jadedoptimist

I am so excited for everybody tonite!! Ahhhh!! Big moves. Happy for all committing!

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!

I DOn'T KNoWWWWWWWW

Yes, it was "your application remains under consideration." That was it

pretty sure I just got waitlisted at Iowa 🤩

MINE SAID THAT TOO I WAS LOLING

Congrats guys!!! 😋😋😋😋

Thank you !! yes omg, truly the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow Thanks Angus I couldn't have done it without the support of the online writing community!!!

yes it is!! I'm two years out of undergrad. thank you <333 omg I'm literally obsessed with the emoji witchcraft explosion I'm going to be manifesting good news for everyone here and adding energy to every spell ❤️

it worked guys

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This made my afternoon, I've been laughing maniacally <333 but I have a cold so it's not fluting, it's more... crunchy hahahahah

@Mxxyr CONGRATS ON BROWN!!!!!

@RixorDamn, sounds like you had the bad day to end all bad days. But if anything, I'd say this means you're even more likely to get good news just to balance things out. Good luck getting things sorted in your life and I really hope you get an acceptance to smooth things over ❤️

@MxxyrThank you so much for joining the conversation! You deserve this good turn. Can't wait to see where you end up ❤️ @Rixor, @Scribe, wise words. Thanks for the perspective. We are exactly where we are meant to be!

Thanks @pomelo and @Hjanep so much for the solidarity. I agree, I don't really think there's a right way to be a writer and you're never behind, per se... but still, it's human to compare, and seeing people getting into programs who already are wayy more established in the literary world is pretty hard to handle emotionally. But as long as we don't give up, there's always hope!

Lol, there's a girl who announced her Iowa admission on Twitter. I looked her up and she's my age; a great poet. More than that, she was featured in TIME magazine at 19 years old, and is published in NPR, poets.org, and Poetry Magazine. Wow. All I can say is, this process has really made it clear to me how far behind I am. Discouraging, much? Good for her. I'll consider my life a success if I have that many accolades by the time I die, let alone by the time I'm in my mid-20s 😂

Happy Sunday everyone. I have multiple essays and lesson plans to write for tomorrow, but thanks to Iowa, my mind is still going BOING BOING. Wrt Michener, one of my recommenders went there and is now a respected professor at an Ivy League, so even though they don't offer teaching experience the name works to get you going.

lol yes. My heart has set up shop and installed carpet in my throat. Fr.

my brain is going boing boing

@Tuxedocat oh my gosh it's happening!!!! Ahhhhh!!!! I am right there with you in fear, friend.

I don't even care if it's me at this point. I just want Iowa to release poetry decisions...

oh damn. I'm feeling down about UVA. anyone else get in? maybe we still have a chance...

😂 Congrats, Scribe.

@Scribe I swear, if you're messing with us...