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Curious — do programs ever reject students for being too good/overqualified? I know this can be the case if a student is already a published author, but do they ever look at a writing sample and say, "There's no way this student is going to come here — they're going to get into Iowa/Michigan/UVA"? I've heard of this happening at undergrad institutions when the college can tell that they are clearly a "safety school" for an applicant (and it's known as "yield protection"), but I wonder if it goes on at the graduate level. (For example, there's a recent posting on the GC results where an applicant mentions getting into some "top-ten" programs but rejected by Rutgers Camden, which further piqued my interest.) (Not that this is the case with my own rejections, obviously =P but have been wondering about it nonetheless!)

Someone on Draft posted a UVA fiction acceptance. Sigh. (Happy for the applicant, though)

UVA acceptance up...

Agreed. I've found this thread to be much more positive and less anxiety-inducing than Draft, honestly!

lots of drama in Draft right now...

I think so—there were a few on Draft pretty sad about it

Does anyone know if NWP calls or emails acceptances? Not a chance, but curious because there are entries for both on the GradCafe results from previous years.

There's an NWP rejection on Draft...ahh

Anyone know how many people move on to Phase II at UMiss? (For either genre.)

Great reply—that's what I figured. Oof.

How inappropriate would it be to email Iowa and straight-up ask what my status is, instead of waiting for weeks? Thoughts?

Do we know what order Iowa calls in? Alphabetic? Fellowship vs. assistantship?

Looking at previous years' results, seems like Iowa will start calling for fiction this week. Eep. Not a chance but still want to be able to cross it off my list!

Still eagerly awaiting my WUSTL rejection! How hard would it be, really, to make all decisions (after acceptances/waitlists are announced) available on the portal instead of making me refresh my email for days?

Does anyone have a sense of UMinnesota's general reputation/culture/vibe? I'm just curious—there seems to be information/strong opinions about this kind of thing for other similarly ranked schools.

Exactly...it's not the decisions that are going to kill me (fully expecting to get rejected at most [or even all] places!) but the anxiety of waiting. I just need closure!

Any news on WUSTL? They've notified around this time in past years.

I ended up applying to 12 schools—but all are fully funded and highly competitive, so I'm definitely prepared for the worst. I keep telling myself that I only have to get into one!

Received my Michener rejection today while on Status Check and am totally devastated. It was my dream program, and it sucks to have a rejection as my first news. All my programs are highly competitive, so I was expecting this for most of them—but still, ouch.