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Harvard doesn't technically have a ThD anymore but they don't have less doctoral slots to consider. ThD was just condensed into the PhD program since they found the distinguishing between ThD and PhD trivial since they had the same requirements and ThD students suffered on the job market b/c so many schools went "What's a ThD? Nah, we'll take the PhD from Harvard applicant instead." There's more at work there but that's neither here nor there. Also, Yale is looking at closing their Theology subfield per theology faculty there but that's a different matter.
At two other schools I've worked at, we didn't know how many M* students we could actually take (by way of dole-ing out scholarships) until early to mid-February. Acceptances extended beyond us knowing were to two groups: 1) Top applicants and 2) Those we have no intention of extending any decent scholarship to, so we're expecting them to pay significantly.
We also occasionally waited on releasing decisions to weak applicants that we expected weren't going to fair well anywhere else and certainly not get a scholarship. This way, our hope, is that they were desperate and would take our offer and the loans that it would require. It's certainly unfair and cruel but divinity school admissions is becoming more and more cutthroat so Provost/Chancellor-level offices are forcing us to play by unfair rules.
On the flip side of a March 15 release - everyone finds out together. If they're anything like my current place, they start reviewing apps on a certain date and make decisions ASAP. The decision sits in a database until a certain time (sometimes for months) and then get sent out in batches. H&Y simply wait until 3/15 and hit Send for everyone.

@newcement
At the end of the day, PTS is still a PCUSA seminary required to prepare students for the ordination exam. Because of this, there are a lot of opportunities to take classes pass/fail to satisfy denomination or - in this case - presbytery requirements for ordination, withought having to worry about one’s GPA. Summer languages appear to be the epitome of “I’m only doing it because my presbytery requires it for ordination, so I am just getting it over with.”
This is by no means true for every student who takes summer language, however, your chances of succeeding in acquiring the language and moving on toward exegesis classes are better if you’re willing to take the full year intro. Unless you are super ambitious and aim to take upper level classes is Greek, Hebrew, and then maybe Latin, French, and German at the university, there is no reason to do the summer language. But take a close look at your program’s specific credit requirements and ensure you will have time to do all that you want for PhD preparation.

Last year or so HDS' GRE scores for M* applicants was leaked and I shared it here, I think (maybe it was the Reddit sub, I'll check). They were holding an admissions event in China to recruit wealthy students and GRE scores were on some staff material that was left laying around. Through a friend of a friend a screenshot got forwarded to me. In short, GRE V scores for M* students is/was in the mid to high 150s from what I recall. Q scores are largely ignored unless you're interested in something rather analytical or heavy interests in philosophy. Writing scores are rather important but I can't recall what their guidelines were.
MAR/MTS applications are more competitive but not by a huge margin. YDS' was sitting in the 40s, admitted wise, last time I made any hard checks. Chicago admits about 12 for their MDiv, which seems like it would mean significant competition but as the Director once told me - on a heavy year they get 20 applications. Not that long ago they maintained a near 100% acceptance rate. Then again, applicants to elite M* programs in Religion tend to be self-selecting and there's a bit of a poor perception of them (I can't afford it, I'm not smart enough to get in, don't have the pedigree, etc...) among applicants. In reality, they tend to be well funded, not that competitive, and they favor more whole-person analysis than their respective UG schools.

Just received word from Harvard that the application committees list has been approved! I am *GSAS* officially admitted to Harvard's history PhD!

I'LL BE SEEING YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY TOP CHOICE AND MY FIRST DECISION. I AM SO HAPPY! My fellow student at my current Masters also got the e-mail when you did, and mine took 5 extra minutes to come in and I had thought I had been rejected and was absolutely devastated. I don't think I'd even consider anywhere else after this. WOW!

Oh my god I got into Yale!!!!!!

I WAS JUST ACCEPTED AT YALE!!!! 
Crying with happiness. 

There appears to be more than a handful of well-intentioned folks here giving some rather insightful advice. On the other hand, we have some rather generic excuses and rationale why the system is flawed and should not apply to the person who is applying to be a part of the very community she holds with such contempt. The system is not perfect, but it is what it is, participate in it or do not. Good folks are offering you good counsel....You should know this comes from an older OG  man of color who has known every shade of poverty during his life.

@chasebf More of the former than the later. Observations are made to what the length of the time span between test taking and what other life events have been occurring, e.g. a masters degree, field study, etc.....

