2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[kulfikat]

Doesn't Peter Gale Nelson teach poetry at Brown? I wonder why he'd send the email for fiction, but hey I may be wrong... 

Edited Thursday at 02:57 PM by kulfikat
Typo.

[seah0rse]

Just now, kulfikat said:

Doesn't Peter Gale Nelson teach poetry at Brown? I wonder why he'd send the email for fiction, but hey I may be wrong... 

he’s the academic department director, according to website.

[analog_e]

I just emailed my professor straight up saying I am going to be absent due to the intense anxiety of awaiting a decision from Brown. I am sure he'll understand.

[misssalem]

57 minutes ago, _redrabbit7 said:

Waitlists first. They haven’t called people for acceptances. 

My delusion and nerves are running at an all time high.

[gradschoolpspspsps]

5 minutes ago, analog_e said:

I just emailed my professor straight up saying I am going to be absent due to the intense anxiety of awaiting a decision from Brown. I am sure he'll understand.

I have nothing to distract me from this waiting, I fell off my train home yesterday (lol) and fucked up my knee so I'm remote. Please anything other than sitting and waiting.

[_redrabbit7]

2 minutes ago, misssalem said:

My delusion and nerves are running at an all time high.

I emailed Nelson Peter yesterday. He sent me the waitlist email last year. This morning, before responding to my email, he sent out the fiction waitlist. I didn’t get one. I’ve been reeling since then. 
 

His email by the way:

“Many thanks for your inquiry. The Literary Arts faculty admission committee has just submitted its admission recommendations to the Graduate School -- we hope that review will be completed soon, at which time we'll share admission news with applicants.”

[Hjanep]

Big collective breath everybody. We should prepare for acceptances not to come out until tomorrow and rejections to be Monday based on last year. Try not to make yourself crazy. I just spent a forced 75 minutes away from my phone in a yoga class and can’t recommend something like that enough. Happy spring!! Hoping someone in this crew gets the call

[analog_e]

1 minute ago, gradschoolpspspsps said:

I have nothing to distract me from this waiting, I fell off my train home yesterday (lol) and fucked up my knee so I'm remote. Please anything other than sitting and waiting.

I tried reading some of infinite jest and that's not happening so I am sitting in a coffee shop working on a new novel project. Working Haschenparty by Schnuffel into a novel is the only thing keeping me afloat.

[Chex]

Thank you, Brown, for this immaculate edging. I've acquired 93 new mental illnesses today alone, had one not-mini breakdown, recovered from it, and am still perched on the edge of my seat here. Fantastic work, Brown. Well done! 👍🏾

[exvat]

8 minutes ago, Hjanep said:

Try not to make yourself crazy.

100%. First teaching of the Buddha in the Dhammapada is that suffering is made in our own minds. In the long run, distraction only causes suffering; but in the short term, distractions can help balance perspective. I got two tattoos and did like twenty miles of walking meditation just waiting for NYU and Columbia; helped immensely in the short term, and because the distractions weren't unwholesome, helpful in the long run too.

[gradschoolpspspsps]

Waiting on Ole Miss too! And Boise! It's not just Brown I'm thinking about.

[KennyK]

26 minutes ago, gradschoolpspspsps said:

Waiting on Ole Miss too! And Boise! It's not just Brown I'm thinking about.

Im still waiting for sfsu they’re behind this year too

[gradschoolpspspsps]

I just got waitlisted at Ole Miss, they very nicely asked me to confirm I was still interested, what other schools I had been accepted and waitlisted at and am still waiting for. I know some people heard yesterday so maybe they haven't finished sending the emails. 

[Mystic_Sunshine]

4 minutes ago, gradschoolpspspsps said:

I just got waitlisted at Ole Miss, they very nicely asked me to confirm I was still interested, what other schools I had been accepted and waitlisted at and am still waiting for. I know some people heard yesterday so maybe they haven't finished sending the emails. 

Did it come from the same email that notified about round 2?

I still haven't heard so getting a little down

[gradschoolpspspsps]

10 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

Did it come from the same email that notified about round 2?

I still haven't heard so getting a little down

Yes, from Melissa Ginsberg. My name is also Melissa so we're having fun with our "Dear Melissa... From Melissa" emails. 

That's exactly how I was feeling last night when someone else mentioned getting waitlisted, so maybe it's just taking a bit with all the emails.

[wizardcukfish]

18 hours ago, Ekpe said:

Got in at Ole Miss 🥺🥺

I got Waitlisted for poetry. Just hoping I have a chance because I have been rejected everywhere else 

[everything bagel lover]

It feels so slow today! CSU is on spring break and then the deadline for whoever has the GTA offer will be the week after that (April 1st) and though I'm more calm about it now, I'm still holding on to hope that they'll turn it down and the committee will choose me (33% chance, but I have let them know several times they are my top choice lol) ❤️❤️❤️

Objectively, the stipend at CSU is less pay for more work than NAU and in a more expensive city, so I will be happy with whichever way the dice roll lol 

@Mystic_Sunshine I've got my fingers crossed for you! They probably are just taking their sweet time and testing everyone's sanity and patience lol or maybe moving through alphabetically, or maybe a printer caught fire in the English department and it's diverted everyone's attention away from notifying people.

[crossingmyfingers1212]

So sorry if this has already been said but does brown send out waitlists before acceptances, and then rejections? waitlists on draft made me assume soft rejection but not sure 

[Tinky C. Clown]

46 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

Did it come from the same email that notified about round 2?

I still haven't heard so getting a little down

she called me about my waitlist but she said i’m very high up so maybe that’s why 

[analog_e]

3 minutes ago, crossingmyfingers1212 said:

So sorry if this has already been said but does brown send out waitlists before acceptances, and then rejections? waitlists on draft made me assume soft rejection but not sure 

this has been covered

they have not sent acceptances

[luckylike56]

does anyone know who to contact about waitlist at indiana? thanks!

[KennyK]

When is it appropriate to follow up with a program about pending funding?

[Tinky C. Clown]

24 minutes ago, KennyK said:

When is it appropriate to follow up with a program about pending funding?

funding at emerson is unlikely but it doesn’t hurt to just send an email now if you haven’t since you got in

[KennyK]

2 minutes ago, Tinky C. Clown said:

funding at emerson is unlikely but it doesn’t hurt to just send an email now if you haven’t since you got in

Not even full tuition? 😭 I can make do without a stipend. But is there a chance they’d cover tuition?

[Tinky C. Clown]

6 minutes ago, KennyK said:

Not even full tuition? 😭 I can make do without a stipend. But is there a chance they’d cover tuition?

they cover a small few people’s tuition – i got offered that until i turned it down. i don’t know if they’re still offering anyone full tuition but i sort of doubt it. i think it’s fine at this point to just email and ask if they’re still considering you for funding, but i wouldnt get my hopes up with emerson. don’t be afraid of reapplying next year – that’s what i had to do