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year 2 of almost being rejected everywhere (applied to a mere 3 poetry programs last year and 8 this year with a mix of both poetry and fiction). still waiting on UH, as I have received no official correspondence, but not feeling super great about that either. trying not to lose hope on this last app, but it's hard not to! i've thought over applying for m.a. lit programs that are still open to apply to and have nice looking programs. i feel a little weird about it, as well as burnt out (applying to schools and writing what feels like a bazillion statement of purposes). i know i can still be a writer without doing an MFA program, but i want to be a professor, so i do need a degree. i enjoy researching my literature interests, so it's obviously not the worse idea to pivot a bit, if it means getting the ball rolling and continuing my pursuit of education and knowledge. but man!! this kind of stinks. i'm trying to allow myself to be disappointed... if that makes sense. i know i have other options, and i am grateful for that... but it doesn't negate the fact that this does, in fact, stink. happy to have a community of writers like this, in this forum, though. i haven't been that active this year compared to last year, but it was nice to know that y'all were here. praying for you guys ♡ keep writing, stay strong, keep the faith, remember that a rejection from a program does not mean you are not a good writer and that no admissions committee could ever take your pen and paper away from you. keep. writing.

are all of the university of oregon’s acceptances out yet? how many are they accepting this year?

CONGRATS!! did you also receive the housing email?

stress inducing fr 😭😭

I feel the same way :'). the "four years" part really threw me off, but i am oh-so-hopeful. praying for the both of us!! ❤️

that entry was me LOL. did i jump the gun??? surely it wasn't a mistake? i don't even know what to think but i'm sure it's the same hypothesis as the other comment...right?

Do we have a running Google Sheet like last year? I can't find it on the facebook page

I think your first statement is good! like "Thank you so much for this opportunity! (you can put more here if you want) I'll be in touch as soon as possible once I have made my ultimate decision. Thank you again and have a wonderful day!" I wouldn't mention other offers specifically, but I would say that I am still not 100% decided in some way or another.

Oh, awesome!! Thank you so much 😇😇 I hope I get in!!

Best of luck!!!

Oh, why?? I haven't heard of anyone receiving new yet--

Did anyone apply to Saint Mary's College of California or University of Houston? Those are my last two programs that I am waiting for. Not sure if either are well-known or good programs, but the people I've talked to that work at Saint Mary's seem really nice!

I asked this a little while ago and got a few responses, but are any of y'all applying to UH (University of Houston) & does the program have a good reputation? I know the PhD program is more known, but I wonder if the MFA program is good as well- Also, congrats to everyone who has gotten acceptances and waitlists so far 😇 & for the people who have only received rejections (like myself with 2 rejections), keep being encouraged! The right school will find you, whether it is this time around, or the next ❤️

Both my Michener and NWP applications are still "in review". I have been keeping a document with how many acceptances, rejections, and waitlists there have been for both a them and the list keeps growing. It seems like the acceptances went first, then waitlists, and now rejections (as they have come out in groups- acceptances the same day, waitlists the same day, and now rejections across many days now, 21st to today). I do feel as though I put all my eggs in one basket because I only applied to these two programs, UH, and Saint Mary's College of California (which I haven't heard of anyone else applying to yet). I am feeling ok about this though. I am graduating with a B.A. in Secondary Education as well with a B.A. in English Literature this May, and I have time. Even if I don't get in, it's ok. I applied to be a barista at my favorite local coffee shop and I feel good about it. I can work there for a year, focus on my writing, create a rent fund for when I move out, and meet new people. Working in such a place where you see the same faces most of the time, new faces every now and then, learn what people like, what they don't like... it feels special. And I think it'll give me a lot to write about. I am trying to keep my chin up of course, my friends and family keep saying that they believe in me and still believe that I will get into one of the programs, but I am also trying to keep my expectations at a simmer. I do believe that there is a plan for me, and a good one, it just might not be in academics this time around. I am a writer no matter if a program accepts me as one or not. I am a poet who loves to write, and I will not be stripped of any title just because programs that only accept 3 people a year don't see me fit (& I am so proud of everyone who has gotten in so far!! so proud!). So for now, I'll just rest in the fact that something will work out, because even when it feels like it won't, it does in the end.

Watched a video from @alethewriter on TikTok (a fellow GradCafe user gave me his user)& he said that ~450 people applied for Fiction at Michener. He is a "reader" so he read them, and sent 60 applications that he thought were good back to Michener (with "19 phenomenal ones"). From there, the people at Michener go through those and pick the best 4. I think that's why the rejections are being sent out in phases (because "readers" do the initial rejections, so those who were declined first are getting the first rejections). *** at least this is what I am speculating