I'm not sure what type of pride this is, but your applications indicate otherwise. If you wanted to get into a mediocre school you would have applied elsewhere. 
So you didn't prepare for it much. Okay that's fine, prepare for it and you should do much better.  
Also the GRE doesn't test any college math, it tests math up to college level as it's made for students from engineer all the way to psych/socio who don't have to take anything beyond precalc. It's a test of logic problems, if you're sitting down to physically write out much math you're doing it wrong.  Based on this it seems like you fell for the trap the GRE is supposed to catch people in. 
I could sit here and enthrall you with a history of the socioeconomic status of my family to pity justify myself to you but I won't.  Nothing I said was intended as a derogatory remark, but I'm sorry I may have wrote it in a way that misconstrued it to you as such; additionally dirt poor is an expression in the rural midwest where I'm from.  Anyway you've spent what $50000-150,000+ on an education over 4+ years of life? The GRE's 200 dollar cost (100 with the low-income voucher if you qualify) and a month of study. It's a a small sum by comparison, find a way, I know poorer people than you who have.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5c69/875be977c1de9392dd8392937ebbf606dd18.pdf
This is a very well cited meta-analysis of the GRE and its predictive value for graduate student success and correlates that a good GRE corresponds to success in graduate school.
If you reject this fine, but for the time being the GRE is used by everybody and the system isn't going to change soon.  Don't put yourself out of it due to a stupid test.
 
Anyway, take my advice or don't, but don't try to bite a hand that's trying to do nothing but help you succeed. 

To Rockwizard (sorry unsure how to tag people here, or if that's a thing).  Allow me via the anonymity of the internet to have a frank conversation with you.
You're background in research is stellar.  GPA is a bit low, but nothing bad and as long as it wasn't showing a downward trend in your junior-senior year will be washed out by your research easily. 
That said CU and Harvard (probably Arizona) will look for a few type of candidates coming form a pure undergrad background, these are generalizations but you'll get the point:
Candidate A:  High GPA, High GRE - these are your 'that guy/girl' valedictorian students.  What filters these people out is how much they bank on their high scores to get in.  If they're just in it thinking this is high school and good grades get you everywhere they're likely to be rejected.  They will need a good research focus to be let in, even with top marks. Some risk with these students, top marks doesn't mean good researcher. 
Candidate B: High GPA, High GRE (probably less so than Canid A, but still high), and research experience - these are you admits everywhere. Proven proficient students and proven proficient researchers. The total package.  Almost no risk in them failing.
Candidate C Okay GRE, Okay GPA, and research experience - these are admitted some places, rejected others.  Entirely based on the discretion of the POI and admin council.  Usually what gets these people in is research experience or a SOP that's focused towards a particular avenue of research at that school indicating they'd be a good fit. For example: this candidate might like seismic geophysics and have some background in it.  In their SOP they indicate the seismic geophysics people at that school and discuss briefly how they'd really like to be involved in their work. 
 You're a candidate C, or you could be as your GRE is an issue.  151 on quant is ~43rd percentile or so.  CU and Harvard will see candidates with stellar GREs and GPAs applying,  and almost all will filter out anything below a 50th, and most schools will filter out anything below a 70th (even though they say they wont).  Now this isn't to say you need a 95th+ on everything to beat out all of those 70th percentile cutoff people, you don't, research is far more important than GPA and GRE and you've demonstrated you're proficient in that.  WHAT YOUR GRE IS HOWEVER is this analogy:
You've built a really solid ship, great potential, this thing could sail the oceans for decades, and it's got all the amenities I'm looking for, nice cabin, a pool, open bar ------ this is your research experiences and background
But prior to launching this ship you decided to torpedo the side of it ------ this is your quantitative GRE. 
Now that ship could still float, heck it could make it across the oceans forever.  But if I'm left with the options between that torpedo-ship or another ship that doesn't have a torpedo hole, I'm going to go with the non-torpedo ship.
Get the quant up, it's dragging you down. Consider doing research for a year while you stage for 2020 applications. 
Let me stress this to you:
YOU HAVE A HARVARD, MIT, COLUMBIA, name a fancy school and it fits, application package in the making. But you've shot yourself with that GRE. 
Your PhD is merely delay, not on hold, and it's only delayed a year.  Spend the hundreds of dollars again to retake the GRE, it's trivial compared to how much you've invested in your education already. 
That said I hope you get into Harvard and this conversation is moot. 

