chocolateoranges

Ahhh man. Same here. Just got the Brown rejection, and UMD is out too so that's it for me. BIG CONGRATS to all who made it into their dream programs, and I sincerely hope for all of us whose chance didn't come around this year that there are plenty of other successes in our near future... they just might not look exactly how we imagined them. Here's to sending off my short stories and poetry to absolutely every open submission possible in the coming weeks to remind myself this is worth it and we keep going!

for anyone on Draft who has more knowledge--are we thinking Brown & U of Maryland are done sending out fiction acceptances at this point?

Hi everyone! This is my first time actually participating in the forum despite obsessively checking/reading it daily. At the moment it feels like I am destined to just keep racking up rejections, and if I consider the schools that haven't notified but most likely are 'r's since they've given out acceptances/interviews to others, then i'm over halfway through my applications, and all have been bad news (BU, JHU, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame). This makes 0a/0w/5r/4p. At this point in the whole process having more rejections than any signs of getting in, I'm starting to feel like it's not even worth checking my email anymore... My other schools are Iowa (of course, I couldn't help myself), UVA, U of Maryland, and Brown. I just feel like these schools are all the same caliber as those that have already rejected me, so why would they accept me if the others didn't? I hate to be so pessimistic and cynical about it, it makes me feel so gross and unlike myself in general. I've been trying to snap out of it, focus on all my plan B options instead since i'm psyching myself out, but does anyone have an honest/realistic opinion about the chances at this stage for people in this position? Does anyone have any advice or insight on this feeling to stop from spiraling? I know that many people apply multiple times for MFAs, and this is only my first time where I only applied to fully funded, very competitive programs, so it's not shocking in the least to get rejected across the board--but, I just kind of want to know if I should stop the self torture of even thinking I still have a chance, or if that's a bad attitude (likely! lol) and I should hold out hope? Thanks to all for being here & offering your unknowing support to me these past few weeks ☺️