2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[eternalwhitenights]

  On 2/18/2025 at 5:58 PM, KennyK said:

Omggggg see that sounds incredible!! 😭 I hopeeeeee I get accepted. The amount of times I’ve prayed for this has been insane! Like I know it’s a program I’d thrive in!

 

also @pananoprodigy @eternalwhitenights is it possible they would send out poetry and prose interviews on the same day or is it usually separate?

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@KennyK I'm not positive, tbh. I think it's varied in past years. They only recently started doing interviews a couple of cycles ago, so there's relatively low data on same day vs separate day notification for poetry and prose interviews thus far.

The moment I hear anything, I'll keep you posted on here, promise! ❤️

[rhaenyra]

  On 2/18/2025 at 6:00 PM, Catpaw said:

Oof... Very sorry to hear it.

Has anyone posted acceptances/waitlists for Irvine? I'm guessing I'll be getting my rejection any moment now too. Rejection buddies!

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There are 8 fiction rejections for UC Irvine right now, all from today.

 

Edit: I didn't read this right because you were specifically asking for As/Ws lol. No not seeing anything beyond 1 poetry acceptance.

Edited February 18 by rhaenyra

[crossingmyfingers1212]

I feel like I'm going crazy - 7 confirmed + soft rejections, 10 pending results. This is brutal

[friendned]

  On 2/18/2025 at 6:08 PM, crossingmyfingers1212 said:

I feel like I'm going crazy - 7 confirmed + soft rejections, 10 pending results. This is brutal

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I feel you. I'm in the same boat. Praying for you ❤️

[tomat0tomat0]

syracuse fiction rejection (via email) on the spreadsheet 

[lizziebennett]

just got my syracuse rejection email (fiction) 

[pananoprodigy]

Dang, got my Syracuse rejection too that was one of my tops, I went to undergrad in western ny and was lowkey hoping to move back

[misssalem]

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    🕯        manifesting an

                  Acceptance     

      🕯             Email           🕯

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At this point I'll try anything 🤷‍♀️

[PsychPoet]

  On 2/18/2025 at 6:38 PM, gwenny said:

just got my syracuse rejection email (fiction) 

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Same, Syracuse email rejection in fiction. 

[essentialflowers]

No Syracuse, but we keep pushing!!! Proud of everyone who applied. We're in this together. 

[prufrock_]

We wanted a big week, and we got a big week!

 

(another rejection; good bye Syracuse Dreamin)

[inkidacat]

Did Syracuse already send out acceptances? I know that it's usually acceptances/waitlists before rejections...

 

[Mystic_Sunshine]

I can't even imagine how loud the cow is. 

[exvat]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:00 PM, Mystic_Sunshine said:

I can't even imagine how loud the cow is. 

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When Columbia and NYU drop, I'll probably hear that moo on the wind over my own notifications.

Edited February 18 by exvat
The answer my friend is mooin in the wind

[prufrock_]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:00 PM, Mystic_Sunshine said:

I can't even imagine how loud the cow is. 

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The cow was going crazy so I told the cow to only look at the sheet every 10 minutes now, and only moo once if it changed (it was anxiously mooing at every line!).

Maybe I can tell it to moo louder/quieter based on how many new lines appear in that 10 minute chunk. 

1 line only gets a tiny meow of a moo

20 new lines gets a MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[exvat]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:11 PM, prufrock_ said:

The cow was going crazy so I told the cow to only look at the sheet every 10 minutes now, and only moo once if it changed (it was anxiously mooing at every line!).

Maybe I can tell it to moo louder/quieter based on how many new lines appear in that 10 minute chunk. 

1 line only gets a tiny meow of a moo

20 new lines gets a MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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I dunno the origin of the cow, but every time, I think of the moo cow from the opening of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

[essentialflowers]

Just sent FSU a letter of continued interest— fingers crossed for some good news before April 15th. 

[snottlebie]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:25 PM, essentialflowers said:

Just sent FSU a letter of continued interest— fingers crossed for some good news before April 15th. 

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Excuse my ignorance, what’s a letter of continued interest? Is that akin to replying to a waitlist email saying, I’m still interested?

[HalBear]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:29 PM, snottlebie said:

Excuse my ignorance, what’s a letter of continued interest? Is that akin to replying to a waitlist email saying, I’m still interested?

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You are spot on @snottlebie! If you get waitlisted, it is a good idea to continue to email the program expressing your interest in the program.. It helps them assess who to accept if a spot opens up! 

[essentialflowers]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:29 PM, snottlebie said:

Excuse my ignorance, what’s a letter of continued interest? Is that akin to replying to a waitlist email saying, I’m still interested?

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Yes!!! When we zoomed he told me to let him know if I received any other offers or if I didn't want to go to the school anymore, so I wanted to let him know I am still DEFINITELY interested 

[Lady Gladys]

  On 2/18/2025 at 5:34 PM, eternalwhitenights said:

 as a full-time staff member to take up to 9 credit hours per year for free

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Have you taken any of their undergraduate fiction writing classes? 

[decayingballads21]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:39 PM, essentialflowers said:

Yes!!! When we zoomed he told me to let him know if I received any other offers or if I didn't want to go to the school anymore, so I wanted to let him know I am still DEFINITELY interested 

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If I responded to a waitlist email at the end of Jan expressing my interest should I send them a letter of continued interest again now? 
how many times have you communicated to this program your interest? Also is it a formal letter doc or just an email? 
sorry for so many questions 😭

[essentialflowers]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:42 PM, decayingballads21 said:

If I responded to a waitlist email at the end of Jan expressing my interest should I send them a letter of continued interest again now? 
how many times have you communicated to this program your interest? Also is it a formal letter doc or just an email? 
sorry for so many questions 😭

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Don't apologize!! We called a few weeks ago and now that the bigger schools are releasing their decisions, I know some spots may open up since many (I'm assuming) of the accepted FSU students are now being accepted at other places, too. I'd let them know their program is still your top and that you would accept an offer if it was given, here's what I said: 

 

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Hello! I hope all is well. I wanted to reach out and let you know that FSU is my top university, and if I were to be extended an offer for Fall 2025 off the waitlist, I would accept it wholeheartedly. After reading some of your student's work, I am extremely interested in participating in FSU's esteemed circle of talented writers— joining your cohort would be a dream! 

 

I hope admissions season is going well! Thank you, as always, for your consideration and communication thus far.

 

Sincerely,

 

Just an email, nothing too big or formal but cemented my interest.

[prufrock_]

  On 2/18/2025 at 7:23 PM, exvat said:

I dunno the origin of the cow, but every time, I think of the moo cow from the opening of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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i wrote a python script that monitors the draft spreadsheet for me. It writes out each new row to a pretty ascii table; it also moos when it does this, so i know to look. it moos because a cow moo was the first mp3 i found. it also tells me the other schools the applicant has applied to. It color codes those results with green for admit, yellow for wait, red for rejection.

it's basically my emotional support cow.

Edited February 18 by prufrock_

[friendned]

Just wondering, how important do you all think it is to have publications prior to applying for MFA programs?