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I can't speak from personal experience but from looking at the website for Harvard Law, all concurrent degree applicants apply as a standalone applicant - they're judged as such (meaning you need to take the LSAT and achieve a competitive score there as well as GPA, have the letters of recommendation, etc). It's only once accepted that your advisors will sit down and hash out a program to get you out ASAP with minimal/if any course overlap. That said, usual concurrent degrees I've run across are in law, business, and, politics/public policy. I went to Yale so my experience is limited to that school where most concurrent students were in forestry, nursing, public health, etc. We all applied to both programs separately, noting it was a joint application but the applications were processed individually and Harvard seems to be the same way. I don't foresee the application being easier b/c you're already a student there, especially if applying for a presitigous school like law, business, or medicine.

Canada I think, but I'll let them speak for them. I recall something about NC bbq, being rejected from all/most US schools, but accepted universally across Canada.

Visiting an UG friend who went to VDS for his MDiv, I can confirm there is a keg on most Fridays. But do understand it's a social thing to try and encourage community, getting people's noses out of their books, and engaged with the students and people around them. From the times I visited, it's mostly MDiv and PhD students (for whatever reason there seemed to be few academic M* students present) and quite a few professors. In fact, several divinity schools I've run across either host official alcohol friendly events on campus or organize "official" events off campus at nearby pubs.

If you're going the academic M* route, you'll want a healthy amount of coursework in Religious Studies.* *I'm assuming a generalist M* degree here. If you're into <insert field here> then you need some UG familiarity with that field. If you're headed in for an MDIV, none really. Intro to HB/NT wouldn't hurt but unless your grad. school lets you test out of it, odds are you'll be doing them again anyway - just more in depth so it's not a waste of time.

http://chronicle.com/article/Average-Faculty-Salaries-by/126586/ Philosophy and religious studies Professor: $85,073 Assoc. Prof: $63,998 Asst. Prof:$53,598 New Asst. Prof: $52,270 Instructor: $43,579 Chronicle's source is the CUPA-HR Even as an instructor this is enough to live comfortably - sure, you're not Bill Gates rich but you're in the wrong profession if that's the lifestyle you want.

Generally no. In some cases, sure. However most programs have merit awards that can cover the full 100% CoA. I don't think Harvard releases (on their website anyway) the specific merit awards and their payout, I've never seen it anyway. But I do know of students at places like Duke, Vandy, Yale, and PTSEM that had 100% of their CoA covered through merit awards. Others had split - 50% need, 50% merit, and any % spread you can imagine. I'd imagine that Harvard has a small handful of 100% merit awards for their best applicants to trap them into accepting but I don't know.

I'd say Vandy is focused into two major areas: 1) race, gender, class (and then into further subfields: African American themes, female centered, etc) and 2) medical

None of us can really answer this, nor can you. Such an answer requires too much speculation and looking toward the future with a hopeful eye. Would it be possible to teach religion courses in an interdisciplinary manner? Sure. There are programs with courses in Psychology of Religion - some schools even have such courses in the Psychology Department AND the Religious Studies Department. That said, they're usually taught by people trained (PhD) in that field, i.e. whomever is teaching in the Psychology department has a PhD in Psychology and the one in the Religious Studies Department has a PhD in Religious Studies. The reason being is that while they're often dealing with the same subject matter, to varying degrees, they'll both approach the subject matter from different perspectives and ultimately want their students to take different things away from the course. I'm going to attempt to speak for mainline seminaries and divinity schools here so I'm bound to err: While a PhD in Clinical Psychology may very well permit you to teach topical courses in pastoral counseling, some fields of practical theology, and very closely related fields. I don't see a school letting you teach a "proper" Religious Studies course. If your goal is to teach religious studies, even with a strong psychology focus - your better off getting a PhD in Religious Studies and channeling your coursework and dissertation with a strong Psychology focus. Vanderbilt is an amazing school to do this at - they've drawn faculty from the Divinity School, the Psychology Department, and clinical faculty who specialize in pastoral counseling. It's everything you could want and obtaining Board Certified Chaplain status so you could obtain invaluable clinical experience is still possible at Vandy.

Indeed, there's still hope for Grumpy cat yet!

Should you feel called to a non-Episcopalian school do NOT fret. Discuss this with your Bishop (obviously), worst-case scenario is your Bishop will send you to an Episcopalian, Methodist, or Lutheran seminary (whatever is closest to your diocese that has been approved) for a year and do a program known as an Anglican Year. It's a year long and designed to get you prepared for Epis. liturgy and to take your comprehensive exams. That said, just about all of your mainline schools have faculty/staff to work with denominational requirements for students if they're not an official Episcopal school. Fortunately you don't want (presumption) to attend Nashotah so you're saved that nightmare. I went to YDS myself as an Episcopalian but I work with other priests who have attended Harvard and uChicago - both had no hiccups in ordination and were not required to do an A.Y. but that depends on your Bishop really. Personal advice, I'd take the M.Div and if you feel unprepared for a PhD still (unlikely), do a STM.

