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Wait for the letter and make sure for sure it matches the verbal offer. I'm sure she knows you are super excited. Wait for all your options before you decide. Here's a post that seems smart to me:

THIS!!!!

Wrote some advice, threw it out (too cynical). Just that hearing you say you would consider choosing significant debt to keep a partner sends up red flags. Grad school changes people a lot--be careful. Best wishes.

I was accepted to 2 programs so far. Neither of them interviewed me or contacted me in any way once my app was complete. One of the programs interviewed at least one other person, which made me worry that I hadn't heard anything. Don't give up until you have a confirmed rejection.

Both of my acceptances came by snail mail with no other contact. 2 rejections by mail, one by e-mail. There's not really a consistent pattern, although you could look through the results from last year and see how people were contacted. Good luck!

Best wishes to you! Just wanted to say that plenty of couples make the distance thing work quite happily. Grad school can be a strain on marriage even if you're together the whole time. I wouldn't give up on a dream school without really listening to your partner--it might be his or her delight to see you fulfill a dream, and your time away might give your partner time and space to fulfill one of theirs.

If Drew's response doesn't show up soon, you should e-mail the admissions folks. My understanding is that the responses all went out in the mail at the same time. Union's rejection came to me on Saturday, but I'm in NJ, so mail gets here fast. Seems like they e-mailed their acceptances. Still waiting on Temple here too. Admissions office told me last week there were still several more meetings to go and that it could be a couple of weeks.

I contacted the director of admissions and asked what was the best way of contacting professors. One told me to go ahead and e-mail professors directly, the other preferred to make arrangements for a visit herself. Call the admissions folks and ask--they'll know the culture of the place best. Good luck!

I commuted daily from Princeton to Manhattan daily by train in summer 2007. Each way was 1 hour 15 minutes (including the "dinky" connector train and the NE corridor line from Princeton Junction to Penn Station). I was a hospital chaplain, and had to be on site 8-5 plus weekly on call responsibilities some evenings and weekends. We had additional work to finish at home. On the easy days I left at 6 and got home around 7. I liked the commute because I could read and think on the train. Sometimes there are problems with the trains, though, and you'll be late. There aren't any safety issues with the princeton stations. Princeton sort of exists in its own bubble. During the rush hours the trains run frequently. Later into the evening they come every half hour. The off-peak trains are mostly locals, so you'll add about 30-40 minutes to the train ride. I was exhausted by the end of summer. It's a long commute, even though it looks do-able on paper. I'm glad I didn't have to do the commute in the winter.

Union's rejection letter came folded up neatly inside a 1/2 sized manilla envelope, hand addressed

I was accepted to R&S. I don't know how many they are taking. Best wishes!

I also applied to Temple. I called a few days ago and heard that they still have several meetings ahead before decisions will be made, so I imagine a couple more weeks.

Accepted at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia this morning! Had seriously given up hope. Thanks all, for letting me lurk.

I have sneaking suspicions about a few of mine, but several won't notify for another couple of weeks. Depending on the schools/disciplines, the game ain't over yet.

No, it just means there are 3 acceptances in the results section. Some possibilities: They might be real, or they might be fake. The school might be working down a list and hasn't notified everybody yet. The school might have made a first cut & is waiting to see if they can make more offers. It might mean you didn't get in. So it isn't over until you get a rejection letter/e-mail or some other confirmation from the school. Good luck!

Can you be more specific about what you are looking for? Are you a member of a particular denomination? Do you wish to study in a more conservative or liberal environment? Does the diversity of the student body matter to you? Dubuque Theological Seminary in Iowa offers a full schedule of on-line seminary courses at the master's level, so that might be a place to start if you're not looking to move.

LOL...seems like maybe this weekend, based on last couple of year's results. Good luck!

Anyone else squinting their eyes at tomorrow for Princeton & PTS? Gah.

Love this!

I'll be 38 when I start if accepted to any programs. Wouldn't have it any other way. Kids are elementary school now, but I started my 3 year master's program with a 3 and 6 year old. Babies and children make grad school hard. Pregnancy for me was a very preoccupying event. On the other hand, having a family forces you to focus and organize your time. One of my professors had 4 children while he did a PhD. He said he got done faster because every day his spouse asked him, "So, what did you do today to get you closer to finishing this thing?" And plenty of folks adopt or foster children when they've decided not to have biological children. Lots of options, really. Good luck to you all Personally, I'm loving my 30's and plan to rock my 40's.

I graduated from undergrad in 1995 and just finished my M.Div. last year. The average age of my class was 23. I was 34. I am so glad I DIDN'T go to grad school right out of college! Life and work experience made a nice background to the large chunks of information I was suddenly inhaling. It took the first year to get back in the swing of it all, and then the next 2 were a pleasure. If you don't get in this year, take a class or two at a nearby college to get your academic references. I didn't have a single professor who could have remembered me from my large, generic, undergrad classes from so many years before. So I took an extension class offered through a seminary, and the professor was delighted with my work and to write a reference. Also, taking that class helped me be confident that I could do grad school work. And now I'm jonesing to do a PhD, which I swore I'd never do