HDS master interview 2023

[thinkinganame]

Hello everyone! 

As part of the application process, HDS will send interview emails to some applicants of MDiv and MTS in late Jan./Feb.

1, Has anyone received such invitation this year?
2, any tips from last year applicants? what questions did they ask? 

 

Thanks in advance 

 

 

[faithgirl]

I haven't heard anything yet, but am hoping to. Has anyone been invited yet?

[Sisko23]

Greetings, 

Not sure it's appropriate to inquire, as the poster above did, "what questions did they ask?"

Let's remember we're applying to DIVINITY SCHOOL. As such, we're expected to be role models of ethics. 

Just food for thought...

 

[faithgirl]

Maybe you can just opt out if you think it's inappropriate. We are Div School applicants -- that doesn't mean we are supposed to decide ethics for OTHERS.

SHEESH. 

[Sisko23]

Greetings, Faithgirl

Pointing out the inappropriateness of a particular line of inquiry is not a matter of "deciding ethics for others." The original poster's question is tantamount to asking a classmate "what was on the exam?" 

If you in particular are totally ok with that as someone entering Divinity School, where -- yes -- we do deal with ETHICAL issues in society, then, alas, that reveals the type of Divinity student and subsequent professional you will be.

Maybe you can serve in the next Trump administration, as his spiritual and ethics advisor. You appear to have comparable values.

Nevertheless, thank you for your prudent suggestion that I hop off this thread, considering the caliber of participants on it currently. That is good counsel.

Accordingly, I am now signing off... No further reading or writing here on this thread. Stay safe and well, all.

[BBH]

There are, of course, lots of perfectly ethical ways to reply to this question. Instead of thinking of it as "what was on the exam?" we could, for example, think of it more like "what is the *format* of the exam?" If there are charitable and uncharitable ways to interpret a question, then I would hesitate either to condemn it as "inappropriate" without clarification, or to condemn a stranger on the internet as a Trump-level moral vacuum.

Personally I'm just waiting and hoping, and curious to hear anyone else's news :)

[faithgirl]

Yes, Sisko, you do seem to be the sort to hurl insults and run -- after denying you issued ethical condemnation, which you did.

I'm glad you've left the thread and will pray for your healing.

 

[m3892]

Hi everyone - I applied to the MRPL program. Haven't received any communication from HDS besides the "your application is complete" email on 1/25.

[pcluv]

I also applied to the MTS program and haven’t received communication beyond an email on 1/24 that my application was completed. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by pcluv

[Hesed2023]

I also applied to the Harvard Divinity School MTS program and haven't received any email regarding the interview. 
Will every applicant get an interview? or just those who are selected? does anyone know about this?

[BryanLiu]

Hi guys, I am an international student applying for MTS program. To update everything about the application: I submitted my application at 5th of Jan, got an "application was completed" email at 27th of Jan. But haven't received invitation for the interview.

 

[faithgirl]

Hesed, Not everyone is interviewed. Select applicants are. Good luck! 

[m3892]

Wishing everyone on this thread the best of luck! Hopefully we hear about interviews soon...

[faithgirl]

Today, I was invited to interview for an M.Div. slot. 

[BryanLiu]

Thanks for sharing Faithgirl, congrats!

did anyone else applying MTS program received the interview invitation?

[Hesed2023]

I've applied for MTS program at HDS, but heard nothing about interview yet.
 

[Chrysomallos]

Hello all!

I applied to the MTS program and interviewed late last month.

Wishing everyone here the best of luck!

[m3892]

Applied to MRPL and no news!

[thinkinganame]

Does that mean applicants who do not receive interview invitations won't be accepted? 

That is to say, are interviews the Must processes for all MTS MDiv students who got the offers last year? 

[MTS2023]

1 hour ago, thinkinganame said:

Does that mean applicants who do not receive interview invitations won't be accepted? 

That is to say, are interviews the Must processes for all MTS MDiv students who got the offers last year? 

I think so but l can’t figure it out for certain. I’m tempted to ask but always shy away from bugging admissions reps.

 

I applied to the MTS for this fall; no invitation yet. Who knows if they go down a list by name, program, etc.

[m3892]

Today’s “while you wait” email from HDS was very reassuring!!

Edited February 9, 2023 by m3892

[Hesed2023]

13 hours ago, m3892 said:

Today’s “while you wait” email from HDS was very reassuring!!

I know!!.. hope to see you at Harvard bro!

[DharmaBummer]

I had my Mdiv interview on week ending February 3. Now the wait. 

[steadygaze108]

If you have been interviewed, this is a sign that you are on the list be admitted.

Now, I don't know if they interview more students than they can take and then narrow down the list.

I doubt it because HDS accepts a large cohort of more than 100 students - at least for the past two years.

I am currently at HDS. I helped a friend of mine with his HDS application - after having been denied admission three times by HDS.

None of the times he was denied did he receive a request to interview.

The year he was admitted, he did get one!

Good luck!

[DharmaBummer]

I already wrote to steady gaze, but I wanted to give a more public show of thanks for the comforting words.