sh'liach k'hilah

[cellio]

For the past couple days I've been expecting to receive the self-addressed stamped postcard I included with my application packet. Tomorrow's the application deadline, and I mailed it with the expectation of having the card back before the deadline (just to confirm that everything's ok, y'know, 'cause I'm a little paranoid that way), so I was growing slightly concerned.

The next step after the application, according to the literature, is a phone screen.

I came home to a phone message that I've been accepted. Woo hoo! Apparently my application was strong enough (the rabbi who called used the word "fantastic") that they're skipping the phone screen. :-)

I am so looking forward to this! They'll be mailing me a packet with all the details.

Comments

[goljerp]

Yay! I'm glad they accepted you! As far as I'm concerned, there was no real question they'd accept you as long as they weren't being nutty. (I have a friend who wasn't admitted to HUC Rabbinic school, ended up going to another movement's seminary and is now an extremely popular Rabbi at a large (non-Reform) congregation...)

[cellio]

I know someone I think of as highly qualified who was rejected by HUC, so she's currently in the Reconstructionist rabbinical school. I have heard, but have no direct evidence, that HUC sometimes rejects rabbinic students they consider to be "over-qualified", which I suppose means too much lay experience or something. Dunno; sounds weird to me, but I've never gone through the process and have no direct knowledge. Anyway, I was hoping that either such criteria would not apply to this program or that, if they do, I wouldn't be perceived as over-qualified.