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Liora

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  • Birthday 10/12/1988

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  1. Thank you for posting this. I think you've helped me make my decision. Found out the other day that I received Claremont's University Scholars Award. (tuition, housing, and 750$ monthly stipend) -- My heart is torn because I'd love to work with Amy Laura Hall in Durham but there's no way Duke will come close to matching that offer. Claremont will be great though. Philip Clayton is an amazing scholar. Wish that I could say that I didn't care about the YDS admission -- but I'm still so curious! Haha, just got a phone call from Duke in the middle of writing this. I'm in! (No word on funding.)
  2. Congratulations on this huge honor! Definitely well deserved. In other news, I'm another Duke MTS applicant who has not received a phone call. (I saw someone had mentioned that earlier.) I think I'm headed to Claremont... so this wait is a little easier. My thoughts go out to all of you who are developing ulcers!
  3. I suppose that makes sense. I was operating under the assumption that once the offers were out that funding would be difficult to change.
  4. Okay, so problem number two is that YDS offers their scholarships (generally) simultaneously with their acceptance letters.
  5. I'm from TSU too! I went to NCUR last year.
  6. Waiting is not my forte!

  7. Thanks! Isn't it strange to think that this time next month we'll probably know where we are headed? Or at least have a better idea...
  8. St. Olaf Hong Kierkegaard Library: http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/kierkegaard/programs/summerfellows.html (Best summer of my life!))
  9. I see what you mean. I definitely don't want to come off like an assuming prick.
  10. I just received full funding to one program and was wondering if I should alert the two other schools of this. I'm thinking about calling and anonymously asking someone in admissions what the procedure is for that sort of thing. My gut feeling, however, is that it's totally not okay to do this. Though I've heard different opinions from various people.
  11. I used a snippet from my summer research project: "The Problems of Faith, Pathos and Poetry in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling." Looking back, I wish I had spent more time on it but oh well. Your project sounds interesting. I read Derrida a LONG time ago in an aesthetics course but that's about it. Best of luck to you over the next two weeks! (Maybe we'll be classmates?)
  12. So scattered when I wrote this! I actually am applying for the concentrated MAR. Philosophical Theology/Philosophy of Religion specifically.
  13. Thank you! This was quite helpful. Also, I wrote this post way too late in the evening to be fully comprehensible. Sorry for its frenzied nature and grammar mistakes! I can tell already that I'm going to be addicted to this site...
  14. Wish I had found this forum months ago. Oh well. Anyway, I was wondering if you guys could estimate my odds for getting into Yale's MAR program. Also, any information/thoughts regarding YDS is appreciated. I've read everything on here and it's starting to worry me how competitive their comprehensive MAR is. I honestly didn't stress out too much over my writing sample/SoP. Again, now I'm worried that I should have given them more attention. Okay so here's how I look on paper: (hope this doesn't sound braggy?) 4.0/4.0 GPA at a respectable liberal arts university Summer Fellowship at the Hong Kierkegaard Library Six conference presentations - two on Kierkegaard (central research interest, could you guess?) Member of Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa Participated in an archaeological dig in Bethsaida, Israel Co Founder of Students for Middle East Peace President of Art of Living Yoga and Meditation Club Volunteer art teacher at a local elementary school (do they care about stuff like this?) and a winning smile? Ugh, so stressful. I'm also applying to Duke's MTS and Claremont's MA in Philosophy of Religion Speaking of Claremont, does anyone know anything about their University Scholars Award Program? I'm interviewing there next week. Ray of hope in this season of waiting...
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