2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[everything bagel lover]

43 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said:

Hey yall maybe someone has some advice/reassurance? So I decided to accept Arkansas's extremely last minute offer which they sent via email late afternoon on the 15th. I replied to the email accepting the offer that night a little before midnight. Didn't hear anything yesterday. This morning I sent a follow up email to confirm they had everything they needed (they had asked for a CV and transcripts) and asking if there was a student handbook I could have. That was a few hours ago and I still haven't heard anything. I need to tell NAU I'm rescinding my acceptance (which I'm super stressed about), but I'm hesitant to do it without some kind of confirmation from Arkansas. Is that silly? I don't want to be pushy and obvi it's usually not a big deal if an email goes unanswered for a couple of days, but I feel like it's weird to drop a last second acceptance that requires an immediate response and then not be available for questions or whatever. Idk what do you guys think? 

I agree with Prufrock that it’s not silly, I think it’s definitely a good idea to have certainty before pulling out of anything else. I too waited until I had my acceptance of another offer confirmed before rescinding my NAU acceptance. I think it’s totally reasonable given the position you’re in. 

[Rilke fan]

Saw some people are waiting on SIU Carbondale. If it's helpful for data, they just sent me a rejection notification. Good luck to anyone still waiting on things! *Adding that it's for fiction

Edited Thursday at 10:46 PM by Rilke fan

[scorchingmyfinalbraincell]

2 hours ago, pananoprodigy said:

Hey yall maybe someone has some advice/reassurance? So I decided to accept Arkansas's extremely last minute offer which they sent via email late afternoon on the 15th. I replied to the email accepting the offer that night a little before midnight. Didn't hear anything yesterday. This morning I sent a follow up email to confirm they had everything they needed (they had asked for a CV and transcripts) and asking if there was a student handbook I could have. That was a few hours ago and I still haven't heard anything. I need to tell NAU I'm rescinding my acceptance (which I'm super stressed about), but I'm hesitant to do it without some kind of confirmation from Arkansas. Is that silly? I don't want to be pushy and obvi it's usually not a big deal if an email goes unanswered for a couple of days, but I feel like it's weird to drop a last second acceptance that requires an immediate response and then not be available for questions or whatever. Idk what do you guys think? 

Agreeing with everyone-- I'd wait/follow-up for concrete confirmation if only for peace of mind. Much better to know firmly the next stepping stone exists than to go out on faith and take the cold plunge. Congratulations on the offer btw! 

[beet_root]

On 4/17/2025 at 11:27 AM, janetdamnit said:

Does anybody know anything about NC State? I haven't heard anything and I haven't gotten a response when I emailed to see if poetry was filled...Last one I'm waiting on :') Congrats to everyone who's gotten good news and for those of us still waiting or haven't gotten the news we'd hoped for, we persevere!!

Idk how helpful this is, but I was accepted off the waitlist to their fiction cohort about two weeks ago, and the cohort was then finalized earlier this week. No idea about poetry tho 😕 wishing you the best!