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Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Waitlisted at U Michigan for poetry!!!! 

Thank you so much for the positive energy. Really needed it! Wish you all the best in your application process as well! ❤️ 

Backup plan is to work, save up money, write, and go through all this madness again.

Sending you all some positive energy this Monday. You are talented regardless of rejections/acceptances. And you are pretty amazing for working so hard for something you care about. I am hoping for the best for you all!
I haven't posted in this thread yet, as I applied to both Creative Writing PhDs and Literature PhDs this round.. I've mostly been in the other thread. But I am currently in the final semester of my fiction MFA program. This year my MFA program decided to pick one student from each genre who is in their final year and add them to a sort of admissions review committee. Since I was chosen as the fiction representative, I get to look at incoming fiction applications and give my feedback to the department. I won't say which program I'm in (confidentiality and all that), and I wanted to stay away from this thread because I didn't want to accidentally stumble upon someone applying to my program. But I wanted to say that there are so many talented people applying. Rejection doesn't mean you aren't talented...from what I've seen it just means that the people in the department at the time just aren't a good fit for your that year. And of course...funding is limited. I've worked with literary journals and have similar things to say with that...there are amazing stories that we reject because they just aren't a fit for the journal, or because the Editor just isn't feeling it (it sucks lol). 
Saying all this doesn't change the fact that rejection doesn't feel good. I got rejected from every MFA program I applied to except the one I'm in now (and even then I barely made it off the waitlist). I have no publications in any literary journals. Rejection doesn't feel good at all and it is okay to feel disappointed. You're allowed to have feelings. You aren't wrong for your feelings. I just wanted to send you some encouragement from someone on the other side who is very familiar with rejection. 
I am sincerely hoping for the best for everyone. And I hope you get into the programs that would nurture your talents the best. ❤️ 
If anyone has questions about MFA programs, feel free to message me. I won't talk about my current experience with admissions review because it is confidential and I would never talk about someone else's submissions, but I'm happy to talk about anything else!

Iowa CNF rejection today! VERY SAD!!! Woof! But also was a nice email letting me know I didn't make it.....almost too nice. "I wish we were able to offer you a place in our program in the fall, but I do hope you will take this less as a reflection on your work than on the very tough competition that existed this year, which forced us to have to make some heartbreaking choices." Almost hurts more that they were so nice about it. 
But onwards and upwards! I'm choosing to feel good energy about the rest of my application season! Bring it on!!
Best wishes to everyone hearing tough news this week. ❤️ Big hugs

Round two of submitting to magazines. Submitted to two magazines: Colorado Review and Boulevard Magazine. Let’s see what happens.

Cornell’s page still reads that they will notify by the end of February - so let’s hope that’s the case! 

I received a very kind email yesterday letting me know that I'm near the top of the waitlist for UW Madison! Keeping my fingers crossed that it will change to an offer as April 15th approaches. Apparently they received hundreds of poetry apps this year for just 6 spots.  Also hoping this means that I might be hearing good news from other programs in the future? Who knows?!  0a/2w/3r/7p
Also wanted to share my condolences for Vandy applicants--was also rejected and it was a tough one for sure. It wasn't surprising, but the idea of Nashville had grown on me somewhat :') 
Really messed up--what's going on at OSU, I mean. I heard that someone had already declined an offer from another school before they came out with the news. Really hope this doesn't happen to other programs... I know things are tough, but I feel like they could have been waaaayy more transparent. 

This is so incredibly kind of you to say--thank you so much. Like many of us I've been dealing with a lot of self doubt, basically questioning every decision I've made leading up to this point haha. Your words really cheered me up : ) 
 

I received a very kind email yesterday letting me know that I'm near the top of the waitlist for UW Madison! Keeping my fingers crossed that it will change to an offer as April 15th approaches. Apparently they received hundreds of poetry apps this year for just 6 spots.  Also hoping this means that I might be hearing good news from other programs in the future? Who knows?!  0a/2w/3r/7p
Also wanted to share my condolences for Vandy applicants--was also rejected and it was a tough one for sure. It wasn't surprising, but the idea of Nashville had grown on me somewhat :') 
Really messed up--what's going on at OSU, I mean. I heard that someone had already declined an offer from another school before they came out with the news. Really hope this doesn't happen to other programs... I know things are tough, but I feel like they could have been waaaayy more transparent. 

Definitely some solid advice--the email I received was from Amaud Jamaul Johnson, and he mentioned that normally they get back to people at the top of the waitlist much sooner than April 15th, but I think it's reasonable to assume that this year may differ! 
 
Still waiting on Michener, UVA, UW, Cornell, Brown, IWW, and Michigan!! Wondering if we'll be hearing from a number of programs this next week...