lames18
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On 2/28/2018 at 6:37 PM, KA.DINGER.RA said:
FYI: A couple of ND acceptances have gone out. They likely won't all come out today or tomorrow, so be patient.
Y'all... ND is killing me. I assume no news is bad news at this point?
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On 2/3/2018 at 9:48 AM, ugh2017 said:
Can someone confirm that BC sent out offers? When I interviewed with them they said it would be middle of February before GSAS made offers.
Hi, I got an email offering acceptance from BC last Friday (2/2)... way before I was expecting it. It was from the director of graduate studies, and a faculty member in my area was copied. I imagine they give themselves until mid-February to get everything out? Don't give up the ship!
On 2/3/2018 at 10:46 AM, xypathos said:It seems off but I can't confirm/deny it. No one has claimed an acceptance on the Results forum and they were still interviewing candidates last week, per an internal calendar. It's possible that they notified a couple of high priority candidates but BC notifies by phone calls, not emails - it's not their standard procedure.
How bizarre... maybe this indicates a change in their process? I got the email, responded saying thanks, and the faculty member copied on the email responded to me. They said a mailed packet is forthcoming... hasn't yet arrived (but I live very far from Boston).
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Boston College acceptance emails going out!
What an incredible relief!
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Got one for Systematics! Thank you so much for the updates... they have kept me sane!
Congrats to everyone else. Looking forward to it (and another round of nerves!)
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3 minutes ago, xypathos said:
It varies some, especially should they get hit hard with winter. Generally, Union begins notifying the second week of February of acceptances, waitlist notifications go out toward the end of February, then rejections toward the first week of March.
Union also tries to "encourage" their initial acceptances to decide within 2-4 weeks so often a second round of acceptances will begin to trickle out toward late February. They have at times gone pretty deep into their waitlist too.
Thanks so much!
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50 minutes ago, turktheman said:
I can't speak to UTS, but Fordham can vary depending on subfield and year. In Bible or Ancient Christianity they meet late January, and they tend to call admitted candidates sometime at the beginning of January or within 2 weeks of February. Funding package takes about another 2 weeks to get after that. They do keep a short list of candidates in case the contacted candidate rejects the offer.
Thanks! Good to know
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50 minutes ago, xypathos said:
I can speak to Union's process quite extensively, not so well plugged into Fordham.
What kind of information are you looking for? UTS recently decided that they're no longer admitting students that they cannot fully fund. As a result, that means they accept approximately one student per subfield/department - sometimes funding permits a second student somewhere.
Right now faculty in each department are advocating for their preferred candidate. It varies a little but certain candidates are automatically disqualified as simply being less than ideal, then faculty create a ranking of what they perceive to be the strongest candidates. If you end up toward the bottom on several faculty list, you're cut. This process goes on until they have about ten candidates left and then it's a fight to the death
Some departments, like Theology, get 40 applicants that they consider competitive and this whittling down process takes a LONG time. Other departments, like Practical Theology, only gets about 8 applicants that they consider competitive so it's over in no time.
Yeah, I have heard that they accept very few students... and I applied to Theology, so I know chances are slim. Any idea on timeline?
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Does anyone know anything about Fordham's or Union Theological Seminary's process? Can't seem to find much about those two on here.
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9 hours ago, KA.DINGER.RA said:
I just spoke with a professor with whom I am quite close. He said to expect to hear back from ND this week.
This may only be for CJA, but I would imagine it is for all of the non-WRWC applicants. Get stoked!
Thanks @KA.DINGER.RA for the updates! And perhaps a silly question... what does CJA stand for?
PhD Applications Fall '18 Season
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Course I got my interview email at like, 8:40 on a Sunday night, so who knows?!