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Reflecting on My Last Year at HDS

28 Thursday May 2020

Posted by HDS Admissions Blog in Graduating

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Editor’s Note: Tessa Steinert Evoy is graduating today, May 28th, 2020, with a Master of Theological Studies. The Office of Admissions is grateful to Tessa for all her hard work over these past two years serving as an Admissions Graduate Assistant, and we wish Tessa the best of luck on her post-HDS adventures! 

Post by Tessa Steinert Evoy, MTS ‘20 and Admissions Graduate Assistant   

I certainly would not have expected to be ending my MTS degree this way; however, these past few months have only made me appreciate the people of HDS who I have spent the last two years getting to know more. It all began in a classroom that slowly cooled as the sun dipped behind the clouds on a June night in the French course for Summer Language Program. Our classroom was often filled with laughter and the sound of rustling wrappers as we passed around packages of cookies. For me, transitioning from teaching eighth and ninth graders, SLP was a perfect bridge to the full HDS experience, a bit like dipping your toe into the HDS pond. On those sweltering days of orientation I saw the familiar faces of my SLP summer nights as we met the other students we would get to spend the next two years learning from. It is these people that I miss the most during our virtual learning.  

Tessa walks past Divinity Hall with fellow student  
Alex Jensen MDiv ‘21 // photo courtesy of HDS COMMUNICATIONS 
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My Last Semester at HDS: The Best Advice I Can Give You

14 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by Zach Kerzee in Graduating

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Academics, Activism, Adjusting, Classmates, Faculty, Harvard, MDiv, Peers, Student Life, Workload

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Stained glass window in the Rabinowitz Room. Photo by Chris Alburger

“Embrace mediocrity.” These were the last two words that I expected to hear at the introductory student led panel on my first day at Harvard Divinity School. To put it lightly, I was a bit scandalized. I was sitting in a beautifully ornate chapel about to begin my degree program at Harvard, of all places, and a second year student was telling me to embrace feelings of mediocrity. Continue reading →

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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Academics, Community, Conferences, Discernment, Faculty, Fit, Libraries, Peers, Resources, Scholars, Student Life

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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 →

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