2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[zaira]

3 minutes ago, tomat0tomat0 said:

just got waitlisted at u of florida !! for fiction !! first (probably only!) non-rejection !! email says they accept 6 people in fiction per year and also waitlist 6.

Yessssssss!!! I'm thrilled for you! Massive, massive congrats 

[misssalem]

36 minutes ago, _redrabbit7 said:

Hey guys, my roommate asked a professor in class yesterday about whether acceptances had been sent out and they said no acceptances, waitlists, or rejections had been sent out by Brown University. 
 

They have another class today so he’s going to ask another professor. 
 

I’m redacting the names of these professors for his privacy. 

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!

[everything bagel lover]

23 minutes ago, tomat0tomat0 said:

just got waitlisted at u of florida !! for fiction !! first (probably only!) non-rejection !! email says they accept 6 people in fiction per year and also waitlist 6.

Congratulations!!!! 

[DJ Lambchop]

39 minutes ago, tomat0tomat0 said:

just got waitlisted at u of florida !! for fiction !! first (probably only!) non-rejection !! email says they accept 6 people in fiction per year and also waitlist 6.

Makes me happy to hear a fellow rejectee getting some fantastic news. That’s what I like to hear!

[Chex]

57 minutes ago, tomat0tomat0 said:

just got waitlisted at u of florida !! for fiction !! first (probably only!) non-rejection !! email says they accept 6 people in fiction per year and also waitlist 6.

So cool! Congratulations!!! 🎉 🎊 

[tomat0tomat0]

thanks everybody! i'm very surprised-- applied right out of undergrad and honestly sort of rushed it. was already making alternate plans for the future and only thinking of trying again a few years from now (defo not next year). but we shall see...

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Edited March 13 by tomat0tomat0

[VOID DARLING]

2 hours ago, _redrabbit7 said:

Hey guys, my roommate asked a professor in class yesterday about whether acceptances had been sent out and they said no acceptances, waitlists, or rejections had been sent out by Brown University. 
 

They have another class today so he’s going to ask another professor. 
 

I’m redacting the names of these professors for his privacy. 

thank you so much for asking and for sharing this info!

though am i just hallucinating this or did they at some point on their website state that decisions will go out by mid-March? wondering because 15 March is literally in 2 days.... so they have to accept, waitlist and reject all their applicants by then?

[Hjanep]

9 minutes ago, VOID DARLING said:

thank you so much for asking and for sharing this info!

though am i just hallucinating this or did they at some point on their website state that decisions will go out by mid-March? wondering because 15 March is literally in 2 days.... so they have to accept, waitlist and reject all their applicants by then?

Historically they have done the Michigan style full sweep of decisions over the course of a couple days…

[prufrock_]

Wyoming acceptance posted in draft

just dropped to my knees in a wawa.

[essentialflowers]

two accepted fiction applicants from wyoming is CRAZY work. oh well.

[cooliejulie86]

And no posted acceptances for UF's 6 spots?

[GingerBB]

Hey guys, longtime lurker here and finally figured out how to make an account. First off, thanks to everyone who posted here — this forum has kept me going through a verrry stressful few weeks! And now, I have some info on Boston University — in case anyone’s interested!

So I got accepted on Saturday, for Fiction. Was absolutely thrilled to get the call, as this was my first time applying and I had all hard/soft rejects up until that point barring a waitlist at NYU (and no way was I going to get off it with full funding). I was also given one of the fellowships! Then, on Monday I was sent an email that had three others marked as recipients, informing us that we had all been given fellowships. I got my Graduate School official acceptance on Tuesday. 

My guess — they informed fellowship recipients first, and will share the rest next week, because I learned that BU is on spring break this weekend. So if you haven’t heard from them yet, hang in there!

And, major congrats to everyone who’s already been waitlisted/accepted!

[Jitterbug98]

18 hours ago, Tinky C. Clown said:

their funding is really bad. only a few scholarships – i just turned one down today 

Hi just curious how long ago did you get the scholarship offer from Emerson?

[Chex]

21 minutes ago, GingerBB said:

Hey guys, longtime lurker here and finally figured out how to make an account. First off, thanks to everyone who posted here — this forum has kept me going through a verrry stressful few weeks! And now, I have some info on Boston University — in case anyone’s interested!

So I got accepted on Saturday, for Fiction. Was absolutely thrilled to get the call, as this was my first time applying and I had all hard/soft rejects up until that point barring a waitlist at NYU (and no way was I going to get off it with full funding). I was also given one of the fellowships! Then, on Monday I was sent an email that had three others marked as recipients, informing us that we had all been given fellowships. I got my Graduate School official acceptance on Tuesday. 

