panglosian Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Norwood said: Damn, for those of us not on Draft, what exactly did this person say? Read: should I be sitting next to my phone and holding onto a bit of hope, or do I have cause to lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling until I get tired enough to fall asleep? They said and I quote: "Syracuse acceptances are out for both fiction and poetry. Not sure if calls went out but it looks like Terri has emailed all of the accepted writers" I don't know if that means that just decisions have been made and the calls are still going out, but I suppose if there is no correspondence by the end of the night then its game over (at least, if you want an acceptance - idk about waitlist) Norwood 1
Norwood Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, panglosian said: They said and I quote: "Syracuse acceptances are out for both fiction and poetry. Not sure if calls went out but it looks like Terri has emailed all of the accepted writers" I don't know if that means that just decisions have been made and the calls are still going out, but I suppose if there is no correspondence by the end of the night then its game over (at least, if you want an acceptance - idk about waitlist) Yeah, considering it's 6 p.m. here, that post sounds like no email or call means no acceptance. Thanks for the info. panglosian 1
lunch Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 25 minutes ago, clericalerror said: Thanks for this. I got a call from a fiction program today, but have become preoccupied with the idea that they made it erroneously, and my offer isn't real, as I haven't received an email or portal notification. Finally took a Xanax. Starting to feel better. This helps too! Yeah, it's an anxiety inducing process. Congrats on the call!
rcsteel Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 Did anyone hear from Houston today? Saw that someone got a acceptance call for poetry today. cecsav 1
Downtozero Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 38 minutes ago, clericalerror said: Thanks for this. I got a call from a fiction program today, but have become preoccupied with the idea that they made it erroneously, and my offer isn't real, as I haven't received an email or portal notification. Finally took a Xanax. Starting to feel better. This helps too! I think that is common -- both being in disbelief about the acceptance, and not seeing a portal update for a while after you get a call. Don't worry, you're in. Call back tomorrow if you're anxious?
Yellow62 Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 Iowa is calling for fiction. mrvisser, orangeslice, CanadianKate and 1 other 3 1
orangeslice Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Yellow62 said: Iowa is calling for fiction. What?? How? Where? May not survive this day lol CanadianKate 1
Yellow62 Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 5:41 PM, orangeslice said: What?? How? Where? May not survive this day lol Someone reported a call from Sam Chang on draft. Brace yourselves. orangeslice, panglosian, aa2427 and 2 others 5
woweezowee Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, clericalerror said: Hi, all, long-time lurker, first-time poster.... I'm curious what people's experiences are with acceptances via phone. Is it normal to have a lag time between a phone acceptance and an email/portal acceptance? More specifically, has anyone every heard of someone getting accepted to a program by accident? I was accepted to a program via a zoom call on February 8th. At that time they said that I would get an official offer "in the coming days" -- I just received it today. There were a few moments of "ok so did I imagine that?" during that time, but the offer was real. Last week I got another acceptance by phone that was very exciting. I was told that I'll get an acceptance email "shortly," but it hasn't come yet. I did get an email on Monday evening congratulating me and reiterating that I'll get the acceptance email soon. I think it's normal for there to be a lag time and also normal for there not to be. There's a lot of variables at play, but I promise you that you getting accepted by mistake is not one of them. You were accepted! On purpose! (also btw neither of the portals for the programs I've been accepted to have been updated in any perceptible way) largeheartedboy 1
mrvisser Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, Yellow62 said: Iowa is calling for fiction. Oof. There goes the atom bomb. CayceCamus, Greithe, woweezowee and 2 others 4 1
cecsav Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, rcsteel said: Did anyone hear from Houston today? Saw that someone got a acceptance call for poetry today. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! ????? CayceCamus and martina1234 2
sylviaplate Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 Lmao Syracuse, Houston and Iowa pushing out acceptances on the same day I had an absolute emotional breakdown over job stress is actually very chill and cool for me, personally. NLake, woweezowee, martina1234 and 3 others 6
mrvisser Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, sylviaplate said: Lmao Syracuse, Houston and Iowa pushing out acceptances on the same day I had an absolute emotional breakdown over job stress is actually very chill and cool for me, personally. Three weeks ago my thinking was "I'm unemployed, but it's cool because I have some money saved up and I can just cruise until grad school." Now I'm at "Shit, I need to go get a new job in the middle of this pandemic and I need to find a new place to live." chrisclements, sylviaplate, mnlandre and 3 others 6
Norwood Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, mrvisser said: Three weeks ago my thinking was "I'm unemployed, but it's cool because I have some money saved up and I can just cruise until grad school." Now I'm at "Shit, I need to go get a new job in the middle of this pandemic and I need to find a new place to live." I'm in the exact same boat and am freaking out daily about it. Also the job I'd done the four years prior still hasn't really fully come back since the pandemic started, so now I'm trying to find a new job doing things (anything) I have mostly no experience in. mnlandre 1
M-Lin Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, woweezowee said: I was accepted to a program via a zoom call on February 8th. At that time they said that I would get an official offer "in the coming days" -- I just received it today. There were a few moments of "ok so did I imagine that?" during that time, but the offer was real. Last week I got another acceptance by phone that was very exciting. I was told that I'll get an acceptance email "shortly," but it hasn't come yet. I did get an email on Monday evening congratulating me and reiterating that I'll get the acceptance email soon. I think it's normal for there to be a lag time and also normal for there not to be. There's a lot of variables at play, but I promise you that you getting accepted by mistake is not one of them. You were accepted! On purpose! (also btw neither of the portals for the programs I've been accepted to have been updated in any perceptible way) I saw you that you applied to some of the same schools as I did. I guess we're both targeting the new york area! Are the schools that accepted you, by any chance, NYU or Hunter? Looking at your school list, every one of them would be an amazing place to go for MFA, so congratulations!