My opinion is that you should relax and let your mind be at ease. I believe that on September 1st this year you will be on campus at one of these programs starting the next phase of your education, and all this anxiety will be finding entirely new worries to circle around. I graduated from HDS last year and MarX is right that admission is around 40-50%. I don't know anything about the others but I think you're going to be A-OK.
Once you get to wherever you end up, I agree with you that it's important to take language classes, but focus on what you ultimately want to study and think of your master's education from day 1 as a sort of probationary PhD. IMO the easiest way to get into an elite PhD is to take a master's at the same school, work with (take a class every semester with) the person you want as your advisor, and be yourself (and professional) from the moment you meet them to the moment you ask them to write your reccomendation letters. The people I saw succeed in making the transition from master's to PhD were all people who didnt spent excessive time thinking about their PhD prospects but threw themselves passionately into the research and thrived at it because they loved it (and were also all very talented to begin with of course).
I can't guarantee what the schools will decide, but I think you're going to be fine. If your worse nightmare were to come true and you were rejected everywhere, you could come back here and we'd help you figure out what went wrong and you could reapply next year and I'm certain you'd get in somewhere (I'm also reassuring myself here, because I'm very anxious about my two PhD applications that are out right now and I'm checking my email every 5 minutes for the rejection letters). I think results are released around March 15th so you have a month to go. Best of luck! And let us know what happens.

Many schools offer dual degree programs like MDiv/MBA, MDiv/MSW, or MDiv/JD. These are often springboards for non-profit work and worth considering. 

Most of the folks I know are in the process of doing some form of pivot or another from their current position, it’s just how you package it.

@urbanhistorynerd As to the highest stipend packages, it’s my understanding that the Yale PhD in law has a stipend in the mid-50s.

I spelt her name as Karen instead of Kristen. My brain somehow saw first and last letters and just went with Karen. good job brain. you had one job

I ended my statement with "I am very excited to pursue graduate education at [school]" and miraculously only forgot to change it once... thankfully they let me resubmit my SOP when I emailed the department!

You start your personal statement with this first sentence,  “My path to (insert hoity toity Ivy university) and you send it to schools other than the one you just named....
If it’s any consolation, I still got admission to two of my four tops schools....

I have an MDiv from HDS. It's an amazing, life-changing experience. I wanted to point out that a lot of students enter on one program and switch to the other. The one major difference IMO isn't the thesis, its Field Ed: MDiv requires two of them, and it's a big deal (you'll be spending about 20 hours a week on one, and the the other one is either a full time summer position or another year-long placement). It can be a great opportunity to get experience in something related to your field. I know people who went into a PhD from either program, although I do think MTS is the more common path. I saw a lot of my classmates continue seamlessly into a PhD at Harvard -- my personal opinion is that it's probably the best way to get into a PhD at any school, to start in masters and build a relationship with the person who will be your PhD supervisor. But like I said, MTS vs MDiv is not quite as big a decision as it seems going in because a lot of people change from one program to the other after they get there and see the difference and get a feel for the school.
I also want to add -- be prepared for it to be intense (especially the language classes). It's 100% true that HDS is what you make of it (and I was honestly surprised how much I was on my own to design my program) but it's amazing how much people grow and change in a few short years.

In short, no, one year of Latin is far from enough. Re a couple points made above. No MA in Classics will accept you, since basically all of them in the US require advanced proficiency in Greek or Latin and intermediate in the other (though you might look at 'ancient history' programs). A post-bacc in Classics is your only real option outside of religious studies/theology programs. And yes, if you expect to get into a decent doctoral program in that field, you are going to spend most of said MA in intro/intermediate language classes. There is no practical option here because academia is anything but practical. Catholic University has a great program, but many of its doctoral students are paying (through loans) for it, so that's something to consider (i.e. they might accept you, but expect you to take on 100k+ to get a degree that, in this job market, may not get you any job you want, unless you enjoy adjucting and making poverty wages). As someone else mentioned, many people in this field have two M* degrees; and I'll add that some of us even have two M* despite the fact that we had decent language exposure in undergrad. I'm not saying this is the norm, but it is not uncommon, which means at places like Notre Dame you are going to be applying against applicants who have been studying Latin and/or Greek since undergrad or even high school, through two M*, putting them a solid number of years beyond you.

