pananoprodigy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Jinxed myself lol. Just checked my Ohio State portal -- first rejection of the season for me 🙃 hope you all get better news today
Mystic_Sunshine Posted January 21 Posted January 21 2 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said: Jinxed myself lol. Just checked my Ohio State portal -- first rejection of the season for me 🙃 hope you all get better news today Same here... I know that getting rejected from one place doesn't mean anything but now I am worried worried.
pananoprodigy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 18 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: Same here... I know that getting rejected from one place doesn't mean anything but now I am worried worried. Honestly I think it's pretty rare/lucky for the first school you hear back from to be a funded acceptance. It would obviously take a lot of the stress out of the coming months but I think statistically it probably doesn't happen like that for most people. Definitely doesn't mean you won't get one though! Don't get worried yet! programedlove333 and prufrock_ 2
programedlove333 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 20 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said: Honestly I think it's pretty rare/lucky for the first school you hear back from to be a funded acceptance. It would obviously take a lot of the stress out of the coming months but I think statistically it probably doesn't happen like that for most people. Definitely doesn't mean you won't get one though! Don't get worried yet! Yeah, I am anticipating a rejection from the first program i applied to (WASHU STL) because it was the only one with a deadline that early. With other programs, I had more time to revise, figure out what worked etc. All this to say, better news to come!!
Mystic_Sunshine Posted January 21 Posted January 21 1 hour ago, pananoprodigy said: Honestly I think it's pretty rare/lucky for the first school you hear back from to be a funded acceptance. It would obviously take a lot of the stress out of the coming months but I think statistically it probably doesn't happen like that for most people. Definitely doesn't mean you won't get one though! Don't get worried yet! You're right back to waiting! pananoprodigy 1
Jane Wyman Posted January 21 Posted January 21 3 minutes ago, saintjdog said: how are y'all keeping yourself sane during the wait? I'm not. I'm in an adrenalized state of hypervigilance. decayingballads21, prufrock_, pananoprodigy and 2 others 5
exvat Posted January 21 Posted January 21 1 hour ago, saintjdog said: how are y'all keeping yourself sane during the wait? Meditation and Dharma practice, mostly. And a correctly prescribed SNRI ✨ And the perspective of being 39 and barely surviving multiple life threatening crises over the years. Helps me remember that not getting into an MFA program is a good day compared to what I've already survived, and now thrived through. So, like I said: mostly meditation. cooliejulie86, curfew, bibsy and 2 others 5
pananoprodigy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, saintjdog said: how are y'all keeping yourself sane during the wait? Fanfics and whiskey, baby 🤠 edit: and working on creative projects that I usually find myself putting to the side in favor of the more commercial or literary ones on my roster. Giving myself a permission slip to just make stuff for the sake of making stuff Edited January 21 by pananoprodigy Catpaw, programedlove333 and curfew 3
PsychPoet Posted January 21 Posted January 21 1 hour ago, saintjdog said: how are y'all keeping yourself sane during the wait? I'm personally not sweating it. I put out the best application I could at the time whenever a deadline came up. Some are better than others, but it was the best I could do at that exact moment. So, the stress for me was getting everything ready. Once I've submitted and it's out of my hands I'm pretty chill about it. I know my stress won't up my chances, so no reason to punish myself with stress. However, I stress about the group I ultimately applied to. If I had it to do over again (and I may well next year), I'd have applied a little more widely. Probably should have done Notre Dame and Ohio State (yes, the game last night may be impacting my thinking), but the reason I ultimately didn't was that at the time I felt like neither had the faculty I was looking for so why mess with two places I don't really want to live. Also probably should have done Johns Hopkins, but I do understand why I didn't. Still, if I could change one thing that'd be it. cooliejulie86, curfew, programedlove333 and 1 other 4
prufrock_ Posted January 21 Posted January 21 i sat down to write a serious literary novel that could be the seeds of my thesis. but after only 1k words, sexy ghosts started showing up. my minds too mushy until this process ends to be serious. programedlove333, Leeannitha, runlolarun and 4 others 7
everything bagel lover Posted January 21 Posted January 21 2 hours ago, saintjdog said: how are y'all keeping yourself sane during the wait? I've been writing prompts from a book I have (3 a.m. writing prompts) and filling my down time with events and friends. It's been hard on my bank account but good on my psyche. I also try not to check any of this when I get off work since I have all of this open on my work computer all day lol curfew and pananoprodigy 2
PsychPoet Posted January 21 Posted January 21 12 minutes ago, prufrock_ said: i sat down to write a serious literary novel that could be the seeds of my thesis. but after only 1k words, sexy ghosts started showing up. my minds too mushy until this process ends to be serious. This made me chuckle! For some more comic relief have a look at the draft spreadsheet. Some clown posted he was notified by Emerson 1/9 via phone. I happen to know no decisions have been made let alone notification sent out - via phone. Can you imagine being "that" guy? Why even do this?
