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JF2F

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    Midwest
  • Application Season
    2020 Fall
  • Program
    Master of Divinity

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  1. Nothing in my portal either. They must have forgotten about me - it's God telling me he doesn't my fun to die.
  2. Looks like only some of them are up? I haven't heard from them - not sure if that's worrying or encouraging.
  3. Rejoice, too, Harvard Mdiv waitlisters! I will be turning down Harvard for Notre Dame too. Congrats to everyone receiving good news today, and to those with less positive news, hang in there!
  4. Harvard has sent all offers and waitlists for Phd only, or for MTS/Mdiv too?
  5. Thanks for the feedback! I hope you're right. Can anyone offer insights into how important diversity is to admissions boards? I know it can vary from university to university, but in general, are your odds of getting accepted marginally higher if you're a minority? Drastically higher? Not higher at all? I've heard conflicting reports on this from professors. What have others heard?
  6. New here - first time applying to grad school, wondering about something. I applied to five top-tier MDiv programs (UChicago, ND, Harvard, Yale, Duke) and as much as I am confident I can be successful there, it's hard for me not to think they'll throw out my application pretty quickly, since my undergrad GPA was atrocious. I started out in engineering and really struggled for a few semesters before switching to theology. My major GPA was 3.5, but because of the extreme damage from the engineering courses freshman and sophomore year, my overall GPA was below a 3.0. I graduated undergrad in 2014 so it's been a while, and though I did take a master's course this last fall and got an A, it's only one class so that 4.0 grad school GPA really won't mean much to them. My professional and ministerial experience is great, and I got recommendation letters from some pretty heavy-hitters, but I wonder if none of that will matter since I don't know just how low of a GPA admissions boards are willing to overlook, despite circumstances like changes in majors. Part of me felt like I shouldn't have even applied, but I figured the worst that happens is I'm rejected and I apply again next year to other good - but not quite top tier - schools. I'm confident in my abilities, but feel hopeless these schools will take a shot on someone with my academic past. Should I abandon all hope?
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