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Honestly, due to how limited the methodology is on this one, I'm not sure it's taken very seriously. Not taking long-form work, residencies/fellowships earned, etc. into account probably alters what this list would look like with those factors taken into account to a significant degree. 

Honestly, due to how limited the methodology is on this one, I'm not sure it's taken very seriously. Not taking long-form work, residencies/fellowships earned, etc. into account probably alters what this list would look like with those factors taken into account to a significant degree. 

I just accepted my spot at Hollins  Much love to everyone on this thread!!!

IN AT SARAH LAWRENCE !! EEEEEEEE

Waitlisted at Arkansas! I don't even remember submitting the application lmao - it was a spur of the moment thing, and I thought I'd left it unsubmitted

I'm going to George Mason this fall for fiction! The faculty sounds enthusiastic about my work, and it's by all accounts a great program. It'll be my first time in the US, so super stoked.

WAITLISTED AT HOLLINS!!!!!!!

Just got an acceptance from California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco for Fiction! With a pretty great scholarship too. Quite pleased!

@asf did you try taking the New Yorker test? 

holy shit I'm in at McNeese for poetry!! After 9 rejections and 1 waitlist, i can't believe thissss

Let me just try to stop bawling for a second so I can say that I'm in at McNeese!

I really thought it was all rejections. I'm in shock in the best way possible.
 

Well, I just got the rejection from Virginia, too. BUT at the same time I got a phone call from University of Mississippi letting me know that I was officially in (after I had been waitlisted a week ago)! This is the first fully-funded offer I've received and I'm thrilled. Still waiting on a few schools, but for everyone else on waitlists right now, there is still so much shifting around that will happen as other candidates make decisions and give up their spots.

Hey Guys,

Finally got a moment to break away from everything and say I was accepted to the University of Alaska- Fairbanks MFA creative Writing program! I am waitlisted for funding, but I GOT IN!!!!

I really wanted it. Like really really wanted it. 

1 A- Fairbanks
2 pending
1 R- Uni of Wyoming

I literally just got accepted at Virginia Tech for fiction an hour ago!

"The New Yorker Test" isn't real, it's some made up thing that the unwell individual who devotes their free time to trolling and spouting drivel across this board and draft keeps blabbering on about. Don't pay it any mind

"The New Yorker Test" isn't real, it's some made up thing that the unwell individual who devotes their free time to trolling and spouting drivel across this board and draft keeps blabbering on about. Don't pay it any mind

"The New Yorker Test" isn't real, it's some made up thing that the unwell individual who devotes their free time to trolling and spouting drivel across this board and draft keeps blabbering on about. Don't pay it any mind

"The New Yorker Test" isn't real, it's some made up thing that the unwell individual who devotes their free time to trolling and spouting drivel across this board and draft keeps blabbering on about. Don't pay it any mind

"The New Yorker Test" isn't real, it's some made up thing that the unwell individual who devotes their free time to trolling and spouting drivel across this board and draft keeps blabbering on about. Don't pay it any mind

Good news for anyone on the Florida State waitlist, I'm going to IWW and will be declining my spot at FSU. Hope you enjoy your admission and TA-ship!

@Mdlama, congrats on your wait listing.
Now what if you don’t get in? Are you going to submit something next year that again fails the New Yorker test?

I just got waitlisted at Syracuse. And by the way my writing sample definitely wouldn’t have passed “the New Yorker test”. Any tips for getting off the waitlist? Thanks in advance. 
 

Well, I suppose this thread was overdue for some action and positivity, haha.
I emailed the UAF Director of Creative Writing and she essentially confirmed that the document is an acceptance; they just have to be tentative with the language until the official word comes from the uni itself.  I imagine this communication will be in my inbox sooner rather than later.  She did mention no one's ever disagreed with their decision (heh), so I'm feeling much more satisfied with the result.  Waitlisted for funding, yes, however, she reiterates that there's a lot of movement on it, especially during this time, so she recommends I sit tight.  I'll take her word for it and do so, but it is vastly relieving to have a tiny fingerhold while I wait for New Orleans, Rutgers, Hollins (assuming it's a no since it seems acceptances have started going out, no?), and McNeese.
What a day that March 2nd was.
It's such a monumental cliché to get out of one's bath, check one's email, and see an email one has been waiting for but that one never believed would actually get there, despite the numerous times one refreshed the window... as if by strange, strange magic, that would make it so.
Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah to all of those who received terrific news about their schools!  And thank you all for the kind words and encouragement.
As we all traverse the Birnam Wood on our own, isn't it so tremendous to have our voices echo through the trees and act as momentary beacons for our wayward hopes to find respite, even when seemingly lost?
 
Thankful for the echoes!

CONGRATS!

@Ydrl , ask yourself some questions. Are you sure it was not a crank call/voicemail? When was the last time you took a drug that might alter your perceptions? Can you do me a favor and check whether you accidentally applied to Iowa State?
@eternalwhitenights, did you apply to Notre Dame this year? Have you been reading posts here this whole year?