M-Lin

I'm more than halfway through Anna Karenina (for the first time! OMG...) and all my schools have not moved a muscle. ?

Agree that the 1-year duration could go either way. I'm also attracted to their translation seminar and the global fellowship at the end of the program. Plus opportunity to teach, small cohort, fully-funded & stipend, etc. Wish us all luck! I don't plan to relocate to Boston from NYC. Below are some answers I got from the program before I applied: 1) regarding commuting from somewhere else: Yes, students have lived outside of Boston before. You can plan for your literature courses to be on the same days as your workshops so that your commute is manageable. Courses are usually 3 hours / week. We've had students who lived primarily in NYC or even Maine. If you're accepted to the program, we'll work with you on your schedule. 2) regarding translation courses: You need to take 4 upper-level literature courses. You're welcome to choose any literary translation courses to be part of those courses, even all 4 if that's what you want. 3) regarding auditing classes from other departments of BU: Yes. These are on a case-by-case basis depending on the professor. 4) regarding teaching: We usually schedule experienced teachers for the first semester. If you haven't taught before, we'll schedule you in the spring. There are teaching orientations and you can sit in on classes to watch your classmates teach, but we don't offer extensive teaching training. 5) regarding funding if you choose to finish in a year and a half: If you stay for another half year, BU will cover the continuing student fee, but you won't be registered for any courses and you won't receive any extra stipend. The funding essentially is the same for the two timelines. Hope this helps fellow BU(fiction) applicants!

Also. This is cute. https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/ut-graphic-tees/haruki-murakami

Same here... BU is probably my first choice (along with BK)! I would advise people against applying to BU in the future just because this wait is torture. Application advice: apply to schools that notify in January and February. LOL

Josh did say it could also be early next week (which, I hope, means Monday!) And I just looked up in the results, acceptances tend to be phone calls! So no need to refresh your inbox, just make sure you're staring at your phone screen all day ?

If any of us ever made to an adcom of an MFA program someday, we could try to fix/revolutionize many bumps in this whole application process. And I think one of them is - portals are useless (at least in my experience lol)

Congrats on Hunter!!! Which genre?

Yep, another reason I regretted applying to Columbia lol. There's really no way to afford it. Who are all those people paying? (I'm sure some get scholarships and fellowships). From their website, it seems like the faculty picks their favorites to receive more money for the second year. That sounds like a recipe for fierce competition within the cohort, no? Anyway, we'll see what happens!

NYU gives half-tuition remission upon admission so I think it might end up being less expensive than SLC. I was also accepted to SLC(fiction) but the $ math might not work... please keep us posted on SLC, if you will, should you find out some interesting answers! I think Columbia is possibly next week? And New School probably will notify, too, judging from the previous results. It is almost the end...

Samesies! ?

It did ? I quit Draft/FB finally (after quitting once already but couldn't stand the wait and rejoined...) It was just taking too much of my time and energy. While I still have quite a few more schools to hear back from, the one offer and one interview I had put me slightly at ease. At least I'll have somewhere to go in the fall. Now I'm just trying to chill... though of course I'm still checking gradcafe every 10 minutes ?

? I think we're all losing it a little bit...

Hey might be nice to crop the real name off. Draft is a private group and this is a public forum. The person might not want her/their identity exposed here. Just a thought!

Looking at past results, NYU seems to keep their waitlist going until late summer... not sure how? I thought everyone has to make their choice by April 15th. But yeah, I would think people who are looking to stay in New York, like me, are probably all applying to the same programs. But after submitting all my applications, I realized that I'm really not interested in going to a big program, so probably shouldn't have applied to The New School and Columbia. Hunter's website also says that once they make an offer, the applicant has one week to decide whether they accept. I don't know if it's still true but that seems a little overbearing to me...

Thanks for letting us know! Good luck!!!

Also I remember seeing someone saying that when they were accepted/contacted by Hunter that year, they were specifically told to not mention anything on social media. So maybe that is why it's completely silence... except this one weird pop up in Results

oh wow, that's from March 1st. Didn't even notice! Nope, have not heard.

Scorsese spoke at my commencement. You're right on about NYU lol

Same here! Good luck to us both!

Haven't been directly involved with the shadow figure but I'm starting to believe in reincarnations... lol

Congrats!!! And hi everyone, friendly reminder, it's March! You've made through February

For a few peeps on here who were waiting on NYU's slow notification process - seems like the consensus in Draft is that NYU has given out all their hard yeses... but waitlist has yet to come, so don't give up hopes yet! I started the applications rather late and NYU was my first deadline. I had to send in my writing sample without making edits based on the feedback/line editing of an experienced writer I trusted. So I am using this excuse as self-consolation and holding out hopes for other schools I sent a better writing sample to... ?

Secretly just as fixated! I thought there was only one fiction result on Grad Cafe result yesterday? But it seems impossible that she only made one call yesterday... also with fellowship so maybe they're rolling out fellowships slowly and hopefully faster for regular admissions. Have yet to see other schools giving out acceptances like this... seriously confusing. hoping for the best for every NYU applicant here. Speaking of alma maters... UGH

I saw you that you applied to some of the same schools as I did. I guess we're both targeting the new york area! Are the schools that accepted you, by any chance, NYU or Hunter? Looking at your school list, every one of them would be an amazing place to go for MFA, so congratulations!

Same here. Waiting on both Sarah Lawrence and NYU. I applied to 7 schools and have heard from zero! ? Just checked results - seems like there's a reported acceptance yesterday with full fellowship, not sure if was a late report or a new one, and it didn't specify genre. I've set a notification reminder on the result page for every school I applied to (only if people bothered to click the exact major - creative writing, fiction), so I'll know as soon as there's an update. This waiting game does feel like never-ending, doesn't it.