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Awesome. I'm considering them a soft rejection, but don't know anything about the timeline for hunter or houston. i didn't apply to brown. when you know, you know. hunter definitely won't give you the cabbage ncsu does anyway.

Ha! As we speak, I'm googling california songs.

how is there not a lmao emoji here?

Good

That was a congratulations also, what genre again?

linked in lets you know who searched you.

well, without trying to compete for the greatest humble brag of all time - i have other offers and the treated me like something on their shoe. I know damn well I'm lucky to get waitlisted anywhere, let alone accepted at Stony Brook, let alone be offered any kind of financial package. I do. but they told me i was accepted, didn't follow up, and sent out other - maybe every other - official offer. I had to go chase after them. the i get an email saying to check the portal where they rewarded me for goping "back to school ("who's a good boy? who's a good little boy?") with a one time hit for 1000 bucks. again, lucky to have it, but then they threatened to take it away if i didn't reply fast enough. balls on them! finally, when i declined the offer they asked why and where i was going. it felt good to put down a public ivy but then the drop down was full of community colleges? eventually i was able to type out the school and in the box to explain why i said "full tuition and [5 figure stipend amount] is more that a 1000$. I would never have been so ungrateful, had they just been a little bit professional. I'm going to decline others and I'm already working on my praise for them. I'm even going to send thankyous to the schools who rejected me but were prompt and courteous- syracuse, and uva to name but two. I too was surprised when @Rixor said this. I was under the impression this was at least an average year, if not better than average. if you snoop around some schools websites, there are areas that disclose the hard numbers but this year and even last year are likely not yet available. Becca McKay told me she knew the exact number but couldn't disclose it.

I know someone who took some classes there years ago, they said it was fine, she went on to emerson. as far as the others being open admission rip off schools, no. just no. I won't get in to how good or why but they're among the finest educational institutions in the world. anyone who even suggests nyu or columbia are diploma mills should be asked where they were on january 6. but know, don't pay for an mfa. see below all this. and more to the point of art not being about making money, it shouldn't be about starving in debt either. no output is guaranteed, but an mfa as a financial investment is on the low scale - at best. a significant number of people want the paid program, not for the letters or the agent or the job after. For them, it's about nothing more than the room of one's own. and as an artist, what more could you ask?

I'd like to think it means they've narrowed down the list enough to bother checking our social media. on 2/29 they searched me.

You’re not preaching to the choir, you’re singing with us.

Declined my first offer. and i was a dick about it.

Attention UWash applicants. on 2/29 they were checking you out.

This is a wonderful problem to have. Be sure to triple check cost of living, ask about campus housing, local transportation, and travel home. talk to current students as well as the school. and enjoy every fucking minute of it.

congrats @Mxxyr!

ooooohh. tell us everything. It's a good question for the Draft vets. The only way to know is if one has done it - been rejected after an interview. even then it would be hard to be certain.

I feel you. The waiting is rough. when Virginia sent out the unofficial rejection I was so appreciative. It takes so little to be considerate of our time to say nothing of our health. If we all get snail mail rejections form the iww over the next week, that's fine, i bet it. but these institutions that wait weeks after the decisions are made are simply disrespectful. Then there are those that say they're going to make an offer but don't...

that's pretty close.

you know? like, you know know, or you just know? do we have confirmation? a hard done? a computer generated, rubber stamped, embossed and wax sealed "fuck off and leave us alone"?

that's ironic. a lot of my spam/scam numbers come from Nevada. Irvine called me from a Reno number. I almost ignored it but something told me not to. And if you missed it, FAU called me from an Iowa City number.

DUDE! sorry about the wheels. and you're right, super irrational. as long as you're looking at things super irrationally, aren't all these things just as likely to indicate something good is going to happen?

no, this is exactly true. and it's true for anywhere i guess. not the overlooked part. there are programs with such tiny cohorts i don't see how you could be missed. no, finding the right fit is more important that the rep of the school. I'd love to figure out how to do that.

i think i post too much. anyway, i've told everyone here to play to the buzzer. I have an acceptance and a good one and I'm pretty sure it's where I'm going, nevertheless, I'm here till the end. You've all been supportive and inspiring and I'm not giving up on anyone. I'm throwing some thoughts into a document and I'll post it towards the end of the cycle for anyone applying next year. I've learned a lot and would do some things differently and I want to pass it on. I can't promise to help anyone get an acceptance but I'm certain it will help someone handle the journey more effectively. Anything anyone thinks i should address? Questions or things you've learned? no one is behind. I'm 49 forty fucking nine. I drank most of my life and believed i had wasted it. one of my recommenders (who has absolutely no time for bullshit) said it was all part of what got me here. nothing is a waste. I don't know about you, but i'm a better writer just for all the work i did on my essays. jesus it was a lot of writing and under pressure and in a short time. You are all better than you were yesterday. an athlete or a laborer or even a surgeon has a limited time to peak. We have a lot more. just don't stop. hell, you can even take off a cycle, but do not stop writing. and do not ruin the process by making it about something else.

one more thing, use sunscreen.

So long UVA. my achievement of more green than red is done. and we're past the halfway mark.