Tinky C. Clown

yeah my handwritten note said i’m sorry we weren’t able to offer you a spot this year

lmao got an official acceptance from emerson just now after i've already told them no. no mention of the full scholarship they unofficially offered me and asked me to unofficially decide on before offering it for real. they're just such a scammy place imo oh also i see that a unlv acceptance just went out so nobody count them out yet

also is it just me or did oregon state waitlist a ton of people. i feel like everyone and their mama on draft reported an oregon state waitlist

personally i need more than 2 instances of something to call it a pattern. BUT i do agree i was a tad harsh with the crazy assessment. i do think it would be bad if people freaking out makes more people freak out, because then we have a situation where a ton of people commit early, and then subsequently get off the waitlist and then renege on their commitments. we don't want this, because then being committed to a school then becomes less meaningful and everything becomes more precarious for everyone. so i'm in the camp of not committing to a school if you think there's a real chance you're gonna go somewhere else.

2 programs doesn't mean a pattern. i committed to a school because i was 100% certain about it, but i don't think this happening is reason to make a different decision/make it more quickly. i've seen multiple people on draft say they've accepted their offers straight up after seeing the northwestern thing, which feels unadvisable. i think a reasonable first step would be to email people in the department/grad school, and ask if there's any uncertainty. definitely do not make any decisions based on this. it's crazy to do that. maybe i'll eat my words if it does become a pattern, but it isn't one now.

also, just because one school did rescinded offers doesn’t mean a bunch of schools will. the level of panic i’m seeing doesn’t really match the actual probability that this becomes a pattern

nothing yet

well i’m committed, took myself off all waitlists. feels so good but almost disorienting. i’ll still check the forum tho bc i live for drama

yeah, i’m pretty sure that the automatic waitlist thing was misinformation. there’s too many people who reported a phase 2 for that to be true in a 4-per-genre program im waitlisted there, but i’ve been connected with current students so i guess they’re expecting me to make it off

i’m going to uw seattle and will commit after talking to current students (as long as they don’t raise horrible red flags and tell me to run). my other funded offer is alabama but there’s the obvious problems with that plus i’ve determined that a lot of people there are doing genre fiction plus the bama teaching load is way higher for less money. waitlisted at some others but i don’t think i’d choose any over uw

I'm basically at 0P and 99.9% sure where i'm going, but my brain cannot shake the urge to do the check spreadsheet/check gradcafe rotation every 20min. waiting for decisions is awful and i am happy to be done, but there's something grossly satisfying about waiting and hoping and checking. maybe i should start gambling for more dopamine hits.

they call everyone i think. id just email them and ask about funding

they cover a small few people’s tuition – i got offered that until i turned it down. i don’t know if they’re still offering anyone full tuition but i sort of doubt it. i think it’s fine at this point to just email and ask if they’re still considering you for funding, but i wouldnt get my hopes up with emerson. don’t be afraid of reapplying next year – that’s what i had to do

funding at emerson is unlikely but it doesn’t hurt to just send an email now if you haven’t since you got in

she called me about my waitlist but she said i’m very high up so maybe that’s why