2021 Applicants Forum

[M-Lin]

6 minutes ago, CrankyGinger said:

Dude same. I don't think I really need my answer from CU, I've made my decision. When a program feels like it crafted for you and how you write and work and you connect to faculty and the curriculum, then the decision becomes much easier.

Yeah the only one I would be a little torn about would be BU. Columbia was more just for my vanity... no way to afford and honestly not interested in the size of the program, and already not getting a good feeling from the institution anyway, lol. Not sure if this is just our coping mechanism working at its best but I think I'm making the right decision. It just feels right!! 

When I started looking at Amtrak and Chinatown buses to Boston... I was already like, please no. hahaha 

Edited March 26, 2021 by M-Lin

[CrankyGinger]

3 minutes ago, M-Lin said:

Yeah the only one I would be a little torn about would be BU. Columbia was more just for my vanity... no way to afford and honestly not interested in the size of the program, and already not getting a good feeling from the institution anyway, lol. Not sure if this is just our coping mechanism working at its best but I think I'm making the right decision. It just feels right!! 

Haha, no I get it, it's definitely a vanity application. The longer we wait, though, it's true, the more turned off I am by them. 

[ZaytandLabna]

On 3/25/2021 at 3:10 AM, anna23 said:

hey all!!! anyone here apply to hunter college for poetry? if so, have you heard back? thanks in advance!

Yes. I think its okay for me to say now that it's finalized, but I got my offer a little while ago. There are 4 of us so far I think. (that seem to be prospective students). 

Edited March 26, 2021 by ZaytandLabna

[iai]

Rejections from Boston, Guelph, and Columbia. Looks like that’s a wrap! 

[M-Lin]

4 minutes ago, iai said:

Rejections from Boston, Guelph, and Columbia. Looks like that’s a wrap! 

Virtual hug!! 

I was waitlisted at Columbia ?‍♀️

[iai]

Just now, M-Lin said:

Virtual hug!! 

I was waitlisted at Columbia ?‍♀️

??‍♀️
 

I was really hoping for a waitlist /: but I guess I’ll be heading for the UK after all! 

[SofiTheCatGuardian]

Rejection from BU today. Best of luck to all of you guys. This cycle is over for me and I'm trying again next year unless I become a millionaire and even maybe then. 

[M-Lin]

Just now, iai said:

??‍♀️
 

I was really hoping for a waitlist /: but I guess I’ll be heading for the UK after all! 

it said the waitlist could drag into the summer so do you really, really want that? I'm so happy that this is all over, haha. 

I hope you have the best time in the UK! 

[iai]

Just now, M-Lin said:

it said the waitlist could drag into the summer so do you really, really want that? I'm so happy that this is all over, haha. 

I hope you have the best time in the UK! 

That’s also a good point ? 

 

Thank you! I hope I do too ?

[M-Lin]

The Columbia letter said that the waitlist "has no rank"... but it must do??? how else are they going to decide who to let in when the first spot becomes available? ?

[anna23]

2 hours ago, ZaytandLabna said:

Yes. I think its okay for me to say now that it's finalized, but I got my offer a little while ago. There are 4 of us so far I think. (that seem to be prospective students). 

aw man  well, alright then! thank you for letting me know! congrats on getting in!

Edited March 26, 2021 by anna23

[Ydrl]

11 minutes ago, M-Lin said:

The Columbia letter said that the waitlist "has no rank"... but it must do??? how else are they going to decide who to let in when the first spot becomes available? ?

There are waitlist pools where everybody exists until the adcom happens to go through the pool and pick who they like. It's shitty, just like a ranked waitlist, but in a different way.

[Blackhole]

33 minutes ago, M-Lin said:

Virtual hug!! 

I was waitlisted at Columbia ?‍♀️

yay. congrats

[Boomer not Ok]

Denied at CU. No word yet from BU. I saw some rejections and a poetry acceptance. Any one know if there have been any BU acceptances or waitlists on Draft for fiction?

