CorneliusBreadicus Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 It feels like this week has been so quiet! Question for those of you who have gotten an acceptance -- I got one through a phone call on Friday but my app portal isn't showing a status for my app and I also haven't received anything in writing. Has anyone else still not gotten anything about their acceptance in writing yet? How long did you have to wait? I know it's silly but it's making me so anxious. I don't think rejections have gone out yet for this school so that could have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespruce Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 29 minutes ago, jadedoptimist said: I missed a call from an unknown number today... this shit has me frantically googling area codes like never before. I know speculation like this is silly and useless but it's got me thinking – does the area code even tell you anything? I'm assuming that there's not usually some kind of Designated Landline in the admissions office to inform admitted students, instead the department faculty probably just volunteers on a case-by case basis– don't they probably just use their cell phones anyway? I've been more curious about admissions procedures than ever before lately. It's a different vibe than waiting for a call about a job offer, or getting into undergrad. It really feels like the decision means something about the quality of my work. Idk. Just spouting thoughts on a Wednesday When I got a call about an acceptance, it was from a faculty member's cell phone with a completely different area code than the school itself! I almost didn't pick up jadedoptimist, CorneliusBreadicus and bluebikeyikes 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, Tomatotomato53 said: screenshot from 11:21am https://ibb.co/0Y3ZtSC Yeah, that's the right one. Just be patient, they'll get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjanep Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 51 minutes ago, jadedoptimist said: I missed a call from an unknown number today... this shit has me frantically googling area codes like never before. I know speculation like this is silly and useless but it's got me thinking – does the area code even tell you anything? I'm assuming that there's not usually some kind of Designated Landline in the admissions office to inform admitted students, instead the department faculty probably just volunteers on a case-by case basis– don't they probably just use their cell phones anyway? I've been more curious about admissions procedures than ever before lately. It's a different vibe than waiting for a call about a job offer, or getting into undergrad. It really feels like the decision means something about the quality of my work. Idk. Just spouting thoughts on a Wednesday I saw in MFA draft ‘23 that bots get ahold of our numbers through our apps as well so you might start getting tons of spam from Iowa, etc. So just brace for it. I thought Vandy was calling me from TN and it was just “student loan forgiveness” spam jadedoptimist, cnaomi and triciadawn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prufrock_ Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 27 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I saw in MFA draft ‘23 that bots get ahold of our numbers through our apps as well so you might start getting tons of spam from Iowa, etc. So just brace for it. I thought Vandy was calling me from TN and it was just “student loan forgiveness” spam that's wild! I got a spam call today for the first time in like a year (and of course I thought it was the call.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjanep Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, prufrock_ said: that's wild! I got a spam call today for the first time in like a year (and of course I thought it was the call.) I got a doordash call last night and nearly had a heart attack. Deep breaths. maonvlang, prufrock_ and brdiget 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasmidge Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just got what seems like a generic email from Stony Brook that they're reading applications now and they will soon be setting up interviews. They ended it with, "stay tuned. You'll be hearing from us soon." And then I got a generic e-mail from Sarah Lawrence saying that they're at AWP. Ahhhhhh the anxiety is killlllling me writernity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 no one laugh at me. what does this mean? “Dear applicant, An update: The Admissions Committee for the MFA program in Creative Writing and Literature—Southampton, New York City, and Stony Brook in between—is reading your application now. The readers on the Lichtenstein Center committee are poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers and we are impressed with the quality of writing samples in the works we have read. To keep you apprised of the process, we will soon be setting up interviews. As we continue the admissions process we want to make sure that you have a supportive cohort. We want to be certain that the workshops we offer will support you in the best ways possible during your literary quest. Stay tuned. You’ll be hearing from us soon. Best wishes, XXX XXX XXXXXX Admissions Director” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasmidge Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 18 minutes ago, Scribe said: no one laugh at me. what does this mean? “Dear applicant, An update: The Admissions Committee for the MFA program in Creative Writing and Literature—Southampton, New York City, and Stony Brook in between—is reading your application now. The readers on the Lichtenstein Center committee are poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers and we are impressed with the quality of writing samples in the works we have read. To keep you apprised of the process, we will soon be setting up interviews. As we continue the admissions process we want to make sure that you have a supportive cohort. We want to be certain that the workshops we offer will support you in the best ways possible during your literary quest. Stay tuned. You’ll be hearing from us soon. Best wishes, XXX XXX XXXXXX Admissions Director” I received the same e-mail! I also have no idea what to make of it - from what I saw on Draft last year, I don't believe that Stony Brook had interviews but maybe I'm wrong and last year's applicants didn't report that there were interviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writernity Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 36 minutes ago, justasmidge said: Just got what seems like a generic email from Stony Brook that they're reading applications now and they will soon be setting up interviews. They ended it with, "stay tuned. You'll be hearing from us soon." And then I got a generic e-mail from Sarah Lawrence saying that they're at AWP. Ahhhhhh the anxiety is killlllling me 24 minutes ago, Scribe said: no one laugh at me. what does this mean? “Dear applicant, An update: The Admissions Committee for the MFA program in Creative Writing and Literature—Southampton, New York City, and Stony Brook in between—is reading your application now. The readers on the Lichtenstein Center committee are poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers and we are impressed with the quality of writing samples in the works