jka0124 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 2 hours ago, Saints_ said: Lmao waiting on Minnesota as well. Nothing yet; gotta be this week tho I believe Minnesota is done notifying. They made all their calls before the 21st and already invited prospies to recruitment events.
3feetofsnow Posted February 26 Posted February 26 6 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! Congrats! I hope they give you tons of money XD
branch Posted February 27 Posted February 27 14 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! CHEX, OMG!!!!!!! This is so wonderful! Congratulations!
Rixor Posted February 27 Posted February 27 16 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! Friend/Roman/Compatriot--wow!!!! What excellent news!! I'm so, so happy for you!
Chex Posted February 27 Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, prufrock_ said: GRATS! Heck ya!!! That school wasn't on my radar; I just checked the faculty and it's STACKED. That would be an amazing school! I hope the best for you (and i'm definitely applying there next year if I don't get anywhere this year!). Thank you!! This may sound a little foolish but it was actually the first school on my radar because of their flashy faculty. I knew little about the MFA process then or what other schools had to offer, and I applied on the off-chance that I got in and got full funding (can't attend otherwise). I've been berating myself since for that silly gamble, but it seems NYU wants to give me a reason to smile. 3 minutes ago, 3feetofsnow said: Congrats! I hope they give you tons of money XD Thank you!! I really truly dearly hope so! Thank you so much, @branch and @Rixor!!! I'm out of reactions but I am so grateful right now 3feetofsnow and branch 2
Scribe Posted February 27 Posted February 27 21 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! YESSSS!!!! congratulations! this makes me super happy. also, i hate you. Karmazinov 1
Chex Posted February 27 Posted February 27 6 minutes ago, Scribe said: YESSSS!!!! congratulations! this makes me super happy. also, i hate you. LOL, thank you!!! And please why, why, why do you hate me?
Scribe Posted February 27 Posted February 27 9 minutes ago, Chex said: LOL, thank you!!! And please why, why, why do you hate me? Joyce Carol Oates and Ocean Vuong are why. Karmazinov 1
electricstardust Posted February 27 Posted February 27 43 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! yayyyyy congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also got in😳i can’t believe it MJY, triciadawn, Hjanep and 5 others 8
Chex Posted February 27 Posted February 27 8 minutes ago, Scribe said: Joyce Carol Oates and Ocean Vuong are why. I know! Their faculty is awesome. 2 minutes ago, electricstardust said: yayyyyy congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also got in😳i can’t believe it Congratulations to you, too!!!!! Fingers crossed we both get full funding🤞🏾 electricstardust 1
Jackedup Posted February 27 Posted February 27 50 minutes ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! I also got this email! They called a friend of mine last week so I thought I had been soft rejected. If you are waiting, keep your head up. You never know when things will change. electricstardust 1
writercl Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Watched a video from @alethewriter on TikTok (a fellow GradCafe user gave me his user)& he said that ~450 people applied for Fiction at Michener. He is a "reader" so he read them, and sent 60 applications that he thought were good back to Michener (with "19 phenomenal ones"). From there, the people at Michener go through those and pick the best 4. I think that's why the rejections are being sent out in phases (because "readers" do the initial rejections, so those who were declined first are getting the first rejections). *** at least this is what I am speculating Hjanep, branch and Rixor 1 2
electricstardust Posted February 27 Posted February 27 2 minutes ago, Jackedup said: I also got this email! They called a friend of mine last week so I thought I had been soft rejected. If you are waiting, keep your head up. You never know when things will change. aaaa congratulations!!!!!!!! 8 minutes ago, Chex said: I know! Their faculty is awesome. Congratulations to you, too!!!!! Fingers crossed we both get full funding🤞🏾 good luck to all of us!! i don’t think i’ll be able to attend without funding so i really shot my shot lol
sylviaplathtears Posted February 27 Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Chex said: Friends, Romans, GradCafe Compatriots, I have received what looks to be a tentative acceptance email from NYU! I cannot confirm it until I see the official acceptance email but I may be finishing this application season with something positive after all! Congrats!! May you all receive the best funding! electricstardust 1
Scribe Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Okay. Now I’m just sick. nataliezimm, messindistress and bumblebup 3
fathersuckle420 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Are the NYU emails tonight for poetry, fiction, CN, or all three?
