2021 Applicants Forum

[woweezowee]

Looks like Syracuse waitlist and rejection emails are coming out rn per mfa draft posts FYI.

Sending good luck and vibes to those of you who applied!

[kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Hi everyone! Just got my Syracuse rejection by email. First response I've received from any school, but hoping for good news soon, and hoping you all are hanging in there!  

Edited February 25, 2021 by kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[babypoet2k]

also got my syracuse rejection just now. i sent a kind reply and terri actually replied and wished me luck. never met her but even over email, she seems kind. the og email, however, with its "dear mfa applicant", was not as kind. in any case, gotta cry and listen to liability by lorde on repeat brb.

[funfettuccine]

7 minutes ago, babypoet2k said:

also got my syracuse rejection just now. i sent a kind reply and terri actually replied and wished me luck. never met her but even over email, she seems kind. the og email, however, with its "dear mfa applicant", was not as kind. in any case, gotta cry and listen to liability by lorde on repeat brb.

LOL, I had my Lorde moment yesterday 

[NLake]

Syracuse rejection just came through. Despite knowing this was my least likely option, I’m feeling the sting. Getting my hair cut later,  so I might do something rash. TBD. 

Edited February 25, 2021 by NLake
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[Clabbens]

In the middle of the night I woke up ecstatic after a very realistic dream about getting an acceptance call from UW. And then I realized twas only a dream. 

 

I also had a dream about a month ago that I got a big fat acceptance letter in the mail from UW, but when I opened it up it said "Dear [Not my name],"

 

Looking forward to reclaiming my dreamspace soon. 

[Ydrl]

“Dear MFA applicant” Dear god it’s the same bullshit from Syracuse that they did to me last year.

[fishfish24]

Just now, Ydrl said:

“Dear MFA applicant” Dear god it’s the same bullshit from Syracuse that they did to me last year.

Just got mine as well... Did yours say anything about the "abilities and opinions" of instructors and their feelings on "serving the development of your writing"? Kind of an odd form letter... Mine had a p.s. about reapplication, which I think was standard...

[babypoet2k]

7 minutes ago, fishfish24 said:

Just got mine as well... Did yours say anything about the "abilities and opinions" of instructors and their feelings on "serving the development of your writing"? Kind of an odd form letter... Mine had a p.s. about reapplication, which I think was standard...

mine said all of that. i think this was pretty much a form email for rejections. 

[kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

8 minutes ago, fishfish24 said:

Just got mine as well... Did yours say anything about the "abilities and opinions" of instructors and their feelings on "serving the development of your writing"? Kind of an odd form letter... Mine had a p.s. about reapplication, which I think was standard...

Sounds like we got the same exact email. A more personal note would, of course, have been better, though I don't fault them for it given the 10 million applicants they have to respond to. But I also thought that the wording of this was a little strange.

[Ydrl]

@fishfish24 @kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy @babypoet2k

Sounds like a recycled email from last year with slightly different wording. Nice one Syracuse *middle finger*.

[fishfish24]

3 minutes ago, kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy said:

Sounds like we got the same exact email. A more personal note would, of course, have been better, though I don't fault them for it given the 10 million applicants they have to respond to. But I also thought that the wording of this was a little strange.

Thanks! Yeah, I guessed it was a form email (and totally don't fault them for it), but the wording just seemed a little odd and was different from my email last year. Just curious! Thanks for the info

[dumblond]

7 hours ago, goodcynara said:

Anyone have a favorite journal that publishes critical essays on poetry? Looking for examples of well-executed, relatively short critical essays (not reviews). Thanks in advance.

Harriet Blog? 

[goodcynara]

19 minutes ago, dumblond said:

Harriet Blog? 

Will scour, thanks!

[kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

I'm a little bit afraid to ask, but has anyone heard anything about Iowa poetry acceptances beyond "someone I know got an email" on Draft?

[panglosian]

In the wake of my rejection from Syracuse (ouch) I send yet another imploring plea out into the universe: has LITERALLY ANYONE heard anything about fiction calls for Cornell yet??? I absolutely refuse to believe there were 0 fiction acceptances on here AND on draft for BOTH Cornell and Syracuse, that shit's too whack for my brain to entertain rn

[NLake]

I’m also wondering about news from Draft. Has anyone seen poetry acceptances for Montana? I see fiction and nonfiction on here.

[KZK]

 

3 minutes ago, NLake said:

I’m also wondering about news from Draft. Has anyone seen poetry acceptances for Montana? I see fiction and nonfiction on here.

I've only seen fiction and nonfiction for Montana so far (in Draft and on GradCafe). Hang in there! 

[NLake]

14 minutes ago, KZK said:

 

I've only seen fiction and nonfiction for Montana so far (in Draft and on GradCafe). Hang in there! 

Thanks for the update! 

[Boomer not Ok]

Wondering whether the Syracuse letter mentioned anything about "record high" amount of apps this year. I think it's been established this year produced an abnormally abundant harvest for MFA programs to cull from, so interested whether Syracuse corroborates this. 

[panglosian]

57 minutes ago, panglosian said:

In the wake of my rejection from Syracuse (ouch) I send yet another imploring plea out into the universe: has LITERALLY ANYONE heard anything about fiction calls for Cornell yet??? I absolutely refuse to believe there were 0 fiction acceptances on here AND on draft for BOTH Cornell and Syracuse, that shit's too whack for my brain to entertain rn

Update - my cry into the abyss was answered in Draft!!! Someone said they talked to a Cornell faculty member over email this week and fiction acceptances have yet to come out. They said they'll probs be out by the end of the week (though idk if that means work week which is Friday or just the week in general which means Sunday)

Holding out so much hope!!!

[mrvisser]

My only positive from this week is that the other night, while tossing and turning in my bed, I decided I'm going to write a short story called "What's the Problem, Bill?" with nothing planned out other than the title. And now I've gotten some productivity back this morning.

[panglosian]

7 minutes ago, mrvisser said:

My only positive from this week is that the other night, while tossing and turning in my bed, I decided I'm going to write a short story called "What's the Problem, Bill?" with nothing planned out other than the title. And now I've gotten some productivity back this morning.

It's so funny you say that, I had a vague dream about a short story called "Baby Year" that I'm planning on writing for my fiction workshop. Weird how things come up in your head like that XD

[Ydrl]

@mrvisser @panglosian

Back when I wrote fiction I had an entire notebook filled with story title ideas. I’m not sure what happened to it, but just letting you know it’s not just you.

[bettedavisthighs]

just heard from Hollins - I'm in for CNF with funding info. I know someone asked about them recently so I thought I'd share. I'm torn - the funding HU is offering me (a first-year fellowship that covers tuition remission and "the opportunity to apply for" a second-year TAship)  isn't guaranteed past the first year, and the other acceptance I've gotten so far is guaranteed all 3 years with a GA from the jump. during the app process I was really drawn to HU's genre fluidity, creative ethos, and some dreamy mountain living. fuck!!!!