Visiting Claremont, A Few Questions

[EffNine]

Hi All,

I'm posting here for my wife who is a currently finishing up her Masters and applying to PhD programs.

Her Stats are as follows:

BA Roberts Wesleyan College 3.8

MA Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School 3.9

GRE N/A yet

She's applying to HDS, Harvard Committee on Religion, Vanderbilt, Drew, Boston University, and Claremont. Her top choices are Claremont and Harvard, but Claremont being the one she spends the most time courting we are flying out to Claremont on the 15th of October and staying through the 19th. Now, I have been reading this forum for a while looking for answers about Claremont, and I was deeply saddened when I read that no one on here received full tuition coverage from Claremont. 50% tuition remission is quite scary when taking cost of living and debt accumulation into account. Does Claremont offer Anyone full tuition remission? even just one student? I'm not saying I'm certain that one student would be my wife, but knowing that the possibility is there would definitely help? Does anyone know of anyone who has in the recent economic climate, and if so what were their stats like?

P.S. if anyone from Claremont reads this, we are attending the Signifying Scriptures Conference and would love to meet students.

thank you

[11Q13]

May I ask why Claremont is so high up on the choices? I haven't attended, but I did visit them 2 years ago when I first looked into MA programs, one of my references did his MA and PhD in HB there, and another instructor with which I'm well acquainted is finishing his PhD in NT now. Everything I have heard was that Claremont has been having major internal problems in recent years, though I don't know the details. I know there have been people here that have gone to Claremont so maybe they can respond, I could probably give you the email of the instructor finishing his PhD there now if you wanted to approach him about the program.

[EffNine]

I would love the contact if you are willing. As far as why it is so high on the list, the program has three professors which my wife is very interested in, Torjesen, Wimbush, and Riley. During her master's work she has worked with Gay Byron who has published work with Wimbush and references Torjesen quite a bit. Needless to say her Academic project has heavily involved their work and she is very familiar with it. The thesis she is working on involves all of their academic interests as well. They are by no means the only professor's doing the kind of work she is interested in, we have looked at others, but they would have been top contenders whether or not they were at Claremont; they just all happen to teach at the same school right now since Wimbush's departure from Union Theological in New York. I am interested in learning about any potential problems that may exist there, if you have access and willingness to share the information.

[EffNine]

Any others?

[seoulpower]

Hey,

This last year I was offered a full-tuition waver at Claremont. I did not receive a stipend offer, however. I think it's important to know that I did my master's at Claremont as well and had a very good relationship with the faculty I would have worked with.

Also, depending on what it is you're studying I wouldn't worry too much about some of the administration issues at the school of theology. They have resolved most of them and are making great progress. Hope that's helpful!