everything bagel lover Posted February 3 Posted February 3 I'm going insane with anticipation and I'm trying to give myself other things to look forward to but I just need to know. I'm flipping between manifesting good results and trying to remain truly neutral. My first round I was falsely confident that I would get in somewhere (mostly because my professor said there's no way I wouldn't get in somewhere like c'mon dude why would you lie like that) and that wasn't the case, so I'm tempering my expectations this time. Regardless, it's safe to say that I'm obsessive and god bless this forum for being my neurotic safe space ❤️ pananoprodigy, Sumire11, Tuxedocat and 1 other 4
programedlove333 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 18 minutes ago, everything bagel lover said: I'm going insane with anticipation and I'm trying to give myself other things to look forward to but I just need to know. I'm flipping between manifesting good results and trying to remain truly neutral. My first round I was falsely confident that I would get in somewhere (mostly because my professor said there's no way I wouldn't get in somewhere like c'mon dude why would you lie like that) and that wasn't the case, so I'm tempering my expectations this time. Regardless, it's safe to say that I'm obsessive and god bless this forum for being my neurotic safe space ❤️ I feel the same exact way, especially knowing results are soooooo close to coming out. Like what do you mean i have to wait one or two more weeks?? Either way, wishing u best of luck!! can i ask what schools you applied to? everything bagel lover 1
everything bagel lover Posted February 3 Posted February 3 (edited) 30 minutes ago, programedlove333 said: I feel the same exact way, especially knowing results are soooooo close to coming out. Like what do you mean i have to wait one or two more weeks?? Either way, wishing u best of luck!! can i ask what schools you applied to? Yeah, I applied to CSU, CU Boulder, Naropa, UNLV, NAU, and UWY. What about you? Thanks! I'm wishing you the best of luck too! Edited February 3 by everything bagel lover
AyvaM Posted February 3 Posted February 3 (edited) Same. @everythingbagellover The 3 Pittsburgh poetry notifications today have rocked my brain. Sincerely happy for the people who got interviews (!!) but it has sent this week's "maybe I'll get into my choices!" mindset back into the "maybe i won't get into any!" mindset so quickly. The soft rejection has me huddled under my blankets staring at the wall. This is what I get for checking Draft at 6am every morning. 🥲🥲 Edited February 3 by AyvaM Forgot to quote reply bagel lover Tuxedocat, zaira, Allrich90 and 1 other 4
Allrich90 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Applied for UPitt Poetry as well — does it mean I'm out?
KennyK Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Is there a certain time schools send emails/calls of acceptances? I live in CA and most of the schools I applied to were east coast and south!
Chex Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Unfortunately, I now refresh the Draft notification sheet at the rate of one refresh per 5-minute interval. (As if if EYE got admitted they wouldn't call or email me directly). Damn, this is gonna be a long week. 16 minutes ago, KennyK said: Is there a certain time schools send emails/calls of acceptances? I live in CA and most of the schools I applied to were east coast and south! From my observations, they tend to notify in the afternoon, Eastern Time. Often around 3pm ET. Allrich90, zaira, KennyK and 2 others 4 1
spewilicious Posted February 3 Posted February 3 On 2/1/2025 at 4:53 PM, yrblues said: Hi y'all - got my first bit of news yesterday, and it was an acceptance at one of my top choices (UNR)! Good luck to everyone else going through it right now - I wasn't all that anxious before yesterday because I assumed that news would not come until March (did not know about this place before today), but being caught by surprise has shown me the true meaning of anxiety. Y'all live like this??? Hey congratulations! I live in the Reno area and my niece is currently enrolled in undergrad at UNR. The campus is really beautiful, and Reno is a cool place, and it's close to lots of other stuff, so it's a really great place to be. I hope you like it if you accept the offer! yrblues 1
epr Posted February 3 Posted February 3 It looks like Litowitz has a poetry acceptance on the Draft spreadsheet from yesterday. Chances that they’re done contacting all acceptances?
Jane Wyman Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Feeling deeply obsessed with the WashU rejection that just appeared on the spreadsheet. Fake, or are they working backwards?
KennyK Posted February 3 Posted February 3 4pm on east coast, is it a good time to call it on anymore emails today?
