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Nope! I'm an American applying from abroad and had a school overlook my current address. My response was very sleepy but very happy.

So, Columbia vs NYU for fiction... assuming the same $$$, which one would y'all choose?

Congrats! And yeah, it'd be hard to turn down a fully funded spot at Iowa... I'm on the WL and am not holding my breath.

Just heard back from Columbia! Accepted with decent financial aid—it's still Columbia and still NYC—but I'm not sure if I want to return to the U.S. right now. Pretty damn happy working in France!

Ah, good to know! Seems like others heard back earlier re: rejections, so just speculating. Especially now with JHU...

Just heard back from Michigan. Rejected, but no biggie. Maybe it's a good sign that it took so long? My surname is near the beginning of the alphabet, too. Anyway, It's good to get the closure. Still have six more schools to hear from, including JHU, so we'll just have to see...

Hello everyone, I'm also a fellow lurker! Reading through this thread has made me feel less alone, though I'm not sure it's helping my anxiety... I'm also not on Facebook, so no access to what's going down on Draft. This is my first year applying (fiction), and aside from being waitlisted at Cornell, I haven't heard a peep from Michigan or JHU. Not really sure what to think. Obviously, you hope for the best, but I can't help but assume it's an R. (I'm also an American currently living abroad, so I keep turning on my U.S. SIM card—that's the # I stupidly put on my application—to make sure I haven't missed any calls. Just sittin' here, twiddlin' my thumbs.)