Hey @Adelei
For an M.Div, most programs (basically none but Harvard) don't even require a GRE score. Every single school I applied to last season only required some essays and recommendation letters. As for a JD/M.Div dual degree program - check out Yale. I looked into it for similar reasons. It is obviously no easy task getting into Yale Law, but they have a proven track record of students earning their JD and M.Div simultaneously.
So, unless you are really committed to Harvard, you shouldn't have to worry about taking a GRE until you're ready to apply for Ph.D programs - if in fact that is something you want to do.

If you were a resident of a Western state you could participate in the WICHE program —it’s a program that allows you to have a discounted tuition and set aside seats for degrees not offered in yiur state.

U of Washington-Seattle.
U Texas-Austin
UNC
 
In that order...

I have lived in LA for the past 10+ years. While I did not go to UCLA for school (too expensive), I have gone to school within the region, have worked in the LA area, and have taken some summer classes (not for UCLA) at UCLA. So I'll try and address a couple concerns. 
Price:
LA is very expensive. Your stipend will not be enough to live on  your own here (unless its 35k+). There are plenty of apartments in the West LA region however, so you shouldn't have any issues with housing. Furthermore, most students and even residents usually room with someone else here, so you shouldn't have too much difficulty finding roommates (can't speak for their quality though). Food here is actually a bit on the cheaper side (compared to the rest of America, especially fruits), so that shouldn't be a problem. Most of your stipend will go to housing, so budget appropriately. 
Public Transportation:
Public Transportation is good, but unreliable here. You name a place in West LA, and you will find a bus that frequents it quite often (business hours only). Busing also runs pretty late, although it does come much less often later at night. If you plan properly, you will not need a car here. We also have an underground metro/train station, and while dirty, it is very efficient and on time/frequent. However, with so many bus routes, if you really want to travel through LA, you will potentially have to take multiple buses. So while it's not difficult to travel through LA via public transportation, it can be time consuming. There is always uber/lyft though too. 
City Life:
Well you've come to the right place. West LA has a looooooot of things to do. You'll never really run out of things to do here, and even long time students/residents will often find hidden gems. There are plenty of events, nightclubs/bars, museums, etc. Something is always going on. We have mountains and oceans, waterfalls and "rivers" (more like trickles of water now), and it's always sunny. So plenty of time to go out and explore. A large variety of culture (chinatown, little tokyo, etc.), amazing ethnic food from all over the world (you think of the country, we probably have it), and a large variety of ethnic celebrations and traditions (street wide events for some ethnic holidays). You will never run out of things to do here during your program. Also, this is just West LA. Once you consider the rest of LA, well....doesn't matter how long your program is, you won't be able to explore it all. 
Opportunities:
LA is a great opportunity for career growth. There is a booming tech, biotech, and finance sector here. Plenty of opportunities for networking and pursuing your dreams and careers (even for small businesses). UCLA has access to a lot of these resources, and finding a job afterwards (depends on major of course) within the LA area should be relatively easy (we have industries for almost all the majors). Competition is of course high/tough, but the opportunity for growth is there. 
Traffic:
If you do have a car, keep in mind, this is a big issue in West LA. People schedule their entire jobs and life around rush hour and traffic.I have actually rejected multiple job offers just due to how bad traffic was during the hours they were offering me. It is very common to usually drive 1-2hr home (when the route is 20-30min without traffic). Traffic is bad for your health, and wastes needless gas. Sadly, all of LA has this issue, so there is no going out of it. 
Outside of the traffic and housing prices however, LA is a great city to live in and explore. While a car would be nice, it is not necessary (although personally, I highly recommend it). 
 

I second this. After my first year a bunch of the cohort seemed to be able to finance round-the-world trips and then I realized that they'd just spent 9 months living rent free courtesy of Family Cash. I make up for it by applying for fellowships while I scroll through their "beach life" instagram accounts (only kind of joking). I would also add that one thing I've seen get to people is the culture of academia--you can ❤️ research and teaching etc but that's only part of this place, and at my school the "I Love History!" folk don't really cope that well. If you're reading these boards I'd be very attentive to the advice you get from anyone attending the schools you're applying to--if someone says "I'm not sure that person really takes students" or "this school isn't strong in your area" then pay attention. It doesn't matter that you received a friendly email from a faculty member, they don't always know what's up in the department as a whole--current grad students are the most reliable source of accurate information.