nikolairostov

For me it was overall reputation + funding. I applied to six fully funded programs (Iowa, Brown, Cornell, Helen Zell, and Michener) plus NYU and Columbia, in the hopes that they’d give me funding and I could live in NYC and see as many plays and exhibits as I liked. I considered applying to Syracuse but I’m not a big Saunders fan so decided it wasn’t worth the mediocre stipend. I also considered BU but felt that only one year in residence was a bit quick. Vanderbilt and UVA weren’t on my radar, but then I don’t want to move to the south.

Congrats and good luck - you never know! Someone could easily prefer another program's location, faculty, cohort size, etc.

Just got accepted to Columbia, with no aid other than a loan offer. I’ll definitely be accepting my Iowa offer but it’s a nice ego boost!

Did you get a call or email from NYU?

I don’t have social media so I’m afraid not.

Don’t know how many people but assuming I was the last, at least for fiction. I submitted two stories and the first chapter of a novel, 35 pages total. I would describe my style as (mostly) realist and traditional with a somewhat ornate prose style. Not a Gass or Pynchon but not a Hemingway either.

I just checked my voicemail (I called back a minute after I saw the missed call without listening) and she said she was going home and that she’d call back on Monday morning. So I think I was probably the last call for the weekend. Also said I have until the end of March to decide.

Thank you all! My name is for sure last in the alphabet so if she’s going based on that, none for fiction.

I’m in shock. I got the call.

As in, the person was called today?

Oof. Okay, thank you. My name is very late in the alphabet so I’m praying they’re still making calls tonight or else left off for tomorrow/Monday lol

I don’t have Facebook so can’t access the draft - do we know which genre received the Iowa acceptance?

Hi, new here! Just got waitlisted for Helen Zell for fiction - very excited and of course wondering what my chances are. The email said the list is small, but I’m wondering how small. Rejected from Cornell, and after reading this thread I guess soft rejected from Michener and Johns Hopkins. Still waiting on Iowa, Brown, NYU, and Columbia.