sciencebasedlifter

not sure if you've made a decision yet but i went to WUSTL for undergrad and loved it, especially the writing program/faculty. let me know if you want to chat/DM about it!

I am going to decline my offer very soon-- I hope that's good news for you!

i interviewed with them for fiction and received an acceptance! it was pretty chill-- just come prepared to talk about what you're currently reading, what you've recently read that you didn't like (lol), why you think an MFA would help your writing (and why specifically Hunter) and then be sure to have a couple well-researched questions about the program. Good luck!

that is great to know about columbia grad students having jobs while in their programs. I definitely won't be able to survive in nyc without one even with full tuition remission

im sorry! i should have been more sensitive with the brown results coming out today

thank you! I interviewed with them last week. I don't know much beyond that, but I think they've probably interviewed all the candidates they're considering (at least in fiction!). I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news if this is the case

hiii longtime lurker here. finally making an account to see if anyone would help shed some light on a couple programs I'm looking at. i applied mostly to nyc schools and received acceptances in fiction from Hunter, Brooklyn, and Columbia and I'm waitlisted at nyu and rutgers-newark. Columbia gave me a scholarship that covers full tuition, which I'm stoked about (still not sure though if it will be the same amount the second year...). Hunter gave me 2 weeks to decide (way before the April 15 general deadline which is stressful). I'm really excited about hunter's faculty, but I'm not sure if i want a small or big program. I sort of wrote Columbia off as impossible because i assumed they didn't give anyone money (it seems like a lot of people on here have reported some kind of scholarship from them, congrats all!) So now Hunter and Brooklyn would technically be more expensive than Columbia for me (as a non NY resident my first year). They both have opportunities for teaching which is important to me. For context, I work a full time job and plan to reduce it to part time while I'm in any of these programs (I realize this may be tough with Columbia's 60 credit curriculum). I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has any intel on any of these programs or sense of what I should do. And I hope this doesn't come across as flaunting my acceptances, I really just don't know what to do and you all are so knowledgeable and kind.