WhoknewMFAweresointense Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 Hi all! I stumbled across this yesterday night and was up till 4am reading. Congratulations to all the acceptances!! And Rejections suck and I am sorry to everyone who has gotten them. To be honest I was a little naive when applying to schools. I don't think I understood how competitive creative writing MFA programs were. Not that I didn't know they were competitive. More like I didn't get *how* competitive. Ha. Anyways, at the start of this I thought I was going to apply to five schools and then slowly just...stopped. I only submitted one application y'all and now I'm about to lay a brick with anxiety. ??? I have a back up plan though, so if I'm rejected then I'm moving in a different direction. I just don't have endless cash to keep blowing on applications to be rejected in the end. Sigh. My pessimism is really taking over here. Lolol rbr542 and PrettyinInk 2
rbr542 Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) On 2/16/2020 at 2:55 PM, WhoknewMFAweresointense said: Hi all! I stumbled across this yesterday night and was up till 4am reading. Congratulations to all the acceptances!! And Rejections suck and I am sorry to everyone who has gotten them. To be honest I was a little naive when applying to schools. I don't think I understood how competitive creative writing MFA programs were. Not that I didn't know they were competitive. More like I didn't get *how* competitive. Ha. Anyways, at the start of this I thought I was going to apply to five schools and then slowly just...stopped. I only submitted one application y'all and now I'm about to lay a brick with anxiety. ??? I have a back up plan though, so if I'm rejected then I'm moving in a different direction. I just don't have endless cash to keep blowing on applications to be rejected in the end. Sigh. My pessimism is really taking over here. Lolol Expand I feel the same. I ended up applying to five schools, but all of them hyper competitive w/d less than 1% chance of admission, severely underestimating how competitive it actually is. We can only hope to keep writing even without success in MFA apps. What else. Edited February 16, 2020 by rbr542 PrettyinInk 1
PrettyinInk Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Hi everybody! ? I've been shyly following this forum for a while now, and I've decided it's time to step out of the shadows. On 2/16/2020 at 3:19 PM, rbr542 said: We can only hope to keep writing even without success in MFA apps. Expand In response, I wanted to share this article about Robin Benway. https://www.bustle.com/p/author-robin-benway-was-rejected-from-every-mfa-program-she-applied-to-now-shes-a-national-book-award-finalist-3232221 I know that not everyone would want to make the jump to YA fiction, but I think it's admirable that she was able to be flexible, and I thought it was an inspiring article. rbr542 and Ydrl 2
WhoknewMFAweresointense Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 3:19 PM, rbr542 said: I feel the same. I ended up applying to five schools, but all of them hyper competitive w/d less than 1% chance of admission, severely underestimating how competitive it actually is. We can only hope to keep writing even without success in MFA apps. What else. Expand Oh for sure, still write! I'll have to do it in between studying though lolol. I've applied to get my second bachelor's degree as well so either way going back to school in the fall. Lol
buckles Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 I might be alone in this but I just want to hear from Brown already. I'm also hoping that if I get accepted somewhere they'll email instead of call. Still waiting to hear from all my schools. I haven't seen them notify anyone yet. Guess that means I still be hopeful.
anarchisttiger Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 4:59 AM, buckles said: I might be alone in this but I just want to hear from Brown already. I'm also hoping that if I get accepted somewhere they'll email instead of call. Still waiting to hear from all my schools. I haven't seen them notify anyone yet. Guess that means I still be hopeful. Expand I'm in the same boat as you!
MFAthrowaway420 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Did anyone receive a Michener email to check their portal? Someone in Draft got one, but no update on their status. I checked mine as well, and it still says "In Review."
Dochinka96 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Anyone else's anxiety especially bad today? Like I feel a sequel to Friday's Bloodbath coming on. Ydrl and rbr542 2
Seraphina16 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 4:36 PM, Dochinka96 said: Anyone else's anxiety especially bad today? Like I feel a sequel to Friday's Bloodbath coming on. Expand Oh absolutely. Just got that sweet, sweet Syracuse rejection email and it's not even noon. Hang in there, everyone!!
WhoknewMFAweresointense Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 4:36 PM, Dochinka96 said: Anyone else's anxiety especially bad today? Like I feel a sequel to Friday's Bloodbath coming on. Expand Yes. 8 more days until the start of notifications started from NYU last year. I am nervous. As. ?
rbr542 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 4:36 PM, Dochinka96 said: Anyone else's anxiety especially bad today? Like I feel a sequel to Friday's Bloodbath coming on. Expand Mine. So bad. Michigan and Iowa might be out today. I’ve begun looking up current students in order to compare their writing to mine. ? Karakoram 1
Ydrl Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 5:14 PM, rbr542 said: Mine. So bad. Michigan and Iowa might be out today. I’ve begun looking up current students in order to compare their writing to mine. ? Expand I hope Iowa's poetry comes out at a similar time as fiction this year. I know I've given up, but I still want to know.
rbr542 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) On 2/17/2020 at 4:45 PM, Seraphina16 said: Oh absolutely. Just got that sweet, sweet Syracuse rejection email and it's not even noon. Hang in there, everyone!! Expand It Sounds like even the wording of the email wasn't polite. Sorry for the R ! Edited February 17, 2020 by rbr542 Seraphina16 1
pirhiaa20 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 5:14 PM, rbr542 said: Mine. So bad. Michigan and Iowa might be out today. I’ve begun looking up current students in order to compare their writing to mine. ? Expand the fact that Michigan has notified via email in the past is what's killing me. at least when a program calls, you can live your life (while double-checking your phone is on loud every 30 seconds) but now I'm just sitting here refreshing refreshing refreshing... truly never been so unproductive hahah Karakoram 1
catkin Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Today’s a federal holiday, so schools won’t be open, right? Seems like none of us should hear today.
rbr542 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 5:52 PM, catkin said: Today’s a federal holiday, so schools won’t be open, right? Seems like none of us should hear today. Expand Most universities aren't closed today. So i’m thinking we might hear. Karakoram 1
catkin Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Damn, I totally thought I was safe today. Going to go on a long hike and leave my phone in the car I think. Good luck everyone!
Elirallo13 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) I’m an undergrad at Michigan! Waiting on iOwa, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Texas, NYu Michigan admissions def open today to answer questions! Edited February 17, 2020 by Elirallo13 Karakoram 1
litty Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Iowa has started notifying fiction. Elirallo13 1
anarchisttiger Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 9:01 PM, litty said: Iowa has started notifying fiction. Expand Where did you hear that? Elirallo13 and Karakoram 1 1
Dochinka96 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Its on the results page and someone posted in draft. Congrats to them! Karakoram and rbr542 1 1
rbr542 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 9:33 PM, Dochinka96 said: Its on the results page and someone posted in draft. Congrats to them! Expand Kind of late in the day isn't it?
anarchisttiger Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 9:36 PM, rbr542 said: Kind of late in the day isn't it? Expand I’m gonna take a stress nap.
rbr542 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 9:46 PM, anarchisttiger said: I’m gonna take a stress nap. Expand Hah...i just woke up from one...to find IWW ON THE RESULTS BOARD!
cdreibelbis Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Anyone have more insight on University of Oregon? Apparently they are accepting five poets (only seen one acceptance on draft -- none on gradcafe unless buried) and then I saw a poetry waitlist on draft as well. Time to let myself down gently or are they known for staggering and waves? Congrats to those who were accepted/waitlisted!
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