2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[everything bagel lover]

I saw the word "accepted" in an email notification and my heart stopped until I read the rest and it's just my state taxes getting accepted 😓 which is also good news i guess 

[Prosaic Ioniser]

24 minutes ago, everything bagel lover said:

I saw the word "accepted" in an email notification and my heart stopped until I read the rest and it's just my state taxes getting accepted 😓 which is also good news i guess 

Seriously, I feel like all emails should be banned - except for and until I hear back from all my applications !!

[pananoprodigy]

GUYS I GOT WAITLISTED AT OSU! 😭🥹

[exvat]

Just now, pananoprodigy said:

GUYS I GOT WAITLISTED AT OSU! 😭🥹

OUTTA REACTIONS BUT YEAH YA DID 🎉🙏

[Chex]

Just now, pananoprodigy said:

GUYS I GOT WAITLISTED AT OSU! 😭🥹

Oregon State? Congratulations!! 

[everything bagel lover]

5 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said:

GUYS I GOT WAITLISTED AT OSU! 😭🥹

AHHHH CONGRATS!!!!!! ❤️ 

[rapunzel]

congrats to everyone who's received acceptances/waitlists so far! i was wondering, though, with funded programs, do y'all think there's going to be a change in the funding situation because of the new administration? lowkey worried about that lol

[programedlove333]

Curious if anyone here applied to UNCG and has heard anything from them?

[exvat]

Just got my Vanderbilt rejection letter, poetry.

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[prufrock_]

vanderbilt dream is dead, rip. i wanted to live off of hot chicken sandwiches  

[rapunzel]

didn't apply to vanderbilt but i imagine the moos are coming in again lol

[exvat]

Lol may you all have such love in your life that others get outraged at your rejections on your behalf

[misssalem]

Got my Vandy rejection for fiction. Much nicer than the Michener letter which was along the lines of DENIEDDD

[rapunzel]

10 minutes ago, misssalem said:

Got my Vandy rejection for fiction. Much nicer than the Michener letter which was along the lines of DENIEDDD

i didn't get a michener letter/email! i thought it was just "denied" on the portal 💀

Edited Tuesday at 12:28 AM by rapunzel

[smallchange]

Does anyone know if UC Irvine does interviews? Also saw a poetry acceptance for UCI on Draft last week but nothing since then which makes me feel crazy.... (I'm a fiction applicant)

[onionstackr]

3 hours ago, pananoprodigy said:

GUYS I GOT WAITLISTED AT OSU! 😭🥹

Congrats!!!!!

[exvat]

Is there a Buzzfeed quiz for which MFA programs to apply to based on favorite Radiohead albums? Asking for an Amnesiac guy I know who got his first rejection today.

[beefy5layerburrito]

I know not getting in on my first try isn't the end of the world, but I am freaking out regardless. I feel like I'm gonna be stuck in my current field (that is terrible for my mental health and causes my chronic pain) for another year minimum even though I'm graduating with my second bachelor's in May. I have two rejections and two soft rejections, which leaves me with two viable options since I was worried about bothering my letter writers with more schools. Now I'm wondering if I should've just been annoying with the applications and if I even have what it takes at all. I was really confident about my writing samples, so imposter syndrome is hitting really hard rn 😔

Anyways, sorry to come out of the shadows for a lil vent, just needed to say something to people who understand™️ before fully losing my mind.

Also congrats to everyone who's gotten positive news!

Edited Tuesday at 02:28 AM by beefy5layerburrito

[jinny-r]

I slept having moved to the 2nd phase of Ole Miss and woke up being declined by Michener. I didn't apply to all the schools I intended to because I ran out of funds for the fees (international applicant) and January just wasn't a good time for me mentally but now I kind of regret that. Sigh.

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[Mystic_Sunshine]

19 minutes ago, jinny-r said:

I slept having moved to the 2nd phase of Ole Miss and woke up being declined by Michener. I didn't apply to all the schools I intended to because I ran out of funds for the fees (international applicant) and January just wasn't a good time for me mentally but now I kind of regret that. Sigh.

0a/0w/2r/4p

Which are you still waiting on? 

Hoping for the very best of news for you!

[Nauna]

7 hours ago, KennyK said:

When they emailed you was it early in the morning or later in the day? I’m on PST

UPitt emailed me for the interview at 8am eastern on the dot, which makes me think it was scheduled. 

[jinny-r]

9 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

Which are you still waiting on? 

Hoping for the very best of news for you!

Thank you! Aside from Ole Miss, I'm still waiting for Boston U for Fiction and U of Arizona for both Fiction and Poetry. I was able to get a departmental fee waiver for BU by submitting my SOP and writing sample... I wonder if that's any positive indicator or if they waive the fee for all internationals who make the effort to ask.

[Mystic_Sunshine]

1 minute ago, jinny-r said:

Thank you! Aside from Ole Miss, I'm still waiting for Boston U for Fiction and U of Arizona for both Fiction and Poetry. I was able to get a departmental fee waiver for BU by submitting my SOP and writing sample... I wonder if that's any positive indicator or if they waive the fee for all internationals who make the effort to ask.

I applied to U of Arizona as well (Fiction) but haven't heard anything back. 

Hopefully Ole Miss turns into an acceptance for you. I made it to phase 2 and I'm really excited about attending. It seems like a great program in a cool town. 

[Nauna]

I will probably regret asking... but where does one go to check these fabled spreadsheets?

[jinny-r]

4 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

I applied to U of Arizona as well (Fiction) but haven't heard anything back. 

Hopefully Ole Miss turns into an acceptance for you. I made it to phase 2 and I'm really excited about attending. It seems like a great program in a cool town. 

Oh good luck to us! I hope we hear back from U of Arizona soon. And I agree with Ole Miss, I got really excited reading about it while preparing for my application. Especially since they invite literary agents to meet students! When I joined a writers conference (pandemic so it was online and I was able to participate all the way from Asia), talking to agents was one of the highlights of my experience. I learned a lot about publishing I wouldn't have known otherwise.