decisionsdecisions2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I have applied for an MFA in Fiction (begin Fall 2014) to all of the CUNY Programs in NYC as well as NYU. Has anyone heard regarding their applications in these programs as of yet? Hi! I got a phone call on Friday morning from Brooklyn College--I'm in for poetry. So I'm sure you'll be hearing this week at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menzel24 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Received a waitlist from UIUC! Decisions - did Brooklyn give any indication as to whether they were done contacting poetry acceptances? There are a few people in the MFA Draft waiting to hear from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitingfingernails90 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Also waitlisted at uiuc! (in fiction) Still waiting on VCU, OR, and UCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunatan Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I saw that some people said they went on the Iowa website and found their rejection there. Does anyone know exactly how you would find this? I tried going on the online application but the status just says "Submitted." And nothing has come in the mail... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I saw that some people said they went on the Iowa website and found their rejection there. Does anyone know exactly how you would find this? I tried going on the online application but the status just says "Submitted." And nothing has come in the mail... thanks! My guess is those folks were denied in an earlier phase of consideration and then Iowa dropped the ball on informing them. In this game, No News ranks right below Accepted & Wait-Listed, and right above Rejected. GOOD LUCK! I hope your dreams come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh12 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I have a feeling some of us might here back this week! The Utter Agony!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 GOD I HOPE SO! I just looked at the Bama online app and it says my Application Status is "Referred for review by dept (2/24/2014)" I hope that means they're giving me some heavy consideration and will let me know ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh12 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Anything with the word "refer" sounds like Really good news!!! Congratulations! This makes me feel soooo antsy! So the Indiana secretary never responded to your ever-so polite inquiry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'll take your congrats even if it ultimately is in vain... but I hope not. Got rejected by Brown while I was typing that last post; that makes 8/11 -- OH BOY. Also, this morning I got a phone call and it was from the Oregon area code, and I thought, "Golly, this is it...", but no, it was just a solicitor. That really messed with my head. So yeah, Indiana never responded and I'm feeling super antsy too. I will savor the glimmer of hope gleaned from Bama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmt34c25 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'll take your congrats even if it ultimately is in vain... but I hope not. Got rejected by Brown while I was typing that last post; that makes 8/11 -- OH BOY. Also, this morning I got a phone call and it was from the Oregon area code, and I thought, "Golly, this is it...", but no, it was just a solicitor. That really messed with my head. So yeah, Indiana never responded and I'm feeling super antsy too. I will savor the glimmer of hope gleaned from Bama. I have had similar things happen (with solicitors)...It about gives a person a heart attack! Congrats on the "review" from Bama! I hope it means all good things, Bama has a wicked program. And let another week of waiting commence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Thank you! I hope it materializes with Bama and that your favorites choose you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinemcg Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Re: Iowa. There's a different status check to look into to find your application status. If you didn't use your hawk id to check it, you were in the wrong one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmt34c25 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 If any of you poetry applicants out there are waiting to hear from EWU, I just got my call! Good luck y'all and may the force be with you! MoJuiced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh12 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Hey! Congratulations!!! Is that your first acceptance? Awesome. I seriously dread hearing back from Indiana and Columbia now, but OH how I crave it! MoJuiced and mmt34c25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmt34c25 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hey! Congratulations!!! Is that your first acceptance? Awesome. I seriously dread hearing back from Indiana and Columbia now, but OH how I crave it! Thanks so much! Yes it is my first official acceptance (this year) I got into Emerson last year but decided not to go because their lack of funding and just decided the program wasn't what I wanted. I talked to the editor-in-chief of the journal I work at today and he went to Indiana way back when and knows some people there now and had recently talked to them. He talked like they should be making calls/emails by the end of this week/beginning of next. I hope you hear good news soon! I have my fingers crossed for you and send good vibes your way. Keep telling yourself "No news is good news." MoJuiced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco10 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Anyone else applied for or heard from the Stegner Fellowship? I know some rejections went out last Friday, but haven't yet received a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh12 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oh Jeez-- I just got an email from Indiana's administration-- They've already filled "a few" spots in their program, but have (only!) a few more seats to fill, which will be done by next week!!!!! I think our chances are even slimmer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeebreak Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Any other news on Oregon State besides the one NF acceptance? I'm not on a Facebook so I can't check the draft group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmt34c25 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 On 3/12/2014 at 10:29 AM, coffeebreak said: Any other news on Oregon State besides the one NF acceptance? I'm not on a Facebook so I can't check the draft group. Here are the results for acceptances on the FB MFA Draft page (last updated about an hour ago): January 10 - American University January 15 - Chatham University January 24 - Syracuse January 24 - University of South Carolina January 30 - Stony Brook Southampton February 4 - Washington University in St. Louis February 5 - University of