Norman G
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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?
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Thats what I got from Vandy, Therewillbeluke...so what do you think that means about funding, if anything? It kind of scared me, but I don't know that my reaction is rational.
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Congrats--that's awesome!
Yes, it is very good for ashley1987 but it makes me nervous for my application
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I heard from Vanderbilt today! I have been admitted with a full tuition scholarship!
Congrats!! By phone, post, or email?
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I know this may not be the proper place for this question, but I am going to ask for you all's opinion here anyway.
I was asked in the last week to give a couple lectures for two different upper-division Bible courses at a local university. My question is whether or not I should send programs an updated CV that would reflect these lectures. A little over a month ago I sent a few programs an updated CV because I had a paper accepted to a regional conference and had a paper published that was previously forthcoming. At that point, the application deadlines had not been reached, so I felt justified in doing so.
Thoughts? Would it be beneficial? Or would I just be being a nuisance to the secretaries?
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.
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Just got an email from academia.edu that several people have viewed my page and read my book review in the last few days. Should I take that to be a good sign that the Duke and Vandy adcoms are checking me out?
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.
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On 1/31/2013 at 12:01 PM, PHDmaterial said:
I also am accepted to WashU, and I'm guessing I'll be at the med center. Did you all just get lucky and know people that were vacating their places, did you call around and look, or use a realty service?
Someone mentioned a light rail. Any opinions on whether it's possible to live near a rail stop and function without a car everyday?
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!
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I'm in a similar, although not as direct, situation: I was accepted to a program that wants to hear by March 1st, however I anticipate that I will not have heard back from everyone by then. Is it okay to ask for an extension if I haven't heard from enough schools to make an informed decision?
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)
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Congrats to whomever got accepted for the HDS M.Div
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.
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One of them listed GRE scores though, so if it is just trolling that is weird. Regardless, people in Religion should ALWAYS list their subfield.
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.
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I think many of your arguments hold true for a BA more than they do graduate studies in philosophy, and I actually think you are quite wrong about future role of MAs. This will especially be the case if/when most PGR ranked programs cut the number of funded PhD spots.
One thing to consider is the attrition rate paired with the somewhat severe lack of jobs. Many programs lose a substantial percentage of their graduate students before they complete their degree, and even still, the relative few who enter the job market face not just stiff competition but an actual lack of employment opportunities. While it may seem authoritarian or fascist for a school or a cadre of schools to purposefully cut their enrollment to compensate for the terrible job market, the alternative is to continue to perpetuate a system that results in a glut of applicants in the market and a corresponding glut of unemployed and overeducated individuals. Is this the responsibility of the schools? No. But it is refreshing to see that they are aware of the issue and are actively trying to resolve it.
You say that as long as they are adults and know the risks then things should remain as they are. But grade inflation and the general tone of pseudo-grooming that goes on leads many, many students to believe that they are the brightest star in the sky, when they are but one among many. Some are not even told about the job shortage that awaits them - and this has been the case for almost 20 years. I should like to live in a world where students are encouraged to seek out graduate programs without a thought for potential hardship that awaits them in getting a job, but that is surely not the world in which we live. I agree that education should be as much about enrichment as it is about pursuing a career, which is why I see MA programs playing a larger role in the coming decades. As MA degrees become more and more expected across the board, philosophy-specific MA programs will serve as a proving grounds that a candidate has ( a ) the chops to complete PhD level course work and ( b ) is sufficiently exposed to the atmosphere in professional philosophy departments so as to weigh whether this is the life he or she would like to lead.
Also, law is facing a similar glut of qualified workers without job prospects, though not to the degree that philosophy is.
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FYI for those waiting to hear back from LSU, they just emailed me. I've accepted an offer elsewhere, so I'll be declining. Good luck.
Magog,
Thanks for the info.
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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!
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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?
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At this point it seems like contacting the department is the better of the two options precisely because everything is sort of hanging in the balance until I get word from them. I can't conceive of how this might hurt my chances of acceptance since I'm sure there are other students who are in the same position. Also, in one case I'll lose my funding if I don't respond by a certain date and therefore it'd be insane for me to hold out for Columbia, especially if I find out in the end that I've been rejected. It would be equally maddeningly to accept an offer only to learn that I'd been accepted to Columbia. In spite of the fact that the deadline is March 15th, I'm going to reach out to the department and request an update probably at the end of the first week of April. I really can't wait longer than that.
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?
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When should I be hearing back from the master's programs, my last deadline was Feb 15th.
I applied to: WI-Milwaukee, Texas Tech, NIU, Univ. of Montana, Houston, A&M, Brandeis, Colorado State, Western Michigan.
If I haven't heard back does this mean I've been rejected?
Thx. :]
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.
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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?
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Anyone heard anything form Memphis? I expected word by now...
There are a couple of notifications up.
Anyone going to U Chicago?
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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?