2025 Creative Writing MFA Applicants Forum

[Prosaic Ioniser]

8 hours ago, Lady Gladys said:

Notre Dame's program isn't undergoing any changes.

Is it possible this is due to their open "religious affiliation"? This ended up being the reason I didn't apply after reading about the student cohort there on reddit, it was also my first reason to post here because I was so taken aback by that in the application process 😅 It's looking really bleak with some of the schools... I've been holding my breath for WashU, it's a program that really speaks to me, so the fact that it might be cut... then again as an international I'm starting to think my status might also be extremely precarious in the US if I was to get in anywhere? 

Not that anyone has the answers to this but it's starting to make me super anxious. This has been my dream for so long.

[kpoetrottenapplecore]

is university of arizona out with poetry yet? i haven't seen anything from them

[decayingballads21]

hey so I saw 2 UNLV notifs in draft a while ago but none since then, anyone have any idea if they’re still notifying people or if they’re done? last year there were some acceptances that came out in mid March so I’m just wondering 

[everything bagel lover]

1 hour ago, decayingballads21 said:

hey so I saw 2 UNLV notifs in draft a while ago but none since then, anyone have any idea if they’re still notifying people or if they’re done? last year there were some acceptances that came out in mid March so I’m just wondering 

UNLV is so hard to predict tbh, they've been known to do secret waitlists, especially with CNF and to radically spread apart both acceptance notifs and rejections. It looks like this year they called two poetry admits the same day so I'm guessing that maybe they are doing it by genre? But I have no idea

 

Edit to addendum because I don't want to spam the forum: AHHHH I scream with anticipation. I'm crossing my fingers and my whole body for good news regarding a GTA position from CSU, maybe today since someone on Friday got offered a position. I feel so close to the finish line but it's still just out of my grasp and it's making my stomach churn. Hoping for a flood of good news for all of us today.

Edited yesterday at 01:30 PM by everything bagel lover
addendum

[Cosmicinkwell]

31 minutes ago, everything bagel lover said:

 AHHHH I scream with anticipation. I'm crossing my fingers and my whole body for good news regarding a GTA position from CSU, maybe today since someone on Friday got offered a position. I feel so close to the finish line but it's still just out of my grasp and it's making my stomach churn. Hoping for a flood of good news for all of us today.

Fingers crossed... Still no elaboration on my CSU portal message, which is painful since that could mean anything.

[everything bagel lover]

3 minutes ago, Cosmicinkwell said:

Fingers crossed... Still no elaboration on my CSU portal message, which is painful since that could mean anything.

I've got my fingers crossed for you!! 🕯️ Please CSU 🕯️ Give us a spot and funding please 🕯️

[Tinky C. Clown]

notre dame fiction interviews have gone out

[momeraths]

Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/random guesses as to when Texas NWP, Oregon, and/or Virginia will come out?

[Cosmicinkwell]

13 minutes ago, Tinky C. Clown said:

notre dame fiction interviews have gone out

Ooof.

[Tinky C. Clown]

6 minutes ago, Cosmicinkwell said:

Ooof.

i didn’t apply, just the messenger because someone wanted it posted here 

[Lady Gladys]

4 hours ago, Prosaic Ioniser said:

Is it possible this is due to their open "religious affiliation"? This ended up being the reason I didn't apply after reading about the student cohort there on reddit, it was also my first reason to post here because I was so taken aback by that in the application process 😅 It's looking really bleak with some of the schools... I've been holding my breath for WashU, it's a program that really speaks to me, so the fact that it might be cut... then again as an international I'm starting to think my status might also be extremely precarious in the US if I was to get in anywhere? 

Not that anyone has the answers to this but it's starting to make me super anxious. This has been my dream for so long.

I can't say for sure since I don't know the intricacies of NIH funding, but Notre Dame has a HUGE private endowment (50% greater than that of WashU.) 

[MegHe]

19 minutes ago, momeraths said:

Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/random guesses as to when Texas NWP, Oregon, and/or Virginia will come out?

Based on past Gradcafe years, UVA almost always releases their rejections on a Sunday or Monday, but it's normally the first Sunday or Monday in March, so it's still about a week early for them. 

[exvat]

6 hours ago, vilum said:

happy monday everyone! are we expecting news from nyu this week? when did acceptances go out in previous years?

If past years are accurate indicators, then this week looks likely 🙏🤞

[roomservice]

I called Vanderbilt decisions when they came out so I'm gonna try again.... WashU and NYU let's go

[snottlebie]

1 minute ago, roomservice said:

I called Vanderbilt decisions when they came out so I'm gonna try again.... WashU and NYU let's go

Idk if you’ve looked at the previous replies, but WashU has allegedly paused admission for grad students coming into School of Arts and Sciences (which houses English dept and thus mfa). So, they’re probably waiting on an institutional level to see if they have to make cuts to admissions. 

[suitcase 1234]

anyone else get anything from hunter? saw 1 interview posted on draft, thinking maybe all of them have gone out and the others just haven't been reported yet? kinda interpreting as rejection either way lol

[Mystic_Sunshine]

What places are people still waiting on? 

I've got 8 left (I still have some soft rejections). 

[Cosmicinkwell]

10 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

What places are people still waiting on? 

I've got 8 left (I still have some soft rejections). 

CSU, CU Boulder, UVA, Brown, WashU.

Edited yesterday at 03:17 PM by Cosmicinkwell
forgot WashU lol

[everything bagel lover]

3 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

What places are people still waiting on? 

I've got 8 left (I still have some soft rejections). 

I'm waiting on Wyoming, UNLV, and CU Boulder. For funding, I'm waiting to hear back from CSU and Naropa. 

What places are you waiting on if you don't mind me asking? (It's okay if you do mind, I won't pry lol)

Edited yesterday at 03:11 PM by everything bagel lover
always typos

[exvat]

1 minute ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

What places are people still waiting on? 

I've got 8 left (I still have some soft rejections). 

NYU and Columbia. I'm already planning my year assuming I won't be attending an MFA.

[prufrock_]

Dang, between iowa and notre dame, i've picked up quite a few soft rejections lately. I started this round with a waitlist that really gave me hope, but that's been my only good news the entire time. But! I still have quite a few pending schools, and as we always say, you only need one. We march on.

[epr]

George Mason (which seems to have poetry & nonfiction out, but no fiction yet), Virginia Tech, UMD, UVA, Rutgers-Camden, and Brown. Really crossing my fingers a funded offer comes through

[Mystic_Sunshine]

6 minutes ago, everything bagel lover said:

I'm waiting on Wyoming, UNLV, and CU Boulder. For funding, I'm waiting to hear back from CSU and Naropa. 

What places are you waiting on if you don't mind me asking? (It's okay if you do mind)

I don't mind! I've received no word from UNLV, CU Boulder, Maryland, UVA (Which I know is usually March, LSU (which is also late march ah), New Writers Project, Virginia Tech. 

I'm also waiting for Mississippi because I made it round 2. 

I didn't look up much about CSU's program but I love Colorado. So, hope you get good news from them soon! And best of luck with the others

 

[vilum]

I'm currently waitlisted at vanderbilt (no way that's gonna happen) and pending on NYU and Brown. Should've applied to more schools but I got so overwhelmed with the process so... for next year lol

[MegHe]

9 minutes ago, Mystic_Sunshine said:

What places are people still waiting on? 

I've got 8 left (I still have some soft rejections). 

(Technically Iowa but counting it as a soft rejection atm), UVA, NYU, University of Oxford (interviewed last week), and University of Edinburgh. Everything is fine 🔥 I'm fine ☠️