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i did some quick math a few months ago and even under the BEST SCENARIO where you get everything they offer every year (not exactly likely), you'd still be in about 15-20k worth of debt after their MFA. edit: this is assuming there's not some secret funding they don't have listed on their programs website; i don't have any insider info.

i wouldn't give up all hope until you hear one way or another. That is a tough rejection though if it does happen since they only accept specific genres every other year. They were one of my top choices but I didn't apply because I didn't have a critical writing sample ready.

something i didn't anticipate but should have known: the closer we get to the likely response days, the higher my anxiety is getting!

I haven't heard back from either yet -- but i'm fiction.

I didn't think creative writing MFA's had interviews for admissions? is that common?

I wanted to apply to CU boulder! (SGJ is on of my favorite authors). Their funding system kept me from applying though. Did you apply to boulder again?

it's been a slow week! especially after last weeks early news.

catsaregood.pdf's email said BU had over 650 applicants this round, so we shouldn't assume every program had a lower count this year.

i thought my hopes couldn't get any higher but here we are, flying towards the sun.

Are you seeing these on the facebook draft group, or the results page here? (I'm not on facebook, so i'm just following the results here).

Grats! That's wild how early Ohio's putting out decisions. I didn't apply there, but it looks great!

hey all! Just wanted to say hi and that i'm here to anxiously wait with ya'll. I applied to 12 fully funded programs in fiction (ol miss, bama, lsu, etc, etc). Next two months will be tough! This is my first round applying, and i'm quite a few years out of undergrad. I went with two short stories for my portfolio, one being a satirical comedy that's not just pure literary fiction, so this might have hurt my apps at the more conventional programs. It felt like my strongest writing though!