pananoprodigy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 3 minutes ago, PsychPoet said: This made me chuckle! For some more comic relief have a look at the draft spreadsheet. Some clown posted he was notified by Emerson 1/9 via phone. I happen to know no decisions have been made let alone notification sent out - via phone. Can you imagine being "that" guy? Why even do this? Yeah it's so wild to me how the chaos demons consistently flock to these groups every year lol programedlove333 1
Sumire11 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 1 hour ago, prufrock_ said: i sat down to write a serious literary novel that could be the seeds of my thesis. but after only 1k words, sexy ghosts started showing up. my minds too mushy until this process ends to be serious. Honestly, keep the sexy ghosts, sounds like a rad project prufrock_, zaira and curfew 2 1
PsychPoet Posted January 22 Posted January 22 6 hours ago, pananoprodigy said: Yeah it's so wild to me how the chaos demons consistently flock to these groups every year lol I don't get it. How can that possibly be fun for anyone? 5 hours ago, Sumire11 said: Honestly, keep the sexy ghosts, sounds like a rad project Yes! Haha!
LulusMom Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I think people who lie about early acceptances do it because the liar wants people to think they were rejected from a certain school, and be more likely to accept at other schools they applied to, which increases the liar's likelihood of getting in off the waitlist. For example, the person who did that at Emerson probably wants to go there, and knows that if someone thinks they were rejected from Emerson but got in at Ohio State, then they might accept Ohio State immediately, and when Emerson comes out, it will be a less competitive waitlist. This seems pretty fucked up to me though, because as difficult as this process is, I like to think that writing well is enough, and that there aren't any games being played. prufrock_ 1
prufrock_ Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Emerson is a strange one to lie about; it's not fully funded and has a larger incoming cohort size. I suspect its acceptance rate is probably 20%+
Mystic_Sunshine Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I'm thinking this week will be pretty silent. What about y'all?
rhaenyra Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I just saw a poetry rejection from Boston University listed on the Draft spreadsheet. I applied to fiction and I imagine that comes out much later, especially because they had a January deadline??? Shocking nonetheless.
programedlove333 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 7 minutes ago, rhaenyra said: I just saw a poetry rejection from Boston University listed on the Draft spreadsheet. I applied to fiction and I imagine that comes out much later, especially because they had a January deadline??? Shocking nonetheless. I remember seeing poetry rejections coming out early for BU last year and everyone else was surprised then too so im not really sure whats going on there
rhaenyra Posted January 22 Posted January 22 32 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: I'm thinking this week will be pretty silent. What about y'all? I agree. I've already picked up two spam calls today despite knowing the schools I applied to are NOT giving out results anytime soon.
pananoprodigy Posted January 22 Posted January 22 29 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: I'm thinking this week will be pretty silent. What about y'all? Unfortunately agree. I'm guessing (based on vibes and past years) that we won't hear anything else this week, but next week mayyyybeeee IU Bloomington, UIUC, Pittsburgh interviews, and U of Oregon
Mystic_Sunshine Posted January 22 Posted January 22 18 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said: Unfortunately agree. I'm guessing (based on vibes and past years) that we won't hear anything else this week, but next week mayyyybeeee IU Bloomington, UIUC, Pittsburgh interviews, and U of Oregon At least I have time to recover from my first rejection lol
Catpaw Posted January 22 Posted January 22 17 minutes ago, rhaenyra said: I agree. I've already picked up two spam calls today despite knowing the schools I applied to are NOT giving out results anytime soon. I'm wondering if I'm naive for assuming that if an MFA program calls and I don't pick up, they'll leave a message... Obviously I've never actually gotten a call of acceptance, so I don't know how it works! Do we know if they avoid leaving voicemails? I just get so many spam calls each day that I'm like, absolutely not. If I get into a program, they can just leave me a voicemail to let me know! (I guess my hatred for spam calls outweighs my desire to get accepted into a program...)
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