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Assembling the “Shivering Fragments”: Passion, Burn-Out, and Reflections on Stephanie Paulsell’s 2013 Convocation Address

09 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by Katelynn Carver in Academics

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Graduate school is a number of things. It’s rewarding. It’s challenging. It’s where you meet some of the best people you’ll ever know. It’s where you’ll encounter ideas that invigorate, just as surely as ideas that make you cringe. It’s the culmination of what preceded it, and where you chart your course for what’s to come. It’s where you find mentors that double as colleagues, and colleagues that double as mentors, and some that triple as friends.

But graduate school, perhaps above all else, is not for the faint of heart. Because if there is one thing graduate education demands of a person, it’s passion.

Passion for study. Passion for outreach. Passion for one’s work and its components, for the future of one’s field, for innovation and ingenuity and the ineffable, immeasurable, “unknowable more.”

And that passion is sometimes thin on the ground. Continue reading →

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Cross-Registration and the BTI: Adventures Across the River

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Alumni, BTI, Classes, Community, Cross-Registering

The Charles. Photo by Chris Alburger

The Charles River. Photo by Chris Alburger

“You need to take a class with Wildman.” That was the prevailing theme.

See, HDS isn’t just a part of the larger, multifaceted Harvard University community. It’s also a member of the Boston Theological Institute, or the BTI, which is a wonderful consortium of theological schools and seminaries in the greater Boston area where HDS students are welcome to enroll as cross-registered course members. I knew this when I came to HDS, but the idea initially seemed like more hassle than I was interested in diving into. Paperwork? Approval? Term-length discrepancies between schools? Earlier semester start dates? Commute times? Yeah, I figured. I’d just stick with Harvard and call it a day. Continue reading →

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Navigating the Discernment Process, Finding the Right Fit, and Making the Best Decision for You

27 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by Katelynn Carver in Why I Chose HDS

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Window in Andover Hall. Photo by Kateleynn Carver

The e-mail arrived in your inbox (or pinged on your phone). It likely said something dreadfully vague and adrenaline-inducing, such as “Thank you for your application, admissions decisions are now available online, click this shiny link and prepare to wait for the longest page-load in the history of page-loads.”

Not in so many words, of course.

But then the page did load, and the message was clear. And even on the fifth time through, it still says Congratulations. Continue reading →

Considering Divinity School

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

Posted by Katelynn Carver in Considering HDS

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Academics, Discernment, Emerson, Fit, Social Justice, Student Life, Workload

The HDS Labyrinth. Photo by Katelynn Carver

The HDS Labyrinth. Photo by Katelynn Carver

So you’re considering Divinity School, hmm?

First, congratulations. In my experience, people don’t normally up and decide to pursue graduate work in religion on a whim, so you’ve probably been poking around the discernment process (I love that word, discernment) for a bit now, and have sussed out some direction from the ether. You’ve braved the quirked eyebrows (Divinity School? What’s that?), maybe even a few interesting queries/comments, depending on your interests and your background (for me, coming as a predominantly non-religious female from an extended-family of Catholics, this mostly coalesced around the assumption Oh, so you’re becoming a nun!).

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