stophittingurself

someone on the facebook group mentioned UVA usually asks accepted students to not share the info...so I'm taking it as a soft rejection. So so so bummed out.

Hi! Just discovered this community. I'm on my second round of apps after an agonizing "gap year" (as I tried to conceptualize it) after making a painful decision to reject two acceptances last year, one based on lack of funding and another in a location in which I ultimately felt unsafe. I was literally overwhelmed with joy when I got an acceptance to a dream school (i'm not sure how specific to be on this forum?). In the message, the director was very warm and mentioned a specific professor who would reach out to me, saying "My colleagues - one of whom I'm sure will also reach out soon - greatly enjoyed and admired your application and very much look forward to working with you" which made it seem to me like that professor may have been particularly interested my work. I imagined this may be the person who advocated for me during selection, possibly a future advisor. First off, the emails were weird. They barely said anything and then didn't answer me. So I did some poking around, and the professor in question could not be more diametrically opposed to myself. Plentiful comments on rate my professor paint the picture of exactly the worst nightmare of a genius insensitive intellectual who goes hard and doesn't accept accommodations, harsh penalties for absences etc. I know I'm being extra and trying to poke holes in this opportunity because it feels too good to be true, but idk, the vibes are off. I'm just curious how these things usually play out. How do people end up with their mentors in MFAs? This person is one of the core faculty; does this mean I will have to take a class with them? I'm really confused because much of my work is explicitly about neurodivergence and I wrote about disability justice in my statement. I'm just bummed that my excitement is being cut up a bit.