My guess — they informed fellowship recipients first, and will share the rest next week, because I learned that BU is on spring break this weekend. So if you haven’t heard from them yet, hang in there!

And, major congrats to everyone who’s already been waitlisted/accepted!

Congratulations!! And thank you for sharing the deets here, as I'm aware there are people anxiously waiting to hear from Boston. 

[GingerBB]

3 minutes ago, Chex said:

Congratulations!! And thank you for sharing the deets here, as I'm aware there are people anxiously waiting to hear from Boston. 

Thank you so much, and absolutely!! This time a week ago I was the one tearing my hair out waiting for updates lol 

[zaira]

30 minutes ago, GingerBB said:

Hey guys, longtime lurker here and finally figured out how to make an account. First off, thanks to everyone who posted here — this forum has kept me going through a verrry stressful few weeks! And now, I have some info on Boston University — in case anyone’s interested!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the insight! And a very hearty congratulations on your acceptance and fellowship! That's so exciting! 

[GingerBB]

7 minutes ago, zaira said:

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the insight! And a very hearty congratulations on your acceptance and fellowship! That's so exciting! 

You’re so welcome! And yes, I’m still pinching myself!! Boston was my dream program from the start and I’m super duper excited about this.

Rooting for you to hear good news next week! 🤗🤗🤞

[tomat0tomat0]

4 hours ago, tomat0tomat0 said:

email says they accept 6 people in fiction per year and also waitlist 6.

also i 100% got too excited and misread the email here-- it's true that they accept 6ppl/yr (in fiction at least), but not sure how many on the waitlist (not sure why gradcafe wont let me edit the og post?)

will ask in email of continued interest & update asap

[orb weaver]

1 hour ago, cooliejulie86 said:

And no posted acceptances for UF's 6 spots?

I'm one of the poetry spots, I know one of the waitlisted.

[cooliejulie86]

2 minutes ago, orb weaver said:

I'm one of the poetry spots, I know one of the waitlisted.

Congrats!!!!! I'm wondering about fiction specifically, but that is so exciting!

[Hjanep]

Delulu confessional time. Last year, I got my Iowa rejection before everyone. Or I was very much in the first wave despite my historically spotty NYC mail service. After I got my R (I’m pretty sure this was the order of operations), Iowa emailed what was effectively the waitlist (yes I know they already waitlisted people this year) and told people who hadn’t received the snail mail rejections that their applications were still under consideration. Just got my mail for the day. Still no rejection. Idk why I do this to myself but here I am with golden retriever level optimism. Thought I would share in case anyone else wanted a trip to crazy town. 

[womanonline]

UTK waitlists just went out! i made it 😁

[writeordie]

22 minutes ago, Hjanep said:

Delulu confessional time. Last year, I got my Iowa rejection before everyone. Or I was very much in the first wave despite my historically spotty NYC mail service. After I got my R (I’m pretty sure this was the order of operations), Iowa emailed what was effectively the waitlist (yes I know they already waitlisted people this year) and told people who hadn’t received the snail mail rejections that their applications were still under consideration. Just got my mail for the day. Still no rejection. Idk why I do this to myself but here I am with golden retriever level optimism. Thought I would share in case anyone else wanted a trip to crazy town. 

I am also on this journey. Not the "last year" part, but the "If I still haven't heard from Iowa, maybe hope isn't lost"  mentality. Fully aware this is likely denial, but I don't care, because crazier things have happened. Like the current administration. Or the stories people tell of their acceptance emails going to spam and finally realizing it in early April when their #1 choice calls them to find out why they haven't gotten a response to their offer of a teaching load of 0:0, generous stipend, and a new beach condo that comes with a labradoodle.

[prufrock_]

i haven't gotten a letter from iowa and would love to join the delulu train.

let's fuel it: my iowa portal still says under consideration. 

Would anyone who has received a rejection letter from iowa be able to confirm their portal is updated? (also sorry for picking at your scabs, please only look if it wont hurt!)

Edited March 13 by prufrock_

[cooliejulie86]

5 minutes ago, prufrock_ said:

i haven't gotten a letter from iowa and would love to join the delulu train.

let's fuel it: my iowa portal still says under consideration. 

Would anyone who has received a rejection letter from iowa be able to confirm their portal is updated? (also sorry for picking at your scabs, please only look if it wont hurt!)

I got the worst level of rejection letter a couple days ago and portal shows me still in progress