Duke Graduate Program in Religion Deadline Change?

[Goddard]

Hello all,

I was notified by email this morning that the deadline for new applications to the Duke GPR is now December 16th, i.e. tomorrow, but previously the deadline had been set at the 28th--as recently as a month-and-a-half ago, and there was no announcement so far as I can tell. Does anyone know when this change happened? Has anyone been in contact with the admissions department? Since Duke doesn't appear to accept Letters of Recommendation after the deadline has passed, this is kind of a major problem. 

[xypathos]

Not sure about what you've experienced but the main Duke website lists the deadline as Dec. 16th and I thought it had always been around that time.

[Yanaka]

My deadline was last week so it's not the same for all their departments.

That was my nightmare @Goddard, I'm so sorry you're experiencing this. You might have some leeway for some parts of your application since the date has changed so suddenly. It's worth asking.

[Yanaka]

My deadline was last week so it's not the same for all their departments.

That was my nightmare @Goddard, I'm so sorry you're experiencing this. You might have some leeway for some parts of your application since the date has changed so suddenly. It's worth asking.

[Goddard]

Hey all,

I contacted the Duke GPR about this and they said that the date on the Duke GSAS website (which technically is what grants you admission) has always been 12/16, but on the GPR's own webpage it was 12/28 until a week or two ago because they "forgot to update the website since the last application cycle." The person I spoke with said, however, that in light of the website error they would honor LORS received until 12/28, but that the body of the application (i.e. everything else) had to be in by 12/16.

[xypathos]

I hope that isn't a deal breaker for you!

[Calvin S]

That is weird because the part of the GDR website I was looking at (FAQ) said December 8, so that is what I told all my recommenders and I didn't realize until the day before that it wasn't the official deadline. There was another school (I can't remember which!) that had two different dates on its website too. So annoying!

[sacklunch]

The GPR website has been updated, as of today, if it helps. 

[Yanaka]

5 minutes ago, sacklunch said:

The GPR website has been updated, as of today, if it helps. 

Updated how?