Aotearoa

I thought I’d come on here and finally show my results after a long long wait. For context, I’m fresh from undergrad in New Zealand and this was my first time applying to MFA programs in fiction. After being waitlisted at four programs I have gotten into: WUSTL USF WVU - still waitlisted at UMiami after an interview with Chantel and Patricia. I am so grateful to be offered admissions to these programs. I didn’t send them that many emails when I was waitlisted- just one polite one expressing my gratitude and how I would love to be a representative from New Zealand, and patiently waited for almost two months. I got updates last week either telling me I was first on the waitlist and that I’d be offered a position if someone declined, or was offered a position. To those who have been waitlisted, don’t lose heart! There’s still time. Be patient, be polite, and if not this time, being waitlisted in a year where they’ve told me there were massive waves of applications that surpassed other years, is a testament of your promise as a writer. If nothing happens now, it will in the future. I applied to other schools including: JHU LSU UoA VU and FSU I was rejected, but that’s totally fine. What I find interesting is how different the programs I got into are.