cr615 Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 I applied to 6 programs... 4 religious studies programs and 2 ethnic studies programs... I've heard back from one (rejection) and total silence from the others...the silence is getting unnerving.
theofan Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Hi, I'm a forum stalker and chiming in for the first time. Curiosity question: is it typical of American universities to keep you waiting for an answer until March even though they have already done their interviews? Do they keep people on the table until the very end, "just in case"? Or do they normally send rejection letters as soon as they have made their first cut? I applied to just one theology PhD program in the USA (plus several outside the USA) and was called for an interview, so I'm not too anxious at this point, but I really feel for those of you who are on the edge and waiting for that special email or call.
exegete Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 It looks as if Duke sent out interview invites yesterday. At least there's a post on the results page indicating such. Can anyone confirm this?
Atlas Obscura Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Do folks know if Chicago Div usually does interviews (phone, Skype, in person)?
Areopagite Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Boston College acceptances have started going out
rejectedndejected Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) On 1/30/2019 at 11:04 AM, theofan said: Curiosity question: is it typical of American universities to keep you waiting for an answer until March even though they have already done their interviews? Do they keep people on the table until the very end, "just in case"? Or do they normally send rejection letters as soon as they have made their first cut? This. They like to keep us waiting don't they? I think admissions committees have a preference for sadists written into their hiring policies. Edited February 1, 2019 by rejectedndejected
HBHB Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 Hey folks, another long-time lurker here reaching the high point on the anxiety scale so I'm posting my anxiety here instead of emailing my faculty contact to ask where they're at in the process this is my second season of applications; had a pretty successful season last year (accepted to Emory, Duke Div, and Duke GDR) and decided to take the year off to get married (so I'm a dumbass in love) and this year I'm only applying to UVA because we're both from this area and don't want to move. Last year I heard back from UVA Feb 1 (I was waitlisted and ultimately rejected)...anyone hear anything yet, or anyone else also waiting for UVA? Cheers to all of you also waiting--may today be our day!
EarlyXianity Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Areopagitis said: Boston College acceptances have started going out Do you know more about how the admissions process works there? Do all acceptances go out at once? How many slots are available in each field? If no notification came yesterday, can one pretty well presume rejection? Thanks!
Areopagite Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 4 hours ago, EarlyXianity said: Do you know more about how the admissions process works there? Do all acceptances go out at once? How many slots are available in each field? If no notification came yesterday, can one pretty well presume rejection? Thanks! Don't know anything about BC's process-- I just heard from a few people who've applied (I did not apply there), and thought I'd share in case it was of interest to particular readers EarlyXianity 1
VoxNRama Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 Is it safe to say that, if you didn't get an interview at a school, you will not get accepted? I applied to ND, BC, and a few others... didn't hear back.
EarlyXianity Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 47 minutes ago, VoxNRama said: Is it safe to say that, if you didn't get an interview at a school, you will not get accepted? I applied to ND, BC, and a few others... didn't hear back. At Notre Dame, the odds of getting in without an initial interview invitation are really slim. I didn't ask to learn if the process was changing this year, but last year, in Early Christianity, for instance, they invited 5 people for interviews for 2 available spots. At other schools, things work quite differently. Some fields will do interviews, and others will make decisions based off of applications. At Duke (GPR/Ph.D), decisions are not made by field. However many spots they have open, they invite that # of people to "interview" but it's really more of a preview day. If any of them, for some reason, don't matriculate, they move down their ranked list in order with offers. So, even if someone in New Testament doesn't matriculate, they might get replaced with someone in Theology and Ethics. I don't know anything about the BC process, so I'm as in the dark as you. There are some professors there with whom I would very much like to work, so I"d like to think that there are still possibilities there, but since they sent out some waitlist notifications, too, I'm not holding my breath. Edited February 1, 2019 by EarlyXianity theofan 1
rejectedndejected Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Hey is Notre Dame already reviewing MTS and MDiv applications? I see on the results page that someone posted a rejection for MDiv on Feb. 4. This seems much earlier than usual. Can anyone speak to this? Having a thought here: Perhaps our suspicion (that there was an unusually small pool of applicants this year) has been confirmed? Maybe schools are notifying earlier because sorting through the small number of apps took less time? Edited February 5, 2019 by rejectedndejected
marXian Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 I know not many on the forum applied to Northwestern, but admitted students were contacted last week. 6 admitted, 3 in American Religions, 3 in Buddhism.
