PhD Applicant in Religion/Anthropology

Professor_X
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:44:38 +0000

Not to worry. One semester of “slippage” will not hurt you in the least. If your grades were below a 3.0 that semester, do take a paragraph or less to explain your situation in your personal statement when you do apply to grad schools.

When it does comes time to apply, you will do well to look for graduate schools specifically according to FIT, and not to some “US News and World Report” list. You will need to have advisors and professors who are noted scholars in your specific field of interest. You may already know this, but specifically in the field of religion, ALL PhD programs have particular strengths, and some “top” schools are appropriate for some students, and some “top” schools are not.

How do I know this? I direct a graduate program in Religion. ;)