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RyanN

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  1. Hey, I have just started at Fuller, and have found it very amenable to those sympathetic with the Anabaptist wing of the church. Nancey Murphy is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren and sympathetic with virtue ethics, and Yoder/Hauerwas' work; also Erin Default-Hunter is here, a Mennonite and a narrative theological ethicist herself. It's not a fit for everyone, but it's worth a look. Peace!
  2. Maybe this is too late, but I wonder about getting an M.Div. as a back up if you know you want to go on and teach. I'd do an M.A. or M.T.S. if I were you.
  3. Sure thing; I'm with you on wanting to hear, but it could be a photo finish. Basically what I heard was I was a strong candidate and they wanted to admit me but since my Master's is an M.Div., they could not admit me straight into the PhD program. The email was solely meant to gather information and gauge whether I would "be open" to taking an offer of admission into the M.A. program with the understanding that after one year (I guess of proving my chops) I would be transferred over into the PhD program. This, of course, raises issues of funding, as the MA isn't funded while the PhD is, but whatever. I said I'm "open" to it, and that was the last I'd heard. I saw somewhere March 15th (or did I dream that up), so I think we shouldn't be holding our breath for anything before that. Now can I ask, what concentration did you apply to work within at McMaster, and where else have you applied?
  4. Accepted: Fuller (with a fellowship) Unofficial word: McMaster (admission into M.A., on track to PhD after a year) No word: Dayton, Baylor (what's taking them so long?) Rejected: Duke (ThD), Marquette, Notre Dame I assume I'm waitlisted at Baylor since I haven't heard anything, but who knows. I do wonder how long Dayton will take to notify; anyone have an idea about this?
  5. I hear you. I'm American and got an email with info from Dr. Kroeker there, but that is it. Since then, basically no info. The late notice is not helping them in the decision process!
  6. Me too. It was terse, given the amount of time and energy spent applying. On the other hand... what more could be said?
  7. RyanN

    ThM Funding

    Just wondering if anyone had information about ThM programs. Number one, are they worth doing for someone wishing to eventually get a doctorate, and two, is there any funding available for it?
  8. Duke's ThD has sent out their letters, FYI. I wonder: does anyone out there know if Duke's ThD does a waitlist?
  9. Nothing I'm saying here is new info, but I think it's reliable. 1. It varies from school to school, and program to program (that is, they aren't looking for as high of scores when applying to Master's programs as opposed to Doctoral programs). 2. Some have a hard cut-off, period. Yale and Duke are the main one's I've heard; Chicago and Baylor are similar there too, but not as rigid. 3. The majority, I think, do not need the Quant to be very high, but just respectable; I've heard over 600 at the lowest. I have a friend who applied to doctoral programs one go round with a V700 and Q4-something, and got in basically no where; the next round he pulled the Q up to 600 and got in to places he wanted. 4. That is to say, I haven't heard anything about a combo-score, although that's certainly nice to have. That doesn't mean it's not important at certain schools, I just have never heard it talked about in that way. 5. Other than the purely aesthetic quality of a number (710 looks so much nicer than 690 on paper!), I think percentiles are probably the most important thing at most schools. I told one program in particular my score, and their only question was, "What percentile is that? Oh, no problem". Just what I've collected over the past year or so concerning the principality and power known as the GRE.
  10. Thanks! Do you think an email to them asking for a straight-rejection would be inappropriate? I only ask because my wife is applying for jobs in the various cities I'm applying to, and it would save us some time and money to know a "no" right now. Is Baylor unique in doing these interviews?
  11. Hey, Sorry, but what does this mean if you did and (especially) if you did not receive one?
  12. Was that personal email from Baylor?
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