I am also an MA applicant. I applied to 4 programs, and have received offers from 2 so far, both of which are fully funded. I only applied to programs with funding. I have some interest in applying to PhD programs in the future, but my research interests are a little scattered now and I wanted to be able to narrow my focus. I'm also seriously leaning towards a career in technical writing because of the job market...
I'm wondering if we'll hear from them after March 15 i.e. around the time they're hoping the accepted PhDs will respond because they're still trying to get a sense of how many MA applicants to accept.