snottlebie Posted February 3 Posted February 3 14 minutes ago, Jane Wyman said: Feeling deeply obsessed with the WashU rejection that just appeared on the spreadsheet. Fake, or are they working backwards? It’s a PhD rejection. Different timeline and rarer for them to report in the doc. Jane Wyman and Tuxedocat 2
Chex Posted February 3 Posted February 3 7 minutes ago, Jane Wyman said: Feeling deeply obsessed with the WashU rejection that just appeared on the spreadsheet. Fake, or are they working backwards? That appeared like five hours ago. And it's for a PhD, not MFA. I don't think it's fake. It's a different program and process. 3 minutes ago, KennyK said: 4pm on east coast, is it a good time to call it on anymore emails today? Everything we calculate here is a guestimate until we hear back from these programs. You can't rule anything out, really. And I forgot to mention that the 3pm-ish calls/emails were based on *acceptance notifications from last year. Rejections don't quite follow such a predictable timeline. There's not much for it but to wait and see. They'll contact us when they contact us. Patience. Jane Wyman, Nmaryse, epr and 2 others 5
programedlove333 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 5 hours ago, everything bagel lover said: Yeah, I applied to CSU, CU Boulder, Naropa, UNLV, NAU, and UWY. What about you? Thanks! I'm wishing you the best of luck too! Omg these all seem to have good programs and the locations of all of them seem so nice… i have heard sm good things about UNLV. are you fiction or poetry? i applied to (trying to remember): NYU, WASHU STL, UNCG, Rutgers-Newark, Syracuse, Ole Miss, The New School and South Carolina (i think thats all) everything bagel lover 1
Hjanep Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I really thought there would be some news today. Or Saturday because I made it to Feb. And instead I’m just waiting with the same amount of info (nothing minus Northwestern calling a poet yesterday which isn’t my genre). It’s gonna be a long February. Tuxedocat and everything bagel lover 1 1
Tinky C. Clown Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) Heyyy everyone. I gave into my worse instincts and made an account, but I've been lurking since the beginning of the 2024 cycle and am no stranger to the obsession. This is my second round applying (obviously), and I've applied to 20 schools for fiction. I see that an Alabama poetry acceptance on draft, and I can also see that last year they released all genres on the same day (2/12). Curious if any fiction people have heard anything, or if anyone's portal has changed from "Department review in progress" to "awaiting final review?" 0A/0W/1R/19P Edited February 4 by Tinky C. Clown everything bagel lover, decayingballads21 and Hjanep 2 1
decayingballads21 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) Heyy @Tinky C. Clown!!! I applied for CNF and just checked my portal- still says “department review in progress” maybe they are staggering notifs like most schools seem to be? I dunno. Lmk if you figure anything out, fingers crossed for us 🤞🏻 Edited February 4 by decayingballads21 Tinky C. Clown 1
everything bagel lover Posted February 4 Posted February 4 15 hours ago, programedlove333 said: Omg these all seem to have good programs and the locations of all of them seem so nice… i have heard sm good things about UNLV. are you fiction or poetry? i applied to (trying to remember): NYU, WASHU STL, UNCG, Rutgers-Newark, Syracuse, Ole Miss, The New School and South Carolina (i think thats all) Yeah I wanted to live in a particular part of the country lol Fiction! What about you? That's exciting, those are good programs too! I've been reading George Saunders' book "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" and he talks about incoming cohorts of MFA students at Syracuse and kind of how his classes can be. It's a really good book and his classes seem incredible. I'm not built for update NY winters tho lol
prufrock_ Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I'm not sure if I'm now enlightened or full on degenerate but i made a python script that automatically pulls the draft sheet every 5 minutes and plays a big cow moo if any new lines have been added. at least now i can work without manually refreshing the sheet every minute? Tuxedocat, Sumire11, pananoprodigy and 10 others 13
zaira Posted February 4 Posted February 4 16 minutes ago, prufrock_ said: I'm not sure if I'm now enlightened or full on degenerate but i made a python script that automatically pulls the draft sheet every 5 minutes and plays a big cow moo if any new lines have been added. at least now i can work without manually refreshing the sheet every minute? I'M SCREAMING prufrock_ 1
pananoprodigy Posted February 4 Posted February 4 21 minutes ago, prufrock_ said: I'm not sure if I'm now enlightened or full on degenerate but i made a python script that automatically pulls the draft sheet every 5 minutes and plays a big cow moo if any new lines have been added. Iconique prufrock_ and Chex 2
saintjdog Posted February 4 Posted February 4 1 hour ago, prufrock_ said: I'm not sure if I'm now enlightened or full on degenerate but i made a python script that automatically pulls the draft sheet every 5 minutes and plays a big cow moo if any new lines have been added. at least now i can work without manually refreshing the sheet every minute? this rules everything bagel lover and Jane Wyman 1 1
Sumire11 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 1 hour ago, prufrock_ said: I'm not sure if I'm now enlightened or full on degenerate but i made a python script that automatically pulls the draft sheet every 5 minutes and plays a big cow moo if any new lines have been added. at least now i can work without manually refreshing the sheet every minute? I would love to have this as an app lmao
smallchange Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I just joined the draft facebook group and cannot find the spreadsheet people are referencing....I'm in "MFA Draft '25," is this the right group?
Mr. Scribblo Posted February 4 Posted February 4 14 minutes ago, smallchange said: I just joined the draft facebook group and cannot find the spreadsheet people are referencing....I'm in "MFA Draft '25," is this the right group? hi, just click on the featured section. you'll see a post titled "2025 notification form" by jess silfa. in the comments section, you can find the sheet.
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