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Just got the VTech rejection. We are sorry to inform you that we cannot offer you admission to Virginia Tech at this time. The main reason for this decision is: NonCompetitive. Jesus.

There's a group on FB called Draft that has a worksheet that records people's responses. I requested to join a couple of days ago and got in the other day.

I, for one, am stress eating right now and panicking over my decision to have gone through this whole process at all. (I know I have one acceptance listed but apparently the program's at risk of canceLlaTIon? the heck, and because I feel like there wasn't much competition at all.) That on top of the general worthlessness I feel toward my writing is . . . well . . . let's just say it's not a good combination.

lol I would have sold my soul to get accepted into NYU

Washington!

Does anybody know when UW sends out notifications for acceptances/rejects?

@smeef420 OH MY GOD YES. I can't believe somebody actually noticed!!!!!!! Although I'm far from the best dressed; I am literally sitting in the hallway in a ragtag shirt and leggings. Sending love!

Drying up inch by inch as I continue to refresh my app portal pages. Depression and grad apps do not mix.

Quoting this because I'm curious too. Please answer us.

I know. I was skeptical at first, but one of my English professors (still trying to wrap up my senior year here) was super enthusiastic about the UNR program -- he didn't beat around the bush at all, quite literally said it was a good one -- and the city seemed like a good fit for me, and my parents were hyped that I got the whole waiver package; and as soon as I was starting to feel good about my future like for the FirSt TIMe since HIgH SCHooL they had to hit me with that email hahahaha. Worst way to hurt someone: get their hopes up before sending out the bad news. Ugh. I'm certainly keeping my fingers crossed, but with my bad luck I'm feeling very doubtful. :))))))))

Is anybody else feeling particularly dire (i.e. like death warmed up) about this whole process. Like, I just got an email from my single a and apparently there's a good chance that the program's going to be cancelled--haha. I don't think I can go through the whole process again so this was my first and last round and . . . yeah. It hurts. Bad.

Aaaaaaaand here's the rejection from Oregon State. Always hurts.

GUYS I GOT INTO UNR. COMES WITH A TA OFFER I AM SO EXCITED They actually emailed one of my recommenders because I wasn't replying to their emails. Notification was super kind, super personalized. (They actually told me that they loved my writing sample, or something along those lines -- when I was freaking out about the fact that I had sent in a fantasy piece!) Can you IMAGINE.

slowly being driven paranoid as i countlessly refresh my status portals

OHMYGOD CONGRATULATIONS

I did! Currently gnawing on my fingernails as I wait for UCR's results to start rolling in. I'm guessing I'll have to do that for a little while more.

Hi all. Been scrolling through the thread for a couple days now and I just decided to sign up. 😕 I applied to a lot of schools with a speculative fiction writing piece (it's the only genre I'm able to write in) and so far all I've been getting are rejects haha. Can't help but wonder if it was one of the worst life decisions I made. Anyway, congrats to all who got the good news.