goodbye I Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Does anyone have any insider knowledge about Marquette's wait list? From what I can gather, they send out many more offers of admission than they can fund. I have talked to a number of individuals who were admitted, but were not offered funding in past application cycles (this seems to be the trend across all the Religion Department's sub-fields). This happened to me last year, and it seems it will happen again this year (admitted, funding pending...). I'm not necessarily holding my breath for any offer to come through for financial aid, but also don't want to make any decisions about other programs until I know what exactly all my options are. I spoke with the director, and he was not able to give me an idea of where I am on the list. There does not seem to be a whole lot of Marquette rejections in years past. Is this wait list a mile long?
HazelMotes Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Does anyone have any insider knowledge about Marquette's wait list? From what I can gather, they send out many more offers of admission than they can fund. I have talked to a number of individuals who were admitted, but were not offered funding in past application cycles (this seems to be the trend across all the Religion Department's sub-fields). This happened to me last year, and it seems it will happen again this year (admitted, funding pending...). I'm not necessarily holding my breath for any offer to come through for financial aid, but also don't want to make any decisions about other programs until I know what exactly all my options are. I spoke with the director, and he was not able to give me an idea of where I am on the list. There does not seem to be a whole lot of Marquette rejections in years past. Is this wait list a mile long? I will add my voice as someone who would like to know about how Marquette's waitlist works.
Spyridon Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 I'm not sure how the wait list for admission at Marquette works, or how many people are on it, but last year I was told by a faculty member that they send out between 18-20 acceptance letters are are looking for about 10-12 people to accept. The funding is obviously limited (this is also my second time getting an offer from them with funding pending). In their graduate brochure it says that in 2009, eleven doctoral students entered the program, four of which were funded. Its probably going to be something comparable this year. However, I've emailed the Director both times, and he's been able to tell me exactly how many people need to turn down funding before its offered to me. Hope that helps.
HazelMotes Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Thank you so much for the information! Do you (or does anyone else) know if additional offers are still going to be sent out by Marquette. I heard from a friend in the program that he didn't get his (partially funded) offer until a week after the fully-funded offers went out. And yet, goodbye I above says that he or she received an offer without funding from them already this year (albeit in a different area than my friend and myself). I guess that I'm just asking if anyone knows if there is still good news (even if it's not the best, fully-funded, news) to come out of Milwaukee.
goodbye I Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 I'm not sure how the wait list for admission at Marquette works, or how many people are on it, but last year I was told by a faculty member that they send out between 18-20 acceptance letters are are looking for about 10-12 people to accept. The funding is obviously limited (this is also my second time getting an offer from them with funding pending). In their graduate brochure it says that in 2009, eleven doctoral students entered the program, four of which were funded. Its probably going to be something comparable this year. However, I've emailed the Director both times, and he's been able to tell me exactly how many people need to turn down funding before its offered to me. Hope that helps. That is helpful. The director did tell me that at least x number of people would need to go elsewhere for me to receive funding. He also said there were other factors the department has to consider based on the way they do their waitlist. It was a bit unclear. Last year I did not hear a final word about funding until the end of April. I'll need to be making decisions before then this go around. Thank you so much for the information! Do you (or does anyone else) know if additional offers are still going to be sent out by Marquette. I heard from a friend in the program that he didn't get his (partially funded) offer until a week after the fully-funded offers went out. And yet, goodbye I above says that he or she received an offer without funding from them already this year (albeit in a different area than my friend and myself). I guess that I'm just asking if anyone knows if there is still good news (even if it's not the best, fully-funded, news) to come out of Milwaukee. Last year I had a classmate who received his admittance a bit later, but did not receive a funding offer. This year I was just given an update on my situation, so there could very well be more offers coming in the near future.
Spyridon Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 It's hard to say. I also received an unfunded offer from them last Thursday via email, shortly after the funded offers went out. But like your friend, my offer last year came a week or so after the funded offers. I guess it's not the same from year to year. It's not a bad idea to just email the director at this point, if the suspense is too much!
Body Politics Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Why is it that I've heard back from every program except the one that had the earliest application deadline? Get your crap together, DU-Iliff.
NTstudent Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 I noticed an SMU rejection on the results list. Anyone know the subfield or heard anything else? I'm dying to hear from them.
HazelMotes Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 SMU theology rejections have been mailed. I can empirically confirm this.
Ubi charitas Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 I received an acceptance to SMU in the mail today. My subfield is Systematic Theology. indefiniteintegral and Body Politics 1 1
yhujikol Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Waitlisted at Harvard. Anyone planning on declining their offer from the GSAS for the PhD?
indefiniteintegral Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 I received an acceptance to SMU in the mail today. My subfield is Systematic Theology. Congrats!
Imagin3 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 @ yhujikol - You mentioned that all notifications from Harvard's GSAS were sent via snail mail; how did you hear this? And was it via post that you found out about your waiting list status, or did you send an email to inquire? Thanks.
yhujikol Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 @ yhujikol - You mentioned that all notifications from Harvard's GSAS were sent via snail mail; how did you hear this? And was it via post that you found out about your waiting list status, or did you send an email to inquire? Thanks. I sent an email to my POI who informed me. I'm still waiting for the letter to come, but it shouldn't be long since they were sent on Friday.
Imagin3 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I sent an email to my POI who informed me. I'm still waiting for the letter to come, but it shouldn't be long since they were sent on Friday. Thanks again. And congratulations on being admitted on the waiting list! In your correspondence with your POI, did he or she confirm that the first round of offers has also been sent out via post (rather than email)?
yhujikol Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Thanks again. And congratulations on being admitted on the waiting list! In your correspondence with your POI, did he or she confirm that the first round of offers has also been sent out via post (rather than email)? No. I'm not sure, but it didn't sound like anything has been emailed and that everything went out in the mail. Good luck! I doubt that Harvard needs to go into the waiting list at all, though.
cui-bono Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Claremont results are beginning to trickle in. I received email notification just now...official letters to be mailed later this week.
11Q13 Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 Claremont results are beginning to trickle in. I received email notification just now...official letters to be mailed later this week. Is anyone rejected from Claremont? It's been my impression that it's not a competitive admission system. cui-bono 1
cui-bono Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Is anyone rejected from Claremont? It's been my impression that it's not a competitive admission system. I know they are typically pretty stingy when it comes to funding, but I really can't speak to their competitiveness or lack thereof. My experience is admittedly limited though.
Body Politics Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Anyone else ever wonder if POIs and/or admission committees ever lurk on GradCafe?
coffeekid Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Anyone else ever wonder if POIs and/or admission committees ever lurk on GradCafe? This has been a recurrent question on the GradCafe over the past few years. Some people have made definitive claims that they know adcoms that do check in here. My take is that any admissions committee member who spends their time roaming the forums is probably not a faculty you'd want to be a part of (i.e. - shouldn't you be writing a book or something?!) Then again, if I ever land a faculty position, I'd probably continue on here to see how my program's street cred is shaping up.
hbot2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 got an official acceptance from BU w/ stipend. POI contacted me first, then got the official email...
cui-bono Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 got an official acceptance from BU w/ stipend. POI contacted me first, then got the official email... Me too. Congrats!
newenglandshawn Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 got an official acceptance from BU w/ stipend. POI contacted me first, then got the official email... PhD or ThD? What will you be focusing on in OT/HB?
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