anamcara Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 :pointedly ignores sage advice from earlier in the thread to not put any stock in the portals: Anyone else able to see a course catalog on the Courses/Registration section of their UIowa portal? I can, and I can't remember if I could before, and I have a deathgrip on the smallest scraps of hope. There's a note above the catalog search that says I don't yet have an admissions profile and can't register, but I can see and search for everything now ? Greithe 1
Jjayy Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Iowa takes in like 50 students each year. That's a lot of notifications to send out, a lot of calls to make, and, so far, there is one post indicating acceptance on GradCafe and two posts in Drafts. I know the chances are slim, but here's to hoping that not all of those IWW calls went out today, and some more are due to go out tomorrow. fishfish24, arden, eternalwhitenights and 4 others 4 3
aa2427 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, mrvisser said: Well, fuck. Someone on Draft just got a voicemail from UW. Et tu, alma mater? Looks like two more rejections today, and now it's down to Michener and Notre Dame. I'm just about ready to pack it in for this round and look forward to next year. My heart dropped when I saw that too. I am also in the same boat as those of you who are unemployed and hoping that grad school could add purpose and an end to the perpetual nothingness. I'm hoping there is some crazy chance they aren't calling everyone today (weird of them to start at 5pm PST) or maybe letting people know about waitlists later. At this stage I'm pretty hopeless. Doesn't help to look at the work of those getting multiple acceptances and know its worlds above your own mrvisser, martina1234, Greithe and 1 other 4
shanbanan Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Hi all! Quick question while we wait. What are some favorite books on craft? I'm looking mainly for a focus on poetics, but could be fiction, nonfiction, syntax, etc. Some of my favorites are "A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry" by Gregory Orr; "Rules for the Dance" and "A Poetry Handbook" by Mary Oliver. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear them! Thanks! arden, anamcara, cecsav and 1 other 3 1
Greithe Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, anamcara said: Anyone else able to see a course catalog on the Courses/Registration section of their UIowa portal? I can, and I can't remember if I could before, ... I wish I'd paid attention to that too, now. I've gotten no phone call, and my application status is still "In Progress" but like you, I can search the catalog from the portal, and see the Spring classes. Probably it means nothing, but as you say... scraps of hope, until it's really over. Good luck! anamcara 1
anamcara Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, shanbanan said: Hi all! Quick question while we wait. What are some favorite books on craft? I'm looking mainly for a focus on poetics, but could be fiction, nonfiction, syntax, etc. Some of my favorites are "A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry" by Gregory Orr; "Rules for the Dance" and "A Poetry Handbook" by Mary Oliver. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear them! Thanks! I love Matthew Zapruder's "Why Poetry"! "Meander Spiral Explode" by Jane Alison is also wonderful, and though it isn't specifically about poetry (it's about the shapes of stories in general), I found it inspiring and instructive. shanbanan and goodcynara 2
anamcara Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Greithe said: I wish I'd paid attention to that too, now. I've gotten no phone call, and my application status is still "In Progress" but like you, I can search the catalog from the portal, and see the Spring classes. Probably it means nothing, but as you say... scraps of hope, until it's really over. Good luck! Thank you for the data point!! At least we're in it together either way P.S. I love your avatar!
fishfish24 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, Jjayy said: Iowa takes in like 50 students each year. That's a lot of notifications to send out, a lot of calls to make, and, so far, there is one post indicating acceptance on GradCafe and two posts in Drafts. I know the chances are slim, but here's to hoping that not all of those IWW calls went out today, and some more are due to go out tomorrow. Thanks for this. Syracuse and Iowa on the back of Michigan and Minnesota... I'll take a night of hopefulness chrisclements, martina1234, NLake and 1 other 4
Greithe Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Just now, anamcara said: Thank you for the data point!! At least we're in it together either way P.S. I love your avatar! Thanks! And I love your name - I used to live in Ireland, and darn near studied Theology at one point. ? Looking around the Iowa site, it seems they've even assigned us University ID#s and everything - I suppose it's necessary to process us through the admissions system, but still, thousands of people going in and out of their system every year without even enrolling just seems mind-boggling. I will be very happy on the day I delete the last portal bookmark, and close the door on this life chapter. What a wringer lol. anamcara 1
martina1234 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 12:08 PM, Yellow62 said: This. I don't believe past notification data from this site is a reliable indicator for this year, and that most programs will be notifying at some point next month. I seriously hope so... I am freaking out about my aps to Syracuse and UT! Hoping they notify later on so I can finish this paper lol.
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