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the faculty and departmental staff have been very good about communication so far-- i didnt get the impression that this is one of those programs that kind of leaves waitlisters in the lurch even after everything has been decided. if youre anxious about your options im sure an email wouldnt hurt-- i was open about weighing two options on short notice and they were pretty accommodating good luck-- hope I get to see you in the fall

I ended up accepting the offer at uiuc-- but it wasn't clear whether or not they filled the other two spots yet

And just got my second acceptance! ... From the second school I heard from back in January 😂 (Ohio State)... a very big decision to make in a short time but I suppose there's much worse problems to have

No, they didn't mention if the other 2 spots had been filled yet. They did want my decision by EOD tomorrow, so there may be a bit of movement this week after the 15th.

UIUC (university of Illinois)! Congrats on Oregon!

Just got my first acceptance! ... From the very first school I heard from back in January 😂 my fellow waitlist warriors, now is our time 😄

haha im waitlisted there for fiction and this gave me a heart attack before i realized youre cnf. good luck at Pitt!

Hi hi Just a disclaimer, take anything I say with a grain of salt. I think there's at least one person posting on here who didn't get an interview but got waitlisted, so I'm just going off my best guess. I haven't heard anything since my waitlist update in late February. I got notified via portal update rather than a personal email. My gut tells me if you haven't heard anything it's a soft rejection. With any of these applications I suppose it's never truly over until you get that official rejection, but I wouldn't count on anything from ND if you haven't heard from them yet.

hey do all the amherst rejections encourage you to apply again next year? i'm trying to discern whether I should read it as legitimate encouragement or just an attempt to get another 85 dollars out of me if this year doesn't work out 😂

I think I might be wrapping up my application season with 3 waitlists and 0 acceptances (a few likely soft rejections still pending) currently drafting emails to program directors at my waitlists that just read "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE". I guess if that doesn't work I'll try again next cycle 🙏 my thoughts and prayers to anyone else who will similarly be in waitlist limbo for another month+

ahh sorry to hear. In another universe we are classmates 😔

Okay never mind about all that. Arizona rejection just came through LOL

haha thanks-- I do like cowboy in the desert music. and honestly, not dumb imo. I have some family history in Tucson and the location/history/culture of the city was a huge draw for me as well. It's the furthest school from me geographically that I applied to (by quite a bit actually)

SO REAL.... what are your recs? I've just been listening to Linda Ronstadt (since she's from Tucson)

To the person who posted on the acceptances page asking about Arizona-- I'm waiting for fiction from there too, I haven't heard anything in the way of acceptances, waitlists, or rejections, so I definitely wouldn't assume soft rejection yet. I think word on here has been that we can expect Arizona decisions this week. But I'm just repeating thirdhand information, lol.