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    Wantingtogetinsomewhere got a reaction from axiomness in PhD Applications Fall '17 Season   
    I think Baylor has already extended invitations for NT and HB for their interview weekend. You could be placed on a waitlist. I would add that they rarely take Baptists into their biblical studies PhD. They tend to draw from moderate pools avoiding conservative and liberal bastions. People from the ivy leagues routinely apply but are nearly immediately shut out. Same goes for those from SEBTS, SBTS, SWBTS, etc. Myopic, I know, but every program is entitled to create the culture they see as most ideal for learning. As for SMU, they don't take traditional NT. They have an application, but Chancy has moved on from Galilee and has focused mostly on religion and public life in America. The last PhD student in NT they had was a couple years back and worked on fertility and infertility in the NT. She went on to the pastorate after not landing a professorship. Chapel Hill has already done interviews and unless something happens, I wouldn't expect a nod from them. They are also big on auxiliary languages, especially Coptic, which is not normally taught at non-research institution or seminaries. Emory, like Baylor, has already dispatched interview requests for next weekend (02/03). Again, a waitlist is still possible here and Emory continues to pull from that list far into the process. As for Fuller, Asbury, and Trinity I couldn't say. I would hasten that the financial aid packages at Fuller and Trinity are not large enough to make doctoral work bearable. A part time job would be necessary throughout.
    My advice, just my advice. If you have some GI bill money, do UK. They are far more relaxed about your religious background (i.e. they don't assume you can't do solid critical work based on modern theories and methods just because you are from a Baptist University/seminary). I say UK because it works for evangelicals and Baptists as far as employment at a Baptist seminary (which are among the largest seminaries in the world) or Baptist liberal arts (of which there are many). UK doesn't work for liberals or moderates. The Ivy League schools, moderate institutions, and Catholic schools aren't routinely pulling from the UK. Also, the Baptist route is a good path if you are still in fact Baptist. I know that many Baptist seminaries have exceptional placement records for their PhDs. Contact the respective heads of doctoral programs at SBC seminaries to get the data from them. It is also important to keep in mind that Baptist schools like Union, DBU, OBU, Ouachita, etc. don't normally post openings on HigherEd etc. Employment in these schools is word of mouth: i.e. Union is looking for a NT guy, they call contacts at the major seminaries to get a listing of potential candidates. So, staying on at your university/seminary or diversifying by going to another Baptist university/seminary can be advantageous. 
    However, all of this is moot if you are wanting to teach at a state school or a more traditional private research institute. Just know that that world is hard to penetrate and like east of Eden is barren job-wise. I may get lambasted for this, but I'll say it anyhow: it pays to be Catholic or Baptist. That doesn't mean there aren't examples of the unemployed Catholic or Baptist PhD, but it is to stress that these two groups command a chunk of jobs in religious studies that routinely exclude outside candidates.  
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