Chex Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Pardon my French and this digression, but who the phuck is Mark Eriksson? Some spammer on the results page keeps posting jabs about them. P.S: Just Googled. Seems like some kind of professor (if I got the right person). LOL, way to obsess. Just let it go, dude, damn!
nauseated Posted February 10 Posted February 10 not really the schools we are talking about these days but when are results for NWP/Michener commonly announced? Leeannitha 1
zaira Posted February 10 Posted February 10 7 minutes ago, nauseated said: not really the schools we are talking about these days but when are results for NWP/Michener commonly announced? Michener accepted and waitlisted poetry and fiction on 2/20 last year. Rejections came on 2/21 I believe, and it seems like people had to check the portal to see the rejection since they didn't get an email. jinny-r, Jim VK and nauseated 3
DJ Lambchop Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Who’s ready for some rejections this week!!!!! Yeah, lemme hear you!!!!! Woo woo woo! everything bagel lover, Gander, kulfikat and 8 others 11
Mystic_Sunshine Posted February 10 Posted February 10 1 hour ago, DJ Lambchop said: Who’s ready for some rejections this week!!!!! Yeah, lemme hear you!!!!! Woo woo woo! what schools do we think will notify this week? looks like for me I'm thinking it's pretty silent this week with news in the next 2. programedlove333 1
strawberrymatcha Posted February 10 Posted February 10 fingers crossed for JHU?? it looks like last year they sent out acceptances on 2/5 Leeannitha and theyearshallrunlikerabbits 2
pananoprodigy Posted February 10 Posted February 10 15 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: what schools do we think will notify this week? looks like for me I'm thinking it's pretty silent this week with news in the next 2. 🕯️ Manifesting U of Oregon and Wyoming 🕯️ everything bagel lover and prufrock_ 2
crossingmyfingers1212 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 34 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: what schools do we think will notify this week? looks like for me I'm thinking it's pretty silent this week with news in the next 2. ahh I hope UMass or maybe Syracuse??
exvat Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Any and all news is welcome at this point. I'd like to just move forward with whatever path is ahead. spewilicious 1
everything bagel lover Posted February 10 Posted February 10 40 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: what schools do we think will notify this week? looks like for me I'm thinking it's pretty silent this week with news in the next 2. Hoping from good news from UNLV and UWY this week! Maybe even a shot in the dark hope that CSU is spreading out their fiction notifs but I don't think that's the case tbh
programedlove333 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 57 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said: what schools do we think will notify this week? looks like for me I'm thinking it's pretty silent this week with news in the next 2. wash u stl and ole miss probably… next week feels like its gonna be the The Week but we may be surprised!
pananoprodigy Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Just got an email rejection from Cornell (fiction). waaah Tuxedocat, Leeannitha, everything bagel lover and 3 others 6
prufrock_ Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Why are we thinking UWY might come out soon? They had a very late deadline (1/20!)
DJ Lambchop Posted February 10 Posted February 10 For Cornell being a supposedly great MFA program, they sure overused the word "very" in their rejection email. programedlove333, theyearshallrunlikerabbits, Tinky C. Clown and 1 other 3 1
everything bagel lover Posted February 10 Posted February 10 5 minutes ago, prufrock_ said: Why are we thinking UWY might come out soon? They had a very late deadline (1/20!) omg you're right, I saw someone else say they were manifesting UWY and so I tossed it back on my list for this week UNLV has a 1/15 deadline and historically has sent out noticed pretty early given that (I maybe have gone into the Wayback machine to compare previous deadlines with previous acceptance notifs) prufrock_ and programedlove333 2
vilum Posted February 10 Posted February 10 1 minute ago, DJ Lambchop said: For Cornell being a supposedly great MFA program, they sure overused the word "very" in their rejection email. Lol I wanted to apply to Cornell but they were so inflexible with my language situation that I just got frustrated and didn't go through with the application. I completed all my schooling at English-speaking institutions in Italy and didn't see the point in taking a 270 euro language test... Tuxedocat 1
zaira Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Sending lots of hugs to my fellow Cornell rejection gang. Not a great start to the season, but we still have tons of results ahead of us. everything bagel lover, theyearshallrunlikerabbits, cooliejulie86 and 4 others 7
choltebito Posted February 10 Posted February 10 On 2/8/2025 at 9:23 PM, Jitterbug98 said: Is anyone else feeling equally terrified of getting into a top program as they are of not getting in? I applied to 12 programs, mostly in the Northeast where I live but also a few elite programs that are further away from me (Iowa, Michener, Helen Zell). I've already gotten a partially-funded offer in the city that I live in. Part of me wants more than anything to get into one of these further away funded schools, but part of me feels like it would be "easier" if I just don't get in and can accept this lesser offer and not have to move. I big part of this is that my partner of 2 years might not be able to move with me if I move away for grad school, and I've never done long distance before. I applied to some other funded programs (Cornell, Syracuse, Rutgers) that are more like a 5 hour drive from him rather than