Advice for Religious Studies Programs

[lelick1234]

Hello, 

I have more of a academic background in the history of U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East, but I have been living in Egypt for a few years and have become increasingly more  interested in the Islamic sciences and Islamic studies in general.  I am taking a classical Arabic course right now, while also teaching social studies at an American high school in Alexandria.  I am guessing I will have to get a Master's degree in religious studies in order to gain acceptance into a PhD program.  I was looking at University of Chicago's Master's program.  Can anyone give me any insight into this program, and whether gaining acceptance into this program is realistic for someone with the following stats: 

1) 3.89 GPA (UCSB: History)

2) 4 years of humanities teaching experience in Egypt

3) Intermediate to advanced classical Arabic skills

4) GRE: 90 percentile verbal, 4.5 analytical, 40 percentile quantitative. (I don't know what the scores are from 2012) 

* Note: I am aware that application decisions are far more holistic than just the statistics that I provided, but I would like to know your general thoughts

--Leo