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Hoping from good news from UNLV and UWY this week! Maybe even a shot in the dark hope that CSU is spreading out their fiction notifs but I don't think that's the case tbh

Congratulations of your waitlist @pananoprodigy!!!! I normally don’t get on the forum much on weekends BUT I saw that CSU sent out their first fiction acceptance. Congratulations to that person if they’re here!!! Historically speaking, it looks like CSU spreads out their notifs like crazy? I’m officially freaking out regardless.

Congratulations!!!!!!!! Also, a great message!

Indiana Bloomington Poetry acceptance just dropped in the draft. 4 poets accepted.

I literally had a dream last night that people from a school I applied to met with me at a diner to offer me admission lol UNLV's first acceptance and CSU's first rejection were both on 2/8 last year and it has me on edge. What mostly is driving me crazy is that it could be anytime between right this very moment and a month and change from now.

In my experience, programs that don't have a grace period will usually notify you. A few programs I applied to said they wouldn't review applications until all materials were in and the deadline for recommenders was explicitly also the deadline for the application. They all notified me of this when my recommendations were missing but the deadline was approaching. All of that to say that I think it'll be fine!

Syracuse poetry waitlist just dropped on draft, cohort is 6 waitlist is 20 👀

No I'm endeared by it lol and also you're correct, I'm just feeling impatient. Naropa said they don't start reviewing apps until Feb 1st, so I imagine it'll be a while there as well. It's also just exciting to see other people get results! My partner is like "why are you telling me about schools you didn't apply to?" I hope you get some good news either this week or next!! Yeah, it looks like starting last week of Feb it'll be a flurry of notifs which is exciting and stressful.

You're a beacon of logic, Prufrock :,( Are any of your schools early Feb notifiers?

According to draft sheet from 2024, this day last year, UWY sent out its first fiction rejection, and JHU sent out their first poetry acceptances. I'm on high alert and I know logically that this means nothing for this year's timeline. I've been guilty of some magical thinking lately and trying to statistics my way into optimism about incoming results (I don't actually understand statistics).

Congratulations!!!!!! That's amazing!!

Per their FAQ: We typically receive between 360 and 400 applications for 10-14 spots across three genres (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry).

This is so funny and a great use of code lol Congrats hideonbush! Hoping for good news for others soon too! ❤️

Yeah I wanted to live in a particular part of the country lol Fiction! What about you? That's exciting, those are good programs too! I've been reading George Saunders' book "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" and he talks about incoming cohorts of MFA students at Syracuse and kind of how his classes can be. It's a really good book and his classes seem incredible. I'm not built for update NY winters tho lol

Yeah, I applied to CSU, CU Boulder, Naropa, UNLV, NAU, and UWY. What about you? Thanks! I'm wishing you the best of luck too!

I'm going insane with anticipation and I'm trying to give myself other things to look forward to but I just need to know. I'm flipping between manifesting good results and trying to remain truly neutral. My first round I was falsely confident that I would get in somewhere (mostly because my professor said there's no way I wouldn't get in somewhere like c'mon dude why would you lie like that) and that wasn't the case, so I'm tempering my expectations this time. Regardless, it's safe to say that I'm obsessive and god bless this forum for being my neurotic safe space ❤️

University of Pittsburg Poetry interview notification on the draft early this morning Also congrats to everyone getting acceptances!!!! :D

According to the Draft data last year, both schools sent out info early to mid Feb

I know that checking the forums and the draft every 5 minutes won't change the immutable timelines of the admissions committees but i can't stop myself :,(

I'm officially losing my mind, I just stared at the draft notification sheet chanting "update update update update". I'm just getting over a gnarly fever so I will blame it on that

It feels so slow, I'm ready to suffer!! Bring on the onslaught! I'm sure there's something to be said for enjoying this transient period, but I'm ready to know and plan accordingly. I keep checking program websites as if they hold some unfound secret for me to find.

I've been writing prompts from a book I have (3 a.m. writing prompts) and filling my down time with events and friends. It's been hard on my bank account but good on my psyche. I also try not to check any of this when I get off work since I have all of this open on my work computer all day lol

OSU Fiction waitlist posted in Draft notification sheet 👀 Edit: another for poetry and nonfiction just went up, all waitlists

You're inspired me to throw one last application out but then the application fee hit and oof :,( doesn't hurt to hedge my bets I guess lol

Made an account because I'm too full of anticipation to just lurk anymore. Hi! This is my second round of apps, I first applied for 2022 straight out of undergrad and got all rejections and one waitlist. My SOP was kind of trash looking back on it and I've fine tuned my writing sample, though I still used pieces I workshopped in college. Few of my pieces feel like they're as polished as those because they haven't been workshopped, though I revised them substantially. Anyway, hi all. All the schools I applied to (only 5 this cycle, I want to live in a specific part of the country and really did my research this time) typically get back to people Feb-March yet I have the draft sheet open on my work computer all day and both the forum and the Draft open as well. On the bright side, I too want to join what will become a past thread for someone else to anxiously scroll through in the future as they anticipate responses from schools. :)