Jufarius87

my references will be excellent I think. I've known my pastor since I was 12 and I've worked with him/done sermons on his break ... so yea. And one of academic refs is coming from a Phil prof whose class I broke the curve in. :-) Need another academic LOR though.

admittedly, I didnt do as well as I thought. In my defense, a GRE rep actually told me before hand I could take the test and not send my first results if I decided to retake like you can with the SATs.... so I essentially took it as though it was a practice... not that this matters, I dont think it is a valid excuse, I should have done my own research on GRE rules. V: 540 about 66th percentile Q: 730 about 91st percentile Q: 4.5 about 66th percentile not bad, but probably not UChi worthy either. maybe my 3.8 would be good enough to counteract it. idk.

UChi is actually the one "prestige" school that Im not applying to (partially because no other school req'ed GREs, partially because Chicago the city scares me) That said, it is a great school, congrats to you! That 4 out of 150 number scares me if thats for M.Div admissions, for future reference I guess my top choices are Duke and Yale (I think their admit rate is better than that but Im not 100%). Adding to my prior info, no ancient language background (2 semesters of german both As), Pastoral/church offical LORs will be excellent, 1 good LOR locked for academics, dont have another prof who "knows me" so the other academic LOR might be generic.

for a first degree (M.Div)? I realize that in most cases one should not care about prestige in ministry education, however I am contemplating going into military chaplaincy and then continuing my education for a Th.D or Ph.D and teaching at the university level which means where I study will affect my placement. GPA: 3.8/4.0 GREs not req'ed ECs: Treasurer of political organization on campus, V.P of Campus Mock Trial Group, Board Member for Church. Honors: PBK, probably Summa Cum Laude Does anyone know what they are looking for in these kinds of admissions? I've heard everything from "its law school admissions without the LSAT" to "sincerity (in respect to desire to pursue ministry) in the essay is most important" Furthermore, does anyone know what a good Div school would be? Beyond the obvious H/Y/Duke etc. Many Thanks in Advance!