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Hey @Ydrl! If you don’t mind, what kind of reservations are we talking about here that got you to the point of reapplying to another program?? Good luck to you as well. I hope you find someplace that feels more like home.

Thanks for all these updates @lenagator1997 Maybe once the beginning bit of classes are over ppl will calm down. They are probably feeling imposter syndrome or something and bragging to make up for it.

Leila Chatti has an excellent poetry collection called “Deluge” all about her struggles with an extreme bleeding illness. It is very good so far ! I haven’t finished it yet, but it is definitely about the body so you might be interested. It is pretty recent, too, since it came out in 2020. You should give it a try!

Thanks I appreciate it.

Hi! Congrats on starting ? Have the other students that were in the program before said anything about it being different because of COVID? I am just wondering about writing programs in general, tbh. I have been watching lots of pre-COVID videos on programs and I’m not sure if they are reliable to how stuff is run now. If that makes sense ?? Is it in person? And if not, do you still find it engaging/get a lot of resources?

Hi there, Oubukibun! Glad to see you are also into poetry. Do those schools let you take a film class outside of the workshop? I think it’s good to have multiple projects going and I hope your screenplay is going well. What was your criteria when picking those programs for poetry, if I can ask?

First off, congrats on graduating early and on your publication! You sound really cool. I also applied right out of undergrad and didn’t get in. I heard from professors that people almost NEVER get in right away because the programs like to see that you can write on your own without needing school deadlines and prompts. in general, mfas have a lot of free time to write and it is really up to you to motivate yourself. They also know people who are afraid to graduate might just want to use a masters as a safety bubble before having to work full time. Either way, if they find someone who is really good but is a senior in college, they might just decline them because they figure they will be even better in a year and will be more emotionally ready. There is a blog called the mfayears where people talk about their experiences. This one guy talks about graduating early and then going to Iowa. It can be really hard for some people to adjust when everyone is older or they just see it as another year or so of school. Older applicants with kids and such seem to really appreciate the time they get through the program and use it to their advantage the most. There are also some really great interviews online for uiowa on tips for your application and questions about age. I would look at those. good luck! It could definitely happen! But know that as a rule most programs prefer to see people after they have been working so that they know they can motivate themselves to write independently. https://youtu.be/fP91bdaJ-G0 https://youtu.be/rI0M3zbdRvM www.readtheworkshop.com

Thanks for starting this! Didn’t apply for the season getting results right now but did do some major lurking.

Hello! This will be my second time applying. (Didn’t apply last year but the year before.) I am starting much earlier this year than last time! So far, I am applying to Iowa (fiction), UMass Amherst (poetry), Stegner Fellowship @ Stanford (LOL- thought I’d give it a shot) and Michener. Going to be adding some more as I narrow it down.

Good luck everyone!!! I applied last year but didn’t get in anywhere... the application season this year snuck up on me because I was working so much. It is my first year out of college. I’m still writing but miss the community and workshops. Anyone ever worry that their stuff is getting worse without a class/group to mentor you???