Florida February 11 - University of Minnesota February 11 - University of British Columbia February 12 - Columbia University: via phone February 13 - Otis College: via email February 14 - WVU via phone February 14 - UMass Amherst February 14 - Vanderbilt February 14 - Columbia University February 14 - Cornell February 15 - UC Davis: February 16 - Miami University (Ohio) February 17 - Iowa Writers' Workshop February 17 - UT Austin (NWP) February 18 - Iowa Writers' Workshop February 18 - University of Michigan February 18 - Rutgers-Camden February 18 - Florida State University February 18 - UNLV February 19 - Boston University February 19 - UMSL February 19 - University of New Orleans February 21 - University of San Francisco February 22 - University of Montana February 22 - Montanta University February 22 - University of Utah February 24 - University of Montana February 24 - University of San Francisco February 24 - San Diego State University February 24 - University of Idaho February 24 - University of Idaho February 25 - GCSU February 25 - Bowling Green State University February 25 - Ohio University (MA) February 25 - NYU: February 26 - University of Arkansas February 27 - Texas State University February 27 - Texas State University (poetry) February 27 - University of Missouri-Kansas City February 28 - Hunter March 3 - UNC Wilmington March 3 - Portland State University March 4 - School of the Art Institute of Chicago March 5 - University of New Hampshire March 5 - MN State Mankato March 5 - Saint Mary's March 5 - Colorado State March 6 - Rutgers-Newark March 7 - Columbia College Chicago March 7- The New School March 8 - UMass Boston March 10 - University of Oregon March 10 - University of Maryland March 10 — Boston University March 11 - University of Washington Seattle: March12 - University of Nevada Las Vegas Here are the rejections: February 4th - Ohio State (Fiction): February 5th - UT Austin, Michener (Fiction): February 5th-WashU in St. Louis (Poetry): February 5th - Washington University in St. Louis (Fiction): February 8th - Temple (Poetry): anonymous, via snail mail February 5th - WUSTL (Fiction): February 9th - University of Central Florida (Fiction): February 10th - Ohio State (Fiction): February 10th - UT Austin Michener (fiction) February 11th - UT Austin Michener (poetry): February 12th - Texas State San Marcus (fiction) February 13th - Wyoming (fiction): February 13th - Cornell (Poetry) February 14th - Cornell (fiction MFA/PhD): February 15th - Wyoming (Poetry) February 15th - Wyoming (Fiction): February 17th - New Mexico State University (poetry): February 17th - Minnesota (Fiction) February 19th - Minnesota (Poetry) February 18th - Wyoming (Poetry): February 18th - University of Pittsburgh (CNF) February 18th - Wyoming (Fiction) February 18th - UT Austin Michener (Screenwriting) February 19th - UC San Diego (Fiction/hybrid) February 19th - UC San Diego (Fiction) February 19th - UC San Diego (Poetry) February 19th - Syracuse (Poetry) February 19th - Minnesota (Fiction) February 19th - Minnesota (Poetry) February 19th - Minnesota (CNF) February 20th - Hollins (Fiction) February 20th - Hollins (CNF) February 20th - U of Kansas February 20th - UMass Amherst February 21st - University of Wisconsin - Madison (Fiction) February 21st - Vanderbilt (Fiction): February 21st - Vanderbilt (Poetry) February 24th - UMass Amherst (Fiction) February 25th - UMass Amherst (Poetry) February 25th - University of Arizona (Poetry) February 25th - University of Arizona (nonfiction) February 25th - University of Michigan (fiction) February 26th - University of Arizona (fiction) February 27th - Oklahoma State University (poetry) February 28th - LSU (nonfiction) via email February 28th - LSU (poetry) Kori Hensell via email, LSU (fiction) Erin Armstrong via email February 28th - Iowa Writers' Workshop (fiction) February 28th - LSU (fiction) February 28th - LSU (poetry) February 28th- UT Austin NWP (fiction): Katy Callahan March 2nd - New Writers Project (poetry) March 2nd - New Writers Project (fiction) March 3rd- Ole Miss (poetry) March 4th - Syracuse (fiction) March 4th - Michigan (Fiction) March 4th - Michigan (Poetry) March 5th - Colorado State University (Fiction): March 6th - UNCW (non-fiction) March 6th - Hunter College (CNF) March 7th - University of Arkansas (Fiction) March 7th - Johns Hopkins (fiction) March 8th- University of New Mexico (CNF): March 10th- University of Idaho (fiction) March 10th- UNM (fiction) March 10th - Brown University (poetry) March 10th - Arizona State (poetry) March 11th - University of Oregon (poetry) March 12th - University of Alabama (poetry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oh Jeez-- I just got an email from Indiana's administration-- They've already filled "a few" spots in their program, but have (only!) a few more seats to fill, which will be done by next week!!!!! I think our chances are even slimmer now. UGH I'm gearing up for round two already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Got rejected by Oregon this morning. Now when I log into the Bama site it just says 'Decision Made' in red lettering. I'm interpreting that badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh12 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm with you on the round two idea... It must be foolishly optimistic, but I feel really good about trying again. I might speak for all of us first-time app-ers when I say it's been quite a learning experience! And I feel like my poetry has developed so much more since I submitted my manuscript... I look back at it and shudder. MoJuiced, I feel like I'm living vicariously through your decision tumult...that red lettering, god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmt34c25 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Keep at it you guys, when I didn't go anywhere last year I was super bummed, but it gives you time to intern for a journal (there are tons of websites that list great internships w/ journals and other places), tutor, do workshops, all those things that will make your app impossible to deny the next go around. fancy123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJuiced Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Definitely learned a lot in the process. Very thankful for all of the work I read during my research and my newfound understanding of the process and programs. I don't even actually mind the rejections (slightly relish them), it's just the agony of suspense that is mounting and mounting to near insurmountable proportions. As I posted on FB "at least I'm stronger and have more character now". Anyway they can't stop me no matter how hard they try. I'm keeping count too. Thanks for the camaraderie you guys! I'm pulling for you as well, even beyond just getting accepted. mmt34c25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitingfingernails90 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Any word on VCU, OR, or UCI (fiction)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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