Fall 2023 PhD Religion

[apqidakkum]

Have any idea if other concentrations are doing interviews @Yale? 

Edited January 24, 2023 by apqidakkum

[קהלת]

I heard from a reliable source that the Duke GPR committee is meeting this Saturday—my guess is that admission results will probably go out next week. It seems that some subfields held interviews while others did not. That's probably the extent of the information I can find out since admission committee members are sworn to secrecy about waitlist positions, etc. The visitation day will be in person this year as well. 

[thinkwisely]

  On 1/24/2023 at 8:43 PM, קהלת said:

I heard from a reliable source that the Duke GPR committee is meeting this Saturday—my guess is that admission results will probably go out next week. It seems that some subfields held interviews while others did not. That's probably the extent of the information I can find out since admission committee members are sworn to secrecy about waitlist positions, etc. The visitation day will be in person this year as well. 

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Thanks for sharing. Is this about PhD in Religious Study? 

[קהלת]

Correct, the PhD in the Graduate Program of Religion.

[thinkwisely]

  On 1/24/2023 at 8:51 PM, קהלת said:

Correct, the PhD in the Graduate Program of Religion.

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Thanks for this information. Applied to World Christianity concentration and haven't received an interview. Finger crossed. Good luck everyone else. 

[Shrimply Pibbles]

Update: Interview requests at Princeton Theological Seminary (theology) and Yale RLST (theology).

[sktlab]

  On 1/26/2023 at 4:27 AM, Shrimply Pibbles said:

Update: Interview requests at Princeton Theological Seminary (theology) and Yale RLST (theology).

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Congratulations friend, looks like a rejection for me then from PTS and I believe GTU no longer has funding for their students which would make it very hard if I did even get accepted. 

[Shrimply Pibbles]

  On 1/26/2023 at 4:37 AM, sktlab said:

Congratulations friend, looks like a rejection for me then from PTS and I believe GTU no longer has funding for their students which would make it very hard if I did even get accepted. 

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Thank you! Whether this interview with PTS portends your rejection, I'm not so sure. In any case, you've got Notre Dame which is huge! Congrats to you!

[sktlab]

  On 1/26/2023 at 4:42 AM, Shrimply Pibbles said:

Thank you! Whether this interview with PTS portends your rejection, I'm not so sure. In any case, you've got Notre Dame which is huge! Congrats to you!

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lol if it says accepted that’s incorrect, I was also rejected from there.

 

no worries though, congrats to you most importantly!!

[Shrimply Pibbles]

  On 1/26/2023 at 4:53 AM, sktlab said:

lol if it says accepted that’s incorrect, I was also rejected from there.

 

no worries though, congrats to you most importantly!!

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That's my mistake! Thank you, friend!

[Chicago Guy]

Yale RST interview in theology on Friday

Edited January 26, 2023 by Chicago Guy
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[steadygaze108]

  On 1/26/2023 at 4:24 PM, Chicago Guy said:

Yale RST interview in theology on Friday

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@Chicago Guyhow was your interview?

I heard that neither admitted nor denied candidates receive interview requests - only those on the fence.

Did you get any ideas how the process was unfolding?

Let us know!

[Susan12]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had gotten an interview from Harvard yet?

Thanks so much!

[apqidakkum]

@Chicago GuyHow was your Yale interview? Let us know

Edited January 27, 2023 by apqidakkum

[Shrimply Pibbles]

  On 1/27/2023 at 11:14 PM, apqidakkum said:

@Chicago GuyHow was your Yale interview? Let us know

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Also curious! I also interviewed with Yale yesterday. Seemed to go well. Did they mention any next steps to you?

[cosmic_chariot]

  On 1/27/2023 at 8:37 PM, steadygaze108 said:

@Chicago Guyhow was your interview?

I heard that neither admitted nor denied candidates receive interview requests - only those on the fence.

Did you get any ideas how the process was unfolding?

Let us know!

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Really?  I always thought interviews were issued out for candidates who are shortlisted? I also heard source (in Yale) that Yale's policy was to require all admitted candidates to be interviewed?

I really hope that what you heard is true because I am here burying myself in a completely demoralized spirit as I still haven't even receieved a single interview invitation :((

[DavidX]

Has anyone heard anything about Stanford or Emory?

[steadygaze108]

  On 1/28/2023 at 11:22 AM, Shrimply Pibbles said:

Also curious! I also interviewed with Yale yesterday. Seemed to go well. Did they mention any next steps to you?

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Say more about your interview, please. Seems like both you and @Chicago Guy submitted apps for Theology at Yale. Maybe they’re narrowing down the list on that field.
 

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by steadygaze108

[Shrimply Pibbles]

  On 1/28/2023 at 3:16 PM, DavidX said:

Has anyone heard anything about Stanford or Emory?

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Emory's recruitment weekend (RW) is in a couple of weekends. Interviews for theological studies (TS) subfield happened in early January. I've been invited to RW along with 2 other candidate for TS. Not sure what the process is for other subfields. As far as Stanford, I have a friend who applied to Religion in America there and interviewed about a week ago.

 

  On 1/28/2023 at 3:26 PM, steadygaze108 said:

Say more about your interview, please. Seems like both you and @Chicago Guy submitted apps for Theology at Yale. Maybe they’re narrowing down the list on that field.
 

 

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Received the interview request on Wednesday. Interviewed with Tanner, Jennings, Turman, Granby, and Herdt. It seems, based on a conversation with a friend in his 5th year there, that all admits will be interviewed.

[Chicago Guy]

My interview experience at Yale matches Shrimply Pibbles. They did say that they were now in process of interviewing short list candidates. No timeline was provided. 

[DavidX]

  On 1/28/2023 at 4:03 PM, Shrimply Pibbles said:

Emory's recruitment weekend (RW) is in a couple of weekends. Interviews for theological studies (TS) subfield happened in early January. I've been invited to RW along with 2 other candidate for TS. Not sure what the process is for other subfields. As far as Stanford, I have a friend who applied to Religion in America there and interviewed about a week ago.

 

Received the interview request on Wednesday. Interviewed with Tanner, Jennings, Turman, Granby, and Herdt. It seems, based on a conversation with a friend in his 5th year there, that all admits will be interviewed.

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Geez. American religions is what I applied for and haven't heard anything from either.

[steadygaze108]

Eerily quiet in here... 

I have an academia.edu account, and my analytics tell me that some professors at some of the universities I applied to have been visiting my profile and looking at the papers I have uploaded there...

Just a way for me to pass time, I guess!

[Shrimply Pibbles]

Interviewed with PTS (systematic theology) this morning. Was the most challenging interview so far. Was also my favorite so far, fwiw.

[KaleTomaToe]

  On 2/1/2023 at 4:15 PM, Shrimply Pibbles said:

Interviewed with PTS (systematic theology) this morning. Was the most challenging interview so far. Was also my favorite so far, fwiw.

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In what ways was it challenging? What kind of questions did they ask?

[KaleTomaToe]

Got a rejection from Duke GPR PhD this week! Certainly doesn't boost my confidence for that to be the first official response. But two interviews coming up next week.