chrisclements

hey people! i've officially committed to the university of alabama, so if anyone else that's going there wants to connect, hit me up!

I've asked about rank, and they stonewalled me, so not sure. Then again, I think I was talking to a grad student and not a program head. So I may send another email soon. Regardless, i think you're right about the waitlist

Oof, I don't really remember. draft, I think.

Just found out I'm going to get a Truman Capote Literary Trust scholarship from the university of alabama!! ahhh!!!

No, I have no idea. they just mentioned the two spots thing. Kinda weird.

Still psyched about Tennessee, don't get me wrong -- but does it seem like there's a really large fiction waitlist to anyone else? i count seven on draft alone... And given the fact that they're only taking *two* fiction applicants for this cycle, i don't know... What do you guys think? Am I overthinking this?

I was waitlisted at Tennessee! I can't fucking believe it. Didn't think i was going to get anything this year, so this feels like a big win

Yeah, honestly i think I'm just overthinking everything. Besides, it's not like i can change it now. I think I can live with what I put down. And I didn't really mean anything by it, I was just joking around mainly. "Guy in your MFA" etc. etc.

I did mention influential authors in my SOP, and now I'm kind of starting to regret it: DFW, Jennifer Egan, Zadie Smith, Pynchon and Denis Johnson. With DFW especially, (seeing as he is quite understandably going out of vogue atm) I think it becomes easier to dismiss someone's writing if their influences smell of lit crit guy (and for the record, I'm doing my best to expand my reading). Then again, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to just lie to the adcom folks. I was in a bit of a bind, to be honest. Hopefully it works out for me

this isn't related to what you're asking about, but out of curiosity--when did you submit your app to NC State?