cosmo92
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2 minutes ago, _Athena_ said:
I just got an email from them about graduate diversity resources and almost had a heart attack but no word on admissions results yet!
I got the same email, had me fooled for a second lmao
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25 minutes ago, arewethereyet said:
My partner interviewed and they said to expect decisions around the end of the month (February) for BU.
I heard the same thing after my interview too
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8 minutes ago, KungFuKenny said:
I understand this energy lol. I’m thankful for the kindness and mutual support on this page. I’m not sure how I’d feel if it were as competitive and ugly here as the process feels like it might be in my mind.
Anyway, I’m also facing multiple rejections so with you in the season of mourning/despair/(hopefully)hope.
Time to buy a patch of land in wyoming and start a cult ???
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GOT REJECTED FROM BC HELL YEA LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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2 hours ago, crossroadsph said:
I am expecting results from Drew and BC anytime soon. My POI at the former school said that he was expecting results to be released as soon as possible, if they haven’t already, and expressed the hope that I would join them there.
I am not too confident about that, but we’ll see.
I'm waiting on BC too (ethics), I've received interviews for BU and Marquette but aside from that its been complete guessing and waiting which sucks
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9 minutes ago, alizeh55 said:
I also really wonder how admissions works in "religion" departments. If you have several tracks, such as Islamic Studies, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. but only take 10 applicants a year, are you essentially taking one from each discipline or just choosing the best applicants overall?
I've been wondering the exact same thing; especially now that fordham has released some decisions, I wonder how my track (theological ethics) ties in with the other tracks and the subsequent decisions made; so frustrating
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2 minutes ago, thiscalltoarms said:
No informal phone call here, but my status update was a Fordham acceptance as well. I was waitlisted at Fordham last year and they kept me on the WL til mid-August (assuming I'd have gotten in if international students couldn't get to class because of COVID restrictions? Why else keep someone on a WL until 2 weeks before classes start?)
Which subfield did you apply to?
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6 minutes ago, thewaiting said:
So this might not be comforting, but I feel like getting an interview is a BIG deal and even if you don't get accepted it means you were qualified enough for the program (ie smart enough, talented enough, recommended enough, interesting research...). I think with such crazy low numbers this year, it feels a bit like a lottery. I guess what I'm saying is that it's not a reflection on you if you don't get in.
I do wonder the same thing though – likelihood of getting in after getting an interview. Like, is it just a "you're not crazy and we'll take you" thing for some unis and a "be articulate, charming, "good fit" and impressive" for others?Ahhhh yeah hahahah
I was waitlisted at Marquette after an interview so I feel like the "good fit" thing definitely takes precedence, especially this year maybe. Worst case scenario I get to tell my future grandchildren that I had a phd interview with a top theologian while sitting in a storage closet on Zoom haha
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2 minutes ago, thewaiting said:
I heard from a current UVA grad student that they are accepting 4 phd candidates this year (department email went out with this info a couple months ago I believe), so...yeah that sucks. Maybe it'll be more than that for some reason, but I think Covid cuts are just brutal this year.
The waiting game is the worst.
My close family friend is an assistant professor in philosophy and, toward the beginning of 2020, told me that graduate application processes are sadistic in so many ways and now I finally understand what she meant haha
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One thing I am still thinking about is this year's relation between interviews offered and number of acceptances agreed upon. Do you guys think that there were less interview invitations given out in general or that the interview invites stayed relatively the same while the acceptances decreased. I hope the former is the case because I want to feel as if my interview invitations were signs of at least a little good news lmao
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58 minutes ago, beorn1968 said:
- not that it matters at this point, but anyone hear anything from UVA?
i'm still waiting too, pure torture
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12 minutes ago, stlmo said:
Is it just my imagination, or do there seem to be fewer reports for our field over on the results page than there have been in previous years?
Its alarming lmao
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Anyone else apply to Fordham's Theological & Social Ethics track?
