Body Politics
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Seriously, Religion people: Please put your subfields when you submit results!
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Theology?
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Anyone want to claim the Baylor Religion PhD acceptance from today? There's no subfield and I got a buddy who applied to the PhD in Theology who's gnawing off his fingers waiting for his results.
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Pack it in, folks -- we're about to become obsolete:
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Congrats to the two Loyola NT acceptances!
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Accepted to Asbury, awaiting funding details. This is my second acceptance and, while I am waiting for funding details from the other program as well, I am really starting to feel like I am going to end up with some sort of a viable option when this all shakes out.
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This is trivial, but I was really hoping to have one of my favorite scholars as an outside reader for my thesis. I interact with his work significantly, so this wouldn't have been just a 'celebrity dream date,' and it would have been cool to have my ideas reviewed and critiqued by someone whose work has formed the bedrock for many of them.
My advisor emailed him (they are good friends, going back to my advisor's doctoral work in the 90's) but hasn't heard anything back yet. He encouraged me to find someone else. I silently encouraged him to either let it ride or email him again. Out loud, I said:
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Even though I didn't interview with BC, I think that maybe a hip flask of single malt might help.
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Welp, I am sufficiently nervous enough about my doctoral apps to apply to an STM program or two. Just applied to Drew (no app fee, thank goodness). Hopefully this will be a waste of my time and I'll get a great offer of financial aid from LSTC and DU/Iliff (if I even get in there!), but since I've never been great at letting risky bets ride, here goes nothing....
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Rejected at Loyola. Not surprised, but still a bit of a bummer.
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with boston college (where i really want to go) i received an email saying "i hope you'll keep thinking of us because we're thinking of you." but of course i'm not accepted there!
Haha - that almost sounds like a Valentine! Please tell me you got that email last Thursday.
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If it makes you feel any better, you won't be the first guy to break a department's heart. They know how the game gets played; and not only that, but they're smart and have a whole list of eligible bachelors and bachelorettes who the department will be more than happy to shower with affection should you choose someone else.
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The unadulterated joy of my informal acceptance at LSTC on Friday has been replaced by a gnawing worry that the financial aid offer won't be good enough. Waiting for it sucks. Of course today is President's Day, and of course there is a 0% likelihood that I'll receive any notification of the details of my offer today.
Damnable civic holy days! I shake my fists. I grit my teeth. I stomp my feet. I do laundry, try to get back to writing my thesis, and keep telling myself that the offer will likely be good.
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Starting to write was most difficult for me. I am now about 30 pages in, and I know I'll have to do some more reading for my last chapter, but that's on the backburner for now as I write, write, write...
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Sorry about Brite, but congrats on LSTC! I still haven't heard anything yet.
Thanks, man
I think I would have flourished at Brite, but my wife was not keen on TX at all. Even if I had gotten in, I might've had to turn it down to honor her.
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In the span of ten minutes, I was notified that I was accepted at one school and rejected at another.
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I'd lean towards Boston. AA is great and all but it is somewhat limited in size and its distance to other larger, more interesting areas in Michigan. Boston has a lot more going on both as a city and as a nexus of higher ed. You'd have no shortage of resources and scholars to potentially tap between BC, BU, and Harvard. And let's not forget about the great accents and getting to be the quiet Boston intellectual who gets the girl's number and shouts through the window "HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?" I mean, seriously, Boston sounds awesome.
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Hazel Motes gave up Grad Cafe (and some other stuff) for Lent, so he won't see this, but he's been a real sweetheart to me, too.
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Awesome! We should all keep in touch as we move forward in our educations. This might be a bit of a burgeoning network.
Agreed. I'll shoot you two a PM.
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I was accepted into Claremont's joint PhD in Religion/MA in philosophy program last year. When I got the funding information, I saw 50% funding... and then "25% per degree." I don't know who taught them math, but that's 25% funding, not 50%!
Maybe it's "process math."
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@Seatbelt Blue -
I would love to do something like that with Saturday classes or week intensives. There's such a terrible gap between the academy and the church (even the ministers!) and, while I think MDivs help bridge that a bit, it would be even better to offer some sort of free or low-cost opportunity to provide good, life-long learning for people in the ministry, as well as those who are simply interested. -
In all seriousness, though, I want to teach New Testament in a Christian college or seminary.
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Haha, no, actually that is just a funny coincidence. I have always wanted to work in a 'cool' coffee shop, though. Maybe in the future, armed with a postgraduate degree and years of rigorous study, this dream might come true.
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Barnes & Noble Coffee Shop Barista
PhD applications for 2013-2014 chit chat...
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Bum deal, man. I'm sorry.