2024 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[dasiena]

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Not to brag y'all but I think we might be the most mentally ill application cycle gradcafe has seen in a while and I love that for us 😜

[ssuunn]

3 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said:

Not to brag y'all but I think we might be the most mentally ill application cycle gradcafe has seen in a while and I love that for us 😜

Oh I was fully neurotic last year, I just tried to not post about it as much lmao. This cycle is overall much more positive and light-hearted!

[Scribe]

1 hour ago, jadedoptimist said:

it worked guys

YES! YES!

that's fucking great! congratulations. 

[untemperedoddity]

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Please god, please

[justasmidge]

I miss the old days where I was confident that a strange number calling me was spam. Now it's like...is it spam...or is it a SCHOOL??!?!

[bluespruce]

12 minutes ago, ssuunn said:

Oh I was fully neurotic last year, I just tried to not post about it as much lmao. This cycle is overall much more positive and light-hearted!

can I just say how happy I am that the very persistent troll of threads past did not make an appearance this year? knock on wood (troll protection circle?? 🕯)

[prufrock_]

Just now, justasmidge said:

I miss the old days where I was confident that a strange number calling me was spam. Now it's like...is it spam...or is it a SCHOOL??!?!

I'm starting my on call rotation at work this week, so there's also a worst third option for me!

[jadedoptimist]

53 minutes ago, Tuxedocat said:

Omg congrats!!! Another rejection for me but so happy for you! 🥳 is this your first year applying?

yes it is!! I'm two years out of undergrad. thank you <333

4 minutes ago, dasiena said:

imagine if we discover the trick to a 100% acceptance rate is simply doing emoji witchcraft on a bug-infested forum 

 

crAzier things have happened...

omg I'm literally obsessed with the emoji witchcraft explosion  I'm going to be manifesting good news for everyone here and adding energy to every spell ❤️

[Scribe]

1 hour ago, minivercheevy_ said:

If I get into Iowa for poetry I'm inviting you all to a party.

 

 

Congratulations!

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[electricstardust]

omg all of our summoning circles combined HAVE to work i know it

[pomelo]

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Ditto 🙏🏽

[writernity]

Congrats on the Brown acceptances/waitlists!! I got my rejection for the cross disciplinary track, but I will jump on the bandwagon to summon a fiction acceptance from there and Hunter 🙏

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Edited March 7, 2024 by writernity

[sylviaplathtears]

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❤️ Manifesting <3

[saramsarang]

4 hours ago, jadedoptimist said:

it worked guys

HOLY SHIT YESSSS CONGRATULATIONS!!! So happy for you and real proud of your journey, after all those waitlists Brown finally came through!

[AngusWanderer]

4 hours ago, jadedoptimist said:

it worked guys

OMG huge congratulations! I'm so so happy for you! 

[goldentulip]

fingers crossed this works for waitlist movement too🤞🏼

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[rco_]

Did anyone else get the email from Emerson today inviting them to a creative writing program webinar on the 13th? I nearly had a heart attack seeing Emerson in my inbox again. Deeply disappointed that they just seem to want to advertise the program again -- I attended three of their webinars during the application cycle and enjoyed them all, but this one doesn't seem necessary without sending out acceptances (or rejections!) for the priority applicants first!

And to all the others waiting for news from Sarah Lawrence this week, I'm with you 😅

Edited March 7, 2024 by rco_

[pananoprodigy]

1 minute ago, rco_ said:

Did anyone else get the email from Emerson today inviting them to a creative writing program webinar on the 13th? I nearly had a heart attack seeing Emerson in my inbox again. Deeply disappointed that they just seem to want to advertise the program again -- I attended three of their webinars during the application cycle and enjoyed them all, but this one doesn't seem necessary without sending out acceptances (or rejections!) first. 

And to all the others waiting for news from Sarah Lawrence this week, I'm with you 😅

I got an email from Arizona today and almost had a heart attack because I thought I was finally getting some closure - but no, it was just a marketing flier for their undergrad program, lol. 

[rco_]

5 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said:

I got an email from Arizona today and almost had a heart attack because I thought I was finally getting some closure - but no, it was just a marketing flier for their undergrad program, lol. 

Can these marketing departments please read the room? 😭

[jadedoptimist]

2 hours ago, saramsarang said:

HOLY SHIT YESSSS CONGRATULATIONS!!! So happy for you and real proud of your journey, after all those waitlists Brown finally came through!

Thank you !! yes omg, truly the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

1 hour ago, AngusWanderer said:

OMG huge congratulations! I'm so so happy for you! 

Thanks Angus I couldn't have done it without the support of the online writing community!!!

[minivercheevy_]

Another poetry acceptance up on draft... I put an unhealthy amount of hope into getting into Iowa at the cost of not an insignificant amount of my sanity. This trickle-system of notifications is just plain torture. 

[Tuxedocat]

15 minutes ago, minivercheevy_ said:

Another poetry acceptance up on draft... I put an unhealthy amount of hope into getting into Iowa at the cost of not an insignificant amount of my sanity. This trickle-system of notifications is just plain torture. 

Same 😭😭Iowa is my last hope of an acceptance other than my waitlist and it’s been my dream school for years. Every single day I just keep waiting for a call that seems less likely by the minute.

[RobbieWrites]

Hi friends! I am late to the game but just spent an hour getting caught up with everyone. I'm Canadian but living in Melbourne and went through the applying process alone here. I graduated from journalism in Toronto 2 years ago and have applied to UBC, The New School, NYU, Columbia, Sarah Lawrence, University of Edinburgh, CCNY. SO far got into New School and CCNY for fiction but waiting on NYU and Columbia as they are obvi my number 1s. Any idea when columbia is sending out emails? Nervous cuz I haven't heard anything about NYU and i see some have received emails! Might have to join the summoning circle! Lol

[mr. specific]

8 minutes ago, RobbieWrites said:

Hi friends! I am late to the game but just spent an hour getting caught up with everyone. I'm Canadian but living in Melbourne and went through the applying process alone here. I graduated from journalism in Toronto 2 years ago and have applied to UBC, The New School, NYU, Columbia, Sarah Lawrence, University of Edinburgh, CCNY. SO far got into New School and CCNY for fiction but waiting on NYU and Columbia as they are obvi my number 1s. Any idea when columbia is sending out emails? Nervous cuz I haven't heard anything about NYU and i see some have received emails! Might have to join the summoning circle! Lol

I would love to know about Columbia too. I think NYU is done with acceptances (who knows there might still be a waitlist and I don't count anything out until I get the letter—looking at you, UMass) since they are having accepted students visit next week.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.