KA.DINGER.RA Posted February 6, 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 6 hours ago, rejectedndejected said: Hey is Notre Dame already reviewing MTS and MDiv applications? I see on the results page that someone posted a rejection for MDiv on Feb. 4. This seems much earlier than usual. Can anyone speak to this? Having a thought here: Perhaps our suspicion (that there was an unusually small pool of applicants this year) has been confirmed? Maybe schools are notifying earlier because sorting through the small number of apps took less time? To my knowledge, MTS can take a while. They frequently offer MTS spots to PhD interviewees that they want to keep in house. balaamsdonkey 1
rejectedndejected Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Any updates from your guys' end? All I've had is radio silence. Despite my previous advice to the contrary, I'm thinking about e-mail programs to see what my status is. I'm sick of waiting. And the late silence usually forebodes bad things.
YogurtYoga Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Those of you waiting to hear from UVA, I was just sent an acceptance. I applied to the Religion, Literature, and Culture section. KA.DINGER.RA, Areopagite and EarlyXianity 3
cr615 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, rejectedndejected said: Any updates from your guys' end? All I've had is radio silence. Despite my previous advice to the contrary, I'm thinking about e-mail programs to see what my status is. I'm sick of waiting. And the late silence usually forebodes bad things. Same boat. You're not alone. I received one rejection that was expected, but total silence from the others. I really do wish programs would inform those they reject as soon as they are passed over and put to the side.
dsafe90 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 I've heard from one program (a PhD acceptance to Chicago Theological Seminary), but am still waiting on my other schools (Luther Seminary, Duke Divinity, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln). I'm expecting a rejection from Duke Divinity School LOL.
rejectedndejected Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, cr615 said: Same boat. You're not alone. I received one rejection that was expected, but total silence from the others. I really do wish programs would inform those they reject as soon as they are passed over and put to the side. Truly. We pay $50 to $100 and spend weeks toiling on our applications. The undiligence of graduate schools in giving us peace of mind and closure (well after when decisions have been made) is indecent and needs to be remedied. I'm not a complainy, high-maintenance kind of guy, but at some point, someone needs to make a stink. Maybe I'm just cranky because I'm shorting out my hard-drive refreshing my e-mail 90,000 times a day.
Faelican Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 Hey folks. Been following this thread religiously and just wanted to provide an update on Syracuse. Just got an email from them today for a Skype interview so it seems they've started reaching out to their preferred candidates. Hopefully some of you folks got some good news if you were waiting to hear from Syracuse. Still waiting to hear from FSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Vanderbilt.
TUKUL.TI.A.É.ŠÁR.RA Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Faelican said: Hey folks. Been following this thread religiously and just wanted to provide an update on Syracuse. Just got an email from them today for a Skype interview so it seems they've started reaching out to their preferred candidates. Hopefully some of you folks got some good news if you were waiting to hear from Syracuse. Still waiting to hear from FSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Vanderbilt. Nice! Best of luck with your interview. I am still waiting to hear back from Chapel Hill, and I recently received an acceptance from FSU. Not sure if that means they already made offers to their preferred candidates, but it is worth noting. Overall, it seems that the application process across disciplines (i.e., Religion, Theo, Judaic Studies, and ANE Studies) is following a pattern similar to previous years, despite speculation from certain posters about the impact of our bull economy on the process. So far as I see on other acceptance/rejection lists, a number of programs listed in this thread tend to reach out with offers between Valentine’s Day week and the last week of February, so I would not be worried about the silence just yet. Edited February 8, 2019 by Nihilisticromantic
Faelican Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 Thanks! Which program did you get into at FSU?
rejectedndejected Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 Just got a letter of rejection from SLU. Oh well, I didn't want to go there anyway.
TUKUL.TI.A.É.ŠÁR.RA Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Faelican said: Thanks! Which program did you get into at FSU? I was admitted into the Religions of Western Antiquity program.
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