Fall 2025 PhD Religion

[MaryHildegard]

Interview invite for Brown! I applied last year and got rejected lol, so I'm glad I evidently improved my application for this year. 

[GradCafeNPC]

7 hours ago, Pink Meerkat said:

@GradCafeNPC Sorry for the inaccurate information—they actually ended up coming out today (I believe since yesterday was a holiday). I got an invitation to the preview weekend in February!

@Pink Meerkat, no worries! And congratulations!

Do you know if they sent out invitations for every track? Or was it just OT/HB?

[primordialsoup]

2 hours ago, MaryHildegard said:

Interview invite for Brown! I applied last year and got rejected lol, so I'm glad I evidently improved my application for this year. 

congrats! 

what sub field? 

[Pink Meerkat]

Thank you @tryme4! Looking forward to when you have good news to share too!!

[Pink Meerkat]

@GradCafeNPC I know the preview weekend is for all the sub fields, but I’m not sure if they send all the invites at the same time!

[MaryHildegard]

2 hours ago, primordialsoup said:

congrats! 

what sub field? 

Thanks! I applied for religion and critical thought, but my interest is American studies (they told me last year to apply for RCT for this). 

Edited Wednesday at 06:31 PM by MaryHildegard

[tryme4]

1 hour ago, Pink Meerkat said:

Thank you @tryme4! Looking forward to when you have good news to share too!!

This is so kind of you to say! I really appreciate it! May not seem like good news, but I have actually accepted that this cycle may not go the way I planned but I am fortunate that I have the options that I do and people who are willing to support me throughout my journey. I’m waiting for official results so I can go give my recommenders gifts and officially end the cycle! All the best news for you and everyone else in this sub!

You are all so incredible

[Pink Meerkat]

@tryme4 That's a great posture to have! And giving recommenders gifts is a great idea--so glad you mentioned that. 

[primordialsoup]

On 1/22/2025 at 1:31 PM, MaryHildegard said:

Thanks! I applied for religion and critical thought, but my interest is American studies (they told me last year to apply for RCT for this). 

please update after you have the interview! would love to hear how it goes 

and good luck w it!  

[MaryHildegard]

5 hours ago, primordialsoup said:

please update after you have the interview! would love to hear how it goes 

and good luck w it!  

Thanks! I'd like to think it went well. I felt like I was able to elaborate on my topic when they asked and show how I'm really passionate about what I want to study. 

Also, they're trying to build out their American studies cohort, so if anyone else applied for that, seems like you might have a better shot. 

[BobaPuppy]

Just found this thread. I applied to four PhD programs, all Religious Studies: UT Austin (Religions in History), Princeton (Islam subfield), UVA (Islamic Studies), and U Chicago Divinity School (Islamic Studies). I interviewed at Princeton 1/17, UT Austin 1/22, and I have an interview with Chicago scheduled for 1/28. If anyone has any questions about these interviews I'd be more than happy to share more!

I haven't heard a peep from UVA... has anyone else?

[staticfog]

1 hour ago, BobaPuppy said:

Just found this thread. I applied to four PhD programs, all Religious Studies: UT Austin (Religions in History), Princeton (Islam subfield), UVA (Islamic Studies), and U Chicago Divinity School (Islamic Studies). I interviewed at Princeton 1/17, UT Austin 1/22, and I have an interview with Chicago scheduled for 1/28. If anyone has any questions about these interviews I'd be more than happy to share more!

I haven't heard a peep from UVA... has anyone else?

I also have not heard anything from UVA! Although I am not sure if they do interviews or not.

[bhofmann24]

2 hours ago, staticfog said:

I also have not heard anything from UVA! Although I am not sure if they do interviews or not.

Similarly nothing from UVA! I am under the impression that interviews are not necessarily a part of their process and that they notify on the later side. 

[JonesSJ]

For those (like me) who have been waiting to hear something from Emory, the GDR page lists recruitment weekend as happening the weekend of February 7, which means it is likely interviews are already out. According to the website, that also means that we should be getting official application status notifications soon.

[Joey049870]

1 hour ago, JonesSJ said:

For those (like me) who have been waiting to hear something from Emory, the GDR page lists recruitment weekend as happening the weekend of February 7, which means it is likely interviews are already out. According to the website, that also means that we should be getting official application status notifications soon.

what does recruitment weekend mean? is that when result coming out? sorry I am an international student.

[JonesSJ]

2 minutes ago, Joey049870 said:

what does recruitment weekend mean? is that when result coming out? sorry I am an international student.

You are okay, recruitment weekend is when the candidates who have made the final application cuts are brought in for interviews.