a plane ride, but even that distance would be challenging I'm sure. But if I do get into a funded program, it would be very difficult for me to justify turning it down so that I can live near him, and if I didn't go I would probably end up being resentful or wondering if I had made a big mistake. It's just a lot to think about and not knowing where I'll be living next year is making me really anxious. I spend a third of my time hoping I'll get into a top funded program, a third of it freaking out about what will happen to my relationship and my friendships if I do, and a third of it telling myself I'm silly for even thinking about it when I probably won't get in. YUP. My partner and I are both trans and feeling pretty limited in terms of where we'd feel safe moving (we're in NY right now). Iowa has been a dream forever but would be so hard to justify at this point that I'm starting to hope the choice is made for me.🫠 I applied to a couple Canadian programs (UBC and UVic) and am crossing my fingers hard for those, although neither is fully funded and I think they're kind of a long shot—UVic only accepts one student/genre/year and UBC's app required samples in two genres, so I had to half-ass some poetry in addition to my usual fiction, lol. Good luck to everyone—hope we all start getting some clarity (and hopefully good news) this week! Side note, is the link to past years' admission results not working for anyone else? I keep getting an error message when trying to access it. cooliejulie86, zaira, Blueruins and 1 other 4
nauseated Posted February 10 Posted February 10 46 minutes ago, vilum said: Lol I wanted to apply to Cornell but they were so inflexible with my language situation that I just got frustrated and didn't go through with the application. I completed all my schooling at English-speaking institutions in Italy and didn't see the point in taking a 270 euro language test... I feel you. I didn't apply to Cornell (and limited myself to only 3-4 apps) bec I'm based in South Asia and in the past year alone, I've taken the GRE (to apply for a fulbright scholarship), a Duolingo English Test, of all things (that they made us take once they released the fulbright interview shortlist) AND an IELTS exam (to apply everywhere else because everyone seemed to have their particular ways of being annoying about the language requirement). The whole app season drained the life AND money out of me and sometimes I sit here stewing in regret that I'm doing all this for highly competitive programs that almost guarantee rejection - I could have applied to some with higher acceptance rates but I wouldn't be able to fund them and I didn't want the heartbreak of saying no to any potential offers I got. Sorry for this sob story. All of this to say that the nitty gritties of applications (like proving you know a language you've been studying your whole life) are INSANELY annoying and it damages a lot of my faith!!! Mr. Scribblo, everything bagel lover, spewilicious and 1 other 4
HalBear Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Hello all, I received an email from Georiga College and State University about submitting the results of my back ground check.. If any of you did this, what background check did you submit? No other schools that I applied to required this and so I was surprised I needed one for this application.. Could anybody advise? Tuxedocat and AyvaM 2
Jitterbug98 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 14 hours ago, Leeannitha said: In almost the same exact position as someone in a relationship of almost 2 years. I reminded myself that I applied to these programs in the past before I even met him and that this is what’s best for me. I don’t want to feel stuck here and turn down a chance I would be extremely lucky to have. He is not able to move with me currently but might be able to move in a year or so. It’s the best option for me to choose myself and the dreams I had before I even met him and he understands that. It will be hard but regardless what happens we will both do our best to make it work for each other. Exactly, I have to do what's best for me ultimately or else I know I'd likely end up regretting it. Currently feeling like it's not a decision I'm even going to have to make after rejections from Cornell, Northwestern, and likely UMass Amherst! But who knows, I still have a bunch to hear back from PsychPoet 1
DJ Lambchop Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Everyone goes on and on about how subjective these admissions processes are, but that begins to feel less so when I see individuals on draft getting offers of admission from multiple schools. cooliejulie86, everything bagel lover, Tuxedocat and 2 others 3 2
zaira Posted February 10 Posted February 10 5 minutes ago, DJ Lambchop said: Everyone goes on and on about how subjective these admissions processes are, but that begins to feel less so when I see individuals on draft getting offers of admission from multiple schools. I hear you, but you'll also see folks on there getting a combo of admissions, waitlists, and rejections. Sure, some people are inevitably gonna get more acceptances than others, no doubt about that. But it's extremely rare for applicants to get acceptances across the board. Almost everyone gets at least one rejection. AyvaM, Tuxedocat and curfew 3
AyvaM Posted February 10 Posted February 10 12 hours ago, Chex said: Pardon my French and this digression, but who the phuck is Mark Eriksson? Some spammer on the results page keeps posting jabs about them. P.S: Just Googled. Seems like some kind of professor (if I got the right person). LOL, way to obsess. Just let it go, dude, damn! how can i see the results page? when I click results in the hamburger menu on top I get brought to a master page of everyone on gradcafe it seems? is this the correct spot? [this is me trying to obsessively trying to track even more results than Draft 🥲]
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