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5 minutes ago, amam said:
Three faculty members. How many were present at yours? Also, do you have any idea how many students they take in total? My POI had mentioned it was very competitive.
'A few weeks' also seems far! I was hoping, considering past years, that they might get back to us this Friday. Well!
There were four at mine. Not sure how many they're taking this year, but I know its been reduced pretty significantly which sucks haha. Also I wish more than anything that we would find out this Friday but I'm not getting my hopes up lmao
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34 minutes ago, amam said:
Hey! I wish you the best! Seems like a good interview to me! I mean, a laugh has to be good thing, right! lol
I also interviewed at BU last week - theology, ethics, and philosophy track. What track did you apply for, if you don't mind sharing? Plus, did they mention when we might hear back from them?I applied for Track 3: Practical Theology. I think they said we'd hear back in a few weeks. How many people were present during your interview?
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1 minute ago, _Athena_ said:
From the sound of it, your interview went well! I would say a congenial atmosphere is a good sign, but I suppose you can never be certain with these things, unless you hear it straight from the horse's mouth. At the end of my UNC interview, my POI said that they were going to make a case for my nomination, but I'm not sure everyone would be that direct.
Anyway, I definitely forgot some things I wanted to say and said some things not as eloquently as I would have wanted to, but I still got in. I'm sure any reasonable professor will understand the major anxiety factor that goes into an interview. I'm wishing you the best of luck and hope you get in!
Reassuring to hear! Thanks! I suppose we are our own most intense critics
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This is a general question for all:
What do you think are signs or indicators of an interview having gone well? What were some of your interviews like?
I just finished an interview with faculty at BU and feel good about it; it went 5 minutes over and the conversation was lively/there was laughing lol. Do any of you feel as if the interview setting itself sort of makes you forget things you felt like you really wanted to say? Does the interviewing faculty acknowledge the fact that some things might be left out? Idk obviously it varies for each program and candidate, I'm just riffing at this point lmao
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17 hours ago, ypastorpat said:
This last week I got a rejection from Stanford and waitlisted at Marquette as well. Same as cosmo92, Dr. Dempsey said I was high on the wait list. For what it's worth, something similar happened to me when I applied there for the MA program, but then I ended up getting in and funded. So I still have hope about it.
No word from SLU or Chicago yet though.
What concentration are you applying for?
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16 minutes ago, Deep Fried Angst said:
@cosmo92, most years there is some, though not a ton of waitlist movement. Marquette tries to get acceptances out early, but that also means people typically sit on them until they hear back from other programs. Once ND, BC and others get theirs out, you might see some more movement. You can always email Dr. Dempsey, the DGS, and she'll do her best to update you. Since there's not a set number each concentration get within the program, sometimes you might get some movement if one other concentration is getting declines of their acceptances. If you are high on the waitlist, I would say there is hope, though some years (like mine) everyone in a particular concentration may accept the admissions offer immediately and no waitlist movement happens.
(Marquette PhD Candidate here)
What concentration are you in if you don't mind my asking? And what year did you apply? Dr. Dempsey has been incredible in terms of communication.
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Did anyone else apply to Marquette's Theological Ethics program or any theological program at Marquette. I just got an email informing me that I was waitlisted so I'm just trying to gauge how hopeful to be or what to realistically expect. The graduate admissions director noted that I was towards the very top of the waitlist order but I have no clue as to what that actually entails.
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Does the fact that two people (at least on Gradcafe) have received interview invitations from Boston University this past week essentially assure a rejection to be arriving to me in the next few weeks? Confused as to how I should gauge what I'm seeing on here lmao. I applied to the Practical Theology track. Does anyone have any insight into the way BU handles interviews?
Fall 2021 Religion PhD
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Accepted to the MA program at UVA. Was wrestling between this or the PhD program at Marquette but finally decided that I'll be heading to UVA to work with the faculty that I'm more inclined to study with and re-apply once I complete this new degree. Love you guys !