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I didn’t apply because I had the wrong deadline. I think you win.

At least by one.

right, irvine. i couldn't remember the other one i applied to that asked for the hard copy. Sometimes convention is nice. Sometimes it's time to admit the romance is dead.

this all day. i have a not-so-secret fear that i'm frighteningly stupid and everyone is just being really, really nice to me.

if i ran the mfa at iowa, the rejection letter would read, "HOW DARE YOU!"

iowa is known for being one of the few to use snail mail. makes sense, they're also one of the few who insist on a hard copy manuscript. a few (NYU) give you the phone call... but i'm sure that's not for rejections.

oh i'm sure no one's thinking about that place at all. (i just checked the mail)

here's a question: can someone on draft light a fire under the asses of the admins?

not really. if i were running an MFA, that would be the whole form letter. ot even a "dear applicant". just a plain trifolded sheet (card stock, of course) and in the center "Denied."

with the "!"?!?!? wtf??

you can't not tell us. what were the six words?

supercongrats.

yeah, that was me who got waitlisted. and i'm happy about it, but then that voice in my head says, "you know the admissions committee is made up of writers, right? you know how much writers drink; they were probably hammered when they read your stuff." i did actually say to my wife, "if nothing else, someone out there who makes a living at this stuff, thinks i'm capable." i believe that too. but sometimes there's the other voice. i think we all have it. i just need to say it a little. as far as IQ being a terrible measure of intelligence, it isn't. it's an excellent measure of one type of intelligence. unfortunately no one can nail down exactly what that is. it hangs out as a benchmark because other measures are even harder to quantify. we'll get there. 10 programs? that's cute. seriously, though, thanks for this. i really hate the insecure side of myself so all you guys are supercool for not judging. still, i think in the modern world an mfa is almost a necessity. there are agents who won't look at you without one and probably a few who look closer because of them. an mfa does a lot of legwork for screeners.

yeah, all this. i mean i know these things, we all do. but i'm human. humans are dum dums. so there's that voice in the back of my head that rises up and clouds it all. thanks for this though. it really does help.

I’m having a strange horrible feeling. I applied to a lot of programs. I simply thought it would improve my chances and seemed like a good idea. Now I’m thinking if I don’t get in anywhere it’s deep confirmation that I suck. I’ve also never taken an IQ test. Similar reasons.

It should be available through their portal. a check of my inbox doesn’t reveal any confirmations.

I have no info on Michener oR NWP. I’m just watching the results like a psycho.

SUNY Buffalo sending responses

T thanks for this. I was pretty disheartened by that UT result. There’s still hope!

We’ll, if no one else will say it, I will - they’re dicks. that sort of thing should be right up front. having said that, I stick to my original advice. Reach out and make the phone call. First, because I’ve had to do it other places and they acknowledged conflicting information and set it straight. Second, because there are no safety schools in this game.

Hmmm. I remember similar stuff in some of my applications. But if I couldn’t do it on the spot, I didn’t. Is the all caps AND yours or theirs?

I would say double check. It's VERY possible you're being asked to apply for additional funding.

I did NOT know this. I am super embarrassed. Thanks so much, Chex.

native new yorker. all stipends are insufficient. if i didn't already live here, i'm not sure I'd apply either. i did though. and you're right about the professors. as for NYU, they have money and they give it out, but you couldn't live on that either. a job is just kind of a given. don't give up. i do wonder why NYC is so important to you. i think it's probably better to live here as a writer than struggle here as a student. wow, i sound douchie. i don't mean to be. there's good and bad everywhere. wherever you go, enjoy it!

So, just because I can't access Draft and therefore the spreadsheet, I'll post here. I've applied to 28 programs and at 903 this morning heard back from UI Bloomington - waitlisted. anyone know a page here where there's a list of responses and dates. I've perused but no one put up a list yet.