R Westy
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16 minutes ago, Lighthouse Lana said:
Ugh, when am I allowed to email Rochester about my portal saying "decision released," but not actually showing the update??? I feel weird about it because I literally emailed them last Monday for a status update... I don't want to bother them too much, but dangling a decision in my face for three days is just RUDE.
I don’t think it would be bothering them too much. If there’s a problem with the system, they’d probably want to know anyway. I don’t think they’d decide to reject you for asking a reasonable question.
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1 hour ago, missmarianne said:
Just laughed out loud at this while dealing with my own rejection. Lucky for me that rejection hit in the middle of my therapy appointment and my therapist had also been rejected from UT Austin one time and was all "HOW DARE THEY REJECT US"
How are y'all all so good-natured about this? I cry every time. The jokes only come later.
Everyone grieves differently I guess. I spent more time crying earlier in the season and now I’m p numb to it all. I have a job at a cafe that I really like and live in a town where I have cultivated a lot of friendships, so I’m like, well it’s not like I’m in a totally horrible situation... I was sort of scared of the workload of a PhD anyway so I guess this is kind of a crappy reprieve? I applied to 14 schools and got fully rejected from all of them, though, which is a first for me for college/grad school apps. Cheers to breaking records! Wheeeeeeee!!!!
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30 minutes ago, missmarianne said:
It's truly a tough year. I do think that's the case. I don't think I've seen a year where so many, many talented people got rejected by every single school they applied to.
It’s pretty shocking. Two of the smartest folks I know had to apply twice, even in non covid times, so I’m reassuring myself with the fact that it’s hard in general and nearly impossible this year. Still sucks tho! At least we have good memes and satire (your amazing essay) to get us through.
- Hard times!, Bopie5 and missmarianne
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2 minutes ago, missmarianne said:
I kept going and McSweeney's is publishing another essay I sent them!!! ? Bye-bye, academia! Going be a satirist now!!
Yessssss!!!! congratulations!!
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6 minutes ago, missmarianne said:
I am not a creative writer, but I'm about to become one considering McSweeney's was the only place that sent me an acceptance this season.
Having a real "don't go where you're not wanted" moment rn.
Sounds like you’re a writer to me! Keep going! Or also wallow in anger/sadness for a while if you need to, I know I am ?
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21 minutes ago, missmarianne said:
I only have Michigan left and I went to a state school, so no hope there. I've decided I'm going to write a book, this year, and publish it out of spite. This process really fucking sucks, guys.
We are in the same situation, I feel your pain. If you are a creative writer as well, there are a few cool residencies, fellowships, etc that are accepting apps now. Personally I’m consoling myself by applying to more things and pretending I’m unbothered by all this rejection, all while setting myself up for more (probable) rejections. It’s a great strategy I know!!!
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1 hour ago, queenofcarrotflowers said:
hoping my inevitable shutout gets confirmed sooner rather than later this week! ?
Same. I just want it to be done so I can move on and plan for the next application cycle. Hang in there!
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16 minutes ago, Shake829 said:
Disregard this . . . They actually did send an email.
I can’t even be mad at them regardless, they were the only school I was able to get a fee waiver for, because unlike most schools they didn’t make me apply for one with an essay on how poor I was, due at least three weeks in advance of the app deadline. ?
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2 hours ago, queenofcarrotflowers said:
Wondering if anyone else still hasn’t heard back from Virginia? I’m 100% sure it’s a rejection, but wondering why they haven’t released them all at once
One theory I had — I saw that at least one rejection was recommended to the MA program. I marked that I was “not interested” in the MA on my application form, so maybe that put me in a different set of rejections, folks who wouldn’t be considered for the MA?
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5 minutes ago, queenofcarrotflowers said:
Wondering if anyone else still hasn’t heard back from Virginia? I’m 100% sure it’s a rejection, but wondering why they haven’t released them all at once
I’m in the same boat!
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1 minute ago, onerepublic96 said:
The meeting is today! I expect decisions should come sometime next week.
Thanks for the info ?
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2 minutes ago, onerepublic96 said:
Michigan decisions are being made today. Good luck to everyone!
