eternalwhitenights

LOL that thought had also crossed my mind!! I was trying to see if there was any correlating experience of notification delays for that exact reason. Good to know my process of rational deduction is at least kicking still.

I know this wasn't addressed to me, but on the topic, my portal at Notre Dame never updated, and it's tripping me out a bit. ? Everyone else seemed to get their rejections just fine, but I never have gotten an official email, nor has ND's website updated beyond the "To date, there is no decision on your application" button/text. Alissa's (the grad coordinator who informed me of the decision on my app) email had said my portal should have updated on Friday with the rejection/disapproval info when the system did its weekly update, but nada, even though everyone else's went through no problem. I just want to see the letter so I know it's for real, for real, you know? That will help closure-wise for me this year, at least. /emotions Basically, did anyone else's ND portal not change or did they not receive any sort of rejection email? Waitlisters seem to have gotten theirs all right, too...(basically, has anyone else received zero updates for ND and/or still have their application decision as "pending"?) I am probably WAY overly reading into this, but my heart's like...ummm, where you at, official update/letter? Just hmmm.

Congrats!! ❤️ If I remember correctly, were you the person that had mentioned a month or two ago that you were nervous about applying as an international applicant? If so, I think you just showed yourself you can kick butt, no matter where you come from--congrats, dear. ❤️

But look at it this way--you have at least one round under your belt, and you can really take time to research/grow/write. You are totally going to get in to at least one next year if Washington doesn't come through. You're like my original ND buddy on here, so I am rooting extra 1bjillion percent hard for you. ❤️ P.S. Don't forget you're more than some MFA rejections. ✌️

I'm sorry, love. ❤️ I know you were counting on it. Maybe we'll be cohort buddies next year instead!!! I really, really, really hope Washington comes through for you. Lucky 7, maybe?? My portal hasn't updated with anything yet, no official emails from the grad school either, and I already heard from the grad school coordinator for the English department herself over email that I wasn't in. Jesus is REALLY teaching me patience. (Just to see it officially officially, you know.) Everybody's all here and in Draft posting rejections and waitlists and I'm like Notre Dame, I know you didn't forget me. Ach.

Thank you so much. ❤️ That means a lot!! You know, I spent enough years hating myself and purposefully holding myself back from things, because I couldn't forgive myself for some choices I'd made in my past, and my way of dealing with that was using self-anger as a shield to avoid getting hurt again--you know, when you spend enough time battling yourself, and hating yourself, and being mad at yourself, and then finally getting to a place where you let yourself be wholeheartedly vulnerable again, clarity comes in the form of commitment to unabashed vulnerability and openness, no matter how hard it gets. And, as much as it'd be nice to say I did it all myself, Jesus has truly been with me every single step of the way. I couldn't, and wouldn't, be here without Him. I've learned that the darkest depths are where the light most often comes in the strongest. I really appreciate your kind words. I hope you friggin have it this year--you're going to kick ass. Thanks, lovey!!! ❤️ I am a warrior, and so are you. So are all of us. P.S. I kind of want to add "badass warrior" to my LinkedIn profile...too much? ?

I'm sorry to hear that. I still believe in you, for what it's worth. ?

Congrats!!!!! That's amazing-sauce times a bjillion!!!! So proud of you!!!! *clinks glass* I found out, from an email from the grad school coordinator via that email I sent, that I didn't get in to ND, unfortunately. ?However, this past week, I have discovered within myself more resilience than I knew I had, and I'm actually grateful to know that there is so much work I can do to really improve my craft over this next year, and then reapply to ND next year with a much more honed, focused application. I've attended enough virtual events they've held, both within their writing department and without, over these past several months, to know that it is exactly where I need to be for both personal and professional goals, so, I'm going to get some sleep, maybe cry a little bit more, and then reassess my next steps when it comes to income generation and story writing, and figure out my next steps towards next year. I'm going to knock their socks off next year, and I'm going to pour my whole heart and soul into the application process and really investing time, energy, dedication, and soul to my fiction craft. I'm so grateful for this group and for the support, too. ❤️ Right now, I am so, damn proud of myself for even applying in the first place. This time last year, I was in the throes of having just been diagnosed with severe OCD, and I was pretty damn near hopeless, living in my parents' basement and not sleeping and thinking I was just utterly broken. (Spoiler alert: I wasn't. :)) I am SO proud of myself for the journey I've been on this year, and for applying and getting my app in at all--between the time of inquiry/processing that, yes, I am going to apply to this, actually, and turning in my application, I had a turn around time period of ten days, so even getting the application in in the first place was a pretty damn great accomplishment in my book. Also, I took a chance on myself, and I tried, and that's the biggest accomplishment of all. Also, heads up--for any other ND applicants, the grad school coordinator said that their "disapproval/rejection" system only updates once a week (I'm guessing on Fridays), so notifications should be going out more today. Not sure of any other cohort data, but I also spoke with someone on Draft whose friend was actually one of the confirmed fiction acceptances at ND, and she said she's going to pass along my question about cohort data and/or expected reply timelines to her friend so she can ask about it in a call she's having with the professors on Sunday. I'll keep y'all posted if I hear anything more--rooting for you guys!!! Much, love, and @fishfish24--I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. Congrats 8 bjillion, million times over!!!!!

