My Mlemtonia

Don't know much about the other ones, but UMich notifies acceptances mid-Feb, and Welcome Weekend is happening soon. There's always the waitlist, but I'm not sure how that works. Hope you get some good news and peace of mind soon.

Does anyone have information on the timeline of the Steinbeck Fellowship? For reference, I was declined late April last year. Curious when the fellows were notified for acceptances, since they seem to go out much earlier than rejections.

I don't dabble in illegal activities, so phew! My only vice is, I've had an entire sleeve of oreos and nothing hearty today. This must be fueling the paranoia. Thank you for calming me down ❤️

Thank you so much for calming my silly brain! Think the search is over then. (Since there were no threads for CW post-docs) Post-doc cycle (Nth try): 1a / 0w / 0r / 1p

This is a paranoid post, but has anyone had their acceptance rescinded after the initial call & acceptance letter? I know that's unlikely, but this head's been going places.

Finally heard back from every school! It's truly over. My final school was a waitlist, from Notre Dame. 2 acceptances, 2 waitlist. I'm excited!

Thank you! I think I'm just waiting till the end, like many others in this thread. I know one school is doling out rejections right about now, but the rest have only reached out to poetry (according to The MFA Years). At this point, I'm only curious about one because it was the only program besides Michigan that my SO was excited about.

Thank you! Huge congrats on your acceptance, too. Looking at your posts, you seem like an awesome person. You are absolutely stunning; all living beings are bowing down in reverence. Btw, I was curious about that, too. Didn't apply to Iowa, but some people seem to get letters while I've only received emails so far. Got accepted into one more program today, full funding. 2a/2r/1w so far. Still five more to go. Hearing nothing but radio silence on their part though.

I've been deliberately avoiding MFA blogs/forums during this whole process, so forgive me if I'm totally lost. I wanted to answer some of the questions but not sure how. Here's my list: Accepted: University of Michigan (Feb 18) Rejection: Washington University (Jan 31) ; University of Texas, Austin (Mar 2) Waitlisted: Purdue (Feb 22) Still waiting on the others; I applied to ten programs total. As an international student, I was subjected to a higher fee, averaging $80 for each school. Plus, the GRE and TOEFL fees. It all amounts to at least $1000. First feedback was a rejection from Washington, and while it stung, I took comfort in its swiftness. Ate tons of ice cream. Second feedback was thankfully an acceptance from Michigan via email. I cried on the bus. It was on Feb 18 like many others said on this forum, around 3~4pm (EST). My status didn't change for at least a week after receiving the email and the phone call. Third feedback was Purdue, a waitlist. A short one according to the email. Purdue accepts three fiction writers and has asked those accepted to kindly reply with decisions by March 21st, if possible. The national date is April 15th and they'll ultimately observe that deadline. That seemed fair. Fourth feedback was NWP, a succinct but polite rejection. Really appreciated how the rejection/waitlist letters were worded; they were very polite, very kind. It's a thoroughly humbling process so I was glad for those words. Still waiting on six others. Curious when it'd be really, truly over. I know a friend who got accepted into a wonderful program mid April last year, so I know it can go that far. I just wanted to say I admire everyone on this forum. Hope you all get into programs you want (or write that novel you always had in mind), whether it be this year or the next.