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We're impressed by your huge balls.

That's fine, but remember there are breaks and we don't know what we don't know. Assume nothing. If you don't get calls, it doesn't meant other people are.

I’m trying, and have been trying. All I can do is send reminders. Some schools’ portals don’t list specific recommendation status. Some don’t inform you of receipt at all. There’s probably only half a dozen left he either hasn’t sent or I can’t determine. ugh. It’s so late already. I’ll do some more mining in a bit.

recommender issue. One of my recommenders is ... different. He's responded to most (?) of my schools but not all. He's "bad with email". I was skeptical of asking him for a recommendation because I knew he was like that but was told when it came to deadlines like this he wouldn't let me down. He's let me down. I can't even keep track of where he's responded and where he hasn't (I should have left a column for that on my spreadsheet). I just got an email from UTK saying they haven't received his rec. should i even bother now? Honestly, I'm afraid to even look and see where he's let me down.

I'm feeling this hard. I very much see myself where you are before this is all over and i know i'm not doing this again. I don't think I wasted my time or my recommenders', nor do i think you did. The process made us better writers. I even started to enjoy it while hating it. it was quite weird. As for my recommenders, I haven't seen what they wrote so it's very possible they all hated me and were only too happy to sabotage my future. of course, there's also the very real possibility I suck ass. and what of it? I've long suspected I'm borderline retarded (not the high side of the line either) and my whole life people have just been really really nice to me. but i wont stop writing.

Here's a question for all: How do we handle our sig line? do we reduce "p" as we get responses? also... possible? potential? pending?

Revenge Sublimation Resistance hypocrisy oblivion/denial estrangement/disaffection i wouldn't call any of these favorites, they just are.

Amazeballs. I have a good feeling about your funding. It seems a pretty early acceptance for them and the interview indicates there's something they want to talk about.

here's how dumb I am, I thought p was for possible. I also didn't realize we were supposed to update "p" as we heard back. off to edit.

Hey, just noticed your sig. Are you DONE?!

anybody else here waitlist at USF? I have a question about the email I don't want to ask on Draft.

No from a previous year. She wrote an article about the experience.

Re: NYU For a while, I believe they held the record for earliest notification, although I believe if it wasn't already broken, it's been broken this year. The acceptee has written about the experience and yes, they did get the "big bonus" funding package. I do think they've done interviews in the past, but it is a large program so it may not be boilerplate policy. In any event, it does NOT seem NYU always sends out all notifications at once. why, i have no idea.

I feel all this. All of it. I’m as worried as you. Keep making art.

Ah. I hear you. I’m doing the same thing with NCSU. and I’m trying to be encouraging, not set you up for disappointment. Good things.

why do you think it's an unnofficial rejection? what happened? I felt the same way last week but got waitlisted today.

Congrats to everyone. me, I'm waitlisted again, this time USF. I'm calling it a win, but for some reason it doesn't feel that way.

oh congratulations. she's fantastic.

Wow. That’s big. Congratulations.

no, it's because it feels this way... I think for most of us. there's a deadline for them too and the closer it gets without responses, the more imminent a wave seems. Soon it will be so.

Dear applican't, Thank you for interest. Sad no room program. Maybe sometime other. Sincerely, Johns Slopkins

It’s about the money. What’s the cost/funding possibility? I don’t get why the sample is bothersome. I too applied to nyu despite the size of the program but 120 seems bonkers. Is the app fee waived since you’ve already applied to CUNY? I only applied to one.

62 more days. The last 15 are highly unlikely except for us waitlisters. That leaves 47 days of finding out whether someone swiped left or right on us. 47 days of ... what would you call it?

Yeah. I would think so. But I also know there’s about a dozen on the waitlist for four slots at Bloomington. I’ve seen none for uiuc. So what does that mean?

one FYI and one question, sorta. FYU re FAFSA: while i can't comment on private schools, many public universities rely on public funding for their programs. in addition there are often tuition differences with respect to in and out of state residence and occasionally other differences with respect to foreign students. As such these schools often require a FAFSA for tracking and funding (ie: grant writing) purposes of their own as well as governmental and administrative requirements. That said, it's my understanding this gets worked out when/after an offer is made. Assume nothing but I would think most who need a FAFSA filed earlier would note it in the application instructions. now for the sorta question. someone on draft reported urbana had 40 applications for poetry. Do you think it is reasonable for a University to release a number just because they were asked? is it possible they are required to?