2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[Mystic_Sunshine]

1200 applicants for Brown is willddd.

[zaira]

2 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

1200 applicants for Brown is willddd.

Is that the most they've ever had? Kinda seems like it 

[rapunzel]

22 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

1200 applicants for Brown is willddd.

maybe it's 1200 total (fiction + poetry + interdisciplinary) ?? i dunno

[Mystic_Sunshine]

9 minutes ago, rapunzel said:

maybe it's 1200 total (fiction + poetry + interdisciplinary) ?? i dunno

Yeah it is. But that is still crazy high. 

[analog_e]

🚬🫠

[_redrabbit7]

17 minutes ago, rapunzel said:

maybe it's 1200 total (fiction + poetry + interdisciplinary) ?? i dunno

It was 1,100 last year. 

[twelveyearoldrat]

a welcome change in topic/ distraction but did anyone submit a short story to the masters review for the contest? been checking my submittable and that’s the only other thing i’ve got goin so

[prufrock_]

thanks gang for all the congrats!!! (i'm not quoting everyones posts cause that'd be obnoxious, and i've been obnoxious enough irl today)

 

[glowingbrightly]

still waiting for brown to reject me but in the meantime, i have a call scheduled in a few hours with my top school for “an update on our admissions process.” hard to imagine this could be bad news but im totally flipping out about it

[Chex]

4 minutes ago, glowingbrightly said:

still waiting for brown to reject me but in the meantime, i have a call scheduled in a few hours with my top school for “an update on our admissions process.” hard to imagine this could be bad news but im totally flipping out about it

Ooh, that sounds promising! Please update us when you get the good news. Congratulations! 

[thelovelyunkown]

Thereʻs a Brown poetry waitlist on the sheet so Iʻm going to assume acceptances + waitlist notifs have gone out. 

[Tinky C. Clown]

waitlisted at ole miss... if you're waiting on them keep your ringer on

[Xaesla]

what time do schools normally send out their decisions? i'm an international applicant (U.K) and i find it so stressful being 4 hours ahead cause i lose perception a little of what time i need to be checking my emails till.

[Tuxedocat]

Waitlisted at Iowa omfg

please let it turn into an acceptance 😭😭 PLEASE 

[Chex]

15 minutes ago, Tinky C. Clown said:

waitlisted at ole miss... if you're waiting on them keep your ringer on

Congrats! I haven't heard nada. Fingers fully crossed. 

3 minutes ago, Tuxedocat said:

Waitlisted at Iowa omfg

please let it turn into an acceptance 😭😭 PLEASE 

Out of reactions but rooting for you, congratulations! 

[decayingballads21]

out of curiosity:

 

has anyone been accepted off a waitlist yet this season? 

[smallchange]

What is the protocol for updating waitlists if you don’t have any acceptances (or other waitlists)? Is it appropriate to ask about movement and say I would 100% accept the offer if I was accepted?

[gradschoolpspspsps]

29 minutes ago, Tinky C. Clown said:

waitlisted at ole miss... if you're waiting on them keep your ringer on

terrifying, thank you

[Chex]

12 minutes ago, decayingballads21 said:

out of curiosity:

 

has anyone been accepted off a waitlist yet this season? 

Yes, seen a few people report this on Draft. 

3 minutes ago, smallchange said:

Is it appropriate to ask about movement and say I would 100% accept the offer if I was accepted?

Sure. 

[pananoprodigy]

Hey guys, mopey ass bummer of a post coming through so if you're feeling fragile like me please ignore lol. I'm just having such a hard time today. Having done this whole shebang last year I knew how competitive it is and I applied to so many programs hoping I would at least end up with a few options. I feel like I don't really have a right to complain since I have a funded offer at NAU, but the stipend simply isn't livable on its own and if I haven't been able to get a job in my current city (I've been unemployed for 5 months) I don't see why it would be easier to get one in flagstaff which is a fraction of the size. I'm just so, so tired of being broke all the time. All I do is apply to jobs and all I hear back, if I'm lucky, is no. My ego is sooo bruised from these applications. I was finally getting to a point in my life/career where I felt like I had a wee bit of credibility as a writer; I finished an mfa in screenwriting, did a cool residency, got some short stories published, etc. But now it's all evaporated and I just feel like I'm in a never ending flop era. On top of all this my cat, my best friend in the world, died unexpectedly on Sunday night. He was kind of all I had going for me and now I'm just sitting here in my empty apartment feeling lost. Sorry to trauma dump, I just don't have anybody irl who really gets how taxing this process is and how it seeps into every other aspect of your life. 

[gradschoolpspspsps]

8 minutes ago, Chex said:

Yes, seen a few people report this on Draft. 

May I ask what schools if it's not too much trouble? I don't have facebook and I really don't want to give into Mark now. 

[Chex]

1 minute ago, gradschoolpspspsps said:

May I ask what schools if it's not too much trouble? I don't have facebook and I really don't want to give into Mark now. 

Sorry, I can't confirm the schools but one was way back in early February or so. The person was waitlisted and then accepted the next day. Another waitlister reported on the draft sheet a few days ago that they've been accepted off the waitlist. There are currently over 2,000 entries on the sheet and it's not very easy to trawl through, but maybe someone else will remember specifically and share here. 

[gradschoolpspspsps]

2 minutes ago, Chex said:

Sorry, I can't confirm the schools but one was way back in early February or so. The person was waitlisted and then accepted the next day. Another waitlister reported on the draft sheet a few days ago that they've been accepted off the waitlist. There are currently over 2,000 entries on the sheet and it's not very easy to trawl through, but maybe someone else will remember specifically and share here. 

No worries! I have no idea what that sheet looks like but it sounds busier than I thought, so I appreciate any insider info. 

[Ekpe]

Got in at Ole Miss 🥺🥺

[KennyK]

How long does it usually take a program to decide on funding? Do you find out when you get the official acceptance?