mjr58
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With the WUSTL acceptances & waitlists, it looks as if this is my fifth rejection. I don't know what I would improve if I did this again next year or in two years, etc. My resume is terrible, my past education is spotty, & my recommenders aren't familiar with my creative writing, but I'm sure the problem lies with my writing sample. I know my fiction is not good, but I don't know how to move forward. I've been burnt out since mid-fall and not writing at all. There are no communities of literary fiction writers where I live, so I haven't been able to get informed criticism. And I am mystified by the "professional" side of creative writing—where to submit your work, what residencies and fellowships to apply for as an unpublished author.
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Extremely same.
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OSU & Wyoming are definite rejections; seems all the Mississippi round two emails have been sent & the Illinois acceptances & waitlists announced. I'm pretty sure I'm staring down the barrel of over a dozen straight-up rejections.
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Rejected from Wyoming this afternoon. Second confirmed and fourth probable rejection.
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That would be a shockingly fast turnaround, no? Given that the deadline was 15 January and admissions are not rolling? Still worried, though!
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Is there any reason a program would send out acceptances and waitlists, but then not send rejections to everyone else? Thinking of UIUC, for instance.