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That’s also a good point ? Thank you! I hope I do too ?

??‍♀️ I was really hoping for a waitlist /: but I guess I’ll be heading for the UK after all!

Rejections from Boston, Guelph, and Columbia. Looks like that’s a wrap!

I emailed to clarify the timeline. They replied saying we’ll get a “final result” between now and the first week of April. ?

It’s hard to say that the undergrad students don’t have a lot of experience though. I’ve seen undergrad students who have been publishing since their teens and have won awards etc. And that would be specifically Iowa. I don’t think we can say that all programs don’t care about experience.

First of all, I don’t appreciate that assumed that I’m a “he” but also, you cut what the where I said “I find that most programs...” This is not something I made up, and yes I’m speculating, but I based it off of the programs I applied to specifically and how I had an interviewer specifically state that they’d like to see applicants with more experience and longer history of dedication. Of course, that isn’t for all programs and I’m not saying that it is. I apologize for the poor wording choice, but I also wouldn’t say that MFA programs don’t necessarily care about experience at all.

There are still many of us here waiting to hear back from CU, so just a thought. ?

“Amazon delivery person” I love this. ? Would totally be me too, to be completely honest.

This is my second year applying! Last year I applied to 7 programs, but only got into one with no funding. I think rather than age, I find that what programs really want to see is experience in the field and a certain level of dedication.

To add on, I’m in my 20s and out of 14 applications, I received no acceptances from US schools so I don’t think age is the issue (at least in my case! ?)

Ohh! Where will you be heading? And thanks for the insight! It does sound lovely. Fingers crossed ???

I’ll try it! I’d say I’m terrible at writing romantic scenes though.?

That’s very kind of you! And oh dear ? If I did that, I think my mom would question my sanity, and my grandmother would disown me. They’re still quite traditional-minded so it would be quite the cultural shock! They’d probably stop listening halfway through and walk out of the room to be completely honest ?

I’ve been constantly checking ? Seems like my luck with US schools are at 0% this year.

The New School hasn’t sent out waitlists or any rejections from what I know ?

I was also thinking about just applying to Canadian schools because my family and partner are both here, but I realized that my writing might not grow as much if I don’t experience new things and get out of my comfort zone to be completely honest. I think the more I’m sheltered, the more I’ll slack in terms of writing so I considered when applying. I completely get your worries though! But not exactly in living in a big city worry, more of a cultural and race worry. In my undergrad, especially in the last two years, I was always one in a handful, maybe even one of two or just the one Chinese student in my English Lit classes and I could never muster up the courage to speak up in class. Similar with me sharing work. I was always worried people would judge me for my writing etc. but I need to just get over that fear ? and I think studying abroad for me will actually help because it’s almost like starting anew. Sorry, that was a lot of rambling, but of course everyone is different. I think you should still do what you think it’s best for you both writing wise and comfort wise! I’m not too familiar with a whole bunch of US programs. There are so many it makes my head swim so I might not be too helpful in that sense. ? But I will say that you should stay positive! Have faith in your writing and apply with confidence!!

I would say workshops or writing groups? You might have to do some digging for those though. Either that or find writers through the “literary sphere” of Twitter and see who you’d like the swap work with etc. So far it’s worked for me!

I applied to Lancaster, Edinburgh, and Glasgow! Got offers from these three but rejected from UEA (said I had “promise” and to try again next year ) I believe those are still open for applications (?) I also worry about the UK schools funding wise so I’m holding hope for the remaining US ones but if not, I think I’ll end up going to the UK. If you’re looking for any program including MA not just MFA, I’d suggest the UK schools I listed above! ^ There are many others you can look into too. A lot of them have numerous “rounds” deadlines.

I just got the Columbia form Enquiry reply ??‍♀️ I’m going to just assume we’ll all hear back by the end of March.

Thank you ??? Another day of finger crossing ??

Did they happen to say anything about how many people they’ve accepted so far and if decisions are still continuing for the next few days? ?

I haven’t gotten a response yet /:

Completely understandable! I think there are always pros and cons with larger and smaller programs /: and it’ll be something we need to accept if we decide to go to a certain school in the end ?

Well, it seems like it means that everything will be sent out by the end of March ?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ????????????