cooliejulie86

Fiction at UH, UNLV, UF, and Irvine 🫣

Hey, trust me - I badly want to believe it and celebrate! I just think it's strange to find out this way and it doesn't feel "official" yet, so I'm looking for clarity before I get my hopes fully up. Glad I'm not alone, either way!

Hmmm so do you think this is reason enough to be cautiously optimistic at a forthcoming acceptance?

Uh, so I got a weird automated email just now from UH's Student Housing (here's an excerpt): Hey, #FutureCoog, Congratulations on your acceptance to the University of Houston, joining the legacy of the UNSTOPPABLE Coogs who came before you! While you plan your next four years, we encourage you to consider living on campus with Student Housing & Residential Life. I went here for undergrad and left 2023, but I did also apply for their Fiction MFA. But that's obviously not "four years". I'm assuming this is just a very odd, ill-timed false flag, because I haven't heard anything from UH otherwise, and the portal isn't showing anything new. Any thoughts? Plot thickens: someone else just entered an acceptance for UH Fiction citing this same email...this is so bizarre.

Wait - I also did a Sackett workshop in Sep-Nov - was yours online and with Keija P.?

4th fiction acceptance reported for IWW...

Litowitz Fiction acceptance on the Draft board

And they're taking two per genre - interesting. is that typical for Litowitz?

Ha- I don't know how I missed that. I did get that email and it does say to disregard "Materials Needed". Whew. Thanks!

Same for me...praying that's a glitch on their side because, if anything, I *oversubmitted* documents lol

DM any of the listed administrators -- I had to do this as well after waiting for a couple of weeks and they were quick to respond/approve me.

Thanks, Scribe! Does that mean you've been recruited as a reader?

Congratulations and fingers crossed for official acceptance soon!

2 UIUC Fiction Waitlists just posted on Draft...

I think there are two, no? One came in on the 9th

Three FSU acceptances on Draft now for fiction. Congrats to whoever they are!

As a UIUC Fiction hopeful, this might be frantic hope-ium, but I just can't imagine that not a single admitted or waitlisted UIUC Fiction applicant is on GradCafe or Draft...so I'm choosing to believe they are slightly delayed this year lol

Can you say more about why you suspect this? This is the first I've heard of schools asking people not to publicize, and UIUC Poetry applicants have certainly publicized their results so far...obviously I'd much rather believe they just haven't notified yet

Do you mean jealous of those who got in for poetry? Fiction hasn't gone out yet for UIUC, right?

Argh, it's been so long that I don't even remember if I answered all of the questions...do you think I should cancel my request and try again? Thx!

Is anyone here also on Draft? If so, how long did it take for a moderator to approve you? I've been waiting a week so far, but maybe that's just because of the holidays...

Same! Congrats!