Scribe Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I also can’t help but wonder if it’s another Vandy situation where someone is just trolling us wait what? that happened?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingUnderABigRock Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I also can’t help but wonder if it’s another Vandy situation where someone is just trolling us I was a little surprised they would be making calls past 5pm but I guess it could make sense that they are trying to catch people when they aren't at work. Looking at the notifications from past years, is it typical for Iowa (or any other school) to call later in the night? Most of the timestamps im seeing are either at like 1pm or near midnight, and I don't know if that's because it's when they would actually call or if there's a lot of people who are applying from different timezones and they're using local time for their timestamp. Edited February 8 by LivingUnderABigRock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darr1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I know this waiting is so so so stressful but it is fun to see the wild expressions of joy when people get good news 🤩 jadedoptimist, Livelovelife24, writernity and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssuunn Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 4 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I also can’t help but wonder if it’s another Vandy situation where someone is just trolling us It's possible; for last cycle, the earliest acceptance (for fiction) from Iowa was 2/13, so it's plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadedoptimist Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, Scribe said: wait what? that happened?? oh yeah, someone said upthread they have a friend currently in poetry at Vandy who talked to a faculty member who said they haven't made decisions yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjanep Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 7 minutes ago, LivingUnderABigRock said: I was a little surprised they would be making calls past 5pm but I guess it could make sense that they are trying to catch people when they aren't at work. Looking at the notifications from past years, is it typical for Iowa (or any other school) to call later in the night? Most of the timestamps im seeing are either at like 1pm or near midnight, and I don't know if that's because it's when they would actually call or if there's a lot of people who are applying from different timezones and they're using local time for their timestamp. Based on last year’s spreadsheet, it looks like some people got weekend calls. I think it’s very possible that the calls end up going out in the evenings or over weekends when people aren’t working. I envision them finishing discussions and then making some calls same day which would push the times to later? But I don’t actually have any intel, am just imagining scenarios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 minutes ago, jadedoptimist said: oh yeah, someone said upthread they have a friend currently in poetry at Vandy who talked to a faculty member who said they haven't made decisions yet... you know what would be horrible, if someone was messing with the poster. like someone called the poster as a prank and they really believed it. jadedoptimist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcam Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours 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. Scribe, 🤣. 💀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjanep Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 7 minutes ago, Scribe said: you know what would be horrible, if someone was messing with the poster. like someone called the poster as a prank and they really believed it. I have legitimately thought of this repeatedly for myself but I don’t think anyone in my life knows enough to pull this off. “Um this is Iowa and you’re in the… school. For the books” prufrock_, justasmidge, ajcam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I have legitimately thought of this repeatedly for myself but I don’t think anyone in my life knows enough to pull this off. “Um this is Iowa and you’re in the… school. For the books” i nearly fell off the couch laughing at this. these are very much my people too. Think of brad Pitt in "burn after reading" Hjanep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcam Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hey did anyone on here post feedback from Iowa and I missed it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Not MFA-related, but a poem of mine has just been accepted for publication by a reputable Irish journal!!! This is my first acceptance this year and I am so deeply pleased. While my focus for MFA is fiction (I have a few novels to write, LOL), poetry is still important to me and I know I will always write it, even if I have to write only for myself. It's always a warm feeling when someone else connects with your words. I'm just glad y'all. May the good news and good feelings continue and spread to us all. sunnysequoia, GoldenTree, writernity and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadedoptimist Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I'm procrastinating real work that I need to do. So I decided to write a little poem about the situation we're all in. Mods delete if not allowed... Perched on beds and chairs, aware Of every passing second, sure That any moment could arrive With news attached, that YES or NO or MAYBE SO... my inbox aches. Assignments fester, French press breaks. But in my heart a tiny bead Of glowing hope, enduring light, Persists through night and day to sing: "You're a good writer anyway. It doesn't matter what they say. And if you don't get into schools, Just know it's them who are the fools!" Chex, sunnysequoia, girlgenius and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsbeensnowing Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Is there anything from UC Irvine on draft? There's a waitlist notification on the gradcafe results, was wondering if that's corroborated. They've always done the waitlist a good couple weeks after acceptance notifications. Maybe people were already accepted and just successfully kept it a secret? (I know Irvine asks them not to say anything.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prufrock_ Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 minutes ago, itsbeensnowing said: Is there anything from UC Irvine on draft? There's a waitlist notification on the gradcafe results, was wondering if that's corroborated. They've always done the waitlist a good couple weeks after acceptance notifications. Maybe people were already accepted and just successfully kept it a secret? (I know Irvine asks them not to say anything.) I see one acceptance for UC Davis but nothing for irvine. itsbeensnowing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triciadawn Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Any day now, Arkansas! 😩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epr Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I wouldn’t 100% trust singular results posted here without someone else backing it up (either with their own result or responses from the draft group.) Last year’s page had a couple of trolls that posted fake acceptances to freak people out. As far as I can see Vandy hasn’t sent responses and we’re still early for Iowa. Iowa will call people individually and then snail mail out rejections—they called 1-2 people a week once they started so it was easy to tell it was official and current students in the group could back up which faculty were making calls. (I’m by no means an expert, but this is my second year applying and the trolls haven’t changed at all lol.) Draft admins are mostly current students that are doing this on a volunteer basis, and its clear they’re working super hard to keep everything running. I know the waiting sucks, believe me, but tbh any results from draft filter here pretty quickly. prufrock_ and pananoprodigy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prufrock_ Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 10 minutes ago, triciadawn said: Any day now, Arkansas! 😩 yeah, interesting, last year their round 2 notifications went out end of jan, with actual acceptances hitting end of feb. I suppose it's possible round 2 already went out, but no one here or in draft got past round 1, but i hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untemperedoddity Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Does anybody know if international applicants tend to get calls? I keep waiting by the phone, but maybe an email is more likely.... This Iowa situation has me freaking out. Also, because I've heard they snail mail acceptances. I get mail months later in my country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darr1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Minnesota rejection on the results page - doesn't say fiction or poetry 😖 better hit F5 on that portal again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epr Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, darr1 said: Minnesota rejection on the results page - doesn't say fiction or poetry 😖 better hit F5 on that portal again I only see Oregon having notified today on draft. Where are you seeing this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlgenius Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 35 minutes ago, epr said: Where are you seeing this one? it's on the results board on grad cafe, if you search Minnesota there it should come up. just checked my portal and there's no update, though someone in draft got accepted last Friday so I'm kind of assuming any news from MN going forward will be a rejection (edit: or waitlist!!!) Edited February 8 by girlgenius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespruce Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 It just says MFA and doesn't specify creative writing, I wonder if it could be for their art or theater MFA? Wishful thinking, but I don't think I've seen any waitlists yet from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epr Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I think playwriting is handled by a different set of faculty, so could definitely be that! I know the theater programs have had a lot more movement since more of them do interviews I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfieldlives Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 36 minutes ago, epr said: I only see Oregon having notified today on draft. Where are you seeing this one? Oregon State or University of Oregon? Do you know what genre? I wish they would accept me on Draft 😅 Edited February 8 by garfieldlives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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