Applying to PhDs in Creative Writing: Let's keep each other sane (r)

[kelkh036]

25 minutes ago, left_write said:

Getting rejected feels so awful - I've got three so far myself. All that time and money and then *blink!* I haven't heard anything from UC yet, and at this point no news is good news? Jeez. Good luck with the rest of your apps.

It does feel awful  I just need ONE acceptance and I'll feel better during all this waiting. 

Good luck with yours as well! 

[meru]

Hi everybody. If any of you are second-year applicants (or just more savvy that me), would you be able to tell me about waitlist decorum? I know that people have contacted UC and found out about their informal list, but what about the other schools? If you've found yourself in that weird limbic place between acceptance and rejection (after rejections have gone out--like with Ohio, for example), have any of you gone ahead and contacted any of the programs? Is that bad application karma to do so? I would've expected the schools to be proactive on that front, just to let people know where they stand. Maybe this year is just slow all around.

[kelkh036]

1 hour ago, meru said:

Hi everybody. If any of you are second-year applicants (or just more savvy that me), would you be able to tell me about waitlist decorum? I know that people have contacted UC and found out about their informal list, but what about the other schools? If you've found yourself in that weird limbic place between acceptance and rejection (after rejections have gone out--like with Ohio, for example), have any of you gone ahead and contacted any of the programs? Is that bad application karma to do so? I would've expected the schools to be proactive on that front, just to let people know where they stand. Maybe this year is just slow all around.

I'm not sure about some schools but, as a first timer, I've also been really anxious when I see acceptances/rejections come in but hear no word from the uni. For my MFA apps I contacted NYU and Sarah Lawrence after a wave of A/R on the results page a few days ago and only NYU got back to me and said they hope to send out results "in March" when in March is anyone's guess. 

Sorry to be unhelpful! But I have seen others/been told by friends that they contacted their universities in this situation and I dunno if this is true or not but I think it shows them you care about being in their program if you're enquiring about your app status?

Best of luck!

[kelkh036]

On February 28, 2016 at 1:25 PM, left_write said:

Getting rejected feels so awful - I've got three so far myself. All that time and money and then *blink!* I haven't heard anything from UC yet, and at this point no news is good news? Jeez. Good luck with the rest of your apps.

Well i'm 0 for 11 on phds but got into UIC and a couple others for MFAs. I didnt really wanna do another masters but if this helps me get a leg up on the competition for next year/helps out with job searches then it'll prove useful. 

 

Best of luck to you all this year!!! <3