mleelm Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) I haven't found anything on the forums for PhD applicants in English, Creative Writing. Here we go! Edited January 15, 2019 by mleelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherbrontesister Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Hi! I'm a 2018 MFA grad. I applied to Denver, USC, and FSU in creative writing. I applied to the rest in English Lit programs! I have a couple of friends in Denver and they all heard back in January via phone call so I'm getting nervous! Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Bumping this thread! I've been waitlisted at USC, and radio silence from FSU. Hoping for good (and better @theotherbrontesister, congrats!) news for you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherbrontesister Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, spectrum-in said: Bumping this thread! I've been waitlisted at USC, and radio silence from FSU. Hoping for good (and better @theotherbrontesister, congrats!) news for you both! Hi! What's your genre? Radio silence from FSU too over here. I was rejected from USC but kind of expected it because I never took the subject test haha. Where else did you apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I'm in Fiction! What about you? USC and FSU are the only two Creative Writing PhDs I applied to, but I applied to Duke, Wisconsin-Madison, Princeton, NYU, UToronto for English, and Harvard for AAS. The waiting game has been truly torturous, but I suppose we're getting down to the end now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherbrontesister Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I’m Poetry! Did you do an mfa? 36 minutes ago, spectrum-in said: I'm in Fiction! What about you? USC and FSU are the only two Creative Writing PhDs I applied to, but I applied to Duke, Wisconsin-Madison, Princeton, NYU, UToronto for English, and Harvard for AAS. The waiting game has been truly torturous, but I suppose we're getting down to the end now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couri Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Hi. Fiction applicant here. I applied to the University of Hawaii at Manoa and The University of Lousiana at Lafayette. Last year I did Denver (no go) and Hawaii. Got in Hawaii last year with no funding. But already got rejected from Manoa (ouch). I wrote a brand new critical paper and sent it out this year and now I`m worried its weaker than my previous one. I have my heart set on Lafayette, so not getting into Manoa didn`t break my heart completely, but it has shaken my confidence. I`v e been pouring over the internet tryng to find admission statistics for both departments and sleeping fitfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry night wanderer Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hey, USC folks, congrats! That program is ridiculous. I know someone in it who is unbelievably happy - it has so much rigor, but so much by way of resources! Can I ask about your publication histories? I'd heard that most USC admittees have book deals already. It sounds like heresay, but also came from a recent grad, so. I'm trying to decide whether to do CW at USC or lit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Thanks for the congrats! Being waitlisted is such a mixed bag. Re: publication history, I've been published in two smaller journals, but nothing aside from that. I have no such thing even approaching a book deal (or a book...), lol. I am finishing up an MFA, however! merry night wanderer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad91 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I probably know the answer to this question but wanted to throw it out there: I applied to Georgia State. Recently I received an invitation for a departmental meet and greet in early March. However they have not yet send out decisions, and from what I have gleaned from past years, they will not in until late March/early April (which seems wildly late). Can I take this as a good sign? Or the answer I think I know—it doesn't mean anything and is just one of those mean things that universities sometimes do to applicants to get their hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherbrontesister Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 8:30 AM, spectrum-in said: Bumping this thread! I've been waitlisted at USC, and radio silence from FSU. Hoping for good (and better @theotherbrontesister, congrats!) news for you both! have you heard anything from FSU at this point? I'm assuming i've been rejected but it's getting late! spectrum-in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 No nothing yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad91 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Has anyone heard anything from UC Santa Cruz? Last year I got my rejection 2/21...I wonder what's going on. (Fiction applicant). Pending: UC Santa Cruz, Georgia State WL: Tennessee Rejected: Denver, UWM Rejected Non-CRW: UC Santa Barbara, Minnesota, Northeastern Pending Fellowships: Stegner, Steinbeck, Olive B. O'Connor Edited March 6, 2019 by Nomad91 updating with app statuses spectrum-in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum-in Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I was waitlisted at FSU for Fiction! The least committal email in the world, lol. Anyone else hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoissunshine Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Hi I also applied to FSU in Fiction and also got waitlisted. I heard everyone who applied (if they weren’t accepted in the first round) got waitlisted. No rejections. Any idea if that’s true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indoorfireworks Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I applied to FSU in poetry and was notified yesterday of being waitlisted. I asked one of my thesis committee members who is a recent PhD grad there and he said “I don’t think the huge waitlist thing is true, for what it’s worth,” but that’s not definitive. Would it be worth it/appropriate to email the school and ask the size of their waitlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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