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  1. Lux Lex Pax
    I was contacted via email by each university.
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    Thanks. I've been wait listed at Duke, UVA, and Brown.
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    Anyone else here on multiple wait lists? I was just placed on my third one. Ugh. Results so far: 1 acceptance and 3 wait lists.
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    At Emory, the basic stipend is $18k (they also provide a tuition waiver and health insurance). I say basic because it's possible to receive other scholarships through a competitive process from the university (Woodruff, Diversity, and Arts and Sciences) that range from $4-5k extra per year, which is really a great deal considering Atlanta has a low cost of living compared to other major metropolitan areas. One thing that also bears mentioning is that Emory guarantees 5 years of funding and does not make years 3 and 4 contingent on teaching. Teaching is still required as a part of the graduate program curriculum, but unlike most other schools, you still get paid if you don't teach. For me, that's huge; I don't want to worry about teaching and getting paid while I'm studying for comprehensive exams or working on my dissertation. What that also means is that if you complete your teaching requirements earlier in your program, you won't have to stick around in the area while you write your dissertation in order to receive funding. I think this is something to keep in mind as one weighs his/her options.
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    It looks like Emory has begun notifying its admits.
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    I really hate telemarketers. I received a phone call earlier today from an unknown number and got excited. I answered to hear a recorded voice on the other side selling me something. Ugh. What bad timing.
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    I saw acceptances to Emory and Vanderbilt. Congrats! Does anyone happen to know what subfields they were in?
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    Evangelical is a term that imperfectly encompasses a large group of people, so there will obviously be disagreement. However, by evangelical is normally meant someone who believes in 1) the inspiration and authority of scripture, 2) the divinity of Christ, 3) the triunity of God, 4) the need for rebirth and transformation, and 5) the importance of sharing one's experience with others (evangelization). As you can see, the first three (and to varying extents the fifth, although for evangelicals this is more a personal thing, not relegated specifically to missionaries) are common to most of Christianity. The fourth (and maybe fifth) is more specific to evangelicalism.
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    Do you know if they already made their decisions for all subfields?
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    Did all subfields at Harvard announce?
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    I'm nervous, too. But we'll all be hearing from them soon enough. According to the results page, most schools roll out their decisions by around the third week of February. Although there's been movement among Duke, Emory, Notre Dame, BC, Vandy, et al., I think the real action isn't going to happen until Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and U.Chicago begin notifying their top choices because then we'll start seeing movement on the wait lists for these other schools as the top tier students begin to make their decisions. At least, that's my hope because I'm currently stuck on a wait list.
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    I've heard that Emory makes decisions pretty quickly after recruitment weekend. Based on previous years, they should be making final decisions either this week or next.
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    From what I know, they've already contacted their admits in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, New Testament, Early Christianity, and Christian Theological Studies, but I might be mistaken. Edit: I should clarify this comment is in reference to Duke.
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    From the looks of the results page, Duke is rolling out there decisions. Good luck everyone!
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    Neither did I. It caught me by surprise. Maybe they're moving in the direction Yale is.
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    Do you know if the other subfields have made decisions as well or if they are on the same admissions timeline?
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    Congrats! Good luck with the interview.
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    None of these schools ask applicants to supply religious affiliation or sexual orientation information. However, all of them did have a section on their applications, if I remember correctly, where one could choose to identify himself in a racial/ethnic group and provide gender information. Without knowing this information, how can these schools possibly discriminate in favor of or against any group with regard to religion or sexual orientation? Like I stated previously in this discussion, at this point it becomes a matter of fit. In other words, it's about interests, not identity. Yes, these schools prefer individuals working on gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and other identity issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that one's interests and identity must align. For example, many of the faculty at the schools we've been discussing are white, heterosexual males -- just look at the links I previously provided or wander around their websites and look at the faculty profiles; there's no surfeit of minorities on those faculties. My advice if you're a white male -- and to everyone else for that matter -- applying to Phd. programs is to apply to programs where your interests fit well with the interests of the faculty. Otherwise, your chances of admission are incredibly slim. It should go without saying but don't apply to places like Harvard or Union unless you want to write about feminist, liberationist, or post-colonial issues.
