Hi there! I'm throwing my hat in the ring at a handful of places this year (mainly for poetry). I have my BA and MA in English (just graduated) but neither program valued writing in any real way (and the MA program actively denigrated anything labeled 'creative writing').
I'm not depending on getting an acceptance, though it would be seriously amazing if I got one. I know it will benefit me in the end just to have focused on producing more work for the sample!