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It sounds to me like a sort of vibe-checky interview. Grats! ❤️

I applied there too for poetry. ❤️

I agree & feel that way about all of these staggered rejections. I have literal crickets from all but three programs (interview with UPitt, Phase II for Ole Miss, R from Amherst). Two of my professors (who have their fingers right on the pulse & seem to know almost everyone at these programs) swear that the delayed response is better than an immediate rejection, even if it doesn't feel that way. They say that the programs want to keep their options open, so even if/when we're feeling the dread of a looming soft R (as opposed to even a waitlist), we should at least be heartened that our samples were put in a sort of question mark pile rather than a hard-R pile.

The spreadsheet shows two acceptances for fiction yesterday, but nothing additional.

My heart did a little sad lurch when I saw NC State on the spreadsheet... replaced by relief when I saw that none of them were Poetry notifications. The waiting is so killer!

Oh that makes sense. Thanks! Fingers crossed for the both of us!

Anyone else waiting for Virginia Tech? It looks like last year we had notifications as early as Jan 23 and I'm not seeing anything on the spreadsheet for them yet.

Wait, you mean Billie Eilish and Adam Driver won't be in anyone's MFA cohort? Damn. (Sorry, I couldn't resist)

Yeah mine just updated to R.... My very first. I suppose it's better than waiting with bated breath.

Grats!! That's amazing ❤️

Thanks! I was actually already in that group, but was able to find it. ❤️

I will probably regret asking... but where does one go to check these fabled spreadsheets?

UPitt emailed me for the interview at 8am eastern on the dot, which makes me think it was scheduled.

I had an interview with UPitt last week. They had emailed me to schedule it.