pax et caritas Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, Honey Bee said: @pax et caritas I got into the Mdiv as well!! Congratulations Have you been notified of your financial aid package yet? Not yet! I was told I'd know within 24 hours. Congrats to you as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m97 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Also accepted into Harvard's MTS Program (Comparative Religions)! Couldn't be more excited!!!! After being offered a full tuition scholarship and a 10k a year stipend from Wake Forest I'm very hopeful for some good financial aid from Harvard. pax et caritas and NTNerd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax et caritas Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Update: I received my financial aid for HDS. 100% tuition! Bit surprised, but grateful. NTNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTNerd Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Congrats to all those who were accepted to Harvard today! pax et caritas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndmtsapplicant2020 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Harvard only offered me 75% tuition. Good thing I accepted that full ride from ND because I'm not coughing up 30 grand for this. NTNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF2F Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Rejoice, too, Harvard Mdiv waitlisters! I will be turning down Harvard for Notre Dame too. Congrats to everyone receiving good news today, and to those with less positive news, hang in there! NTNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m97 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 To anyone who has negotiated scholarships/funding before, I’d love to hear about how you went about doing so, when you think the best time to do so is, and any other insight you may have! conraddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Averroes MD Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, relsidk said: Hello! Can any PhD admits or current students here shed some light on the MA/MTS to PhD process? How guaranteed is it really for one who does all the "right" things in a MA program (good grades, published articles, good recs, etc.) to ultimately be admitted to a top PhD program? It seems like there are quite a few people rejected from PhDs coming from MA programs with very strong CVs. It also seems, however, that most PhD admits have an MA in Religious Studies. Obviously there is no such guarantee, but I am curious to what extent the MA really supports a PhD applicant. Even with generous funding, I'm trying to gauge the pros/cons of investing even slightly in an MA program if the PhD application process is going to be the same lottery as always. Feel free to DM me as well. There is definitely no guarantee. In fact, the lottery odds get much worse -- from forty percent acceptance rate to five. On the other hand, another way to look at it is that the masters is fast becoming a virtual requirement to getting into the PhD. Therefore, it is a (almost) necessary but not sufficient condition of admission to the PhD. Edited March 12, 2020 by Averroes MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hajjibaba Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 16 hours ago, m97 said: To anyone who has negotiated scholarships/funding before, I’d love to hear about how you went about doing so, when you think the best time to do so is, and any other insight you may have! Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonderingPerson400 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Decisions for UChicago are up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax et caritas Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Rejected from U Chicago. I hope the rest of you had better luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucrazay Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Hi all - just heard back from UChicago. I got into the Islamic studies program! Chi-City here we come! Also got rejected from the Harvard MTS where my wife is currently, so that was pretty sad. Good luck to everyone! Edited March 12, 2020 by ucrazay pax et caritas and NTNerd 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF2F Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, PonderingPerson400 said: Decisions for UChicago are up! Looks like only some of them are up? I haven't heard from them - not sure if that's worrying or encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucrazay Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 For some reason I didn't get an email from them just checked and there was status update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax et caritas Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I didn’t receive an email either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonderingPerson400 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 There was no email, I just check the portal and saw a status update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF2F Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Nothing in my portal either. They must have forgotten about me - it's God telling me he doesn't my fun to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sktlab Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Anyone hear back from the PTS masters program yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I got into UChicago MA as well! Would you all mind sharing how much scholarship/aid you got from them? I am trying to figure out where I stand in the program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDD Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 @sktlab PTS is in a bit of a lockdown as everything is switching to an online format for the rest of the semester. I’ve also heard that non essential staff have been asked to work from home - all of which could delay admissions decisions. sktlab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sktlab Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 @JDD oh goodness, I didn't know they had switched for the rest of the semester. hope everyone here and there are staying healthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyarkoSan Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 1:02 PM, Averroes MD said: Congrats! That's a great problem to have. Both are top notch programs. I'm biased to Georgetown but I don't know based on your stated interests. Thank you for your congratulations! I think I am leaning towards UPenn more at this point due to the presence of Jamal Elias, who has done a lot of truly inspiring work on Islamic visual culture. Georgetown seems to lean more towards Islamic law and Arabic Linguistics, but I could be mistaken. Plus, UPenn's manuscript collection and focus upon material studies in general seems like something rarely put to the forefront by schools, and I really would love the opportunity to gain strength in that field. Let me know if this seems like an accurate appraisal of Georgetown though, it's so close to home for me that it'd be a very convenient place to attend. Averroes MD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux et platypus Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 9:25 AM, Fiat said: I had an interview with ISM last month and I think they said the results would come out after March 15. So maybe March 16? Hey @Fiat did they request an interview with you at ism? curious! thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 hours ago, lux et platypus said: Hey @Fiat did they request an interview with you at ism? curious! thanks. Yeah. In mid February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejectedndejected Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 hours ago, lux et platypus said: Hey @Fiat did they request an interview with you at ism? curious! thanks. Does anyone think Yale decisions might go up today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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