we have read. To keep you apprised of the process, we will soon be setting up interviews. As we continue the admissions process we want to make sure that you have a supportive cohort. We want to be certain that the workshops we offer will support you in the best ways possible during your literary quest. Stay tuned. You’ll be hearing from us soon. Best wishes, XXX XXX XXXXXX Admissions Director” 3 minutes ago, justasmidge said: I received the same e-mail! I also have no idea what to make of it - from what I saw on Draft last year, I don't believe that Stony Brook had interviews but maybe I'm wrong and last year's applicants didn't report that there were interviews? I got the same email as yall! After careful scrutiny it does seem to be implying they're planning to set up interviews soon (and that we'll be getting one). There isn't much data for past years at all for Stony Brook, it might be that people didn't report interviews or it could be they've just added them this year. Hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, justasmidge said: I received the same e-mail! I also have no idea what to make of it - from what I saw on Draft last year, I don't believe that Stony Brook had interviews but maybe I'm wrong and last year's applicants didn't report that there were interviews? Someone on draft posted an interview notification but I don’t feel comfortable doing that yet. This sounds like I should just be happy for the committee that they’re enjoying the application review. ajcam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadedoptimist Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 IM ON THE WAITLIST FOR JOHNS HOPKINS AHDJFJFJDJDJDHFHFKKGKF IM SO HAPPY BowserNintendo, goldentulip, brdiget and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just now, jadedoptimist said: IM ON THE WAITLIST FOR JOHNS HOPKINS AHDJFJFJDJDJDHFHFKKGKF IM SO HAPPY that is incredibly impressive! congrats! genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writernity Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 35 minutes ago, Scribe said: Someone on draft posted an interview notification but I don’t feel comfortable doing that yet. This sounds like I should just be happy for the committee that they’re enjoying the application review. Yeah I might have jumped the gun there after seeing someone else do it 😅 well, guess we'll see what comes of it soon enough. 8 minutes ago, jadedoptimist said: IM ON THE WAITLIST FOR JOHNS HOPKINS AHDJFJFJDJDJDHFHFKKGKF IM SO HAPPY CONGRATS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just now, writernity said: Yeah I might have jumped the gun there after seeing someone else do it 😅 well, guess we'll see what comes of it soon enough. CONGRATS!!! ah, that was you. in other news, a question for the hive: 11 people on draft have been waitlisted for fiction at Bloomington. i saw a great number of waitlisted for poetry as well. however, i've seen no acceptances. does this seem weird to anyone else? jadedoptimist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadedoptimist Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 16 minutes ago, Scribe said: that is incredibly impressive! congrats! genre? Poetry! they said they had ~200 apps to choose from. No waitlist ranking. BowserNintendo and Scribe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prufrock_ Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, jadedoptimist said: Poetry! they said they had ~200 apps to choose from. No waitlist ranking. grats! wow that's really low, did they mean 200 apps for poetry only or total including fiction? JH had the best looking program and I was going to apply but I didn't last minute cause my undergrad grades are rough lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writernity Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Scribe said: ah, that was you. in other news, a question for the hive: 11 people on draft have been waitlisted for fiction at Bloomington. i saw a great number of waitlisted for poetry as well. however, i've seen no acceptances. does this seem weird to anyone else? Someone else did it first, but I jumped on board 😅 I'm using the same pseudonym for the draft spreadsheet. Idk how many people Bloomington accepts usually- a quote from 2016 says 8 accepted, 4 from each genre, not sure if that's still true. It's 11 fiction and 8 poetry applicants currently reporting waitlists, some even quoting being told they're "near the top of a very short waitlist." It does feel like a weirdly high amount of reports especially since the waitlist is supposedly "very short" and there weren't nearly as much last year, but maybe we've just got a fun statistical anomaly where the majority of Indiana waitlisters are on Draft but no one accepted is lol. It's definitely not impossible! Edit: there's one Bloomington poetry acceptance on gradcafe! Edited February 7 by writernity BowserNintendo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadedoptimist Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Thanks to everyone who congratulated me joining this thread yesterday paid off! And the 200 apps for Hopkins were just poetry. They didn't say anything about fiction. prufrock_ and BowserNintendo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowserNintendo Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) I saw one poetry acceptance for IU Bloomington on gradcafe, but all the other IU results are waitlisted/rejections. Can anyone close to the prgm confirm that IU has actually sent acceptances out or is someone on gradcafe messing with us? (update) just saw the previous post about this, so sorry for creating a new post instead of replying to that thread, I’m new here 😕 Edited February 7 by BowserNintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pananoprodigy Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 There's an Iowa fiction acceptance on the results board>?????? Congrats to whoever that is holy shit! Now I'm spiraling. triciadawn, BowserNintendo and jadedoptimist 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersh Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I was literally just about to post the same thing but you beat me to it lol! I was just randomly (and neurotically) checking on Iowa, not expecting any results, and saw the first acceptance pananoprodigy and jadedoptimist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysequoia Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, jadedoptimist said: IM ON THE WAITLIST FOR JOHNS HOPKINS AHDJFJFJDJDJDHFHFKKGKF IM SO HAPPY Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉 jadedoptimist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjanep Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, pananoprodigy said: There's an Iowa fiction acceptance on the results board>?????? Congrats to whoever that is holy shit! Now I'm spiraling. I also can’t help but wonder if it’s another Vandy situation where someone is just trolling us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pananoprodigy Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Just now, Hjanep said: I also can’t help but wonder if it’s another Vandy situation where someone is just trolling us I wondered this too 🙃 Seems odd that it's the only one, unless anybody saw anything in Draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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