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Me still holding out hope 🫣

well i’m committed, took myself off all waitlists. feels so good but almost disorienting. i’ll still check the forum tho bc i live for drama

I hope so. It's my last pending result, and I'm guessing it'll be a rejection. Crossing my fingers that they'll send out the remaining emails tomorrow! Anyone else have any insight on this?

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Do y’all think the rest of Boston decisions will come out this week?

Bro mine still says update: 11/1 LMAOO

Has anyone heard from UNMC yet? I applied to their preparedness concentration and I am still waiting. Made it past the final review. Also, waiting for Kentucky. Got an email that they can't accept anyone yet and will have more information in April. so maybe there is hope? There wasn't a rejection.

Thank you!! Man, Matt Bell is so damn good; I'm very fortunate. I need to read that one, though! Good luck wherever you end up

goodbye! have fun at asu! the cartographer's girl by Matt Bell is one of my favorite short stories ever, read it if you haven't!

It's been real everybody! Bye!

hey guys i have a question, i checked myfile and my application status still says decision pending but i got a phone call from york saying i got in. will the status change soon?

Hi everyone — long-time lurker here! Finally found courage to join the convo and share experience. I'm an international candidate and was wondering if anyone else feels anxious about how current circumstances might affect the MFA experience. Is anyone else outside US grappling with similar concerns? I've been accepted to Yale, Columbia, and Bard, and I’ve been hearing a lot of mixed opinions. A few Yale alumni I know all expressed serious concerns that many of the promises tied to the school's reputation and word of mouth don’t hold up— especially how well it helps students positioning themselves after MFA. On the other hand, I’ve heard positive things about Columbia and Bard, particularly regarding their more robust and ongoing communities, and how they support building a career after school, and the connection with the New York art scene. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Going to GW, too! Congrats to everyone and their decisions. It's bold to stick with public health. Says a lot about character, I think. Goodness and good luck to all of you.

With all due respect, I don't think Omkar is clogging up the threads and spreading inaccurate information. I wish people could understand students in this situation with more compassion. Some of us really want to do this, and this is not even a job that meets the minimum wage, which tells how much we want this, and things are pretty desperate for many. Being in the seat of an insider is not a good reason to discourage the right of an outsider to have concerns and ask questions.

Just got my package yesterday!

Anyone know when Iowa Summer program results typically come out?

Thanks. It's really a hard decision, but I have a nice non-MFA offer somewhere so I might as well spend the next couple of years "getting a real degree lol" before I'm back to do this again. I'm also waitlisted at Michigan and very likely to remove myself from the waitlist there too. Michigan and the non-MFA, that's were the decision is toughest!

Sigh ... ucla ... anyone heard anything post painting interview?

This clarifies a lot of doubts and puts things into perspective. Thanks for the detailed explanation!

There are some NSF grants that support political science, and grants from other US government departments, like DoD (Minerva). But indirect costs -- which can be as much as 60% of the grant -- support research across the university. Some of that gets directed back to the PI that got the grant. But most of it is taken by the university to support the grants office. It's kind of like taxes: in the US, wealthy states basically subsidize the poorer states (California sends money to Wyoming, essentially). Same principle, though of course a bit more complicated. As funding dries up all over, the ENTIRE university enterprise has to cut back. It's not just grad admissions. We have hiring freezes, some universities are talking about trying to cut pay/benefits, and some are talking about layoffs. It's really not an us vs them at all, and I'd encourage to abandon that line of thought. Social sciences and STEM are getting screwed by Trump. Research grants brought in are one of the major sources of revenue for universities, which means that STEM grants support social science, and vice versa. But at the end of the day, most social science programs don't need expensive labs or equipment, so we're actually a bit better positioned to get through the coming shit storm. All we need is a laptop and occasionally a bit of funding for fieldwork. We don't need to buy genetically modified mice, or expensive equipment, or chemicals. So again: it's not us vs them. It has rarely been that way. And it's not helpful to go around thinking that or spreading it. Try to separate your disappointment at not getting an offer this cycle from making sweeping generalizations or trying to find correlations or other "insights" into the admissions process.

Does anyone have any insight on the UT Knoxville fiction waitlist... I've read in the past it's been long... and there are only 5 spots available. It's my only possibility left so if anyone has any insight at all I would be forever grateful

Hi Prof, Many thanks for this extremely detailed advice. I understand that this is a period uncertainty and waitlists are unlikely to move at most places this cycle. I don't have other offers- hence I've been more on the edge. But you are right- it is futile to think too much about this given it is beyond one's control at this point. I appreciate you taking time to write this. I had one question- more so out of curiosity. I understand that I might have got it wrong about thinking how funding works- but is it fair to say that social sciences and political sciences have been a little more unlucky. To my understanding federal funds and grants are predominantly for STEM. Now, that much of it has gone, universities are adjusting for the lost revenue by also cutting cohorts and budgets of soc science programs. I don't wish to make this a "us v them" narrative- but I've been thinking about this. I would be happy to be corrected if I am flawed in my assumptions here. Thank you.

Thank you very much for this, Prof. I do not have another offer currently - so that is the reason why I am looking forward to something happening. Having said that I understand it is beyond control at this stage and only waiting till the last week- as you suggested could make things clear. Thanks for sharing your perspective!

The Uni of Al's deadline was Dec 15 2024. I did apply before this date and up to now, there has been no news from them. I did constant the coordinator of the program but he replied that they are reviewing applicants up to late spring or even summer, which makes it really late for Fall 2025. Is this normal? Has anyone applied or studied there that they could share their experience? Thank you.

That's a hard decision, but one I admire and fully support. It has to be right for you.