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Norman G

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  1. I plan on attending the prospective student day this thursday. Do you know anything about the Divinity School's placement record into PhD programs (from the MDiv specifically), including their own?
  2. It's between University of Chicago and Vanderbilt for me. I currently live in Chicago but I have already made friends with some great people who are/will be attending Vanderbilt. Planning on applying to PhD programs upon completion of the M.Div. I am nearly fully-funded at both institutions. Any advice?
  3. Josh, I received the same same email. In the past, those who were accepted to both the MTS and MDiv, and did not receive a fully-funded offer, were given around 70% funding.
  4. Most of the programs I applied to have massive endowments (far beyond the billion dollar mark) and I’m considering asking for more funding than a couple of schools initially offered. That being said, what are the rules for requesting more funding from a school? Are schools, divinity schools in particular, accustomed to applicants asking for more funding? Finally, can it hurt to ask?
  5. Still nothing for me either. I assume I'll be offered admission but, at this point, I doubt it will be accompanied with a nice scholarship.
  6. Josh, Vanderbilt is so strange. A friend of mine, who called the school, was told that admissions decisions would be made by the first week of March. It's quite weird how these few Vandy acceptances have been like a week apart from each other.
  7. I'm not sure either. I really wish departments could save us some grief and send all notifications at once--I mean I'm sure those gifted few wouldn't mind waiting a few days to receive their acceptances.
  8. Yes, it is very good for ashley1987 but it makes me nervous for my application
  9. Like you said, I think it mostly depends on whether the application deadlines for your respective programs has already passed. If so, I would probably avoid the urge to send an updated CV as it would be inconvenience to the department (and, imo, it might cause the department to re-question the original strength of your CV). You don't want to raise an unnecessary red-flag at this point in the game.
  10. Certainly isn't a bad sign. I think you are safe to assume that it is probably someone on the admissions committee at these institutions doing a basic google search on you.
  11. Norman G

    St. Louis, MO

    Yes, I would say it would be "possible" to live in St. Louis (especially around WashU) without a car. Your admission to WashU will come with a yearly pass for unlimited Metro-Link rides (which includes all buses and the train). The Metro can get you from downtown to the airport in about 25 minutes. However, parking is fairly available in the downtown St. Louis area (when compared to other large cities)--so, if you decide to bring a car you should be able to do so at a fairly reasonable cost. Best of luck!
  12. Alternatively, I don't think it would be inappropriate to inform the schools, at some point in February, that you have a acceptance deadline for one or more program on March 1st. Yet, at the same time, you wouldn't want to influence their decision on your application by informing them that you have offers elsewhere. So, maybe your method is the safest. (This thread might help some)
  13. It has to be fake. I was told by admissions that decisions for the MDiv would be made, at the earliest, on the third week of February. I have wondered, after suffering a great deal of stress due to a fake-result post last year, if perhaps the individuals who post false data on the result page do so in an attempt to "stimulate" the admission decisions at certain schools. Whatever the reason, the fake results certainly cause a fair amount of stress.
  14. Well yeah, posting GRE scores only adds depth to the charade. Some people get-off on knowing that they have personally caused another to feel anxiety.
  15. Magog, Thanks for the info.
  16. Not necessarily. It is important to consider how the individual who posted the acceptance received notification. If, for example, the poster received the acceptance via postal-service then it could likely be the case that yours is in the mail and simply took more time to arrive to you than it did the aforementioned poster. Also, even if the acceptance was sent via email, though slightly more troubling, it does not mean that you are necessarily out of the running. Most programs send personal emails to those students who are accepted—so, it could be the case that your name is simply further down the list than other candidates. Best of luck!
  17. philos, Thanks for the great information. Given that there are no survey results posted for LSU, can you give us a potential time when you feel we should expect to hear back from the department concerning our Fall 2012 applications?
  18. I'm in the same boat. I have a couple of offers but have yet to hear back from my first choice school (and I don't expect I "officially" will until just before April 15). LeFresne, do you have any thoughts on how to go about constructing an appropriate "request application status" email? On the one hand I don't want to come across as desperate to the admissions department; but, at the same time, I do want to stress that I have other offers. Any ideas?
  19. I do know that Colorado State and NIU have sent updates via "myNIU email" and "myCSU email." In short, to access these notifications check the email account that was created when you submitted your application.
  20. I’ve searched through this forum for any information concerning the appropriate time to solicit a response from the schools one has applied to. I have managed to find a few helpful pointers, but I still wonder if, by this point in the game, it is ever wrong to inquire into the status of one’s application. I should mention that the schools I am thinking of soliciting for responses are very small and, as such, have no previous application season’s information available on the results search (so, I don't know when I should be expecting final word on my application). However, that being said, the aforementioned schools’ application due-dates were rather recent (February 15, February 20, and March 1). Regardless, can it ever hurt to inquire into one’s application status? Even if the school is nowhere near finalizing their list, can it hurt to show the school that you are interested in them?
  21. There are a couple of notifications up.
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