I'm going to apply to this program as well. I've heard good things, and I've been a fan of Friesen's work for some time. Are any current students open to exchanging PMs or emails?
This is actually quite uplifting. It is nice to be beaten by someone who clearly deserves it. I sort of fell into biblical studies originally, and my unimpressive undergrad with mediocre GPA is like an anchor dragging me down.
Rejected for Notre Dame MTS.
MA GPA: 3.6
GRE: 760 V, 660 Q, 5.0 AW
The rejection email said there were 190 applicants and they only took 20 this year instead of the usual 150 with 30 acceptances. It hurts to not even make the waitlist.
I'm with you on the refreshing and logging in to applyyourself. I was told ND would send out decisions by the end of the week so every day has been progressively more anxious. I'm going to go study Hebrew so I will stop thinking about it.
My results:
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)2. Seventh Day Adventist (98%)3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (97%)4. Eastern Orthodox (86%)5. Roman Catholic (86%)
Apparently they don't know what to do with a Baptist that holds to a Constitution view of the body and thinks Genesis and science don't need to contradict each other.
I don't have any insider knowledge, but this sounds right to me. You are in already, so I can't imagine what difference it would really make. It would be really petty for a school to not fund you because you called to ask in the face of a pressing and legitimate reason.
For those also waiting on Notre Dame MTS results, I just talked to Cheron Price and she said results should be out by the end of this week. I'm an extremely placid person, but this anticipation is killing me!