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    Harvard Phd program: Underrepresented minority students = 9% Females = 44% http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/religion/program/diversity/harvard/7568 U. Chicago Phd program: Underrepresented minority students = 12% Females = 37% http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/religion/program/diversity/uchicago/7580 Emory Phd program: Underrepresented minority students = 17% Females = 55% http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/religion/program/diversity/emory/7564 White males everywhere should be worried. Demz colored folk are takin' our spots! Lol! I would hope this settles the debate, but I'm sure you'll figure out some way of twisting everything around because it doesn't confirm your firmly-held, preconceived biases. You'll probably still give greater weight to your supposed conversations with each school in which each one supposedly told you they aren't interested in white males, even though the numbers say otherwise. You'll probably also criticize the numbers despite you not providing a shred of evidence to support your claim. But I tried. Sometimes there's just no point trying to reason with crazy.
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    Yes, because anecdote and rumor are much better ways of supporting your claim. FYI, I didn't present the Harvard numbers; I just discussed them, since someone else thought they were useful.
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    I saw an interview with Princeton University on the results page. Anyone know what subfield it's in and whether they've already contacted everyone they're going to interview?
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    My only reason for responding to ghost6 was to counter the narrative that white males are at a disadvantage and are discriminated against. It's a narrative that I constantly hear but which isn't actually substantiated by the numbers. Looking at the Harvard Divinity figures you provided, 66% of the student body is white. That doesn't exactly sound like Harvard is waging some war against white males. Moreover, ghost6 portrays Harvard, and other schools, like the promised land for minority students when in fact minorities are only proportionally represented, according to you. I find it highly problematic that mere proportional representation of minority students would elicit such criticisms. Perhaps it suggests something about the psyche of those who claim minorities are taking over. It's depressing that in this day and age equality should be viewed by some as a slight against their race, gender, sexuality, or religion.
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    Again, you have no verifiable source to support your claims about Harvard, Chicago, Emory, or Union. Merely restating your previous claim doesn't make it true or factual. I cite Duke because they provide actual data. I looked for similar data for the aforementioned schools and couldn't find anything, so I invite you to provide the missing information, since you seem to know so much. Your inability or unwillingness to provide a shred of substantiated and verifiable information makes me wonder whether you're making the whole thing up.
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    First, I cite Duke because it's the only program that publishes the information necessary to make the kind of assessments that you're making. A second and related point is that I cited an official and public source. You, on the other hand, cited supposed conversations with each school in which each one supposedly told you that they aren't "as interested in accepting w-m-h-x." I'm incredulous, but I'll let others decide whether they think your claims are credible. Anyone can say so-and-so told me this, but unless there are statistics or a statement from an official, public source, I don't buy it. Besides the fact that I find it highly doubtful that each school told you this, this statement still doesn't go to show that w-m-h-x are at a disadvantage. For example, someone at one of these schools might have told you this if the w-m-h-x population was already well-represented. That doesn't mean that they're at a disadvantage. It's also possible that you misinterpreted their lack of interest in your areas of academic interest as a lack of interest in w-m-h-x. I don't think a w-m-h-x interested in post-colonial theology would have as hard a time getting admitted as someone interested in systematic or doctrinal theology. There just isn't a lot interest in the latter. Ultimately, it's a matter of "fit," but "fit" is more about interests than identity. Get the difference? As for the mediocre comment, I was only quoting -- ironically -- a prominent faculty member at Duke, Stanley Hauerwas. "In a faculty discussion, Hauerwas defended affirmative action by saying, "We hire mediocre M.A. whites every year, why can't we go out and hire mediocre M.A. blacks?" Augustana's president, Hauerwas says, immediately resolved to fire him." See http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/print/0109/feature.html.
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    Since not all schools publish statistics about their program composition, it's difficult to figure out whether or not white, male, heterosexual, Christians are indeed a minority. Duke provides the most comprehensive information that I'm aware of. Look here: http://gradschool.du...s/admitrel.htm. The fulltime enrollment for their Phd programs in 2011-2012 is 64 students. Of those 26 are female, meaning 38 are male. There are only 9 students of color and 15 international students. That means that there are 40 white students out of 64 in the program (I'm also ignoring the fact that some of those international students might be considered "white"). That's around 63% white! Even if we assumed -- unrealistically -- that the white student population is divided equally between genders, that would mean 20 students are white males. That's around 31%! By this measure, white males constitute the single largest group in the Phd program at Duke. It seems ignorant and misleading to tell someone that they should be "worried" if they are a white male applying for admission when the truth of the matter is this group is well-represented, if not overrepresented. I know some people wistfully reminisce about the day when every mediocre, white, male applicant was accepted to elite programs, but those days are over. Regardless of who you are, you have to be on top of your game.
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