1. Where are you definitely applying / not applying?
I'm going to definitely apply:
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Berkeley
U Wisc. Madison
Catholic University of America
Brandeis
M.T.S. Harvard Div (only because they have all my materials on file from the last round, and I just have to send three more things and my app will be complete)
Not entirely sure (I plan on putting a lot of energy into the above applications, so I don't know if I"ll have time for the following):
U Mich
U Toronto
NYU
2. What discipline(s)? (Religion, Theology, PR)
PhD - Hebrew Bible, with an emphasis on textual criticism and Northwest Semitic languages
Secondary interests: Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages and morphology, Northwest Semitic epigraphy
3. What did you learn from the last round?
1) Nothing is guaranteed - have a back up plan.
2) You can always make yourself competitive in some way - don't stress yourself out that you can't do everything.
3) GPA / GRE won't get you in - invest on your personal statement.