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Fingers crossed its good results!! A lot of non EST places call later as well and some places seem to reach out after office hours so the day is young yet!

Oh my god thank you guys so much, this forum has been my life blood this past month and a half and I hope y'all get good news soon ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!!! The admissions counselor said March 1st would be when she hopes a decision will be made by tysm that's so sweet of you to say 😭 We're just all a bunch of freaks (non-derog) on a forum rooting for each other and writing and screaming and I love it Also @pananoprodigy I'd be stoked to be a lumberjack with you!

Y'all I just got a call from NAU, I'm accepted and 1st on the waitlist for funding!!!! (I'm on an insane killstreak so far all acceptances and simultaneously no guaranteed funding but I trust the process ❤️)

UNLV poetry acceptance dropped stay calm guys (my heart stopped) Edit: HUGE congrats to Uyioghosa if you're here!!

I feel like lately the day starts quiet but then by the afternoon it's popping off. The draft spreadsheet is already filling up for today with notifs from UMass, ASU, MN State Mankato, and UA. I know NAU accepted Pananoprodigy yesterday so I'm hoping we get some news from them today. Michigan could drop any moment too based on last year's data.

Idk if that's the best attitude to approach this with. All fully funded MFA's are selective and competitive as hell. Even partially funded ones are selective and competitive. There's only 88 Michener notifications in the draft out of their 800 reported applicants. I considered CSU a soft rejection or waitlist at the best because one person got accepted into fiction weeks ago. But alas, it was not the case! You're not out til you're out!

Holy shit congratulations!!!!!!

Yes, fiction!! Thank you guys so much 😭 Funding through GTAship tbd but i've been so so so hype about this program I'm losing my mind I can't believe this is happening

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I JUST GOT INTO CSU I'M SCREAMING AND CRYING OH MY GOD

Yay omg congrats!!!!

Happy birthday!! I'm sorry about Syracuse tho :,( I hope you can yell about it with loved ones today ❤️ Also, @KennyK I've got my fingers crossed for you! I just learned there's a limit on new posts within a certain time frame and my enthusiasm is being curbed lol

I keep oscillating between dizzying excitement and dread, anyone else? I'm also hoping today is full of results and hopefully some positive ones at that!

Oh man I'm getting tense with anticipation and stress! UNLV, NAU, and CSU could notify at ANY moment. There's no reprieve from the anticipation, not after work hours, not the weekend, never! I'm also kicking myself just a little bit for not putting Canvas proficiency or however you would word it on my resume for applications, as apparently that's what colleges are switching to instead of Blackboard and I live in Canvas with my current job. It's such a small gripe, I'm just finding new things to be neurotic about to pass the time.

It's so dependent on the program and while there's definitely bad writing, good writing exists on such a weird spectrum that it's impossible to know. I'd err on the side of giving yourself grace, that your writing is good and that there are a bunch of factors at play like the cohort they're trying to create, whether or not the faculty feel they can mentor you as a writer, if they're looking for your type of style, and so much more. I'll also say, sometimes our writing can be stronger. My writing sample last cycle was not my strongest and this cycle, while it's stronger, I still am not sure it's strong enough to get me into somewhere highly prestigious. And that's okay. We can all grow through this process ❤️ be kind to yourself

Alright, everyone: deep breathe in, now scream