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Okay I found the two (?) acceptances on draft once I calmed down and slowly looked, lol.

I can't even find the UNLV acceptance on the draft list... probably because I am so anxious, lol. Is that where it was posted?

What kind of intel? I know Boise is a small 3-year program. You only teach one course per semester and it is Creative Writing-related, not Freshman Comp. If you already have a masters, you can teach a Form/Theory course. They welcome interest in translation. You work on a thesis during your last year. Stipend seems lowish for the city? But maybe fair considering the teaching load? I don't know. I wish it was higher than $11k.

I just did an interview this morning. They did most of the talking. I was asked why I wanted to attend their program and what I was currently reading. I applied for poetry, but my answer to current reading was a work of fiction. And they were like, uhh, so what about poetry...? So I guess they were looking for an in-genre response, lol.

Ahh, yes, thank you.... I forgot everything I had read previously about interviews, but now I am remembering something about coming across as essentially not a know-it-all/ a-hole/whatever. Thanks for re-orienting me, lol.

I know there are past threads discussing interviews... has anyone been interviewed recently? I just know I am going to freeze. I haven't written a thing in what feels like months and I can't even recall or articulate what my writing process is, or who has influenced me...

UNLV always seems like one of the latest. I just had my app move from grad school review to departmental review yesterday.

Just looked Pi up. Looks a bit dated, I don't know if I could make it through... Clint Mansell the composer is an actor in it? Interesting... Oh it's directed by Darren Aronofsky. Hmm...

What is drawing you to Boise State? I applied there for poetry.

Yes, based on the movie! I need to re-watch it; I haven't seen it in a long time.

It is fun... the heightened sense of expectation and purpose, the possibility of being recognized. It feels like a kind of re-do for my undergrad self who didn't get to go to a small liberal arts school. I do feel very *alive* when I am waiting on application results.

Totally agree! My brain is just finding ways to question everything. I think it is partly because I am 31 and recently started a nice safe desk job that I both like and don't like. Part of me is just uncertain about leaving my current life. I don't know what to prioritize or what my "needs" really are.

I think I became a little concerned because I was reading some publications by current students at a certain school, and I did not really... resonate with any of it? It made me feel kind of bad/sad. Then I looked at a professor's work at Michigan and was like, oh my god, this is exactly the kind of writing I want to do. But maybe it would be strange to be taught by someone who writes in the style/voice that you do? Maybe I would start to emulate her too closely? Just overthinking....

I also rapidly applied to another school with a 15 Jan deadline (Univ of Idaho) to keep the demons away, lol. I'd love to get into one program, of course, but two would be nice so I could at least have a point of comparison and make a more informed choice. Other Jan 15 deadlines-- UNLV, Boise.... maybe Irvine or Riverside?

Sorry, I've read so many posts that I can't keep anything straight! I'm proactively (perhaps full of delusion) thinking of/ imagining getting into a program and then wanting to move. Just because there seem to be so many unknowns.