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LETS GOOOO congrats!!!

Lol just checked the OSU portal and saw that I'm missing a recommendation 🤪🙃 not sure how I missed that one. Welp. edit: Another OSU waitlist notif on draft, this one for poetry!

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So quiet!!! Where is Ohio Thee State!!!

Literally could not agree more. Thinking of one of my former professors in my screenwriting mfa who was a super famous Oscar winning writer whose work I LOVED....and also one of the worst teachers I've ever had lol. And my absolute favorite professor ever whose biggest credit was a co-write on a hallmark movie, who taught me pretty much everything I know

From what I can see for fully funded programs that are still open: University of Wyoming (Jan 20), Virginia Tech (Jan 21), San Diego State (Feb 1), Georgia College & State U (Feb 1), North Carolina State (Feb 1), Southern Illinois (Feb 1), Western Kentucky (Feb 1), Wichita State (Feb 1)

Just had a cute lil manic episode and impulse-applied to three more programs (Notre Dame, Boise State, and Northern Michigan). Please send thoughts and prayers to my poor recommenders.

Big week ahead, y'all! I can sense it!

Do you have a top choice? It's corny but I'm making little collagey vision boards of what life would look like at my top picks (spots I'll want to check out in my new city/town, the landscape, how I'll decorate my new apartment, etc). Maybe something like that would be fun for you. I'm also telling myself it's a manifestation technique lol

I didn't apply to Montana so can't speak to them specifically but I definitely had a few like this and I agree it's a little stressful! Like pls just give me a big red button that says SUBMIT so I can turn my OCD off. That said, I empathize but I'm sure you're fine!

I think this is super normal. You've just finished a project (applying is a huge project!) and I think it's totally fair that your creative brain needs a rest before diving into anything else. Embrace the in between!

Just got an email from Knoxville - I’m through to round 2 :)

Not me! Did you!? Congrats if so!!!

Personally I would probably just leave it, but I don't think there's any harm in asking if you'd be able to submit an updated version.

Omg thank you for laying this all out, my brain can't math so I've been mostly saving the stipend/financial considerations for later but this is SO helpful to see. Damn yeah, 2/2 for all 4 years is a little wild imo. I think I'd probs be okay with a 2/2 load as long as the stipend reflected that but you're right, this seems kinda unsustainable, at least for me at this point in my life.

Anybody applying to Arkansas? I just found out they have a free first round so I said what the heck and sent it in. They're a fully funded four year program which is kinda wild to me, but maybe cool? Can't decide. Curious if anybody has thoughts on the program!

SO deeply second this lol.

Haven't heard anything either! I'm pretty sure last year UTK's round 1 notifs dropped on 12/16 so we're not too far off schedule.

Feels weird to say this so early in the cycle but -- just got my first acceptance! In for fiction at University College Cork in Ireland. It's one of only three non-funded programs I applied to, kinda on a whim, and to be honest there's pretty much no chance of me financially actually being able to go. But still, feels like a nice way to kick things off.

Is anybody applying to the cross disciplinary track at Brown? It seems so cool but I haven't really seen anybody talk about it this year or last.

Also kind of everywhere lol. Wyoming, Brown, Cornell, UTK, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Indiana Bloomington, NAU, Oregon, Oregon State, Minnesota Minneapolis, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, Rutgers Camden, and then for SOME SILLY REASON I also applied to University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland despite being broke and there being pretty much zero hope of funding.

Hi, welcome! Never too early to begin The Panicking lol. Where are you applying?

I find this really annoying too. I'd get it if the questions were all distinct but they just seem like variations of the same thing to me.

Just curious, is anybody looking at any non-US schools?

I've been in fanfic mode too LOL. I feel like it's much needed particularly this time of year (app szn). Otherwise just finished Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker (liked 90% of it, hated the end) and this YA fantasy bop Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (loved).