Chex Posted February 27 Posted February 27 18 minutes ago, Jackedup said: I also got this email! They called a friend of mine last week so I thought I had been soft rejected. If you are waiting, keep your head up. You never know when things will change. Congratulations! And welcome to the thread 11 minutes ago, electricstardust said: aaaa congratulations!!!!!!!! good luck to all of us!! i don’t think i’ll be able to attend without funding so i really shot my shot lol Same. I hope everything works out perfectly for us. 8 minutes ago, sylviaplathtears said: Congrats!! May you all receive the best funding! Thank you!! And may it be so! 2 minutes ago, fathersuckle420 said: Are the NYU emails tonight for poetry, fiction, CN, or all three? Mine was for fiction but I've seen similar reports from poetry applicants. Can't say about CN.
Jackedup Posted February 27 Posted February 27 17 minutes ago, fathersuckle420 said: Are the NYU emails tonight for poetry, fiction, CN, or all three? I believe all three, but I could be wrong. The email is addressed to admits of the "creative writing program." I applied for fiction
Jackedup Posted February 27 Posted February 27 22 minutes ago, Chex said: Congratulations! And welcome to the thread Same. I hope everything works out perfectly for us. Thank you!! And may it be so! Mine was for fiction but I've seen similar reports from poetry applicants. Can't say about CN. Thank you! NYU is the second program I've heard back from, with a JHU rejection coming in two weeks ago. I am a longtime lurker on this thread, and have been watching it closely with a sinking feeling in my stomach. So if you are reading this right now with that same feeling, I see you. Take some time for yourself. Put your phone down/ computer away and go for a walk. It'll all work out just fine. You will survive and thrive no matter what happens within this process. electricstardust, branch and pananoprodigy 3
sylviaplate Posted February 27 Posted February 27 (edited) 4 hours ago, writercl said: did anyone apply to UH (university of Houston)? and do we know how competitive the program is? 4 hours ago, ssuunn said: I applied there and I have no idea how competitive it is. I know that it's more known for its PhD Creative Writing program. There was someone last year who got in off the waitlist who was active in Draft; but I'm not sure in terms of acceptance rate, how big the waitlist was, etc. From last year's list, someone said there were 5 fiction admits, but then someone else said 4-6 total for both poetry and fiction. Shrug I think that someone was me! Our cohort has 8 MFAs - 5 fiction, 3 poetry, and there are I think 4 PhDs (1 fiction, 3 poetry). The second year cohort is bigger - 19 admits across MFA and PhD. The website says ~20 admitted per year across both genres, but that accounts for both MFA and PhD. I think it also says somewhere that acceptance rate is 3-5%, but I'm guessing that's also across both MFA and PhD. Edit to answer more questions lol: I think there were originally 5-6 MFA spots, but a PhD admit last minute pulled from the program and some additional funding opened up. I was told the waitlist was short, but didn't get a number. Edited February 27 by sylviaplate more thoughts ssuunn 1
electricstardust Posted February 27 Posted February 27 39 minutes ago, fathersuckle420 said: Are the NYU emails tonight for poetry, fiction, CN, or all three? i got in for poetry:) branch and newyearnewtea 2
Scribe Posted February 27 Posted February 27 4 hours ago, writercl said: did anyone apply to UH (university of Houston)? and do we know how competitive the program is? I applied but have no idea about anything. like, at all.
Scribe Posted February 27 Posted February 27 hey, has anyone who got that weird stony brook email heard back?
ssuunn Posted February 27 Posted February 27 26 minutes ago, sylviaplate said: I think that someone was me! Our cohort has 8 MFAs - 5 fiction, 3 poetry, and there are I think 4 PhDs (1 fiction, 3 poetry). The second year cohort is bigger - 19 admits across MFA and PhD. The website says ~20 admitted per year across both genres, but that accounts for both MFA and PhD. I think it also says somewhere that acceptance rate is 3-5%, but I'm guessing that's also across both MFA and PhD. Edit to answer more questions lol: I think there were originally 5-6 MFA spots, but a PhD admit last minute pulled from the program and some additional funding opened up. I was told the waitlist was short, but didn't get a number. Thanks for the info! Hopefully I hear good news from them soon. sylviaplate 1
messindistress Posted February 27 Posted February 27 lol I would have sold my soul to get accepted into NYU triciadawn and nataliezimm 2
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