Yale Div

[mks114]

Anyone here from them for STM or MAR??

[AN74]

Decisions went online about fifteen minutes ago. Some people have already posted on the results page.

[redreverend]

Accepted to MAR Comprehensive

[NervousNellie]

I've been accepted to the M. Div. program.

A few questions:

1. In terms of funding, when people say they got in "full tuition," are they saying they got in with no loans or with a financial aid offer of full tuition that may or may not be made up of various configurations of subsidized and non-subsidized loans?

2. Who is going to the admitted students event?

3. Who is deciding between Yale and other schools and what are the things you are considering? I am deciding between Yale and some other schools, and funding is a big issue for me.

3. Can we introduce ourselves to one another a bit, or is that better saved for the "meet and greet" forum?

Edited March 15, 2010 by NervousNellie

[NervousNellie]

Oh my LOL! I totally mis-read my financial aid letter in my excitement and see that the aid award was not loans, but that I am eligible for the loans for additional aid. I feel...ridiculous!

[divinity888]

1) I got in to the Institute of Sacred Music as well as Yale Div (i want to do religion in literature), so I get my tuition and fees covered. I'd have to take out loans to cover living expenses though, and I think I'm eligible for some of those.

2) I am going to the admitted students day!

3) I am deciding between Yale and Harvard. I'm considering location, personal attention, faculty, study abroad opportunities, a gut feeling, haha. Right now it's a pretty even split. Hopefully attending both admit days will help me decide.

[NervousNellie]

1) I got in to the Institute of Sacred Music as well as Yale Div (i want to do religion in literature), so I get my tuition and fees covered. I'd have to take out loans to cover living expenses though, and I think I'm eligible for some of those.

2) I am going to the admitted students day!

3) I am deciding between Yale and Harvard. I'm considering location, personal attention, faculty, study abroad opportunities, a gut feeling, haha. Right now it's a pretty even split. Hopefully attending both admit days will help me decide.

It's so nice to "meet" you, and I wish you all the best in your discernment about the best place for you. I also look forward to meeting you at the admitted students day, perhaps.

I am sorry, as I should have started with my own introduction. I have an "unusual" hyphenated first name, by which I suspect folks can recognize me when meeting me in person.

My intro: I'm a younger "second career" person (just realized I should add my gender since you wouldn't necessarily know that online...I am a woman) who has been working in a non-ordained position of ministry for a little less than a decade. I have been accepted into the M. Div. program and plan to work toward ordained ministry in a denomination not so common to Yale Divinity.

1. My tuition is covered, but not fees, etc. I will also need loans or other sources of funding for living expenses, which is a matter complicated by the fact that I currently support my family of four on my income. I do qualify for loans, but am hesitant to take much in the way of loans.

2. I am going to the admitted students day.

3. I am deciding between Yale and one to two other schools. The decision does have to include considerations about my family, and at which school I can best remain really present for my children even as I engage in a period of rigorous study. Other factors include pedagogy, opportunities to integrate study and practice, the benefits of theological diversity vs. the benefits of having others "of my kind" present, and of course, the old "gut feeling." I am having a very, very hard time with making the decision...much harder than I anticipated.