Cloud_Cult
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This has been helpful. Thanks everyone!
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Is it a good idea to contact other faculty in your field to the schools you're applying to beyond your POI? Is this a "the more the merrier" thing or a "less is more" thing? If it is a good idea to reach out to other faculty, does anybody have a good template for that initial email (to keep it brief and not put off this weird vibe: "Hey, I like your work and I think it will be useful for my interests, but I'd rather work with your colleague. Just thought I'd say hello to score brownie points.")?
Thanks!
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Well, I was told there were two biblical studies spots, and I assumed that meant one NT and one OT. But it looks like an NT spot was claimed before I turned mine down...so maybe their first choices this year were both NT students?
I am hoping RedDoor's buddy took a vacancy from someone else declining their admission because they posted that two days before you turned down your acceptance. Basically, I hope that there's still hope for me .
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Sent emails to my POIs yesterday and they directed me how to formally turn it down this morning. I'm going to Duke GDR instead (huzzah!).
Congratulations! That's awesome! Where did you do your M*?
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My point was--I was the NT student accepted at PTS, and I just turned it down. So if you're on the waitlist, don't despair, guys. The slot is open.
Hope this bodes well for me. I'm on the waitlist. When did you notify them? (And where are you ending up!?)
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I'm with you, my friend! I received my rejection also. I didn't have as much interaction there, but did get rejected from another program where I had a similar experience, with the professor saying essentially the same thing. It's tough. So far, I'm 4/5 on rejections, with only Harvard still not officially rejecting me (though the handwriting seems to be on the wall). Like you, I'm not sure what the next move is!
I was not admitted to Yale or Duke (ThD), but I was waitlisted at Princeton. I know I should be grateful for at least making the waitlist at Princeton (and I am! Makes me feel like I am not crazy to be applying to these programs), but damn I really wanted Duke!
Doctoral applications 2015-2016
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Let us know how this goes!