Stefani

Hey! I saw in the results forum that someone got a theology email.. was that you?!

Averroes! I did my MTS at BU and ALMOST did it at Harvard, and I ran with the UU club there for a while. I still live in Cambridge most of the time. Lovely, lovely spot. Does your name mean you do Jewish studies? I do religion and science, so I'm working with Donovan Schaefer and Alister McGrath. The concentration is kind of new at oxford, I get to be one of its first graduates! That's a great question. I've only met with each of my POIs once, but one of them told me that the two of them had a meeting - the "heads" for the religion and science concentration, to review the candidates and sort of rank them. They sent the applications along with notes of 'strong recommendation' (for me, hah!), or other I'm assuming less enthusiastic ones, to the final admissions committee. I gather the final committee has the job of balancing the requests of all of the different concentrations and allocating colleges and funds. They also send the emails out mid-end March. From what I gather talking to people here and at the school its pretty easy to get information about the process from them, you simply have to ask.

Hey all. Got it. Visited my POI Friday morning - but even though he 'recommended' me, he didn't know if I had made it through the final administrative decision. So I emailed the admissions office and simply asked. They told me I was in, and a letter with more formal instructions and funding info would be coming shortly. This was for Oxford Theology.

Are you asking your POI, or is it a general admissions inquiry?

Best of luck to you! I'm visiting Oxford on Friday so maybe I'll have the guts to ask in person!

I see. But you chose not to email and ask about your acceptance?

OMG! Wow. So I can ask. Wow. And the decision's already been made. That's so interesting that the emails come out so late in March but the decisions are made so early. Thank you for sharing. Do you mind if I ask how you know? I am simply curious.

*WEEKS! Two weeks earlier.

Seriously, Red Door! That 'solicited' acceptance was approximately two years earlier than any other decision from the theology department listed in any year prior. When I saw it I nearly fell out of my chair! Kept thinking "should've been me...!" Still crossing fingers big time for that one. Was in touch with my prospective advisor this week and he said he'd be pleased to meet with me, so there's hope! What about you?