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  1.    1moreX reacted to a post in a topic: 2022 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum
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    My CCNY portal also said "Dean Review" a week or so before I was accepted. Honestly, I don't think an application gets as far as the dean unless it's close to a stamp of approval. (But I'm just guessing.) Then came a neutral email from grad admissions and a link on the portal to the letter of acceptance. At CCNY I loved the director, Michelle Valadares, the location, and all the incredible partnerships they have. Thanks for the congrats. And I'm so glad you've found a good place for yourself that makes you happy, that you'll now have the freedom to go forward with your CNF next year.
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    I heard from CCNY on 4/20 that I'd been accepted. You've probably heard by now too. Sorry to reply so late - I haven't been on this list for a while. What have you decided to do for next year?
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    Hello those on fiction waitlists. I accepted the MFA in fiction at Florida State (FSU). Fully funded, $16,250 stipend, very cordial students and grads, very warm welcome. I declined these schools in fiction within the last week and you should see movement: Brooklyn - heart-breaking to say no; excellent 2-year program, incredible teachers, tuition offset and other funding available, just not promoted. You can teach an undergrad comp course each semester for almost $7,000 a course. There is additional money, too. If you are wavering about Brooklyn, I'd say take it. Sarah Lawrence Florida international University (FIU) Queens College George Mason - definitely the last on the list Thank you all for helping me understand this gauntlet of a process and for sharing your feelings on this forum. I learned so much from you. Oh yes - I wanted to add. There was discussion here about whether people over 40 years old get funding offers -- more or less or age doesn't matter. I'm decades over 40 and had 2 full-funding offers and one full tuition offset plus more.
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    Hi all -- Getting a little compulsive these days. Does anyone put any stock in this list ranking MFA programs? It's based on number of graduates publishing in "Best of..." anthologies. https://creativewritingmfa.info/rankings/
  18.    Nicolas M. reacted to a post in a topic: 2022 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum
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    Thanks - that's definitely helpful. Makes the school sound like a good community. Btw - the latest episode of the podcast MFA Writers is an interview with a Creative Writing PhD at FSU - https://www.jaredmccormack.com/mfawriters
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    Thanks - I've just emailed the grad admissions liaison at FSU and I'll let the list know what happens. This is good info to share.
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    Wow - thank you so much. So good to know. Yes, the director told me I'm high on the waitlist. I hope I still am. Thanks so much again.
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    Thanks, so practical and helpful!
  27.    fier reacted to a post in a topic: 2022 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum
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    Hello all - I'm still waiting to hear from Florida State (FSU), where i'm waitlisted in fiction, and would appreciate knowing any movement off the waitlist. I'm not on Facebook. Meanwhile, I have a question. I'm itching to email FSU and ask to speak to current or former students about the program, as I've done with schools I've been accepted to, or participate in other opportunities they offer accepted students to understand the program better. Though FSU is my first choice, I would not accept their incredible offer without finding out more about about it from the inside. I've done my due diligence with every other school l and it has totally changed my personal ranking of them. Do you know how a waitlisted student requesting this kind of access is perceived? Has anyone done this? Also, I want to share something I've discovered in talking to people about their schools: As far as I can tell, there is no either/or of funded and non-funded schools. ALL the schools I've researched, including Sarah Lawrence, offer teaching and other opportunities, such as Writing Lab work or journal editing, to offset tuition. These are not called teaching or professional assistantships, but they function that way. In some cases the teaching offered in a supposedly non-funded college covers more than the cost of tuition. All the students I've talked to, including at SL, say "almost everyone gets something." Of course there is no stipend at these school, covering living expenses, too. But at no school I've researched is there no funding. Maybe i'm misunderstanding "fully funded," but these are the gray areas i see. Ok everyone -- thanks for listening and good luck to all still waiting to hear. My results: Accepted in fiction: Brooklyn, George Mason, Florida International, Sarah Lawrence Waitlisted: Florida State Rejected: University of Florida, Pitt, Indiana, Notre Dame Still waiting to hear: CCNY, Queens
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    Accepted at Florida International University (FIU) in fiction with assistantship and stipend. Very welcoming phone call with Les Staniford. Entering fiction cohort of about 8. Emphasis in the program on output and "reaching your audience." Sounds really good.
  31. 1moreX
    Thank you, thank you! I'm waiting for FSU (Florida State) waitlist news if you or anyone gets word.
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    Hi again - Reason to hold out hope. I emailed Lynne Barrett, one of the MFA faculty at FIU, about that email from Grad Admissions and here's what she wrote back. (Bottom line, no decisions made yet.) ==== [The message] "means nothing at all. We received your application with all materials and our faculty have been reading all of them and will be meeting very soon. We tell U. Grad Admissions our decisions later. Our secretary downloaded everything that grad. admissions had, and we also received things through the mail. And if something major were missing our secretary would have been in touch to ask. So your application is in our hands, and no decisions have been made but they will be soon."
  33. 1moreX
    Don't give up if you're know the MFA and the writing life is what you want. It's a calling.
  34. 1moreX
    Hi there - you are smarter than me about $. Yesterday's email was from Nanett A. Rojas not Dr. Brian Raue. I quoted it in my posting in its entirety because it is so cryptic. I got the same email as you on Feb. 16th from Dr. Brian Raue about the CASE Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. However, his email said the due date to apply for the scholarship was May 7 and I didn't follow the links till yesterday and saw the Mar. 7 due date on the application instructions. I am an idiot, especially if I am accepted. This is not the first school this application year whose possible funding I have botched. It is not my perfect season by a long shot. But I'm too old not to accept one of my offers and try to get better funding for the second year.
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    Probably. I don't know for sure. It's my friend's best and one of their only offers.
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