Hello. I will certainly be glad to share my uncontrollable bouts of anxiety with others! And advice, too, of course.
I'll be applying for Fall 2015 (fiction) fresh out of undergrad with a BFA in Creative Writing. My list, which is more or less finalized, is:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Washington University in St. Louis
Wichita State University
Vanderbilt
Brown University
University of Michigan
Cornell
Virginia Tech
University of Alabama
University of Minnesota
I already know one story that will definitely be part of my writing sample (once it's been gone over a few dozen times). Other than that, I'm taking everything as it comes to me. My hope is to get a good chunk of the process out of the way before my senior year starts in August. I would really rather avoid the frazzled rush of students who wait until the very last second to ask for rec letters.
Poola, I'm rooting for you! I don't think I could pull off applying to so many schools while overseas.
-- Jessica