pomelo

20 rejections. 
6 acceptances. 
 
and that’s the game baby. 

Just wanted to pop in and say hi as the season winds down and we get closer to the 15th. I'm so thankful for the support of this community when I was stressing hard in February! I've officially accepted my offer from Brown 
I'll be back checking in next year for sure to see how people from this cycle who chose to reapply are doing, to try to pay the support forward! If anyone wants feedback on their personal statement or sample this summer (poetry) I would be more than happy to correspond, just message me! Love y'all!

Someone in the MFA Draft FB group said UNCG wouldn’t get back to applicants until April 15 which is kind of ridiculous. At this point if you haven’t heard back from a program(s) it’s worth it to reach out to them. It’s almost April..

It seems like Iowa rejections came in the mail for a lot of people today. When I got home I ran to check the mail (I’m expecting a rejection but, still, I wanted to read what they said). Tell me why I ripped open the one envelope in there and it turned out to be an invitation to join a local Jehovah’s Witness church. Facepalm!
 
 

Hey y'all, on mobile as I'm literally on the Amtrak train down to Eugene to visit UO. In for poetry at University of Houston!

It seems like Iowa rejections came in the mail for a lot of people today. When I got home I ran to check the mail (I’m expecting a rejection but, still, I wanted to read what they said). Tell me why I ripped open the one envelope in there and it turned out to be an invitation to join a local Jehovah’s Witness church. Facepalm!
 
 

University of Montana for poetry

Oh my god just got accepted at a school that I thought was a soft rejection. They mistyped my email. 

Somehow knowing, for weeks, that I'd be rejected at Iowa pushed my existential dread and sadness past a certain threshold and it looped around the Crippling Self Doubt and Depression Spectrum (TM) into unreasonable giddiness and excitement as I ripped open my letter and hunted around for a pushpin (could only find tape). I did get a tiered rejection, but I do feel like a good portion of people get a tiered rejection? Who knows.  

pretty sure I just got waitlisted at Iowa 🤩

Me too! And with that, my MFA season officially ends with 0A/0W/12R! Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted and is ready to begin their MFA journey! To everyone else, I'm still rooting for all of you and I hope you guys hear good news from the schools you have left, and all the waitlists turn into acceptances and put you out of your limbo. Thank you to everyone on this forum, the ride was a lot more enjoyable sharing all the emotions with you guys. I'll keep writing and maybe one day we'll pass by each other and I'll get to read all of your works! Wishing everyone the absolute best, and I hope that no matter what, you guys can love this craft for a long long time and it brings you a tonne of happiness (even in its hardest moments)! 

Same! 

Congrats to everyone who got in or was waitlisted. It seems like a great program. 

Brown is weird. According to the Draft spreadsheet, they sent out all poetry decisions last week. Not only that, but it looks like everyone heard back by/on March 6. Unlike other schools, it looks like they’re releasing acceptances/waitlists/rejections on the same day or in the same week, at least.  Two fiction acceptances were logged for 3/8 and 3/9. I think the rest of us should be hearing from them very soon. 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone. I have a feeling a lot of decisions will go out this week! 

Someone on Draft said they got an acceptance email from Brown (fiction) today. Assuming I don’t hear from them Monday I’m assuming a rejection. Thus ends the season for me. That puts me at:
2a/0w/8r (3 of which are soft rejections bc I haven’t officially heard back UMass Amherst, Iowa, and Brown). 
 
Woo hoo! Glad to have your company on this rollercoaster   

There’s certainly still hope!! The person on Draft who got in for fiction had 0 acceptances until Brown contacted them. It’s still anyone’s game. 
 
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

There’s certainly still hope!! The person on Draft who got in for fiction had 0 acceptances until Brown contacted them. It’s still anyone’s game. 
 
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Someone on Draft said they got an acceptance email from Brown (fiction) today. Assuming I don’t hear from them Monday I’m assuming a rejection. Thus ends the season for me. That puts me at:
2a/0w/8r (3 of which are soft rejections bc I haven’t officially heard back UMass Amherst, Iowa, and Brown). 
 
Woo hoo! Glad to have your company on this rollercoaster   

There’s certainly still hope!! The person on Draft who got in for fiction had 0 acceptances until Brown contacted them. It’s still anyone’s game. 
 
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️