ibn daoud
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First of all, congrats! I'm glad you got good news today. From what I read in the letter, I was assuming financial aid would be sent out next week, 24 hours after we got something in the mail. In hindsight, this seems silly, because why would they mail something and not send an email if they already know? We'll see I guess. I, too, am a little bit nervous about financial aid, since I don't want to take out loans (for obvious reasons, but also since interest is a sin in my religion) but thanks be to God I was already leaning towards UChicago! Alf mabrouk! Very happy to hear this! Two things: I still hope to see you in Chicago next year (if we both go!) and was your offer in your acceptance letter? Mine was straightfoward and so at this point I'm assuming if I wasn't notified of anything like this in the letter it will all be loan information coming tomorrow?
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ITS TIME HDS FOLKS الله اكبر ولله الحمد!!! was accepted, just have to wait for financial offers to come out. God is the greatest! Thanks be to God for making this process rewarding, and thanks be to God I have options! I sincerely hope I am worthy of all the blessings I have been given. Hope everyone else receives such wonderful news.
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A thousand congratulations!
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makes three of us. i was up at 6 am and planning my day around getting word from HDS at 11:59. so here i am, watching a steven seagal movie and eating peanut butter.
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There's a way to do it online but this system is only good for organizing class visits/ Divinity school tours. If you want to meet with professors, email them directly. I was able to meet with three and exchange emails with a fourth. Granted I emailed about 8 in total, but 50% isn't bad.
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@suhba7 ha, glad I wasn't the only one looking over the Div School's website and handbooks once more (even though I've read them a thousand times already!) I was a bit unclear earlier: I have applied for MDiv at Harvard and know funding is usually decent, but thanks be to God received one of the Div School fellowships at UChicago, so at this point (although God knows best) I don't think HDS could offer me anything that would draw me away from my decision. I hope this doesn't sound immodest of me, I am truly blown away by -- and still trying to digest -- UChicago's generosity! When I visited both schools, I just didn't feel the same kind of connection at Harvard as I did in Chicago. I can't explain it even. Everyone I've spoken to at UChicago has shown immense interest in and support of my academic and spiritual aims, and that to me is hard to pass up. Regardless, I hope you get a great offer from HDS, although selfishly it would be great to meet at UChicago next year, especially since our interests seem to align!
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I get this totally. Whereas I'm more interested in finding out if they would let me in, I am just waiting to see if they will even accept me, although it would have to be an incredible offer for me to change my mind. And I don't think I'm good enough for that. My interests just match up pretty well with UChicago folks.
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haha this is exactly why I'm waiting to hear from HDS! I have a very generous offer from UChicago which would encourage me anyways, and like @suhba7 said they have much more thorough offerings in Islamic Studies, but I just want to know if the staff at HDS thinks I'm good enough to go there. It's kind of like a win-win, either they say no and I get my first choice or they say yes and I get my first choice knowing that a place like Harvard thinks I'm Ivy material.
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Very happy we all made it! How many of you are planning to attend? Are you waiting til HDS results come out to think seriously about it? I'm visiting HDS currently and have to say I don't feel as strongly about the program as I did at Chicago, but my reasons are strictly based on the MDiv program itself (I know most of you (all?) are applying for masters). Granted, it's Harvard, and the program is still top-notch, but I think personally I would be a better fit at UChicago and the work I wish to do would be more appropriate there as well.
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yeeaah! I was coming here to tell everyone to wake up and check their emails! I got into the MDiv program as well! God is great. I haven't cried out of happiness in a long time. Congrats everyone! I also found this out as I was getting ready to eat an entire cheese pizza all by myself. So here I am, excited beyond belief, getting pizza sauce all over my bed.
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Likewise! I'll make sure to send positive vibes for you until we hear back!
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So... Still no word on UChicago Divinity for MDiv? Tomorrow then God willing? I'm in Cambridge visiting HDS and again I had a dream last night someone told me I didn't get in and I was a terrible applicant. I'm ready for those dreams to be over!
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Sorry! I've been at work since I wrote that last message. This was briefly explained to me, and don't quote me because I don't remember completely, but my understanding was that all the applications were pooled together for the committee... That didn't make sense, and I didn't ask for clarification... But who knows. I wish I could tell you for sure! Everything I know is for the MDiv program, I sort of assumed that results would be released together.
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Yeah, I was promised first full week in March by two different people. Decisions will be made by the end of the day, but they won't come out til early next week. I asked my POI to give me a shout if she heard anything, and I haven't gotten word from her yet. Congrats on Fordham, BC and Duke!
