LazyEmergency

Oh never mind — just Googled that name and I see she's at the Workshop, not NWP.

For fiction or non?

Looks like he deleted the tweet, so it's not showing up in my original post. It was an English prof from Iowa, snarking about a cliché phrase in many of the applicants' Statements of Purpose. Just what we needed to perpetuate the tailspin of anxiety involved in this process

Yeah. Wasn't there another prof a couple of years ago complaining about all the Science applicants writing some variation of "I've always been fascinated by…" I mean, I would hope Science fascinates you, if you're applying to grad school for it! Likewise, I want to hone/improve/sharpen/better my writing. Hence, applying for the MFA (among other reasons, of course). Thanks for the encouraging words, @npc

That would be my response if I were to reply. And yeah, I ran to my statement letter as soon as I saw the tweet and oh. my. god. I used "hone my skills," not craft, but still.

Do it!

I wanted to reply to his tweet, but didn't want that to be the reason I don't get in. God this is stressful, and that tweet does not help!

Wow, it seems pretty uncool for an admissions committee member to be criticizing applicants when the process is ongoing: