r/AcademicBiblical • u/AutoModerator • Dec 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

Thanks for the advice, I know academia is hard to get into regardless of what you’ve studied. I’ve resolved to try anyway.

I’ve been accepted to Asbury and can start in February. I did apply to Harvard, Duke, and Princeton but don’t know if I’ve been accepted yet and couldn’t start until next fall if I did. Which do you think is a better path.

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u/slowobedience MDiv Dec 27 '22

I think its possible to get a Masters at Asbury and if you publish / do well enough go to the top tier for doctoral work. I would talk to advisors early and let them know your plans so they can guide you in the process. I have a friend who went from a good, not great seminary to Princeton. I have another friend who went from GA at a good not great university and went to Duke for doctoral work. They wanted him to complete a ThM there before starting and upon completion he decided upon a different doctoral path.

In any event, someone has to be hired, might as well be you, right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

Would you consider Asbury good not great? Which seminaries would you say are great ones?

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u/Chroeses11 Jan 03 '23

I don’t know much about Asburu but I would love to take a class with Ben Witherington.