Duke's weather is better but if you lean left on the theological scale, Duke *might* be a little hard. That said, as a YDS grad, Yale has a very seminary feel to it and for a lot of people that's a huge turn off. Yet hit the nail on the head though - Duke obviously has a lot of Methodist, Yale has a lot of Episcopalians - pick your poison. Going through the Financial Aid websites of both: both suggest a yearly budget of around $41,000 but obviously financial aid will take care of a huge chunk of this.

Yes and no. I was notified on a Monday and looking at the results from others, they're all largely on a Friday or Monday. So, I'd encourage others to wait out til Monday and perhaps if nothing come Tuesday or Wednesday, then call.

Traditionally Vandy lets their first round of acceptances know something about the last week of February with some spillover into March. So I imagine there's some still waiting and it looks like Josh J. is in the same boat as you.

Vandy would definitely be a place I'd look, and if your interests were particularly focused on how such spiritual violence occurs within/to female African-American populations, I think they'd be sold even more. While at Yale, I was a MDiv/MSN (psych. nursing), and did work with individuals who turned to their clergy and church-affiliated organizations during and after issues of intimate domestic violence, only to find that such organizations were unsympathetic to their plight and all too often found themselves blamed, encouraged to stay with their partner, or even more grossly clergy used some metaphor to allude to Christ as one who too suffered (suffering/pain as something heroic to undergo). It's a fascinating area and minimal work is being done in it, vocationally or academically so I applaud you for being interested in it. Like I said, my work with it is from a nursing perspective and its psychological impact and less social work though really I think social work is a better fit.

I left the caveat of "If this website gives any accurate indication" for a reason because I took it at face value as "If this is true, that's ballsy on the part of Fordham." But thanks for reading something into my post that wasn't there to begin with.

That's ballsy.

According to their PR guy, he'll be moving into a monastery and dedicating his life to prayer and reflection. I suspect Alzheimer's or some other mental illness is forcing him to resign. The conspiracy theorist are going off about anything from the Illuminati, to the Catholic Church green-lighting homosexual priests and/or female priests and Benedict not wanting his named attached.

I'm torn on returning for a PhD, maybe one day but my diocese paid the leftover for my MDiv (with a generous enough stipend). In agreement they asked me to commit to three years in the diocese. Fortunately as well, my Bishop let me postpone it for a year due to a fellowship so I have no complaints. Dream job: College chaplain at a small LAC in the Midwest (hello Iowa!).

Ask your former Bishop, it's your best bet. Getting your husband to ask your current Bishop for a recommendation, with him not knowing you, puts your husband in an awkward spot, the Bishop too. If need be, take your former Bishop down memory lane - remind him of the things you were involved in, especially things he may have been present at.

I like how Episcopal is listed as an option for "Involvement in Church" - that's a hoot.

ND does interviews for some MDiv applicants, from what I understand it's for applicants that they're on the fence about and they want to use the experience to learn more about you. This process is so intense for ND because of the resources they offer their students, especially the 100% funding. On average I think they extend acceptances to 13 students. I wanted, badly, to attend way back when but was informed that the program was open only to Catholics. I've since been told that this is no longer mandatory, just incredibly rare that they extend an offer to a non-Catholic.

Fuzzy hit it - just be open and honest. That you're excited for the offer and the possibilities, but you're still waiting to hear back from other schools. I don't know how it works for PhD programs, but for my MDiv I was told I had until April 15 (or about there, been a while) to make a decision.

This really depends on the denomination and school in question. If you're a Phelps family level of conservative, Harvard Div. is going to be a nightmare for you.

I suspected she was near Duke too, given that just about the only ThD applicants who come here are interested in Harvard and Duke.

ghost6 and belichick provide good questions, I'd stress meeting with current students especially - ones that the director may recommend but also stop the occasional stranger and ask them the same questions. If at all possible, I'd recommend sitting in on a class or two (preferably non-intro courses) that you have an interest in the material or even the instructor. Way back when, I attended an admitted open house at an Episcopal seminary and sat in on a course where the Professor walked in, handed out his lecture, and then for the next hour stood in front of the class and read them. It struck me as incredibly bizarre so I asked students in the class and it turned out that it's the preferred method of instruction for nearly every Professor at the school. While I like the idea of having readily available, already written notes, that particular style of conveying the material seemed too void and, at least for that class, heavily discouraged discussion so I passed on the acceptance. Since your goal is a ThD, I'd probably immediately ask about language requirements too. Most seem to require French and German off the bat, followed by any additional languages needed for your field. French and German are fairly easy as more and more schools have courses tailored specifically for graduate level reading proficiency and if they don't, there's always the program at Princeton that some schools will accept a grade of B or better in lieu of the actual exam.