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liquidmountains, Thank a bunch for adding to my options!

Thank you so much tsgriffey for your cooperation.I'll definitely check with UCSB guys. I am a second time test taker (taking after 2 years) and the last time I took my GRE, I scored 4 (I know thats low). I'll definitely look into this scoreitnow option.

Thanks a bunch! I am really indebted to you guys for your valuable suggestions. HDS is certainly on my list now.

Tsgriffey, thank you so much, I am sure your suggestions will come handy. Yes tsgriffey, I do intend to pursue PhD after masters. Since I graduated with law, I studied courses like History of Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Law of Contract and Business Transactions, Islamic Banking, Legal Study of Quran and Legal Study of Sunnah and basic Arabic (12 credit hours). Thanks again for giving me a clue as to my GRE scores. Lets hope I do improve.

Thank you folks for your kind and encouraging words. Since in Pakistan, the state schools do not offer theology or religious studies (yes, its Islamic Studies, unless you are a non-Muslim in which case you have a choice) so I had decided to choose M.A Islamic Studies for Fulbright. Nonetheless, I would like to apply for religious studies (provided I get application fee waiver since I have meagre resources which do preclude me from applying to most of the universities) but do I stand a chance for such programmes (considering the fact that I have only Islamic Studies and related courses so far). I already have a draft of PS prepared for M.A Islamic Studies (which I intend to submit for Fulbright). I have researched a bit and these are the few universities that offer M.A Islamic Studies. These include: UCLA, George Washington, Indiana University and Stanford. Out of these, wihch university will be most inclined to offer tuition fee waiver and some kind of stipend (since I cannot pay the hefty application fees for all of these)? That said, considering that I am a non-native and an applicant with background of humanities, what GRE score would suffice? (I took the Magoosh practice test and had Quant 145, Verbal 150). Thank you in anticipation!

Hello everyone! I am a law graduate from Pakistan and want to opt for masters in Religious Studies (with Islamic Studies as concentration) from US. I graduated in August 2013 with CGPA 3.87 and interned for 8 months at a think-tank where I was the focal person for a research project pertaining to Islamic finance. This year, I have also signed up for a two year intensive Arabic programme at Islamic Online University. I have to take GRE in March. While I'll be applying for Fulbright, I want to ask if it would be possible to get full funding from any school, on my own, with this profile?