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People are sick...

Haha, I know!! You don't gotta tell me. Many good things going on there, in addition to the Replacements. I think just letting it go and knowing it's out of our hands is the only thing to do. It sounds so cliche, but I'm in the same boat and maybe we can find freedom or some weird sense of peace knowing that we did our best and it's over. If you had the meetings and all the emails back and forth, than you did your part and that's all you can do. Yes, best of luck. And congrats to who got into Minnesota!

I have not experienced this exactly. But I've had issues with recommenders in the past submitting and whatnot. First thing I'll say is that most likely, there's nothing you can do now, so don't freak out. It's out of your hands. Something else is that...yes, I think you're right. The sample is first and foremost. And third, maybe try to prep the recommenders next time, giving more information about yourself, making things very clear. And of course, you could try just not using that person in the future. Hopefully the letter didn't reveal that you were a horrible person or a horrible candidate. That may have an affect. But if it just got some numbers wrong, I imagine it shouldn't have much weight in your application. Of course, this is coming from someone who just got rejected from Minnesota today. That's also why I'm posting. Don't know about anyone else, but figured I'd say it here. First rejection. I imagine it's not the last. Anyway, my advice is just to do everything you possibly can to eliminate the pressure/stress from the recommender. Best of luck to everybody!!

traveler - Haven't heard anything....although, I'm also not in the MFA Draft Facebook page. The waiting game continues. Best of luck!

I applied to many of the same schools. In Fiction too. Haven't heard a thing. I just want to say I feel the frustration, anxiety, desperation, regret, some weird small hope, loss, paranoia too. I know it's early but I'm already losing my mind! Good to know about last year and Cornell. Of course, it could be totally different this time around with letting people know..... Best of luck to everyone. All I can say is, you're not alone in the wait. It's the worst. And maybe too ease your pain a little, I don't think with MFAs, there IS a safety school at all. The odds are tough either way. And it's all subjective. Just have to keep our fingers crossed!

I too am not good at taking standardized tests, so I bypassed the GRE and applied to schools that didn't require it. Sometimes it's recommended, but grades were decent and I agree, taking a test and getting a poor grade would probably make things worse. I don't know for sure how anything affects anything, but here's to crossing our fingers!

I applied to Brown, WashU, Cornell and U Mich, of your schools and never once heard about an interview. I too was hoping to simply wait for a letter. I'm pretty sure that's all we have left.....not that waiting is easy. But yeah, I've never heard of interviews for at least those schools. Best of luck to everyone. I'm losing my mind, among other things.

"nothatcreativearewe," I'm applying with a BA in Film Studies.....and hope to be accepted somewhere for Fall 2015...with funding. It might be a long shot. But know that in terms of your background, you're not alone. I like to think and some schools DO specify that academic backgrounds aren't considered. So, let's keep our fingered crossed. We're in it together. Best of luck to everyone. Also just a freakout/anxiety attack moment....is it just me or is it unreasonably unfair that many schools reply early April and expect you to accept mid April? Blows my mind. Between research, writing, rewriting, emails, comments, more research, applications and recommendations, it's taken me a super long time. And then they have us wait 4-5 months and then we must tell them if we are interested in 2 weeks!? I don't expect to get in anywhere, but if I do and it's like that, I'll be pretty pissed. Just venting. Again, best of luck to everyone. If you want to communicate about the insanity of it all, I think there's a way to do it on here. I'm not very tech-savvy or in the know about anything. But yeah.