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    Current M.F.A., PhD Lit. Fall '15

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  1. Waitlisted at both Rice and U.T. I'm not too sure about Texas, and it ain't sure about me.
  2. Yeah I wonder what that's all about...my website status is still in process. I wish that person had said more about the nature of the rejection, since I assumed that the website rejections just kind of go out all at once via an automated system (at least that's how it's gone thus far).
  3. Congrats!! The trickling out of acceptances is indeed a mind game...
  4. OMG!! UC Davis!! Can't believe it! Never discount a phone call on Sunday afternoon!
  5. This month I've had a few conference acceptances/conference related things occur so yesterday I decided to at least try and email programs to request that a note be added to my CV/Application. Inadvertently, I realized that this was also a less nosey way of getting some info on decision making timelines. For example: U Michigan said the committee was too far along to add any info. UCSB said "Done!" WashU said: Added, and also: we will begin notifying applicants next week. So: there's that FWIW
  6. Looks like someone just reported a USC English acceptance a bit ago...perhaps complit ones are coming out soon too? Wonder if their Creative Writing/Lit. notices will be coming soon as well...
  7. I'm the same as you! Coming out of an MFA now and applied to all critical PhDs except USC, which looks like a program where they encourage serious critical work in addition to the creative. My creative/critical pursuits are connected, but I was hesitant about applying to more traditional PhD CW programs because most seem similar to what I just did (workshops, then critical and creative thesis). And I'm also trying to be practical job-wise as I want to teach...so having the MFA + a critical PhD seems like a good combo (who knows...) Good luck!
  8. Cloudofunkowing--wow, you are like telling the story of my life right now, right down to the liberal arts college! Yes, I've been working closely with some Lit. faculty during my MFA time--one is a top ecocrit scholar, and on the poetry side our faculty are very involved in the ecopoetics movement as well, so I've had the pleasure of seeing my creative and scholarly pursuits feed each other. And congrats on UT! I've been looking at Heather Houser's work there and thinking about applying to UT next year. I'm planning to apply to mostly straight Lit programs and throw USC's creative writing/lit program in there as well b/c my department has contacts there and I've been impressed by the work I've seen come out of there. davidipse--yes, UCLA is currently my dream school. They infused their environmental humanities program with 4 great hires (one of which is following me on academia.edu, is that nerdy to care about?). And I'm looking at Michigan and Berkeley too. Davis and Berkeley actually co-hosted the first-ever ecopoetics conference in 2013 and it was incredible so it seems like things are really moving at both places in terms of bridging the creative/critical divide via ecocrit. I see Berkeley and UCLA are BOTH on your accepted list--what's your field? I'm interested in how you could decide between two incredible schools. Glad to hear I'm not the only one out there, too! Thanks for the info!
  9. Has anyone else with an MFA successfully leaped into the PhD Lit world (or is planning to?) I will be applying next Fall for Fall '15 Lit PhD programs and am curious if anyone else has bridged the creative/critical divide. My field of interest, ecocriticism and the like, seems more friendly to the intersection, but I am wondering if faculty/adcoms have any knee-jerk reactions to people applying with MFAs. Anyone else in the same boat? I'm in a poetry program, if that matters.
  10. I've never been either, haha. Looks like there is a lot going on though. This will actually be my first time presenting at a conference. I'm currently in an MFA program (PhD hopeful for Fall '15), so I imagine I will feel a bit like a fish out of water. Any conference presentation tips?
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