Anyways, this looks like a wrap for me, apart from a waitlist that I'll probably decline. Have to mull my meagre choices while I hit up my opiate rod tonight. Don't think I want to go through this again.

 

[Blackhole]

Is BU emailing rejections?

[M-Lin]

17 minutes ago, Blackhole said:

Is BU emailing rejections?

 

28 minutes ago, Blackhole said:

yay. congrats

Thanks!!! And yes, BU e-mailed rejection this morning. If you didn’t get it, maybe a good sign? 

[M-Lin]

40 minutes ago, Ydrl said:

There are waitlist pools where everybody exists until the adcom happens to go through the pool and pick who they like. It's shitty, just like a ranked waitlist, but in a different way.

I see... same difference ?
thanks! 

[Ydrl]

Rejected off the waitlist for Maryland. I have yet to hear UNO's FinAid offer, but I'm most likely going to be committing to New Hampshire.

[Boomer not Ok]

1 hour ago, Blackhole said:

Is BU emailing rejections?

It looks like they've started. I figure they're staggering the rejections, bc I haven't got mine yet. I've only seen 1 acceptance for poetry on Results, nothing for fiction. Don't have access to Draft so I dunno if some one posted there.

[Ydrl]

Turned down my offer at St. Joseph's. Hopefully someone on the waitlist can get in.

[feralgrad]

5 hours ago, M-Lin said:

The Columbia letter said that the waitlist "has no rank"... but it must do??? how else are they going to decide who to let in when the first spot becomes available? ?

I would hypothesize that they'd choose the waitlisers based on who turned their spots down -- i.e. to ensure aesthetic diversity in the program. Just a theory ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[M-Lin]

3 minutes ago, feralgrad said:

I would hypothesize that they'd choose the waitlisers based on who turned their spots down -- i.e. to ensure aesthetic diversity in the program. Just a theory ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

and a very good one at that! I’d believe it 

[koechophe]

Still waiting on my last two rejections (curse you UNLV!) 

But anyway, another random question for people here. Has anyone had any "writer-ish" careers that they've had a great experience with coming out of undergrad? I've got some pretty decent ideas of what I'd like to do this year for a career while I wait to try again, but I'd love to hear about some of you folks' experiences

[cecsav]

1 hour ago, koechophe said:

Still waiting on my last two rejections (curse you UNLV!) 

But anyway, another random question for people here. Has anyone had any "writer-ish" careers that they've had a great experience with coming out of undergrad? I've got some pretty decent ideas of what I'd like to do this year for a career while I wait to try again, but I'd love to hear about some of you folks' experiences

I'm not sure it's "writer-ish," but my job is definitely "reader-ish." I've been working at a library for almost two years. I absolutely love it there. The environment is great. I'm surrounded by people who read (and by books to read... I literally have 74 books checked out at this very moment!), and they are amazingly flexible with my schedule. I'm still in undergrad though, so my response doesn't technically answer your question. Lol

[Greel]

9 hours ago, koechophe said:

But anyway, another random question for people here. Has anyone had any "writer-ish" careers that they've had a great experience with coming out of undergrad? I've got some pretty decent ideas of what I'd like to do this year for a career while I wait to try again, but I'd love to hear about some of you folks' experiences

Just my two cents-- but I did a ton of copywriting after I graduated which then gradually shifted into PR. I did write alot, as I was promised by well meaning advice givers in my family, but it was all marketing copy/bylines & I absolutely hated PR. I have so much more brainspace for my own writing when I'm working jobs that are totally unrelated-- I got a lot done when I quit and worked at a factory packing candles into boxes lol! But it definitely is a choice I've made that has influenced how much $$ I make and my level of comfort in other parts of my life. TLDR-- you can write a ton in a nonwriting related field, or write very little in a field seemingly more connected....Or you may not find this to be true. It ultimately depends on how you personally work best, ya know!

Also-- @Cecsav, library life sounds so nice!!!

Edited March 27, 2021 by Greel