2021 Applicants Forum

[mrvisser]

12 minutes ago, aa2427 said:

Thank you, hearing their vague words through you does help.  I can't wait to overanalyze what "first offers" means. The waiting until April also feels so cruel...but that's the nature of the game I suppose. Best of luck to you in your waiting game!

Same to you! Just never know. Seem some schools just keep people on waitlists until April or later, and sometimes you don't even know you're on the waitlist until you get an offer. 

[Salaam O]

k guess my Friday's gonna consist of me hunching over my laptop refreshing my email every few seconds ?‍♀️

2 hours ago, mrvisser said:

Oh boy, there's a Notre Dame poetry acceptance in the results. Let's get it going.

 

[fishfish24]

7 minutes ago, woweezowee said:

Yeesh! Sorry to hear that. There's also a product called mosquito bits that maybe could help? Good luck!

Thanks! I'll check it out!

[mrvisser]

Someone on Draft just got a call of acceptance from Michener. This is not a drill.

[Ydrl]

4 minutes ago, mrvisser said:

Someone on Draft just got a call of acceptance from Michener. This is not a drill.

Time for Michener to throw my hopes into a bonfire

[kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

1 hour ago, babypoet2k said:

update from draft re: iowa poetry (somebody called them and asked. everybody say thank you.)

"all acceptances will be made within the week."

Thanks for sharing this! Just to clarify (i.e.to help my wild anxiety grow): this means they'll be done sending acceptances a week from today?

[Yellow62]

10 minutes ago, kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy said:

Thanks for sharing this! Just to clarify (i.e.to help my wild anxiety grow): this means they'll be done sending acceptances a week from today?

I interpreted it as by the end of the day today, or possibly through the weekend at the latest. 

If I don't hear from Iowa or U Washington re poetry soon I'm gonna lose it tbh

[Ydrl]

For all of us that have read (or vaguely remember) the beginning of this thread, do you ever wonder what happened to some of the users who randomly disappeared???

I thought of someone recently and messaged that user, but I’m sure there are many others. I hope everyone that left is okay.

All of you that aren’t being horrible people (which is almost all of you) thank you for being here. I appreciate you, you help keep this community together.

Edited February 26, 2021 by Ydrl

[Sorensen]

2 minutes ago, Ydrl said:

For all of us that have read (or vaguely remember) the beginning of this thread, do you ever wonder what happened to some of the users who randomly disappeared???

I thought of someone recently and messaged that user, but I’m sure there are many others. I hope everyone that left is okay.

I honestly am not sure, I think it might be part pressure part worry. I don’t know where my mental health would be if I was checking this page everyday since the beginning. I’ve only come in at the end and only my husband has kept me sane through all this.

[fishfish24]

41 minutes ago, mrvisser said:

Someone on Draft just got a call of acceptance from Michener. This is not a drill.

Fiction or poetry? 

[lunch]

Just now, fishfish24 said:

Fiction or poetry? 

The Gradcafe result is for fiction.

[Greithe]

3 hours ago, pattycat said:

...would any fiction kids be willing to form a critique group? 

Count me in, please. 

I haven't been able to find any local writing groups where my writing fits in at all, and certainly none where we all share an objective, so I would appreciate such a chance as this.

Thank you, pattycat!

[mrvisser]

3 hours ago, pattycat said:

For those of us who are staring down a possible clean sweep of rejections this year and want to prepare for next season, would any fiction kids be willing to form a critique group? Thoughts are that it would either be over zoom (traditional workshop-style) or maybe just laid back exchange of google docs over email.

I didn't see this until now! I'm definitely down for a Zoom workshop. I know some CW majors that use a Zoom in the Iowa style and it works really well for them.

[woweezowee]

A person in Draft emailed Cornell re fiction and was informed that they are still making final decisions and hope to notify applicants within the next week. FYI.

[Ydrl]

I just realized something. Despite Texas being a winter nightmare right now, they’ve managed to stick to their promise of starting to contact before the end of February. Well done Michener.

Also do any poetry people wanna do a zoom meeting? It doesn’t have to just be workshopping, it could also be talking about programs, or just a nice conversation about things that have nothing to do with poetry/grad school.

[panglosian]

Just now, woweezowee said:

A person in Draft emailed Cornell re fiction and was informed that they are still making final decisions and hope to notify applicants within the next week. FYI.

That was me! Which means I can rest this weekend lol

[woweezowee]

Just now, panglosian said:

That was me! Which means I can rest this weekend lol

Haha! Well thank you for taking my mind off of Cornell for a bit!

[arden]

1 minute ago, Ydrl said:

I just realized something. Despite Texas being a winter nightmare right now, they’ve managed to stick to their promise of starting to contact before the end of February. Well done Michener.

Also do any poetry people wanna do a zoom meeting? It doesn’t have to just be workshopping, it could also be talking about programs, or just a nice conversation about things that have nothing to do with poetry/grad school.

I'd be down for a poetry zoom, if others are ! Looking ahead to the possibility of a clean sweep in my first round, as others have said, I'm definitely psyched to connect with other poets in any way. 

Hope everybody is taking care of themselves going into this weekend ! ?

[lunch]

4 minutes ago, arden said:

I'd be down for a poetry zoom, if others are ! Looking ahead to the possibility of a clean sweep in my first round, as others have said, I'm definitely psyched to connect with other poets in any way. 

Hope everybody is taking care of themselves going into this weekend ! ?

Seconded. A poetry Zoom sounds great.

[kraftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

40 minutes ago, Yellow62 said:

I interpreted it as by the end of the day today, or possibly through the weekend at the latest. 

If I don't hear from Iowa or U Washington re poetry soon I'm gonna lose it tbh

Thanks! I'm with you. Hang in there.

[goodcynara]

1 hour ago, fishfish24 said:

Did the fourth round of peroxide today ?

Neem oil often works and is non-toxic, but you have to spray daily for a week, coating both sides of the leaves. Get ready to burn some sage due to the strong smell. 

[goodcynara]

14 minutes ago, Ydrl said:

I just realized something. Despite Texas being a winter nightmare right now, they’ve managed to stick to their promise of starting to contact before the end of February. Well done Michener.

Also do any poetry people wanna do a zoom meeting? It doesn’t have to just be workshopping, it could also be talking about programs, or just a nice conversation about things that have nothing to do with poetry/grad school.

Down for the poet Zoom. Would love to hear what y'all are working on.

[goodcynara]

38 minutes ago, Sorensen said:

I honestly am not sure, I think it might be part pressure part worry. I don’t know where my mental health would be if I was checking this page everyday since the beginning. I’ve only come in at the end and only my husband has kept me sane through all this.

Agreed. If this were an actual coffee shop, I'd be the one in the corner with my laptop plugged in, hair a hot mess, stack of bang-ed up slim volumes with scribbled on post-it notes sticking out of them and a mug full of ghosts of coffees past. I keep trying to write, but stop to chat up everyone who makes eye contact. Procrastinating like a mo', as they say in the old country. But seriously, thank you all for your generosity and humor. It's nice to be in community.

[Ydrl]

Update on Texas: Apparently the housing tab (between Financial Aid and Admission) on MyStatus is letting people apply for housing. I imagine everyone else has this too, just wanted to let you know that the housing thing is $50 if you want to apply.

[NLake]

It looks like some WVU acceptances have gone out and I’m really wishing there were time stamps on those results postings! Gonna be a stressful afternoon. 
 

If anyone sees anything about poetry, feel free to let me know! 
 

Congratulations to those accepted! 

Edited February 26, 2021 by NLake