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Congrats everyone! Very exciting week! Hopefully next week will bring more good news from UChicago
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Just got word I was accepted to Union's MA program! I was awarded a modest grant (which I'm chalking up to being a Muslim who wants to study at a traditionally Christian seminary). All thanks and praise is due to God Most High. Now I will turn 110% of my positive energy to everyone waiting to hear back from Union/other schools. Glad the wait is over (still waiting on first/second choices UChicago and HDS, but very happy to know I will be able (God willing) to attend school next year!) Since Union decisions started coming out (last Friday) I have: forgotten to pay my rent (we get discounts for paying early), forgotten to pay my healthcare premium (ya Allah), forgotten to return library books (paid my $1.40 fine today) and washed my favorite clothes with a blue ballpoint pen in my pocket. Hang in there folks.
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A thousand congratulations! Very excited one of those acceptances was you.
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You and me both! I saw that two more acceptances were sent yesterday so I was up at 6 am checking my email... then at 7. and 9....
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Looks like the wait continues for Union! As it was explained to me, this is because past MDiv graduates have donated boatloads of money (I guess back in the day you could make money as a preacher?) for the MDiv program in particular, not to the Divinity School as a whole; all this money is used specifically for MDiv students. Again, I can't help more than that, I didn't think to ask about the MA nerds students. (ha?) +1!
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Well, hindsight is 20/20. I'm just going to hope that an invitation helps my chances. I had a dream last night I met with one of the admissions folks and they told me I wasn't accepted, then their family came up and they all started throwing snowballs at me. And to think I'm usually the one throwing snowballs.
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Yeah, I submitted mine on December 28 hoping to hear back sooner, but I think a couple of my LoR's were submitted closer to the January 17 deadline (early Jan at best). Apparently they do rolling admissions, but now it just seems like they make paper airplanes out of the applications and throw them in groups of two and whichever gets farther gets admitted. Jokes. But by far the least transparent process. I did get that email and at first thought that meant I got accepted, until I read through and it was clear it wasn't specific to me at all. Who knows, maybe we're top applicants? I filled out the whole thing but didn't send it out because I wanted to use my very limited time off to go to Chicago for a visit. I also figured they would have made decisions before now. I'll send you all my positive vibes for BU tomorrow. Lord knows I'll have this page open all day. Even if in some cases we're 'competing' for admission to the same program, we're all in this together!
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Oof. You and I are two peas, huh. On a happier (?) note, looks like (from the results page) us Union folks might be hearing back at the beginning of this week? Apparently two people (one MDiv, one MA) heard back on Friday. Not sure why they would send acceptances over a couple of days, but... On the flipside, I've been following the PhD thread and that always meant that folks who didn't receive acceptances were denied. Funny how I come here looking for answers and peace of mind but only leave with more questions and anxiety.
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Hello! Glad someone started this thread--I wanted to get one started but I am a newcomer here so I thought I would let someone else do it. I applied to the MDiv programs at Harvard and UChicago Divinity and MA at Union. As a Muslim, there aren't too many choices for me but those three programs were good fits. I figured if I didn't get any good news, I could apply to other programs out west or more traditional Islamic seminaries. I had the opportunity to visit UChicago last week and had a really wonderful time. The director of the ministry program is an incredible woman and was so very welcoming. I got to sit in on one of her classes and she later spent an hour talking to me about the program and my goals! I also met with the assistant dean (very sweet himself) and he told me decisions would be released first full week of March. The director of the ministry program wrote me yesterday and said decisions would be made next Friday (a week from today) and the week after we would start hearing back. I don't know about MA students, but MDiv kids at UChicago receive between 70-100 percent funding according to the assistant (associate?) dean. Those numbers are, however, much higher than the school's MA students. As for Union, I called yesterday (after leaving numerous messages and hearing nothing back for two or three weeks... c'mon, y'all) and was told that MA students should hear back by the end of February/beginning of March. Historically, decisions were released the second to last week in February (24-25, I believe, per the results section here) but I guess we will have to wait another week. That doesn't stop me from checking the portal every hour or so. By the way- any other Union applicants get the "your status cannot be viewed at this time" message when they try and check their application? I would love to study at Union, but so far my experience with the application process has been... confusing. I called a month ago (I submitted my application 28 December) and was told "no news is good news..." That didn't help my anxiety. I haven't been able to speak with anyone at HDS so far other than a friend in the MTS program. I've sent some emails to arrange meetings with professors if possible for next week. I want to go and visit (I think I'm better in person than on paper) but don't want to make the trip all the way to the east coast just to take a silly campus tour. They're definitely mid-March though, as per their website and the results page of this site. Anyways, I've been making plenty of duaa for people on this forum that we end up where we should and that we are best situated to accomplish our goals even if we end up somewhere we couldn't have imagined. Rejections or acceptances, I wish you all the best!
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Congrats all who submitted their PhD applications today! God willing next month I'll be able to say the same for my MA/MTS apps...
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I'm glad I've devoted so much time (and so many pages of notes!) to this then! I think I am a good fit for these programs, so all I need to do is put it into words. Thankfully I'm not too scared to attempt that!
