sublimemonk

Debt can be repaid. Time and regret cannot. I would say you should make money your last concern in these matters.

Wait until you get financial aid information. I have it on good authority that most Yale students get at Least 80%-90% tuition reduction. A school like Yale tends to be very generous. Are you gunning for an ethics phd?

In at Yale. That's a huge load off of my shoulders. Congratulations to my fellow acceptees, but (more importantly) commiserations to those who did not get in. This is a terrible process and an inherently stressful one. Remember that the results here do not say anything about you as a scholar and especially not as a person. There's not much else to say on that front.

I must admit, I'm bugging out a little bit. I held it together pretty well until Friday. My rejection from HDS was disheartening (although, it seems as though they like to take people who do not already have a Masters in something, which is their prerogative). If I get rejected from YDS, then I will have to stay where I currently am (I don't want to give details. Let's just say my situation right now is less-than-awesome for my mental health). Contingency would probably break my spirit beyond easy repair. The clincher? I'm visiting my friends at YDS next week. I leave here on Wednesday, and I am considering not opening my decision letter until I am with them (for support, no matter what the decision is). Is this madness?

I feel ya. I'd almost forgotten how bad it was after getting into my current program years ago.

Well, the results page says theology, which houses the Christianity in Antiquity field, if I'm not mistaken. I'm a CiA applicant myself, with my fingers still crossed.

So Fordham has started contacting Ph.D. acceptances apparently. My heart-rate and blood pressure has tripled. I wonder when I should start worrying? I honestly thought I had a pretty good shot at this.