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Have you tried hydrogen peroxide in soil? Should kill the larvae

Anyway, how's everyone's Friday treating you? I'm hoping you all get great news today. Good luck on your MFA journeys!

The human mind is a truly fascinating instrument, isn't it?

Nobody is censoring those thoughts; it's just that those thoughts are well known by virtually anyone who's spent any time at all thinking about getting an MFA seriously. Pointing out something that everyone knows isn't helpful. It's just harping on basic information that's being presented in the most negative way possible. For example, yes it's true that Columbia does not offer full funding and that paying their full tuition is very expensive. Is it also true that only a fool would go to Columbia? No. That is an opinion, not a fact. It also assumes that everyone will have to pay full price, or that any specific individual could not afford to pay that very expensive cost. I didn't apply to Columbia even though it's within walking distance from my home because of the costs. However, I did apply to NYU even though NYU similarly doesn't offer full funding. I decided that it was worth applying to NYU despite the low odds that I could afford to attend because there are not many schools available to me that offer full funding and I wanted to increase the possibility that I would be able to grad school next year. Result? I have been accepted to NYU with full funding and a stipend. It was very unlikely that this would happen, but it did. If I listened to your "truths" I would have cost myself a tremendous opportunity. Just because something is unlikely doesn't make it impossible. Unlikely things happen, and any honest assessment acknowledges that actual fact. Negativity and honestly are not the same thing. I will continue to encourage people to pursue their dreams and passions and I still give them the respect to assume they understand that doing so comes with the risk of disappointment.

Looks like Syracuse waitlist and rejection emails are coming out rn per mfa draft posts FYI. Sending good luck and vibes to those of you who applied!

I have been accepted to NYU and Stony Brook Southampton so far. Still waiting to hear from Hunter! Thank you for the congratulations, and good luck!

I was accepted to a program via a zoom call on February 8th. At that time they said that I would get an official offer "in the coming days" -- I just received it today. There were a few moments of "ok so did I imagine that?" during that time, but the offer was real. Last week I got another acceptance by phone that was very exciting. I was told that I'll get an acceptance email "shortly," but it hasn't come yet. I did get an email on Monday evening congratulating me and reiterating that I'll get the acceptance email soon. I think it's normal for there to be a lag time and also normal for there not to be. There's a lot of variables at play, but I promise you that you getting accepted by mistake is not one of them. You were accepted! On purpose! (also btw neither of the portals for the programs I've been accepted to have been updated in any perceptible way)

I had a very similar process -- I limited myself to mostly NYC-area schools because I coparent my children and cannot be away from them (I did include Brown and Cornell in my group of schools because I allowed myself to fantasize that the long commute might be achievable). Beyond that, I limited myself to schools that either offer full funding or at least sometimes offer a comparable package. This resulted in my list of 6 schools (one of them is Hunter, which doesn't offer funding really but at least has free in-state tuition).

I saw a tweet from Karan Mahajan at Brown saying that the most-referenced author in the SOPs he's reading this year is Carmen Maria Machado.

Congratulations!!

Congrats! That's so awesome that you got to share this news with your littles!

Hi, the moderator you're referring to is disabled, and the point she brought up is practical and relevant. She is also an exceedingly generous person and has accomplished the thing we're all trying to do (and in a bigger way than most of us will). Please be respectful (I think it is too much to ask you to be kind).