Blackhole

yay. and love and hugs to you keep writing. I just realised I haven't written much in the last three months.

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in a range way, I get what you are saying. I am actually looking forward to applying again now that I know what it is about and how I messed up and how everyone here has been so helpful and so sweet. of course we have all heard that failures teach us a lot and I guess, it is a cliche. But I did learn from this "failed attempt" and in fact, the acceptance at one university didn't make me jump in joy.

yay. I am so happy for you. you said it. it is all subjective. we never know who reads our apps and what are their life experiences.

I cringe when I look at everything of mine. my sample has a million typos and hanging sentences and no plot. and my recommenders were people I love and they are great but I don't know if they know my writing. I learned a lot and I guess I can put together a better app next time. :)))))

Thank you so much. such a difficult decision to make though. I am also thinking of applying again next year although I am tempted to go this year and figure out things. Deferrals were there and also, a record number of applications. I had a crap SOP, I chose the wrong program and also, my recommendation letters were by such random people because it was all so last minute that the adcoms must be wondering who is she or who are they I hope, I hope. And I hope you get a good program neat year and write the book you should. I am also an international student so it means I need to figure out opportunities, etc. This also means I say bye to my career and take a plunge and maybe I will land on the moon or straight into the black hole. who knows

I am also wondering the same.

Got my rejection from Iowa. Spoke to a writing professor. said I should have applied for CNF. Is there any merit in waiting for a year and reapplying and deferring Columbia? I applied to a few schools that I selected very randomly and started applications very late and of course, the sample sucked. I am still confused about taking Columbia's offer with that little scholarship. My brother has offered to pay for school but I don't know what are the opportunities after an MFA and whether one should be spending that kind of money. I know people have talked about that already. But anyone here reapplying and can they tell me how to prepare? This was my first attempt and I didn't know it would be so tough. Congrats to everyone who is going to grad school this fall.

Wow. congrats. would you know how many do they generally take for fiction?

Is BU emailing rejections?

yay. congrats

yes, of course. This is my first cycle.

yes, I didn't know the MFA landscape. Never said I did. Maybe it was a lottery. I also never said they should care about my experience. I think we are assuming allot of things here. I am also a "she".

this is so beautiful. I want to save it and put it up on my wall. the bit about the bones and carving out the words. not just that. the whole thing actually

totally agree

I don't agree with that bit about money. I just want to agree with what she said about age and getting an offer. I can't afford grad school without aid. and no, no change of heart.

yay

that's so true. I hope they budge.

after five rejections, you have already been to hell and sort of crawled out of the pity party. but Columbia is way too expensive and the money they are offering is not enough. I told them I can't attend if they don't give me more money so they have asked me to call again. Let's see.

I guess. But I read it on draft and here that CU and NYU take almost everyone. So I don't even know if should be happy or sad.

It was in the morning, which must be late night for the professor. it was just funny because I almost fell out of my bed when the phone rang.

of course. :::))))

I got a call yesterday. I thought it was the Amazon delivery person and I had just woken up so I didn't even understand much. But the professor was kind and gave me his email id so I wrote to him and apologised. I am supposed to call him this weekend. I can ask him if you'd like me to.

oh no. I got five rejections. I guess I didn't put in enough effort and thought of applying to creative writing programs only in the first week of December and put together some random stuff to pass off as writing sample. I guess that's the only logical explanation.

oh and happy belated birthday. you just made me feel a bit better.