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No problem, PhdWannabee. This whole process is enough to drive anyone to the brink! I also felt like my interview didn't go well so was in an anxiety induced depression all weekend, on a high when I got the call Tuesday, and have been completely emotionally drained for the last two days from the roller coaster ride. Keep hope alive until you receive definitive word to the contrary. All the best...

Hey ya'll. I would suspect that all the Emory admits on the results page are legit. Emory made its first round of admits pretty much right away as they had to submit nominations for university-wide fellowships by Tuesday afternoon. That is also why folks posted pretty much at the same time. I was contacted both by phone and by email so it isn't that strange that folks are selecting 'email' as the contact method. At this stage in the game if you haven't been contacted or have been waitlisted you should assume nothing about your chances of being admitted in the coming weeks. There are still a lot of factors in play including both who accepts which offers AND which departments get extra slots after all the money is divided up. Some departments contact waitlist folks early, some later. Some departments will have a second round of contacts to make in a week or so, etc. I will say, though, that I haven't heard of anyone being admitted here that wasn't interviewed in one way or another (i.e. either in person or by phone). In any event, the reality is that there is so much still going on behind closed doors that it is impossible to say at this point what one's chances might be moving forward, but there is at least reason to remain hopeful! Good luck everyone!!

Do you have any idea if this is the case across departments or just for systematic theology? Any idea if Liturgical Studies is operating on the same timeline?

Great, thanks for he info and good luck!!

Has anyone who didn't apply for the practices fellowship at Vandy hear about interviews? Just curious if they were contacting everyone already or just practices folks. Also, does any one have any idea about Duke's GDR timeline? From what I've heard in years past students who were denied were contacted very early but I have no idea when students typically hear about interviews there...

Yeah, the main thing being cut out of the interview weekend is the social with current students they typically do on Saturday night. The number of invitees didn't drop.

Interviews for Emory are the first weekend in February. Finalist should have been contacted either last week or this week.