I'll be attending the University of Aberdeen, Scotland for a PhD in Practical Theology (Ethics)
Stats:
UG GPA: 3.2 from a Baptist College
MA (thesis), MDiv, ThM (thesis) from a Baptist Seminary with a 4.0 in the ThM
MA in English (3.93) from a state university
A few conference papers presented, one published article, and several published book reviews.
Things I would do differently: i took the GRE twice and even took one of those six week long GRE prep classes. Yes, my Quant. score shot up 160 points, but UK schools hardly ever require GRE scores. How ironic.
I have been looking at Aberdeen's theology department for about three years, but put it to the wayside because there is little funding opportunities available to international students as compared to doing a PhD in the states. I applied to quite a few programs here in the US, but didn't get any offers with funding from a school I really wanted to attend, so I looked towards the motherland. I think I ended up going 3 for 9 in terms of acceptances and rejections.
-If I had to do it over again (which I sincerely hope I do not) I would probably spend more time visiting schools, and designing a statement of purpose around certain professors rather than taking the shotgun approach and sending a similar SoP to most of the programs.