Hello all,
Long time lurker here, like for a couple of months. Not sure that my insights will be useful this late but, thought they might be worth sharing.
Here's how my first draft season (Finished undergrad Dec. 19) went down-
CMU - Waitlisted in February (Like many on here)
Brown, UCSD, Yale - Rejected (Also like many on here)
Didn't hear anything from Iowa and this late I think that's a no.
Rejected from BU. Thought the bilingual angle might give me a leg up, guess I was wrong. But I know Kate (a lot of mutual acquaintances) and she wrote a really heartfelt "don't give up letter". Warmed my heart- she's awesome.
Guillermo from ASU reached out to me and I have a phone interview Monday.
Already admitted to Texas Tech and I am seriously considering going if I can afford to move to Lubbock. It's a smaller, newer program but it sounds like they're really trying to restructure it. Plus Rebecca Gilman (personal hero and all around amazing human) is head of the program so, worth giving it a look for those of you applying next year for sure.
To everyone else best of luck, I figure with all of this COVID-19 panic we all ought to have some unexpected time to bunker down and write.