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Congrats to carly rae jepsen for getting into Michigan. I hope you release another album this year! Love, ur #1 fan

U of Arizona. There are a few entries, mostly CNF and poetry. There is one fiction waitlist. I don't know why they won't just release in one go 😭

Should I give up hope on U of Arizona? Applied for both fiction and poetry and heard nothing so far, but there have been waitlists already on Draft this month.

Oh no, I think you may have missed the reading period. The deadline was 1st of November and then extended till the end of that month. The BU website got revamped so I can't find the page where I found the instructions but if I remember it correctly, only a few colleges/departments allow departmental fee waivers for international applicants. The timeline for anyone interested in getting a fee waiver for BU in the future: Sept. 24 - I submitted my short stories, personal statement, and applicant ID to the CW program email. Dec. 5 - I was informed that the admissions comittee is requesting the graduate school to grant my fee waiver. Dec. 17 - I was given the fee waiver code to use for my online submission.

Oh good luck to us! I hope we hear back from U of Arizona soon. And I agree with Ole Miss, I got really excited reading about it while preparing for my application. Especially since they invite literary agents to meet students! When I joined a writers conference (pandemic so it was online and I was able to participate all the way from Asia), talking to agents was one of the highlights of my experience. I learned a lot about publishing I wouldn't have known otherwise.

Thank you! Aside from Ole Miss, I'm still waiting for Boston U for Fiction and U of Arizona for both Fiction and Poetry. I was able to get a departmental fee waiver for BU by submitting my SOP and writing sample... I wonder if that's any positive indicator or if they waive the fee for all internationals who make the effort to ask.

I slept having moved to the 2nd phase of Ole Miss and woke up being declined by Michener. I didn't apply to all the schools I intended to because I ran out of funds for the fees (international applicant) and January just wasn't a good time for me mentally but now I kind of regret that. Sigh. 0a/0w/2r/4p

Oh my god, progressed to Phase 2 for Ole Miss as well! Congrats and good luck to us all! EDIT: Btw, thank you @Chex for the tip! I wouldn't have applied if not for your suggestion

I saw as well, and that their acceptance email will be sent on Monday! OMG. Congrats to them, but now I'm feeling jittery. BTW, does anyone know if international applicants get calls too?

Mine is also concerned about language: writing against monolingualism and writing in translation, grounded in my country's postcolonial history with Spanish and English, New Criticism and the workshop empire, and our multilingual culture shaping how I communicate with my hierarchy of audience. I trace my tradition to Nick Joaquin's tropical gothic, which employs English as if the mother tongue lurks inside it. I touch a bit on this in my SOP/academic statements, mentioning existing body of work I've already put out. It makes me nervous, if my poetics will be deemed acceptable by US universities. But oh well. It is what it is.

Thank you for these suggestions! I'll give them a look. Mostly it's the asking for more recommendation letters that's making me hesitate, but the draw of waived fees may be stronger.

Hello, I'm new here! I'm an international applicant, first time applying to US MFA programs. Got acceptances in the UK early this year for MA CW but ultimately, I couldn't pursue any of them without full funding. It's been two years since I graduated from undergrad, although I'm in my thirties now. (Long story why.) I've applied to Cornell U and UT Michener so far, and am preparing for U of Arizona, Syracuse, Boston U, Brooklyn College, and Hunter College. All for fiction, while for Arizona, both fiction and poetry. International fees are very expensive and can't be waived for us (except for Boston, but still waiting on the result), so I can't apply to more. I have some local and international publications, residencies, and fellowships. Also taught in uni for two years. Hoping those count for something. Fingers crossed!