I'm so sorry. ❤️ Sending you hugs. No updates on my portal yet...yikes. So the acceptances on here were probs legit. That's okay. Whew boy. Did they mention if they'd made all acceptance calls already? I hope you're okay. I'm really sorry you didn't get in. ❤️❤️❤️ I'm glad you at least have answers, though.

Yeah, the whole "Now, EVERYONE can die in the name of pride--hooray!" vibe doesn't exactly make that the most appealing corner of the country to get cozy in over the next few years. But, c'est la vie. I hope you get into the program you want the most.

Thank youuuuu! ❤️ I emailed their grad school coordinator about prose track timelines, and y'all will be the first ones I tell if/when I get a response. It just felt so good to do *something*, you know? P.S. I'm so so happy for you that you got waitlisted!!! If we become classmates, how freaking cool!!!! Can you imagine?

Hear ye, hear ye.

Feel you big time on that. I think it would help if I knew to be looking out for a phone call, email...any tidbit of info. But day by day. Ahhh, literary vascillations. Fun times. ✌️

Yay congrats!!! I'm glad you got confirmed confirmed. On the small, infinitesimal chance that they happened to throw a morsel to us fiction applicants--do you happen to have any more intel on that front? ? That's huge!!! Congratulations! I hope you get to celebrate all the celebrations and take all the shots!! ❤️?

Breathe. ❤️ You're going to be okay. Also, hugs, and here's the brown paper bag for dry heaving. #solidarity Is it a program that automatically has full funding or is it one that just has partial funding? Just making sure it's not the troll or anything so you're not hyperventilating unnecessarily. ?

Congrats!!!! So happy for you!!!! You da bomb dot com. (Read: it never gets old saying that, like ever.) I would have probably crapped my pants. Good job on holding the bowels. Awesome advice, and again, I probably would have crapped myself in the interim as well. I hope you find out whether it was an acceptance call pronto! It's interesting--I haven't been able to afford a phone for the past couple of months, so my poor father has the delight of being the phone number I used on ND's application as a contact. He's been so supportive and I know he will let me know if he hears anything, and it's probably a blessing in disguise so I don't carry around my phone like it's an appendage rather than an accessory, but not having first access to a potential call is also like I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS AHHHHHH. So, yeah, probs good I don't have a phone right now. ✌️?

Congrats. ❤️ So proud of you!!!

Woohoo!!!! Congrats! ❤️

Mission accomplished. ? Glad it did, and congrats again. ❤️

YAY!!!!! I'm so proud of/happy for you, dear!!!! Congrats on your success. ❤️❤️❤️

WOW!!!! I am so proud of you, love!!! What an amazing, gorgeous accomplishment. Your uni experience sounds fascinating, and I so would read about your experiences and thoughts on life!! Congrats on your success, and I will pray for you that you make the best decision. You've got it. ❤️

Noperdoodles, my heart ain't ready for that yet. Nope nope nope.

Mental health status on STILL WAITING to hear an answer (did I shout that?):

WOW!!! Yay!!! Congrats!!! I hope you rock your interview and I hope you get ALL the money. I'm reading "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth, and loving it so far, too. Also, I haven't been doing a terribly good job of doing other things, but trying to remedy that today. Also, music. Lots of music.

That's awesome. I hope you get it, and the fact that they let you send in the second half of your app today sounds pretty darned positive/they want you to me. Look at you rooooocking it!