Just curious, do you mean they’ll be posted today or like they’re meeting to make the final decisions?
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47 minutes ago, NervousYolk said:
Most likely because they need to know how many of the people admitted turn down their spot since this would affect how the waitlist looks like too? It would probably be a lot more awkward and labor intensive if they were to send out rejections the same time as admissions and they end up with 2 spots that weren't taken and need to backtrack on the rejections.
This situation happened in my MFA a couple years after I started, people on the waitlist had already accepted other offers and admissions had to dig into the rejection pile which was awkward to say the least.
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21 minutes ago, Cloudbury said:
Has anyone received an email from UVA called “University of Virginia Graduate Diversity Resources”. This is my first communication from them... anyone accepted?
Also just got that email... annoying bc I’m fairly sure they’ve already sent out all acceptances and waitlists and I’m just waiting for the official rejection, so this email is totally irrelevant to me lol.
*edited to add: Not trying to discourage hope here, I’m just grumpy af at this point in the season. Good luck to us both!!
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6 minutes ago, The Maritime Scholar said:
Also, I keep seeing people in the results saying that they checked their UCLA application portal, but mine doesn't say anything. How weird. Maybe they haven't finished posting all the rejections, and I'm at the bottom of the list ???
Same! I’ve already crossed it off my list in anticipation of a rejection but it’d be nice to be able to make things official. ?
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Just now, missmarianne said:
Okay, but mine doesn't say that, tho. It's still at In Review. ?
Try not to dwell on it, I’m sure as was said above, it doesn’t mean anything either way! These application portals have the devil in them!!
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1 minute ago, queenofcarrotflowers said:
Mine has said this for a long time (v early in January). From what I’ve gathered it doesn’t really mean anything.
Oh interesting. Before today mine always just said “Your application is in review.” Same meaning just a slightly differently worded message. I hate how all the application systems do little glitchy things that stress me out.
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My UT Austin app status page now says “Attention: Your file has been forwarded to the Graduate Committee for review.” I’m assuming that doesn’t mean anything, but because I’m bored/anxious, wanted to see if y’all’s status page says the same thing?
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14 minutes ago, wildsurmise said:
Well this is a helpful consolation to keep in mind in the event of my probable rejection, thanks!
Wow, so many of the top schools seem to be halving their cohorts this year—UVA, Harvard, Yale, Chicago, etc. not to mention those not accepting at all, like Columbia, Penn, Brown... what an application cycle.
Yeah, it’s disappointing, but also sort of reassuring to know it’s just an extra difficult year.
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On 2/14/2021 at 10:45 AM, wildsurmise said:
How large are the biggest English PhD cohorts, and which programs? I was reading that UVA has ten people per cohort but self-describes the PhD program as “small”—so how big is big? I’ve heard cohorts will be smaller at many places this year, but I’m curious about a general reference point.
Not an answer to your question, but I know from someone at UVA that they’re only taking 6 PhDs this year.
- R Westy and wildsurmise
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Just now, cassidyaxx said:
Sorry I wanted to update but have been in class- yeah I got an email back this afternoon and then the automated email followed shortly after that. Also a rejection ?
Ah well, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for us to hear some better news soon!
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On 2/10/2021 at 2:28 PM, cassidyaxx said:
Jeez, I'm really losing my mind bc I feel like I just don't hear back from anyone lol. Could you let me know if you hear anything? good luck
Never got an email response but just got an automated email to check the portal and it was a rejection, dang it! Did you hear back?
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13 minutes ago, cassidyaxx said:
Jeez, I'm really losing my mind bc I feel like I just don't hear back from anyone lol. Could you let me know if you hear anything? good luck
Yeah I will definitely let you know if I get a response! Good luck to you too!
Second MFA?
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I was poking around and couldn't find discussion on this, but if you know of a thread, please direct me there!
I'm trying to decide whether to apply for a second MFA, this time in poetry (first one was in fiction), and also considering applying to creative writing PhDs. I know that some MFAs explicitly state they won't accept applicants who already have an MFA, but I wonder if that also holds true if the applicant wants to work in a different genre than before.... Does anyone have any thoughts/resources on this? Thanks!