text-critical/philological program, your languages will not be adequate.
     
    Again, apply to both and see what happens. 
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    pwe5000 reacted to newenglandshawn in another M* or PhD?   
    Wow! I'm not the resident expert on here, but I would say your GRE scores alone would get you serious consideration for a PhD program (even though the Writing is not on the top end). On the other hand, why is your GPA a little lower (though not awful)? Does the disparity between your GRE scores and GPA indicate that you underachieved or didn't work as hard? This may be a question for some. Or is writing perhaps not your strength?
     
    I'm assuming you have done quite a bit of language work, which is always huge, and if you have strong recommendations and find a good PhD fit, I would say give it a shot. When are you hoping to apply?
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