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confirmed in the Draft that it's the English one... so Iowa is notifying, ladies! hold onto your hats..

So early for Iowa, unless it's for the Spanish MFA

Ok, thanks!

Can someone explain what happens if you apply to both Michener and New Writers Project and get an acceptance? These programs seem to have the exact same faculty members who are presumably reading the same applications, so is it possible to get accepted to both? Does anyone have insight on this?

Amherst and Vanderbilt seem to be notifying

That's so awesome! I'm making mine with a friend, and it's a website about the undergraduate college admissions process, including resources like how to write an entrance essay and information on scholarships specific to residents of our home state. Hope it can help some kid out

It is literally such a hard time of the year, so you (and everyone else) should try to take it easy. Is anyone working on fun personal projects unrelated to creative writing as a way to distract themselves? I'm working on a website!

George Mason University notified an accepted applicant, I think for poetry

Apparently, Northwestern's cohort this upcoming year is a total of six people: three for fiction, three for poetry. Super hard to get into, even if you're a fantastic writer. And yes, I'm also waiting on the official rejection ?

Slay, I just know it's not me that was accepted lol

Real Gs move in silence like lasagna, like Lil Wayne said

The accepted applicants most likely aren't in Draft. Or they're silent lurkers ?

Girl, me, too ? this was my top choice program (an MFA and MA!!) maybe in another lifetime

Northwestern seems to have notified an acceptance for poetry based on the results page of GradCafe

This is true. I think the only thing that "matters" concerning undergrad is having a GPA that meets the graduate school requirement since you might not be awarded a teaching assistantship for funding otherwise. I do know that some programs like Iowa ask you about creative writing and English lit courses taken as an undergrad as well as any outside teaching/volunteering experience, so it's more important to some programs than others, I suppose

I experienced this exact same thing!! I was like 20 years old when I got accepted and don't think I had the maturity to fully understand how rare it was to get even one fully funded offer, so I turned them both down in favor of moving abroad. I also didn't really understand how MFA programs functioned or that they even take things like cohort synergy into account and assumed I would easily get in again upon reapplication, if I decided to reapply. While I don't regret my decision now, especially after having experienced some pretty wild things and having written so much dynamic material about them, I do wonder if I would have made a different choice had I known just how special of a position I was in at the time. I do miss school in the sense of being allowed to sit, learn, and create, even if through tears. It was a privilege I wasn't fully aware of a few years ago and something I'm a lot more aware now after living in the "real world" for some time

I second this! Programs can be surprisingly accommodating for things like this

It's so early in the year... I'm sorry; I got rejected by Cornell a few years ago on Valentine's Day lol. Kind of slay of them to do that. Was your rejection just an email, or was changed in the portal as well?

I saw that, too! No notification for me, either... Probably a rejection ?

The Draft won't accept me ? Thank you for updating us!

Okay, I'm antsy. Which programs are people sensing or hoping will notify this week?

Yaasss. I'm hoping the schools that tend to notify the first week of February will do the same this year. But I'm also scared of results coming out, because that's the end of it, you know. It's either a yes or a no, and idk if I'm ready to know lol

Thank you so much for this info! I applied to programs with and without teaching duties, and if I end up getting into any and can decide between them, I'd have to think long and hard about it lol

NCSU, WUSTL, Johns Hopkins, Oregon, Washington, and Michigan seem to notify early to mid February as well

After seeing your username and profile pic, I'm very interested in knowing what it's like to actually be in an MFA program lol. What is the workload like when it comes to expected creative output, and how do you balance writing your own work with teaching assistant duties?