mike.whitenton Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 I got an email from Bill Pitts at Baylor making at offer for the PhD program in Religion (NT). I was at the Preview Weekend two weeks back. Good luck to everybody (myself included)!
JulesM Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Big electronic high-five. If you've got any stats or advice you'd like to post, it would be greatly appreciated. We'll probably re-apply to Baylor next year. Fantastic program and faculty.
Leagus Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 I got an email from Bill Pitts at Baylor making at offer for the PhD program in Religion (NT). I was at the Preview Weekend two weeks back. Good luck to everybody (myself included)! Congradulations!
thisistheyear Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 I got an email from Bill Pitts at Baylor making at offer for the PhD program in Religion (NT). I was at the Preview Weekend two weeks back. Good luck to everybody (myself included)! that's awesome!
whubbla Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Some updates: received e-mail about Duke Ph.D. rejection; heard about vandy mts acceptance one week ago.
katholou Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Just got an acceptance letter from Marquette (MA Theology). No funding at this time though.
Sparky Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Just got an acceptance letter from Marquette (MA Theology). No funding at this time though. I commiserate...lack of MA funding is the reason I am not at Marquette right now. :/ But congratulations anyway! Are you planning to focus more on historical theo or Scripture (or are you an "I like it ALL" person)? And yay to mike and johndiligent as well! Consider it a GradCafe collective in-your-face to the carnage of Duke.
katholou Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I commiserate...lack of MA funding is the reason I am not at Marquette right now. :/ But congratulations anyway! Are you planning to focus more on historical theo or Scripture (or are you an "I like it ALL" person)? And yay to mike and johndiligent as well! Consider it a GradCafe collective in-your-face to the carnage of Duke. I would focus on historical theology if I went, but unless I get some sort of financial aid I won't be able to attend. They did say I was a "financial aid alternate", although I'm not putting a lot of hope in that.
Mathētēs Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Congratulations mike.whitenton and johndiligent!
peppermint.beatnik Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) I got an email from Bill Pitts at Baylor making at offer for the PhD program in Religion (NT). I was at the Preview Weekend two weeks back. Good luck to everybody (myself included)! Congratulations! Edited February 17, 2010 by peppermint.beatnik
LateAntique Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I got an email from Bill Pitts at Baylor making at offer for the PhD program in Religion (NT). I was at the Preview Weekend two weeks back. Good luck to everybody (myself included)! Congrats!
phd_aspirant Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 that is fantastic. Sure it is very, very sweet to get that email...
mike.whitenton Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 that is fantastic. Sure it is very, very sweet to get that email... Indeed. I made a scene at the coffee shop!
mike.whitenton Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Big electronic high-five. If you've got any stats or advice you'd like to post, it would be greatly appreciated. We'll probably re-apply to Baylor next year. Fantastic program and faculty. Thanks for the ehigh-five! I don't have any advice as I feel that applications to schools like Duke, PTS, Emory, and (more and more these days) Baylor is largely a crap shoot with too many factors to manipulate effectively. Nevertheless, I'll give you my stats if it will help you in any way. UGPA: 3.25 (Texas A&M, Community Health) GGPA: 3.99 (Dallas Theological Seminary, New Testament) GRE: 730 (Q), 720 (V) 5.5 (writing) Publications: one at NTS, one pending at JTS Papers: one at the coming SBL Southwest Regional Hope this helps!
redreverend Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Spoke to a person in Graduate Admissions at Fordham who said official letters will probably be mailed out around Feb 26th and arriving the first week of March. Just a little while longer!
plo Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 New to this forum but thought I would let you guys know that decisions came out from UVa and you can expect letters or emails shortly...
JulesM Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 No one's heard anything from Marquette PhD or Boston University ThD, right?
origenes Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) Do either those who received acceptance calls from Saint Louis wish to share anymore information? (And I've not heard anything from Marquette Jules) Edited February 18, 2010 by origenes
JulesM Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Do either those who received acceptance calls from Saint Louis wish to share anymore information? (And I've not heard anything from Marquette Jules) Thank you for the reply
Sparky Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Do either those who received acceptance calls from Saint Louis wish to share anymore information? (And I've not heard anything from Marquette Jules) SLU has notified the people who have been accepted w/offers of funding. The e-mail has not yet gone out to people being offered admission but waitlisted for funding. The department is really, really good at getting money for anyone who does not get it initially once they are in the program.
JulesM Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Thanks for the ehigh-five! I don't have any advice as I feel that applications to schools like Duke, PTS, Emory, and (more and more these days) Baylor is largely a crap shoot with too many factors to manipulate effectively. Nevertheless, I'll give you my stats if it will help you in any way. UGPA: 3.25 (Texas A&M, Community Health) GGPA: 3.99 (Dallas Theological Seminary, New Testament) GRE: 730 (Q), 720 (V) 5.5 (writing) Publications: one at NTS, one pending at JTS Papers: one at the coming SBL Southwest Regional Hope this helps! It's definitely good to learn more about what looks good to committees, even though more and more I'm understanding the weight of the whole "crap shoot" element of this lovely process. Thank you for sharing!
notitia Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 SLU has notified the people who have been accepted w/offers of funding. The e-mail has not yet gone out to people being offered admission but waitlisted for funding. The department is really, really good at getting money for anyone who does not get it initially once they are in the program. To the SLU admit, CONGRATS!! Would you mind sharing your stats?
twhitley Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 I'm new to this forum and may wish that I had not found it at all. It's great to hear of others getting accepted, but I've only received a wait list notification. C'est la vie. I am still holding out hope. P.S. I've added my results to the results page, but here they are again. Rejected: Emory, Duke. Wait list: Vanderbilt
JulesM Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 I'm new to this forum and may wish that I had not found it at all. It's great to hear of others getting accepted, but I've only received a wait list notification. C'est la vie. I am still holding out hope. P.S. I've added my results to the results page, but here they are again. Rejected: Emory, Duke. Wait list: Vanderbilt You're right - don't give up hope. Staying optimistic has certainly enabled me to keep my sanity and sense of humor. It'll all be okay!
twhitley Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 You're right - don't give up hope. Staying optimistic has certainly enabled me to keep my sanity and sense of humor. It'll all be okay! Thanks a lot. It is indeed nice "knowing" others going through the same thing. And I'm very happy when others get acceptances because I know how stressful the whole process is.
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